Thanks to Netgalley, Kensington Books and RB Media for the ARC and audio ARC of this! I switched back and forth between them while I was reading.

This was a cute famous person romance, and I loved the supporting characters and friendships so much. There was a lot of the queer found family vibes I was hoping for. Lorna absolutely had my whole heart. It wasn’t ever stated (although it’s possible I missed it) but the big “list” from Taylor about Nina’s flaws read to me like an ADHD traits list, and I’m curious if she was meant to be that way. A lot of the drama/misunderstanding was too much for me, but I really enjoyed the chemistry and the relationship building. I need to know more about Steve!

Why did she have to be so mean to Chesterfield 😭😭 Not that it doesn’t deserve it, but still.

Other than that incredibly personal not-really-a-complaint, this was the adorable queer Hollywood rom-com I needed to get me out of a reading slump. And I want this as a Hulu movie asap. Please and thank you. Sure, the third act breakup didn’t really work for me, but they so rarely do. And the conflict between the two main characters did still feel real, if a little underbaked. Seriously can’t get over how cute this was.

Thank you to the author, NetGalley, and Kensington Books for an ARC in exchange for my honest review.

It was okay but unfortunately it was not much more for me. It was pretty cute and I liked the characters but it felt like there was something missing for me. Unfortunately it felt pretty average.

Nina is in a rut. An aspiring TV script writer in LA who currently writes emails for celebrities who don't have time. Nina went through an atrocious breakup with Taylor who gave her a list of things that were wrong with her. She's withdrawn. Not seeing any friends and living in her great aunt's condo.

Ari is the next big thing in the LA acting scene. She is openly out, sexy and confident. Ari knows who she is and where she is going. However, she is a serious control freak and may not be ready to hand all her superfluous communications over to Nina.

Meet the client. That's what Nina's boss suggested. However, when this morphs into a relationship that would not be considered acceptable by Nina's boss, what do they do? Will Nina be able to let go of the hurt and will be able to release some control? Will this all end in heartbreak and what happens to the mustang convertible?

I really wanted to love this book and in so many ways I did. We have all been where Nina is when the story starts. We have all thought that dreams are impossible to achieve. In this way I really related to Nina and even I want to date Ari! However, the 3rd act breakup was a bit strange, but I think it was trying to be self-sabotage that didn't really work. Apart from that I loved this book! Solid 4/5!

I wanted to like this because I really liked the concept of a sapphic Hollywood romance however I didn’t like this as much as I thought I would. I liked the characters and enjoyed Ari and Nina’s relationship. Despite liking the characters and romance the book went down the ‘third act breakup’ path which felt like it was conflict for conflicts sake.

This is actually a very good romance with beautiful representation. Look, I'm a sucker for queer romances. Sue me.

Thanks to Netgalley for this advanced reading copy.

i really really wanted to like this one but i feel like it feel short for me: i mean, the romance aspect was ok but i feel like the plot was quite lacking and i just needed something more than what was given here. i will be giving a chance to other books by the author but this one just was not for me :/

Nina writes emails for celebrities, including Ari, an out and proud actress who dominates lesbian twitter and is up for an Oscar. Ari, in an effort to make sure her emails are true to her voice and brand, offers to take Nina out for drinks so they can get to know each other and Nina can find her voice. The rest, as they say, is history.

For Her Consideration is the first book I've read by Amy Spalding and I enjoyed it, I can definitely see myself reading more by her in the future! Nina and Ari's storyline is fun, the scene where they realize the other is available to them is funny, and Aunt Lorna's character steals every scene she is in. I have some hangups about the fact that Nina quite literally ghosts all of her friends because of a bad breakup but, even though her friends take her back way too quickly, they at least call her out.

I can see Spalding releasing a "companion" to this from Ari's POV because, unfortunately, Ari feels less fleshed out than Nina does, making her flat. A lot of her character is told to us, for really shown. But the cuteness of their relationship makes up for that.

All in all, I give it 3.5 stars but I've rounded up because we Stan body positivity and found families!

Thanks to Netgalley and Kensington Books for gifting me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

sadly i ended up dnf'ing this book, I wish I could've gotten through it but the mc annoyed me and I couldn't seem to look past that fact

this book has:
- wlw romance
- celebrity mc
- found family

after a difficult break-up, nina, an aspiring tv script writer moves to the suburbs, works from home for a talent agency & retreats from her friends. she manages the emails of a queer actress, ari & an incident leads to them meeting & becoming closer.

this was a fun read with a cute concept! i loved the found family aspect & how well they communicated after reuniting & airing their grievances. the two mcs had great chemistry & their flirting & banter was really cute. the portrayal of nina's anxiety was well done & i really enjoyed lorna's character along with her friends at the nursing home.

tw: death of a grandparent, alcohol consumption & drug use (weed), toxic (past) relationship

thank you to netgalley and the author for the arc in exchange for an honest review.

I would like to thank NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced copy of this book.

I loved this book. It was delightful, caring, and real. I felt that Nina was so relatable. I loved all of her friends, and I cherished her passion with Ari. It was so body positive and full of friends and family and found family. I can’t wait to tell everyone to read it and fall in love with Nina and Ari!

💖 I loved everything about this book!

💖 The two FMC’s are perfection and so well developed. I especially loved Ari and the way little bits of her “controlling” personality would come out when she was really just feeling so passionate or misunderstood.

💖 I related to Nina so hard and loved seeing fat representation, and spoken about so positively on the page. She was insecure but not about who she was inherently or what she looked like.

💖 This book felt like a warm hug of friendships and discovering yourself and being gentle and patient with your goals/ambitions. One of my favorite parts of this book was the friendship group that Nina had. My one concern is when she disappears the first time 3 years ago, none of them seemed to really do the hard work of reaching out when it happened. I was glad that it was addressed and while Nina was the culprit of her isolation, I do wish her friends had taken accountability as well and tried harder.

Thank you to Kensington Books and NetGalley for an advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review.

I'm walking away from this with positive, but overall mixed, feelings. On the positive side, I loved the romance between our two main characters. This definitely starts out as a slow burn, but once the two got together I was kicking my heels squealing. The scenes of them just starting to trust each other, starting to fall in love--those were magical. I love that this was a celebrity romance without some miscommuication/publicity stunt/tabloid story being cause for the main conflict. The sex scenes were well written and once the characters got together, they had great chemistry. There's also a great found family cast in this novel that reminds of how I imagine the L-word Gen Q would be if I watched it.

However, I did struggle a lot with the pacing--this book is slow to start and if I hadn't had an ARC, I don't know if I would have finished it, which is a pity because right when I was about to DNF is when it got really good. I hope others can see it through too. Part of the reason I almost DNF'd was because of the characters...I found them really lacking chemistry, honestly, until I hit that point where they confessed their feelings and all of sudden there was undeniable chemistry and the entire book turned around for me.

Some of my struggles are also in the "it's not you, it's me" category. While romance is a key component of this story, this is most definitely a contemporary novel, focused on Nina's character, in and out of the relationship. Maybe it's just my love of dual-POV romances, but I just really wanted to learn a bit more about Ari and her feelings toward Nina, but alas. While I liked Nina, I did struggle with how,,,,millennial she is. Not a bad thing, but not for me!

Because of the slow pace, I don't think this will be a BookTok darling, but I do think there is an audience for this, and I really hope that audience finds it, because it will definitely make a select crowd of twenty-somethings and thirty-somethings feel seen.

4 stars

This was a really fun, sweet, and (mostly) lighthearted queer romance. I liked the main characters, felt the chemistry and connection between them, and enjoyed their story. I would recommend this one to anybody looking for a fun f/f romcom, and I’ll definitely be keeping an eye out for future books from this writer.

This couple is so darn cute! I loved reading about Ari, a rising queer movie star, and Nina, the behind the scenes agency underling who ghostwrites her emails. The first time they meet in person, they immediately love spending time together and have a blast doing regular person stuff. They’re friends, but there’s definitely chemistry brewing, then their spark suddenly ignites and it’s soooo good!

Nina’s friends are the best and the way Amy Spalding wrote them, I felt like I was part of the brunch crew. I hope she writes more romances with this group!

There’s a lot of lack of communication in this book, which I’ve heard is a romance deal-breaker for some people, but every time I got frustrated with Nina, I reflected upon the fact that she was a lot like me and maybe it was just a bit too close to home…I don’t mind messy characters or relationships as long as they’re resolved well and this one, with the help of Nina’s amazing friends, definitely was. I loved Nina’s personal journey to believing in herself and realizing what she wanted.

Special shoutouts to the wonderful fat rep. and to Steve, the comically invisible cat.

Thanks to NetGalley and Kensington books for giving me an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

4/5 stars

thank you to NetGalley and Kensington Books for an eARC of this book!

okay i would like to preface this by saying i have read two sapphics-in-hollywood books before this, one that i DNF-ed and one that i gave 1 star, so i was really weary about starting this one right after the aforementioned 1 star read. however. this book really changed my mind on the whole sapphics-in-hollywood trope!!!!!

for her consideration is a story about found family and growing in the face of heartache. the story follows nina rice 3 years after a bad breakup that caused her to flee the life she had built, along with the people in it. nina is super comfortable staying like this, until she meets ari fox, an up and coming actress, through her job. they hit it off, and along with reconnecting with old friends, this is the catalyst that drives nina back into doing what she loves most- scriptwriting!

i docked a star because the third act breakup felt really muddled and i didn’t even realize it was happening until a few pages later. i also did find myself getting annoyed with ari at times, but this was all addressed in the resolution of things. but, overall, I found this story so enjoyable and was often smiling at my kindle in excitement at the way the relationship between nina and ari played out. it felt organic and real, even with the hollywood and fame aspect of it all. i really related to nina as someone with similar insecurities, and i enjoyed seeing the way her mindset changed throughout the book. the found family aspect was also one of my favorite things, i adored seeing the way nina’s chosen family welcomed her back into their circle without any hesitations. it felt so real and i felt like i was actually a part of this little queer found family from the pages, in the absolute best way!!

im always on the lookout for a good sapphic romance that feels organic and has me smiling and kicking my feet, and this definitely fit the bill <3 you will also probably end up with a crush on both characters like me but, this is sign that the book is worth reading!!!

3/5 stars

Thank you to Netgalley and Kensington books for granting me with an eARC for review!

This was a fun read! I thought the couple was really cute, and I enjoyed all the pining. Also love a good age gap. I will say, however... Nina was so annoyingly oblivious that it took me out of the story a few times! Like damn girl.... She likes you!!! Take a hint!

Another thing I disliked, and this is with every romance novel lately, is the third act break up. I'm tired of it!!! I need it to end!!! It's just not a creative way to add any sort of tension or obstacles for the main couple, and I don't know if it's something required of the romance genre these days, but something's gotta change because it's getting OLD.

Anyway. I did think this was cute and I love the amount of sapphic romances we've been getting as of late, but I just wish authors would cool it with the third act breakup. If you like fun romances, though, this might be the one for you!

this one is so relatable as it delves into giving love a second chance after heartbreak. i enjoyed the way this book explored body positivity/neutrality, and am so glad to see a sapphic romance that doesn’t centre entirely around a coming out experience, and that involves a character with a bigger body. it wasn’t the most fast paced in my opinion, but i still found myself rooting for the characters, both main and secondary, to get their happy endings. i got this as an e-book arc, but i would go out and buy a physical copy as well!

So first things first, this book has some really great things going for it…

1. While the romance is obviously very central to the story, a lot of attention is paid to Nina’s relationships with her friends and family and at work. Nina’s growth throughout the book relied heavily on people outside of her romantic relationship and those relationships felt as important as her relationship with Ari.

2. Nina's issues might stem from a bad breakup, but I feel that any reader who has struggled with depression and self-imposed isolation will be able identify with her struggles.

3. Nina is a curvy girl who loves her body and we don’t have to really deal with a lot of (any?) derogatory comments about her body. I feel the representation was done really well—without dwelling too much on Nina’s body.

4. Nina's profession was unlike any that I've read about before. Ghostwriting celebrity emails—is that really a thing? It felt super original and gave a whole extra layer of interest to the book.

Now, I do feel that there were quite a few things that didn't feel completely worked out. Many times the tension that Spalding created felt forced and characters actions didn't feel very realistic. The pacing was also off at times, especially towards the end.

I usually prefer the romances I read to be from both characters' perspectives, but having only Nina's perspective worked quite well here. The chapter titles were a much appreciated touch -- I've always loved them but they seem to have gone out of style a while ago.

Nina was a fascinating character to follow. Her anxieties, even if they seemed irritating at times, were completely justified within the context of her past. She was well formed and unique. Ari was a very entertaining love interest, she was fun and you could tell she had hidden troubles and such.

Nina's friends were well formed and unique but a certain spoilery fact made me confused as it seemed a little strange but. What can you do. I did love Lorna, she was great.

Ari and Nina's romance was actually very cute and enjoyable, even if the third act conflict was irritatingly miscommunication-y.

Here's the thing though: it kind of felt like there was no point to the story throughout the middle of the story because the main plot line and romance kind of stagnated.

Overall, a great book! Very entertaining if not overly memorable.