Thank you Putnam for the gifted copy.

Although not my favorite book by this author, I really enjoyed Right on Cue! It was a light, albeit predictable (3rd act breakup, anyone?) read and I flew through it in two days.

I liked the fact that Emmy wrote the screenplay and ended up being the actor of the FMC in her movie (is that realistic? I don't care). Her and Grayson were super cute together, and had some good chemistry. I always love an enemies to lovers trope, add in a Hollywood film setting, and it was right up my alley.

The only thing I didn't like was the misunderstanding that lead to the breakup. I am not a fan of misunderstandings, and I did find it a bit predictable, it frustrated me how quick Emmy was to jump to conclusions and then completely shut Grayson out of her life.

I'm definitely looking forward to this author's next book!

4.5// thanks for the arc, netgalley!
Emmy + Grayson are (not mean, just hurt) enemies with a history, and now they are working together again, as leads in a romcom that Emmy wrote. Things on set are awkward and stiff, their scenes robotic, and it's their not-so-great history to blame. But then their producer (and Emmy's best friend) throws a curve ball in the filming schedule and things start to heat up.

And then it's sweeeeeeeet. Sweet sweet cute sexy cute sweet spicy aweee. Emmy and Grayson forever.

I'll read anything Falon writes!

Emmy Harper, one time child star turned Oscar winning writer is finagled into staring in her own romantic comedy movie. Unfortunately, she holds a deep seated animosity for the replacement leading man Grayson West. After a curt awkward start, they make a deal to do their best for the film. Once filming, their sizzling chemistry is undeniable. Can they overcome teenage crush/embarrassment/drama and admit to their feelings for each other? Self doubt, lack of communication and outside influences can be difficult, impossible if you are in the public eye.
Will they become Hollywood’s A list
couple or is it all just acting?
Great characters, fun banter and steamy scenes. Definitely a great read!
I received a complimentary copy of this book. All opinions in this review are my own.
Thank you @PutnamBooks

I'm a sucker for a good Hollywood/celebrity romance trope; there's just something about it that draws me like a gnat to a light bulb. To say I had high hopes for this book would be a borderline understatement. To say I was disappointed would also be an understatement.

The FMC - Emmy - leaves a lot to be desired. As a professional in Hollywood...I expected way more. It's one thing to have a moment of angst seeing someone who hurt you previously, but you need to put on your big girl panties and get over it. I'm still not sure why she let a comment Grayson (MMC) made as a stupid 17 year old impact her however many years later. I get that the tabloids posted mean things...but that's what tabloids do. Why let that keep you from acting ever again? Plus, she has now proven her worth as a screenwriter. She just came off as extremely whiney and needy.

Third act conflicts are a thing that you will never truly escape in a romance novel - it just isn't going to happen. I've accepted that, but this third act conflict was ridiculous. My opinion of Emmy was only further cemented by her reaction to the snippet of conversation she overheard, and her subsequent behavior for the weeks after.

We can't leave out our MMC - Grayson - who was a bit spineless at times. It seems like the author was trying to make him more endearing by making him lack self-confidence and thinking he wasn't great, but all it did was get on my nerves. There's no way you're in as many big name movies as you supposedly were to then let a reporter walk all over you. I'm not buying it.

The only real, even slightly, redeeming character was Emmy's best friend, Liz, who gave her tough love on more than one occasion. And I say good on her!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for giving me the chance to read this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Good chemistry and a tight plot made this a nice read on a Sunday. Thanks, Netgalley for the opportunity to find and read a new to me author.

just finished the sample excerpt of this and i really liked it! even with just reading the first chapter it had me hooked and curious! definitely looking forward to reading this whole book! 🎬🎥🤍🎞️

I received an ARC from Netgalley. All thoughts are my own.

After loving Just My Type SO MUCH I had high hopes for this one. I just couldn't get into it. I dunno. Maybe I wasn't the target audience. Maybe it just isn't for me. I found myself forcing myself to read to finish it. I didn't really want the love interests to get together, and I didn't feel like they had a lot of chemistry.

Cute story. I hadn't read anything from this author before, I liked the premise of the story. It flowed well and I liked the characters. I'll read more from them in the future.

Emmy is the queen of writing romcoms until her father passed and she couldn't ever imagine writing a happily ever after again. But finally ready to jump back into the world of romance, she's written a script that she's proud of. The only problem? She can't find a leading woman. When her producers tell her she needs to cast anyone, she also takes the dip back into the acting world too.

When Emmy arrives on set, she quickly finds out that her leading man is not who they originally hired. With an accident that would set them back even more time, the producers are forced to go with another option: Grayson West, who is hot and charming and always casted in action movies. He's stuck up, one dimensional and worst... he hurt Emmy's feelings back when they were casted in their first movie together.

With Emmy and Grayson together again, it starts off rocky with Grayson nailing every scene but the ones he has with her. Deciding sleeping together can fix their chemistry, Emmy and Grayson must start to decipher what's real and what's on script.

This was probably my favorite Falon Ballard novel. She did a great job with this one and I really loved all the ups and downs included in this. After her last two, I think it's been leading up to more romance. Lease on Love felt more focused on the heroine's journey which I didn't mind but wanted more romance. Just My Type had a little of both but this one seemed a little more focused on romance and I think she really hit a sweet spot with it. I adore a second chance novel and I think the premise with Emmy and Grayson was interesting and a great story with who they are as people and where they both could go. I felt they weren't all that they seemed to be and I loved reading them together on the pages.

4 stars!

I really liked this rom-com. Loved the characters were relatable and the storyline was great. Alot.of good humor

This book was so sweet, I was completely bought in to Emmy and Grayson's love story. My only note is that it would've been so fun to get some of Grayson's POV, especially in the moments when Emmy is attributing the worst intentions to his actions. Overall though, I found them believable as people and a couple and I would've read a book twice as long as this was to just get more time with them.

I was provided an e-arc from netgalley to read and review.
Highly recommend this Cute rom-com to all romance lovers
It’s about Emmy and Grayson , 2 costars working on the movie no reservations..
at first they seemed like enemies(when it didn’t work out when they were teens)but as the story progressed you find out they have grown up, have chemistry , and ALOT of spicy moments
But do they fall in love? Is there a happy ending? Read to find out

A sweet novel from enemies to lovers. Once former child actors and costars who hated each other turned into costars once again but many years later. They learned to grow into their relationship built on trust but does that last when Emmy hears something she shouldn’t.

"Right on Cue" a disappointment from Falon Ballard's usual stellar writing. I first received Falon Ballard's book "Just My Type" to review and absolutely loved it, so I was excited to see another one of her books on my shelf. However, this book gave me the most intense sense of whiplash from mediocre drama and miscommunication. Also, I felt like the author was putting diverse characters in just for the sake of saying she had diversity. Like having her makeup artist be a gay black man, or her best friend in the movie as an Asian woman, but didn't actually give those characters any sort of character development or arch. It felt disrespectful in a way. We get it, you wanted your main characters to be white, but also didn't want to seem like you were being exclusive to everyone else. But that's the whole issue. What's the point in putting in racial identifiers at all if you aren't putting any sort of thought into what those characters are doing. They are just stepping stones for the main characters to have conversations about themselves. It wouldn't have mattered what they looked like or what their background was because you didn't even bother to give them a background beside telling me that they were beautiful and insert race/ethnicity. It's the same issue that a lot of Disney movies are going through right now. When you just have a basic white woman at the forefront of the story with no historical context (unlike in Mulan, Princess and the Frog, Brave, or Moana). Stop using side characters as your only way to have diversity and then completely leaving them in the dust when you can't even come up with content for them other than to up lift your white characters. Lastly I found it excruciating how often the MC would talk about how hot the MMC was when he talked about how insecure he was when people would only see him as a dumb, hot, jock. Read the room. You constantly talking about his looks is not helping him. He doesn't want to be just known for his looks. Very disappointed by this book to say the least.

A fun and frothy Hollywood romance with likeable characters and a true picture perfect happily ever after.

This is a cute, spicy read! Enemy to lovers is one of my favorite tropes. If you can't get behind miscommunication, then you may want to skip this book.
This was my 1st book by Fallon and it won't be my last!

For her third book, Falon Ballard gives us her steamiest book yet with two of my favorite tropes: enemies-to-lovers and celebrity romance.

𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝘂𝗲 is what I expected: cute, fun, and light. Similar to her other books, Emmy has a great support system who calls her out when wrong. I loved that her best friend and mom are friends too. It also provided great and fascinating behind the movie scenes looks, including the two MCs working with an intimacy coordinator for their movie sex scenes. All this made for a great audio on my commute to work.

My only complaint was the miscommunication and how it played out. I may always struggle with this, but I realize and understand that this is not uncommon in real life. If anything it's a great reminder to keep talking and work through problems like adults. Just a heads up if that’s a pet peeve for you.

Gifted: @putnambooks @prhaudio

3.5/5
This is a cute read. It’s your typical romance book with Hollywood actors. Greyson and Emmy are the lead characters in a movie that Emmy wrote. Emmy wasn’t supposed to be the lead but she ended up taking it. Her male counterpart got hurt and the replacement was Greyson West who she had costarred with in her first movie when they were 15 and 17. She caught him saying not nice things about her. She hated him since.

Emmy Harper and Grayson West had one failed onscreen kiss early in their acting careers, and they haven't set eyes on one another ever since. But now, they're unexpectedly appearing in opposite one another in Emmy's latest film, and there's a lot to unpack in that surprise. Emmy's deepest insecurity comes from something she overheard Grayson say all those years ago that's stuck with her ever since. Grayson has his own demons he's dealing with. But they both need this film. So neither can back away. And that means finding a way to film a convincing romance, despite all that they feel toward one another (most decidedly NOT love!).

This enemies-to-lovers romance was a bit too spicy and with too much foul language for my tastes. But overall, I enjoyed the storyline, even though the pacing was a bit off at times.

Thank you to Falon Ballard, Penguin and NetGalley for an advance review copy.

“Right on Cue” by Falon Ballard is a fun and light romance novel. That I truly enjoyed reading and would recommend to any fans of the romance novels.