Right On Cue
Rating: 4.5/5⭐️
Recommended: Yes!

I enjoyed this book much more than I thought I would! I am not the biggest fan of celebrity romance, but the author did a great job of keeping the characters grounded throughout the story. I appreciated the communication between the characters and this book has definitely cemented Falon Ballard as being an “auto-buy” author for me!

A cute, second chance romance, with a touch of steam and Hollywood glam. Probably my favorite book by this author so far.

Once I got into this one I didn’t want to put it down! I flew through the last two thirds of this book! Once we got to know Grayson I loved him! He was such a sweetheart! I loved Emmy too but she drove me crazy at the end. I loved the movie set setting and am enjoying how many Hollywood romances have been coming out. The chemistry between the two main characters was great and was probably my favorite part of the book! I also really liked the steam level of this book! The side characters were great and really rounded out the story.

The miscommunication in this book drove me crazy and honestly if it wasn’t for the major miscommunication at the end this probably would have been a 5 stars for me (I still loved it though overall)! Especially at the end if they would have just had a conversation like adults it would have been so much better. As someone who reads a ton of romance books every year (at least 75 the last two years) the miscommunication at the end is getting so overdone.

This is a fun read for anyone looking for a Hollywood romance! This was a 4.25 stars for me.

What happens when a romance screenwriter and the hottest guy in hollywood are cast on the same film? Sparks fly and not just romance sparks! Emmy and Grayson have chemistry that is off the charts. But they also hate each other, or so it seems. Grayson can't understand why Emmy is so mean to him, until she reveals he humiliated her on the set of her first movie. In order to get their roles and line right, they're forced to work together, and the chemistry sizzles...so they decide to get it out of their systems, and then get to work. But was starts as a one time romp, turns into more.

"I fell in love with you for the first time when I was seventeen years old, Ems. I was never faking anything."

A Hollywood romance trope is a dime a dozen these days - if you want to set yourself apart, you really need to be exciting. While Right on Cue was surely cute and fun, it didn't have anything that set it apart from the crowd. It's childhood romance to enemies to lovers again, but it's one that's going to fall to the back of my brain in a few weeks. Fun for now, forgotten tomorrow if you know what I mean.

Emily Harper is known for her screenwriting skills, putting on some of the generation's greatest romance movies, but she hasn't been in front of the camera since her disaster first-film as a teenager. Grayson West is a heartthrob actor, but he was the reason Emily's acting career failed. So when they're cast alongside each other in Emily's latest film, disaster is sure to ensue.

In order to overcome their on-screen tension, Emily and Grayson enter into a friends with benefits situation to try and build some chemistry. But can they truly get over their childhood hurt when feelings start to develop?

If you're looking for fun, flirty, Hollywood glitz and glamour. Right on Cue definitely has plenty of all three. I thought this was the perfect balance of spice and plot, but again, just nothing that really wowed me overall. Not a bad read, but not anything to write home about either.

I declared Falon Ballard one of my auto-buy authors after reading Just My Type…and Right on Cue didn’t disappoint. I’m now convinced that I’m going to enjoy everything she writes (no pressure).

Super cute and fun rom-com. I could have done without the third-act breakup, but the rest of the book made up for dealing with the frustrating miscommunication trope.

Emma and Grayson were teenagers when they were in their first movie together and it set them both on a trajectory that kept them on opposite sides of the silver screen and diehard enemies. Now, many years later, Emma was not only talked into acting again but with nemisis Grayson opposite her again. With all that pushes them together, but Hollywood trying to keep them apart, which is going to win?

This felt like a Hallmark read but it was cute and fun and feel good but with enough righteous indignation to not be too Hallmark. The callbacks made the constant connections good reading. The characters were quirky, comical and fun as Falon Ballard does.

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"𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯'𝘵, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵.
𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦?
𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥.
𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦.
𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬.
𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘵."


I'm always so unbelievably grateful when I get a chance to review one of Falon's books. Like many books recently, it has taken me longer than anticipated to finish some books because of life circumstances.... but I finished it last night and it was just *chefs kiss*

I loved everything about this book. It includes everything that I love:
• Hallmark Vibes
• Enemies to Lovers
• Co-workers to Lovers
• VERY LITTLE Miscommunication (bonus points)
• My perfect amount of Schmexy Stuffs 🫢

These two are just everything.

I'll be thinking about this book for awhile LOL

Thank you to @penguinrandomhouse, @putnambooks and @netgalley for the advanced copy in exchange for this review!
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Such a fun and flirty read by Falon Ballard! Emmy is an actress turned screenwriter turned actress again who's starring in her very own movie that she wrote. Grayson is cast as her leading man and Emmy is less than thrilled given their complicated past. Enemies to lovers and forced proximity with a little second change romance sprinkled in, I loved how steamy and sweet this romance was! Thanks Putnam and Netgalley for my copy.

3.25 stars

I will 100% say that I am a rom-com snob - haha.

So I enjoyed listening to this book. I originally got it as an ARC, but didn't get to in by release day, so I grabbed the audio for it!

I don't always love a third act break up & this was one that missed the mark for me. The miscommunication (or no communication) trope just doesn't do it for me.

Grayson was fine as a character. Emmy was fine as a character. There was not things that I would outwardly say I did not like (other than Emmy's OVERUSE of the phrase "Grayson fucking West")

It was a good read, but not a super memorable read for me.

This reminded me of Ava Wilder's "Will they or won't they" combined with Bridget Morrissey's "Love Scenes," featuring excellent chemistry and the enemies-to-lovers trope!

I loved Lease on Love so I was thrilled to get to read Right on Cue! I loved the tension between the two main characters it was done flawlessly!!! I was rooting for them wholeheartedly!!!

I loved loved loved the first 2/3 of this book and read it in a day but the last 1/3 took me a sold 9 days to finish. I've spent the last few days trying to think back on why that was. I loved the character development and immediately related to Emmy and how she still felt the sting of a teenage love/infatuation to then be made fun of/embarrassed by the MMC. Then to come back and see him again as an adult and feel all those feelings and insecurities. I felt that. I loved watching the main characters fall in love with each other but I think I just hate a 3rd act break up/resolution/miscommunication that felt like ughhhh just freaking talk to each other. I can't say that I'm a talk about my feelings kinda person but it just made me feel so frustrated. Anyway... I did like this book, I love Falon Ballard and would read a menu if she wrote it. So there is that.

Thank you NetGalley and the Author for providing this ARC for review.

I love rom coms set in the celebrity world, so from the start, I knew this was going to be a win. From learning about the filming process to the scenes with the intimacy coordinator and the amazing small town location, I felt like I was part of the movie crew. All the articles and tabloids from the press were a great addition too! Enemies to lovers is never my favorite trope, but I think since this was more one-sided with Emmy versus both of them bickering, it worked really well. Still, I think the fact that Emmy was hating on Grayson for something that happened when they were kids was a bit immature, especially when it took her a good chunk of the book to get past it. To me, this definitely felt like one of Falon’s steamier books, which I guess comes with the coworkers with benefits trope, but I was all here for that!

Read if you like:
-Celebrity romance
-Costars with benefits
-Enemies to lovers
-Tabloids, articles and interviews from the press
-Learning more about intimacy scenes on set
-California Inn setting

AAAAAAHHHHHHH

Thank you NetGalley and Penguin Group Putnam for this ARC for an honest review.

I’ve read three of Falon Ballard’s books so far and have enjoyed all three. But this one has to be one of my favorites. Grayson and Emmy are perfect and I love them so much.

I have REALLY mixed feeling about this one!! I love Falon Ballard and I loved the plot/setting and characters BUT miscommunication played a HUGE role in this latest romcom and it got really FRUSTRATING for me!!

I wanted to like this more than I did. While still enjoyable overall, I found that the story and characters missed the mark in a few areas for me. First, Emmy was a difficult character to get behind. Maybe it was the setting of being an actress/producer in the world of Hollywood, but I found her to be overly privileged and immature. Same with Grayson. I found him to be unprofessional as well. Also, it's really hard to feel bad for someone who has a booming acting career who wishes they had become a professional hockey player instead.

The Right Person Wrong Time trope was also annoying to me mostly because of the multiple miscommunications that take place throughout the book. The third act breakup was the worst offender and, again, came across as emotionally immature of both parties in making these huge sweeping assumptions based on overhearing a few words.

Overall, I still enjoyed it and like Ballard's writing. I just hope her next book is more like Lease on Love!

This started out promising but then the miscommunication trope really kicked in and it was difficult to finish. It was unclear how Grayson came to suddenly be cast in a romcom when it was so different from his usual work and Emmy would believe whatever she heard without following up and would internalize it, leading to inevitable issues. Both their thought processes and their actions towards each other was aggravating. Readers who don't mind the miscommunication trope will probably appreciate this book more.

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC!

I was so excited to read this one because I loved Lease on Love but this one fell a little short for me. In many ways the characters felt underdeveloped and immature. While they had physical chemistry, I didn't sense any emotional connection. I would have loved to see more of Emmy's best friend and other characters that were briefly mentioned. Also, the third act breakup fell short for me and felt so rushed. While I don't enjoy the miscommunication trope, I think there are times when it can be done well and I didn't get that impression from this book.

I enjoyed the way this book balanced a mix of small town/Hollywood romance ideas and the setting of this book. I think with the mix of the set being in a small town, this book didn't feel like just another Hollywood romance. Emmy was down to earth and Grayson felt like a MMC you could trust, though their characters could've used a bit more development.

Overall, a solid 3 stars for me! There were parts I really enjoyed and made me smile, but others that completely missed the mark.

This book just came across a bit underdeveloped. The characters fell flat and where they were fleshed out it was not in a positive way. The chemistry wasn’t there. It just overall fell short of the bar set by this author’s previous books.