Thank you @putnam for the eARC! Thank you to @prhaudio for the gifted audiobook!

I cannot get enough of Falon Ballard’s writing. I ended up reading her books somewhat backwards, this is my 3rd book by her and one of my favorites so far. Emmy and Grayson are SUCH a great couple, the chemistry is immediately off the charts and their “enemies to lovers” Schlick is tantalizing. This book is handled so well - from the intimacy coordinator scene (in which our leads get intimate not physically but emotionally - the sexual tension is HIGH though) and the breakdown of the communication and 3rd act break up. I love the direction Falon Ballard took this. Steamy, sweet, and the only nepo baby I’ll ever root for 😂. I definitely recommend this romance.

Falon Ballard has never steered me wrong and this one is proof. I loved the banter, the flirting, the lightheartedness of this read. It flowed quickly and is a perfect summer read. I fell in love with the story and was right in there until the end. Highly recommend.

It seems to me that this book has just solidified that I don’t like hate-to-love stories! It took me a whole month to even finish the book because I desperately didn’t want the characters together. I had no emotional connection or attachment whatsoever to any of the characters either. Unfortunately, I did not enjoy the book whatsoever.

Fallon Ballard might end up being an auto-buy author for me. I loved Lease on Love and I thoroughly enjoyed Right on Cue.

It is interesting to me… I know, obviously, that reading is incredibly subjective. And yet, I can’t, for the life of me, understand why this book ( and Lease on Love tbh) has below a 4 star rating.

There is so much that I enjoyed about this book. For one, Emmy is my current favorite fictional nepo baby. I think she comes off as very relatable, with a lot of insecurity mixed in with a lot of pride for her work. I also liked Grayson but I wish we got more from him. We get a little bit of backstory and sweetness from him but he is still so snarky and off-putting in the beginning with no explanation. I just wish we had some kind of resolve for that, it would have made me like him even more. Their chemistry was well done, and I screamed at the Oscar Isaac/Jessica Chastain reference on the red carpet!!!!!!

Don’t get me wrong. There are some things that I would like to grab both MCs by the collar and give them a good shake about. One, telling Grayson to man up & apologize about what happened when they were teenagers. On the flip side, telling Emmy that Grayson was, in fact, a teenager. It doesn’t outright excuse his actions but explains them. Literally just talk to him and see if he has grown at all before literally almost tanking your movie because you can’t work with him. Also, the third act conflict. I can’t say I would act any different than Emmy, truly, but from an outsider perspective I was like come on!!!!!

I really enjoyed the plot line of them working together on a movie despite animosity in their past. As a rom-com lover, I loved that Emmy is a screenwriter for solely rom-coms and that she won an Oscar for it. Amazing. I also enjoyed getting to see all the BTS stuff from their time filming the movie. I feel like that’s not a plot that I see happen very often.

Thank you to NetGalley, PENGUIN GROUP Putnam | G.P. Putnam's Sons for a copy of this book. All opinions in this review are my own.

I loved this book. As someone who grew up in SoCal and have acted most of my life (and subsequently grew up with a lot of child actors as well), this book was both relatable and still a fun fantasy. The relationship was cute, and I love the enemies to lovers and were they ever really enemies to begin with vibes. It is a fun and easy read, but not fluff by any means. It was a good time and I look forward to reading it again. 4.5/5

Right on Cue | Falon Ballard
Have mercy, the rivalry!!

The tension between Emmy and Grayson is wuld so tightly that it is bound to explode in fireworks – and it does! I loved the taste of Hollywood and the local (to me) mountains setting gave me lovely nostalgic vibes. I had a hard time understanding Emmy’s firm grip on her hatred, but I’m not much for holding grudges. This was a delightful winter romp with a spicy/cozy sneaking around the B&B thread. I’m glald they got out of their heads and into bed – their jobs were on the line and we couldn’t end in a flop (because of course it ends with a HEA)!

4/5 stars!
Big thanks to Putnam, NetGalley and Falon Ballard for the ARC for review!

Love Falon Ballard. Would read her grocery list, to be honest… this one was a good one! From the angsty banter to the enemies to lovers, it fit my “favorites” perfectly. The spice was spicy, the dialogue fun, and the plot was easy to follow. I really did enjoy this one! Thanks for the opportunity to read!

I'm not usually a fan of celebrity romance stories, but I love enemies to lovers. Unfortunately, this fell short for me in that department. The writing was fine, but it was only through the FMC's POV, and I didn't feel like the MMC had enough of a personality to stand out without any insight into his head. Never got much of an explanation for why he was initially a jerk when they met as teens, except he was having issues with his dad 🙄 Cry me a river. Then no apology when the FMC brought up the situation, just a 'get over it' attitude. Charming. The 'big misunderstanding' was also beyond contrived and solved within a couple pages.

Having said that, I feel that this would be a good 'starter' romance for someone just getting into the genre. It has all the trope elements to give a decent taste of a contemporary romance story.

🎬📽Book Review:
Title: Right On Cue
Author: Falon Ballard
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️/3 stars

She's of my favorite authors, but unfortunately, I wasn't a huge fan of this book. I wasn't as engaged with this one, but that's okay! It's an enemies to lovers, small town romance troupe if you're into that type of thing!

The main female character, Emma Harper, has grown up in the spotlight, being the daughter of a legendary Hollywood couple. When she was 15 years old, she was cast aside Grayson West in a film that required a kiss between the two. West went on to describe said kiss as the "worst he's ever had," which led to a social media disaster that ultimately seemed to destroy Harper's reputation.

Years Later, Emma has written the script for a new romcom, and her persuasive best friend, Liz, convinces her to be the leading lady role. When an accident leads to the main male role dropping out, Grayson West is pulled in. No matter how much Emma fights for this to not be the case, she eventually pulls herself together to play the role of a lifetime. Acting like she's in love with her male co-star will take everything's she's got as an actress, especially since she wants her romcom to be a success.

Published: February 27th, 2024

Thank you, @netgalley and @putnambooks, for the ARC in exchange for my honest review!

This was a fun and quick Hallmark-esque second-chance hate-to-love rom-com.

Emmy and Grayson are forced to star together in a rom-com, but they have bad blood between them from a movie they had done together years previously when they were teens.

Emmy was annoyingly immature, didn't take responsibility for her actions, and could not bring herself to have a difficult conversation to save her life. The whole "hate" was based on assumptions on her part only, and the 3rd act miscommunication was all due to her not asking for clarification of a conversation she overhears. These are my least favorite plot devices, so I was not a fan.

I did like seeing them thaw towards each other, although it did seem pretty sudden when they finally caught feelings. But Grayson was the sweetest cinnamon roll, and I definitely found myself rooting for his sake.

The author's fast-paced writing style definitely kept the story moving, but I really dislike the angst between the MCs being artificially drawn out by something that could be cleared up with less than 5 minutes of conversation.

Thanks to Netgalley and PENGUIN GROUP Putnam for the E-ARC. This was such easy and fast read. Everything just flowed together the third act break up was one of the best Ive read something different that I really enjoyed. Emmy (FMC) and Grayson (MMC) reunite after making a movie some years ago and it not going badly so obviously everything is off to a bad start.....or is it?

Thank you G.P. Putnam’s Sons and NetGalley for the complimentary e-ARC of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Emmy has to step up as a leading actress in a new movie she wrote. Unfortunately the leading actor is Grayson who Emmy sees as a main reason why she stopped acting.

Romance movie setup, past grudges or is it a sexual tension, cute small town what else could promises a good rom-com book. This was my first book by Falon Ballard and definitely won’t be my last one.

I love this author and her writing. This was no different. It was cute. and the characters were likable for me. The plot was fun.

Thank you for the advanced copy of this book. My reviews can be read on my GoodReads account here: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1335387-kelly

Sadly this one fell a bit flat for me but i have always loved her others! I will still give her other ones a chance. Thanks for the copy in exchange for an honest review!

Right on Cue by Falon Ballard is the ultimate swoony, enemies-with-benefits, celebrity romance that I couldn’t put down! Emmy and Grayson are forced to star in a romantic comedy together, but here’s the catch—they hate each other. Their teenage angst has left them with unresolved tension, and now they have to figure it out to make the movie work.

What follows is a fun, steamy, and totally swoon-worthy ride as they try to navigate their forced proximity while battling their chemistry. The banter, the tension, and their undeniable attraction made every page of this book so much fun to read. I loved watching them work through their issues and fall for each other all over again.

If you’re a fan of second-chance romances with plenty of steam and heart, Right on Cue is a must-read! It's the perfect blend of tension, humor, and swoon.

Thanks to NetGalley and G.P. Putnam’s Sons for the advanced copy!
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This a fluffy Hallmark-movie of a book, in which they are filming a Hallmark movie. It’s a little meta, but cute nonetheless. Emmy is the daughter of a Hollywood power-couple, and while she wanted to be an actor as a teen, that dream went down the drain after her first movie was a flop. Now she finds herself back in front of the camera, in a film she wrote, and unsuspectingly starring opposite her former co-star who has made his disdain for her obvious. Grayson and Emmy’s relationship goes from enemies to lovers very quickly, though their inability to communicate can be excruciating. The tropes were a bit surface level for me, though I suppose the angle wasn’t digging for anything deeper anyway.

4 stars!
I am a falon ballard fan all the way. This book is cute, funny, and got you giggling and giddy. Definitely worth a read if you want something fast and fun!

This was a very cutesy, lighthearted, romantic comedy. I enjoyed the story line and the relationship between the main characters. A perfect read when I needed something sweet, silly, and light to indulge in! I will be looking for more novels from this author!

The fourth act fallout was both basic and uninteresting, and sadly dampened any enjoyment, I had gotten out of it up to that point.