Nina's last relationship ended with a list of ways she was toxic and would drive everyone away from her. Three years later Nina has sequestered herself away from almost everyone. Suddenly her friends push their way back into her life and she starts building a relationship with a client. Nina believes she shouldn't date or be friends with people, and she knows she shouldn't date a client, but it feels so good to be social again, even if Nina always has one foot out the door. Can Nina overcome her past in order to embrace a future?
This book was so much fun and also so deep. I really enjoyed the writing and the characters and will be looking for more work from this author.

Loved this!! It was like an episode of The L Word, but less dramatic, lol. Nina’s friends were lovely, and her relationship with Ari was perfection. Oh, and don’t even get me started on Lorna and her ladies!! ❤️ Nina herself was a great character as well, although it’s always frustrating when a character believes so little in themselves. Taylor really broke down her self esteem to the point where she was sabotaging everything around her, so it was great to see her friends, family and Ari help to show her how to value herself. I thought this was really well written, and I highly recommend it!

This was a cute premise and I really liked the characters but the level of quality of the writing just didn’t do it justice.

It wasn’t explicitly bad or anything, it just kind of had that “it’s hard to put my finger on why this is only okay and not great, but I know the difference when I see it” feeling. There were a couple places where I had to re-read a sentence a couple of times because I wasn’t sure if there was a typo or word missing or it was just a weird sentence. So a bit more slow-moving than I usually like my books.

The best part of this story is the MC’s vibrant group of friends. They’re loud and demanding but loving and fiercely loyal. Nina has a fabulous blood relative too- Aunt Lorna, an aunt everyone will wish they had. Another character I enjoyed- the elusive Steve, the cat- very creative. There were a few things though that didn’t work for me. First, I thought it was way too long. The end picks up a lot though with self revelations. This book is definitely a giant ad for therapy and I felt sad for Nina coming out of her break up at the beginning of the book- in some ways what happened to her and how she processed it was realistic, but at times it got very frustrating- especially in her new relationship. The third act break was especially frustrating and the resolution was too swift. Another thing that I found challenging was that a lot of scenes dropped off as they climaxed. The book was mostly body positive but at times I wasn’t entirely sure it was. The chapter headings are foreshadowing which is kind of fun and kept me reading. And I did believe the romance, though the focus of the story is Nina’s journey and her wonderful friendships.

Thanks to Netgalley and Kensington Books. ARC provided in exchange for an honest review.

Short summary: 3 years after a devastating break up that leaves Nina isolated and insecure, she meets and starts falling for her celebrity crush- quirky, lovable, Ari. Can she overcome her feelings of inadequacy and worse, being cursed, and let Ari in?

Nina works with an agency providing media services to celebrities- like responding to their emails. Ari Fox is one of those celebrities but she believes Nina’s responses are not ‘real’ enough so she asks for a meeting.

It’s a good story, with a slow start, an excellent middle and great finish. It’s not just rom com-y but it deals with self worth, body positivity and how toxic relationships can affect a person.

And a special mention to Steve and his appearance.

Free ARC via NetGalley.

Thank you to Kensington and Netgalley for an arc in exchange for an honest review.

This was a very fun romance, with realistic well written characters, and a pretty fun premise. I liked it a lot, but I think that it started slightly too slowly and ended slightly too abruptly.

This is such a beautiful story about a heart broken women who has to learn that she isn’t a ticking time-bomb like she feels she is. At first I wasn’t sure how I felt about the heartbreak and her response but it slowly started to come together and I understood why she reacted the way she did.
I think this is just such a cute lesbian romance and had such a good time falling in love with the characters and their friends and family too. I absolutely love Nina’s friend group and her aunt. The part where bianca express’s her anger at nina for disappearing, Nina finally realizing she is deserving of love and the life that she wants. It’s so beautiful.

What this story did best was overall positivity is subtle woven throughout without ever making it part of the plot. Body positivity for all is a key element but there is also a lot of respect show towards different orientations, wile still keeping it grounded in a realistic world setting.

For Her Consideration gets off to a pretty slow start that definitely is a friend ship first relationship ; not too slow but definitely not the speedy highlight reel that is most rom coms. As a story filling the gap in the market it works pretty well, but it just wasn't my favourite romance. Everything about it was enjoyable but not memorable.

For Her Consideration is a fun, easy read. The plot was cute, and I enjoyed reading about Nina and Ari. I do wish that the romantic connection between them would have been a little more developed in the beginning because their relationship does change abruptly. However, I enjoyed the romance, and their banter was fun. I do have some concerns about the conflict and the quick forgiveness/resolution towards the end of the book, but ultimately I do love a happy ending. The secondary characters like Nina’s aunt, Lorna, and her friends, who all really continued to love and support her when she was going through it, were great additions to the story.
3.5 stars

Pub Date: 02/28/23
CW: anxiety, alcohol

My absolute biggest thanks to NetGalley and Amy's publisher for approving me for an eARC.

Oh my gosh oh my gosh oh myyyyyy goshhhh. I have no words for the excitement I had when this title hit my inbox. It was such an easy read I flew through the pages without even realizing it. I loved this book and Nina was such a relatable character. I loved Ari and how the girls didn't play around with the whole "I like you, you like me" thing. Ari wasn't some kind of bitchy superstar and Nina wasn't one of those annoying fangirls. They were just two humans who liked each other and had some issues they had to work through.

It was such a relatable story and while I usually don't read romances, I totally, obviously, made an exception for For Her Consideration and I am so glad I did. LGBTQA+ romances are some of the best to ever be written and I am forever thankful to have been able to read an ARC of this book.

4/5 stars

I really really liked this one! Reading Nina and Ari's love story by the pool was so so lovely. I loved the hints of midwest humor and the commentary on suburbia. Overall, I loved watching Nina return back to her relationships with her friend group post-breakup, it made my heart feel so warm. I do wish that we would've gotten Ari's POV, but this book was so good without it!

This missed the mark for me. A lot of it was due to the awkwardness of the writing. This story absolutely would have been better if it wasn't first person because it made the awkward writing so much more visible.

The sheer ridiculous number of times that the word "scent" was used or thought about bypassed anything resembling cute. We get it , she smells nice. Nina didn't read like a 30 year old and if the ages had been reversed it would have made more sense to me.

The plot hinging on Nina just ceasing to communicate with everyone after a comment from ex felt a bit hard to believe when you have to wrap your head around everything else in the story.

I think with a bit more editing and evaluation this book stands to be incredible but as it is now, the characters are lovable and the plot was cute but didn't hold up next to the repetitive and sometimes immature and sloppy writing.

THIS. WAS. SO GOOD. My favorite sapphic novel since Delilah Green, and very different. Snappy and well thought out and excellent.

I got stuck at the airport for almost 10 hours… but this book really made it not so bad. I’m sure I was blushing and making funny faces but I couldn’t help it! For Her Consideration is the perfect romcom. Sweet, spicy, relatable, and cozy. I love the plus-size and mental illness rep. I will definitely add this to my bookshelf and look forward to recommending it to many friends!

I liked most parts about this book, like the main romance , most of the characters, the plot and all that. Really the only part I took issue with was the millenialness of it all. Just like the whole thing with GIFS and places where the author tried to make the book more relevant by using slang from five years ago was annoying. I also don’t like when books mention real celebrities and people , like with Sandra Oh. I just find it weird.

Nina works with a celebrity agent responding to emails as if she were a celebrity. After Ari Fox, an up and coming actress, wants to make sure her emails sound like her, Nina starts to spend more time with the gay actress.

I would call this a sapphic romance with heart. I loved every character in this story and their relationships to each other felt real. Nina’s past breakup really did her head in and you got to watch as she slowly realized, with the help of her friends, that the bad stuff she feared about herself wasn’t true.

Extra points to this book for the inclusion of Steve and his late (physical) entrance.

This was a nice read. i had a bit of trouble connecting to the story and characters, but I still enjoyed myself. I would say the romance was a solid 4 out of 5.

Amy Spalding is one of my favourite authors so I was very excited to learn she'd written an adult novel. And it was as good as I was expecting it to be! Here's hoping she continues writing both YA and adult.

Thank you Netgalley for this ARC for an exchange for an honest review.

Very interesting story I enjoyed it.

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This was an amazing story that I couldn't put down. Read most in one day, but unfortunately, sleep took over and I had to put it down.

I loved the plus-size rep, the lesbian rep, and the anxiety and depression rep. I think this book resonated with me because Nina was so relatable. Like her, I am plus-sized and care about what other people think of me.

I loved the story of how Nina and Ari met, and how they became more than friends together. I loved that the normal, everyday girl got the famous, hot girl. I loved the extended self-made family. I loved everything about it.

FYI, the 👅 💦🍑 were hot.

Thank you Amy Spalding, I can't wait until I can buy this book and put it on my shelf.

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review!