For Your Consideration captures the LA vibe in the way that L Word Generation Q captures the East Los Angeles queer scene. The Author goes as far as describing the interior of Bestia one of LA’s hottest restaurants and even the Pasadena Rose Bowl flea market. You can envision Nina taking the 110 fwy to get to Bestia for a hot date. The Story follows Nina an email copyrighter for celebrities her life has become insular due to a bad breakup with her ex-girlfriend Taylor. Taylor is the worst! She doesn’t get much screen time in terms of pages but she is an ominous presence that looms. She is the reason our protagonist Nina is suffering from a low grade depression.

However — Nina’s life changes when she meets her celebratory crush and newest client Ari Fox.

Ari Fox is Kristin Stewart, Kate Moening, Tegan or Sara all rolled into one. Ari Fox is a place holder for whatever fantasy dreamboat celebratory you would like to slot into the story. Where this book is interesting is with Nina on her journey out of herself and into the wide world. She must get out of her shell. Out of the places in her life that are not serving her. Out of the suburbs and away from the dark thoughts that tear her down. Ari is the catalyst for Nina’s change but the real fun is watching Nina shed all the metaphorically weight of her past.

This is a good book and a quick read I would recommend it to anyone who is looking for a fun and satisfying romance.


Thank you NetGalley for the advanced copy! Xoxo

I was so bored reading this book it took me at least three weeks to get through it and I had to force myself to finish it. Forcing yourself to finish a book is a not a pleasant experience and probably affected my rating.

Anyway this book opens up with the protagonist's girlfriend Taylor breaking up with her. We're told that Taylor has given Nina a list of things that are not working in their relationship and why it is damaging to her own mental health. Among the 12 points is the fact that Nina is self-centered and always late which shows a lack of care for the people around her. Both those points are proven by Nina in the prologue. Reading this I assumed this was going to be the type of romance where Nina is a flawed character and her flaws will create conflicts in her next relationship and she will have to grow as a person. But no...as I learnt later in the book, you're supposed to empathise with Nina here and find Taylor toxic. Despite being told Nina indeed do some of things her ex is mad at her for.

This trend continues with learning that following the breakup Nina ghosted all her friends and that at her work she is making some nasty assumptions about her assistant whom she never met.

But the thing is Nina doesn't grow. Because the narrative doesn't want her to be wrong or confront those but rather turn the previously mentioned points into insecurities. The inevitable third act break up doesn't come from Nina either.

The prologue is reflected upon late in the book where everyone says that Taylor was toxic for writing this. I am going to be honest it was a nasty thing to write but an attempt at communication with a partner who went on to keep doing the same things. Anyway I couldn't figure out what to do with Nina and her character since the narrative couldn't either.

And the rest... it was so flat. No chemistry, the bare minimum for a Hollywood plot (I will admit that Nina's job was very interesting and really drew me in at the beginning), lackluster writing, boring friends

4 stars

Wow. Just…wow. I never knew I needed a queer Hollywood rom com but alas I have found it. All hail Spalding!

Please read this book omg

<i>Many thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me an e-arc of this amazing novel!</i>

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review.
For Her Consideration is Amy Spalding's first sapphic adult romance. While I have not read her previous books, I did enjoy For Her Consideration. The FMC, Nina Rice, was such a great character! I feel that I was able to know her so well that I could anticipate her reactions to certain events in the book. Unfortunately, I do not feel I was able to really know the love interest, Ari. I think this story could have been strengthened with Ari's POV or even more in-depth conversations between Ari and Nina. I just wanted more from this character! Nina's chosen family consisted of eccentric individuals that jumped off the page. I just didn't feel the same way about Ari.
Regardless, the romance was great. The flirting was top notch, and the spice was beautifully written. I am looking forward to reading any other novels Spalding publishes in this genre.

It was joyful, thoughtful, real, and so swoony read. I felt like I was friends with Nina, who was so relatable, I loved all of her friends, and I adored her romance with Ari. I mean, a romance where a Kristen Stewart-ish stand-in falls in love with a screenwriter might as well be made for me. This was such a delightful time. Definitely a good book to read if you’re looking for a cute romance and a fast pick-me-up.

This book was a good read overall. I loved the characters and the storyline. I think it really was about self-discovery and had a decent amount of romance thrown in. For me, it was a little long at the beginning and in the middle. However, I would love to read more stories from this friend group! I think this shows a lot of representation and it works really well. Lorna was amazing and this really highlights chosen family without completely trashing biological family or having a massive traumatic backstory. Overall, a good read, but don't expect the entire book to be light and fluffy, this really has some depth. 4 stars, 2.5 spice

A really fun and witty book! This was a good read, packed with a lot of fun and witty banter and the obvious chemistry between the characters. I love the setting, the pacing and the plot.

This book was so cute. I absolutely loved the instant chemistry between Nina and Ari. Their flirty banter was fun to read. Ari was a lot of fun and so understanding of Nina, for the most part. She wanted the best for her because she truly believed in her. I thought the character development with Nina was done really well. She had a lot of insecurities from her last relationship and I liked how her friends helped her through it. I thought all the side characters were great and the friend group was so supportive. I did think the third act break up was pretty silly but overall it was a fun read that I really enjoyed.

This is a new to me author and I have to say I am looking forward to reading more by this author! I loved this book

For Her Consideration was a fun and lighthearted book. It was heartwarming and made me smile. I loved the found family aspects and how each character was unique. I also appreciated having an older and fat main character. This book was a solid four stars and a fun quick read.

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A wonderful romance, set in Hollywood but it's not the standard made for tv romance. It will however, hit you in all of the feels.

This book was super cute. I enjoyed it a ton, and I liked Ari and Nina so much. Their chemistry and development was good but it threw me completely off on the last quarter.

4.5 stars
I enjoyed this book. I liked the Hollywood setting, the found family, the swoony out actor love interest. I loved the great aunt and the Thursday lunches at the retirement center. I loved the way Ari always said "Nina Rice" and her surprise at discovering Nina was an option. Sure, there are some unbelievable plot points, but this was a fun, sweet, diverse read. Highly recommended.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

This book is so charming and delightful. Ari is totally adorable and crushable, without ever veering into manic pixie dream girl territory. I loved all of the behind-the-scenes Hollywood details, as well as the strong friendships at the core of the book. This book put a big smile on my face.

This is a very enjoyable and lovely book to read. I really enjoyed the characters, the pace and the way in which it was written. If was an easy read and would highly recommend it.

Thank you to Kensington Publishing Corporation for the eARC of this book!

I'm struggling to figure out how I feel about this book. There were elements I did enjoy about it, and others I didn't, though unfortunately a lot of those really diminished how much I enjoyed the story.

What I did like about it: the premise. It was a great premise - it was believable and made for interesting plot points. I also really enjoyed the side characters. They were fun to read about and I wanted to read more about them, honestly. I'd read a whole book about CJ and Sophia.
I also liked the overall themes, especially that careers were important consideration. It wasn't just all about the love, it was more about how love and work fit together to make a full life and I really appreciated that.

What I liked less: the main characters didn't feel too fleshed out to me. I liked Ari a lot but I felt like we didn't get enough of her to really get to know her.
As for Nina: I wanted to like her. I related to a lot of her internal struggles, and I genuinely was rooting for her to get her career (and the girl). However, I found that the catalyst for her disappearing from her friends' lives <spoiler> and breaking up with Ari </spoiler> being that her ex-girlfriend said she was toxic to everyone, meaning she shouldn't be around anyone ever. Obviously I understand the way words can cut and affect someone's behaviour, but I found it a little unbelievable that someone who had so many wonderful friends, and a wonderful great aunt who had been caring for her since she was little, had never had anyone ask why she was acting the way she was acting. Where were these wonderful friends when she disappeared for three years? <spoiler> At the end, they all show up to Nina's condo to see what's up, but why didn't they do this the first time she disappeared?</spoiler>. I was mostly frustrated with this concept which just made me not appreciate Nina's journey with it, and I was mostly annoyed any time it was brought up.

So overall - this was a fun read! I don't regret reading it, and the romance, premise and side characters really made it a great experience. There were a few things that really stopped me from totally loving the book, though.

2 Stars for me but I’m rating 3 because I can see why others would like it.

I feel like a curmudgeon for this review…

I wanted to like this one, I was excited for a sapphic story with at least body diversity, I feel like 99% of contemporary fiction WLW books are about two thin white femmes and it gets boring, but I just couldn’t like Nina. I found her immature, selfish, and fussy, the kind of person who just mopes instead of trying to fix the problems she caused and I didn’t see improvement as the book went on. I mean, we start with her hitting a cyclist and feeling sorry for herself about it and ending with her breaking Ari’s communication boundaries by using Ari’s email to respond to a situation Nina didn’t like. No one’s perfect, but Nina constantly bemoans about the 12 things her ex didn’t like about her as reasons why others shouldn’t like her and makes no real effort to work on herself.

I’m a believer in the adage, don’t hook up where you V-lookup, so mixed with not liking Nina, I didn’t find their romance as fun as I hoped, but I see how someone wanting a light read might enjoy this. It reads to me like a teen fanfic on Quizilla about becoming Kristin Stewart’s PA and falling in love with her, it has its place, but not what I expected. It just wasn’t my cup of tea.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC!

Nina had such great character development throughout this book. It leaves you just rooting for her the whole time. Overall, this was a great book. We need more queer romances and this was a solid one!

A sweet and addictive lesbian romance

After a breakup that left her broken, Nina has left the city to live in the suburbs, focusing on her work. When Ari Fox, a young, queer actress requests a meeting so Nina can get to know her and manage her email account in a way that sounds more like Ari, things change. Afraid that she's reading into things that aren't there, Nina convinces herself that Ari isn't flirting with her, even if her presence stirs up all kinds of tingly feelings inside her. When Ari incites her to go back to working on a script she's writing, Nina agrees. But is falling for a client really the best idea?

I really enjoyed this romance! It was fresh, addictive and very, very queer, juste the way I like it. The characters were very relatable and the plus-sized rep was absolutely on point. I loved how confident Ari was with her sexuality, especially since she is a public figure. It was heartwarming to see queer joy, and a story that isn't centered on the struggles that queer people can sometimes face. The relationship between our two protagonists was truly adorable and made me feel warm and fuzzy inside. It was hot, sweet and very relatable. The writing was nice too, and guided me along well into Nina's story. The pace sometimes felt a bit slow for my taste, though, but I still had fun reading this book. I also enjoyed how the two of them grew together and the spice was really, really nice! The secondary characters were fun as well and I really liked them. All in all, it was a very warm and fun read about sapphic women in the movie industry.

I would recommend if you're looking for a sweet, sapphic romance.

"With Ari at my side, and me at hers, I was ready for anything."

TW: toxic relationship (in the past), sexually explicit scenes

For Her Consideration is a book about two queer women living in LA - one a famous actress, the other working at an agency and tasked to answer emails for famous clients.

Nina and Ari meet during a business meeting which does not seem like the most romantic place to meet, but somehow for the two of them it works.

I did enjoy reading this book, but I have put off writing this review because it was hard to put into words why I liked it. The best think I came up with was 'it just works'.

Nina Rice is a very difficult main character. She does stupid things (like ghosting her friends for no reason, taking other people's opinions way too seriously etc) but through it all she is relatable. I would say throughout the book she is at her worst and that is really hard to read sometimes. I related to her and her struggles and they were portrayed really well, but also I didn't love reading about the same problems I deal with in my normal life, when I'm just trying to read an escapist queer romance.

Ari is by no means perfect either. The whole situation starts because she is "difficult". She wants things done exactly the way she wants to do them.

What I did absolutely love about this book was the friendships. Ninas friendgroup is so awesome and the way her friends accept her and want to help her even though her flaws sometimes negatively affect their own lives was beautiful to read about. They are truly 'through-thick-and-thin' friends and every chapter that had them in it was an automatic favourite of mine.

Also Ninas relationship with her aunt was so interesting to read about. Her aunt is such a unique character and I love their dynamic and their obvious love for each other.

I also quite enjoyed the setting of the book although it is wildly unrealistic. And with that I think I need to get into the things that actually bothered me in this book.

I couldn't quite manage to suspend my disbelieve. Everything from the way Nina acted after her big break-up to the instant connection with Ari just seemed a bit forced. I didn't quite understand it.
Even though I liked both main characters despite their flaws I just didn't truly see them together. The spicy scenes were really awkward at least to me and their general dynamic was just so 'perfect' it kind of irritated me.

Ari, this supposedly famous lesbian icon, just immediately falls in love with Nina and goes out of her way to spend time with her and get to know her. And Nina, who has her strict rules that she has lived by for 3! years (at this point they must have become a subconscious habit imo!) just decided to not care about her rules anymore the moment she meets Ari. She is unprofessional- and tbh I thought the drama at the end was way tamer than I thought it was going to be. It somehow felt anticlimactic. They just got together again while barely addressing the problems they had and the hurt they caused each other.
Both of them were truly wrong in the conflict which was interesting to see, but again, it just wasn't resolved properly imo.

The ending was a bit too quick and underdeveloped in my opinion. Like I said before, Nina seemed like she was at her worst time in life and even though it kind of got resolved it still feels like she didn't truly get her happy ending. She needs to go to therapy (which is addressed in the book as well) and it will take more than just a bunch of money to make it all okay again.

Still I quite enjoyed reading the book so I give up a 3.5 stars rating.