I enjoyed Falon Ballard's first two romance novels, and Right on Cue lived up to my expectations! Right on Cue is a sweet, enemies-to-lovers romance set in the film industry. I love how Falon's characters are always relatable and down-to-earth. Highly recommend reading Right on Cue to anyone looking for a light, easy read!

Emmy Harper, beloved nepo baby and screenwriter dubbed the next Nora Ephron, hasn't been on screen in ten years. But when they can't find the perfect leading lady for her beloved rom com and production threatens to pull funding, she reluctantly steps. Already hesitant, things go from bad to worse when her leading man breaks his leg and is replaced with the same actor who she starred alongside ten years prior, Grayson West--with disastrous results.

Ballard is quickly becoming one of my favorite writers, particularly with this third, stellar novel under her belt. I love a good celebrity romance (particularly between two celebrities, when it seems more realistic), and this story hit all the notes I was looking for. This may be an odd comment, but I also think Ballard utilizes the occasional swear word exceptionally well in her books, in a way that makes the characters feel like real people and not sanitized for our enjoyment or reserved only for the steamy scenes. She's truly made characters I love and want to be friends with, and Emmy and Grayson are no exceptions.

Thanks to Putnam for my eARC! All thoughts and opinions are my own.

5 stars - 10/10

This was the first book I read by Falon Ballard and I'm definitely going to have to pick up her other books. This was fun, spicy, heartwarming, and had such fun vibes.

I loved Emmy and Grayson and I loved how both of their insecurities got page time, even though this was a single POV book. I also loved how they were able to use their insecurities to relate to each other but also to contrast their own life experiences to grow together. I always adore a celebrity romance and this was just tons of fun.

My biggest (and really only) issue with the book was that the third act conflict was one of those that could have been solve if the characters just. talked. It felt a little forced and therefore unearned. But I'm glad that actions of the characters that were irrational were called out as such. Additionally, I would have liked to see a little more of Emmy's relationship with her best friend.

3.5 stars

Thank you NetGalley and G.P. Putnam's Sons for the eARC. All opinions are my own.

Thanks to Putnam Books and NetGalley for early access in exchange for my honest opinion.
Right on Cue is a Hollywood romance with co-stars filming a romcom in an adorable small-town. Emmy wrote the screenplay and her producer BFF convinced her that she would do a better job acting than any of the actresses they auditioned. Emmy has only once been in front of the camera, and it was a flop, in part due to her interactions with her co-star. But guess who Emmy is acting against in the new movie? Yup!
I liked Emmy, the female main character, but the way the male main character was introduced made it rough for me to give him an honest chance. While I enjoyed the main plot, the story went too far in the miscommunication direction. This grated on me and led me to set the book down instead of quickly finishing it. If you are able to get past the miscommunication, it is a fun, cute read! I have been hit (Lease on Love) or miss (Just My Type) with the author so far, but I will continue to read her books. This one was spicier than her previous books! Right on Cue will be available this Tuesday

Thank you for allowing me a chance to read an advanced copy!

This one lost a potential star for me mainly because most of the book utilizes one of my least favorite romance tropes - miscommunication. It just makes me want to scream into the book! 😂 These two could have saved themselves a whole lotta anxiety, anger, and heartbreak if they could just open their mouths and talk to each other like grown adults.

Bottom line: I didn't love it, but I didn't hate it either. It was just a solid, average romance if you're looking for something light and don't mind miscommunication.

Thank you Netgalley for this arc.
DNF @ 25%
This book looked so promising and I was genuinely so excited to read it. But from the get go the writing was choppy and everything was being told to us instead of telling. I wanted there to be more substance to the story but it never came. The FMC was my favorite part but once the MMC came into the picture, I quickly started to lose interest.
Overall, it was a very promising idea but I think it severely lacked in execution.

Falon Ballard simply writes the best books that are filled with plenty of romance & full of one liner (or 2 liner) zingers between characters. The comments that fly out of Emmy, especially when interacting with Grayson, had me laughing so hard! Also, once I started reading I simply devoured the book in just two days. I was hooked on the story, I wanted to laugh more & I was too impatient to see how it all ended.

Emmy finds herself once again in front of the camera instead of just as the screenwriter & she is not sure this is the best idea -writing rom-coms is very different from being IN the rom-com. Her situation only becomes worse when Grayson West shows up on set as her romantic co-star. They spend weeks filming in a small town, stepping around each other until their lack of professionalism blocks the way of making the movie.

Forcing Emmy & Grayson to figure it all out to complete the movie, they decide to make a pact, co-stars with benefits, which works wonders until it just doesn’t work anymore. Emmy discovers a side to Grayson she never thought she would, she finds herself opening up to him in a way she never imagined & she struggles with her new feelings she cannot admit out loud. Grayson shows a different side of himself to Emmy, he falls fast & hard for her but he struggles emotionally as well. While there is a lot of struggle for both Emmy & Grayson it is very clear they belong together - they compliment the other in the sweetest & romantic ways possible.

I absolutely MUST recommend this book! If you need laugher, some spice & good romance Falon Ballard will deliver on all of it!!

Emmy Harper is a child of Hollywood royalty and has an Oscar herself for screenwriting. Her latest project has the funding and is set to film but no leading lady in sight. With a time crunch she is persuaded by her co-producer and best friend to take the part. She acted once in a movie as a teen and it didn’t go well. Arriving to start the film she learns that her co-star has been replaced by Grayson West, a blockbuster action star. And because it is all in the slightly misleading blurb, he was the co-star that ruined her confidence as a teen.

I loved Falon’s previous books Lease on Love (Feb 2022) and Just My Type (Feb 2023). This one started a little rocky for me. Grayson really comes off as a jerk intentionally performing badly with Emmy. And when eventually confronted by her memories of the past it is excused by his being young with no acknowledgment of her feelings. But Emmy holding on to that one experience seems odd too. Her parents, with their careers, should have been able to help her through that better. And I’m not convinced the power dynamics are accurately portrayed. Where she is the screenwriter, star and a producer she should have been in meetings and watching dailies with the director and co-producer. It is as if she gave up all of her power when she became an actress in the film.

The book picks up when their attraction kicks in. Overall the story has good pacing and is easy to read. And I eventually warmed up to the lead characters. I loved her BF and mom. I’d recommend the previous books more than this one but that is still enjoyable. And I will continue to watch for future books from the author. (3.5 Stars)

I'm a sucker for any Hollywood stars romance, so of course I devoured this new book by Falon Ballard. I really like her style of writing and character development. Good amount of steam / plot.
I enjoyed how Emmy's character growth so much. The book started out with her explaining her extreme hatred for the MMC, Grayson, and takes you on a journey of discovering maybe in the past they saw things a little differently. Grayson is *amazing*. I love him, really sums it up. I would've given this a hands down 5, but....when you have to throw in some TRULY avoidable miscommunication in near the end...I just can't do it. Solid 4.5 stars and once again Ballard delivers a read that will appeal to the masses.

Right on Cue by Fallon Ballard
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Synopsis: Emmy is a nepo baby with famous actor parents and when she's 18 she steps out into her first film as the lead role. She has a crush on her costar and thinks she feels the same when she overhears him talking about her. This subsequently makes the movie a flop as their chemistry is off and Emmy quits acting for good. Until...

She writes a screenplay and they can't find a female lead to do the character justice so Emmy is roped into playing the character herself. She thinks she's going to be acting alongside her good friend until she arrives on location to find Grayson West... the very same man who made her quit acting.

Review:
This story was fine. It wasn't bad but it wasn't amazing It's a great romcom that will be a good palate cleanser when needed or even a nice easy read to boost your reading numbers. If you like contemporary romance and romcoms you'll definitely like this. My main complaint is that I didn't love the FMC. I don't like when a character is constantly second guessing their feelings and can't make a decision. I'm also not a fan of the miscommunication trope like this or third act breakups. All in all the story is predictable, which isn't always a bad thing. Like I said it's an easy read and I do think people will like this.

Right on Cue was an easy romcom read although it did leave me feeling a little disjointed at times. I felt the MMC was a bit much, and I just struggled real bad to gel with the FMC.

I had heard so many good things about Falon Ballard’s writing prior to reading this so I had a certain level of expectations built up, but sadly was left a little flat.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with this ARC!

What to Expect:
🎬second chance romance
🎬let’s just bang it out
🎬he takes care of her when she’s sick
🎬palm kisses 🥹
🎬Falon’s spiciest book yet

🫶🏽What worked for me
Like all of Falon’s books, I was immediately enamored 🤩 I was laughing, swooning, and enjoying every second of this book (until the third act break up). I thought Emmy and Grayson were adorable together—when they weren’t being immature and incredibly unprofessional.

🤷🏻‍♀️What didn’t work for me
The third act break up and everything that followed 😬 For starters it was cringe and based on miscommunication. But what really bothered me was that nothing actually happened or was resolved for them to make up. They just did. And then they had more sex. Which leads to the second thing I didn’t love. This was very smut heavy. While they did have really cute moments together, the romance was mostly focused on their physical relationship, whereas I would have preferred more focus on their emotional connection.

I loved the first 3/4 of this book enough to mostly overshadow my dislike of the ending.

I’ll add an updated social media link after I post my review this week.

Right on Cue is like a cute, Hallmark-worthy movie rom-com in book form. While I adored most of it, I found the third act breakup a bit confusing, and i really questioned his quick return. Nevertheless, Fallon's writing keeps me hooked, and I'll eagerly devour whatever she publishes next!

Thanks to next galley and the publisher for this eARC!!

Falon Ballard can do no wrong.

I loved this old enemies to lovers romance. I can't say I've read many romances about actors and movies and the Hollywood lifestyle, but I can't say any of them have disappointed me before.

I really enjoyed Emmy's character and her passion for her work. I though the tension between the two of them was palpable.

Here is my review on good reads and tik .. thank you for the ARC! Thank you again net galley and St. Martins Press for the chance to read this early!

This started off a little slow for me but once it picked up I enjoyed it. My overall rating is 3.5 stars rounded up. Huge fan of the celebrity/co star romance trope and thought this was done really well. I also really liked the chemistry between Emmy and Grayson.

What I wasn’t a huge fan of was the misunderstanding from when they were teenagers. It’s the catalyst for the tension in the first like 40% but when they finally discuss it… the reason just fell flat to me. The MMC did something mean and was just like ‘sorry, I was a 17 y.o kid’, honestly not sure if he even apologized. 🙄 I actually thought they would touch on it again at some point but nothing.

Thank you to NetGalley and Putnam Books for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

A great read, the story of Emmy and Grayson. She is screen writer who ends up starring in her own film opposite the man who broke her heart years ago. Will she give him a chance?

Falling in love with your enemy!

Screenwriter Emmy Harper was thrilled to be going back to writing romantic comedy with No Reservations as a writer/producer. She never expected to return to her acting roots when they couldn’t find the perfect Isobel and they needed to start filming soon. But everything changed when her leading man dropped out when he broke his leg and action star Grayson West was picked as his replacement. Only problem, Grayson acted with Emmy on her first and only acting role and she still hated him and now she had to act like she was falling in love with him in the film.

I wasn’t expecting the emotional depth between Emmy and Grayson as they worked through their issues from their first film together when they finally couldn’t ignore each other.

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

Plain boring.

I loved Falon Ballard's first book but since then her books have all been a miss for me.
I'm starting to feel like maybe she's not the author for me.

Thank You Netgalley and publisher for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Summary: Emmy Harper is not new to the Hollywood scene as she's been around it her whole life and has left her own mark as an Oscar-winning screenwriter. However, as she dips back into writing rom-coms, she gets more than she bargained for since she is now in the starring role. Grayson West, everyone's dream costar with his smile and rock-hard abs, has been cast as Emmy's opposite much to her dismay. She blames Grayson for the downfall of her first and only acting gig when they were both teenagers. Now they must figure out their differences fast in order to make this film a success, even if pesky feelings get in the way.

Dani's Thoughts: This was my first Falon Ballard and it certainly will not be my last. I love a good celebrity romance and it was fun to see the inner workings behind the scenes on a set. At times I truly wished that this was dual POV because I would have loved to know some of the thoughts behind Grayson's actions. Emmy certainly can hold on to a grudge and even after things seemed settled between the two of them, she still just couldn't believe a good thing could come her way, especially with Grayson. Even though some spots of miscommunication drove me nuts, I love the way the two of them supported each other through filming and after as they continued life outside of the set.

Thank you to Netgalley and Putnam Books for an ARC of this book.