3.5!

This book was a lot of fun! I’ve realized that I really enjoy a reality TV show premise in a novel. Name Your Price was a quick, enjoyable read with likable characters and a solid plot. It took a bit for me to warm up to Olivia and Chuck, but once they met the producers and got into the house, I was hooked. The only thing I wish there was more of was time in the house and more challenges. I understand why their stay was short, but it was so entertaining and different from other romcoms that I wanted more!

Olivia and Chuck are a great example of a well-done second-chance romance. Their chemistry is strong from the start, but they face real issues that need to be resolved before they can reconnect. Being locked in a house together forces them to confront their problems and remember what they like about each other. They aren’t perfect, but they feel like real people who genuinely care for each other and put in the effort to work through their issues, even if some of it happens off-page in the epilogue.

And can we talk about the subplot with Olivia’s parents? I loved it. Hollywood drama, whether real or fictional, is always fascinating, and watching Olivia uncover the truth about her parents with Astrid’s help was beautifully handled. It added depth without overshadowing the main storyline. Honestly, I’d read an entire book focused on that aspect.

All in all, Name Your Price was a fun, engaging romcom that kept me invested the whole way through and delivered a satisfying happily-ever-after.

Name Your Price is a sweet little celeb romance about a struggling actor and struggling journalist who fight and fuck and fight some more. They get caught breaking up on the street and when the video goes viral they get invited onto a reality show where they live in a house, big brother style together for 30 days and can’t touch each other. If they last without boning each other, they each win 1 million bones.

I’m not gonna spoil what happens, but if you dirty little voyeurs are hoping that cameras capture some rated X footage, look elsewhere. This book is pg-13. Despite the lack of public fornication, I liked this book and the hot headed characters with their million dollar blue balls. Def recommend.

Smut- 2.91 stars
Romance- a white hot rage filled 4.25 stars
Story- 4.31 stars
Anger Banging- 8.87 stars

This is a unique concept for a book and I had a good time. They had such strong chemistry. I loved this so much just as much as her debut.

3.5 stars truly, it was a perfect read. Left me happy, but one I’m not likely to pick up again.

This book was short, sweet and such a tender hearted romp of a read. All the while, it epitomized the phrase- “to know her is to love her.” Our mains, Chuck and Olivia had so much love for each other throughout the entirety of the book that it absorbed the basic bare bones plot and added a shine to it. However, a caveat is that it was almost too shiny, the bow wrapped so neatly around it.

Definitely recommend for a quick rom-com read that won’t leave you unfulfilled or frustrated from poor use of tropes.

4 ⭐️ This was so much fun. I've learned that I LOVE a book with a reality tv show premise. Name Your Price was such a fun and easy read with incredibly likable characters and a solid plot. It took me a minute to get into the story and start to like our main characters, Olivia and Chuck, but once they met with producers and actually got into the house? I was HOOKED. The only thing I wish we had gotten more of in the book was time actually in the house and more challenges. Don't get me wrong, I 100% understand why they only lasted a few days, I just wish there was more because it was fun and different from other romcoms I've read.

Olivia and Chuck are a perfect example of a second chance romance done well. They have undeniable chemistry from the jump but have real problems that they need sorting through before they get to come back together and walk off into the sunset. Locked in a house together is the perfect setting for forcing our lovers to confront their issues and why their relationship has struggled for so long while also reminding them of what they actually like about each other. Neither of them are perfect but they feel like real people who genuinely love and care for the other and put in the effort to work through their problems (even if some of it is off page in the epilogue) so they can be together.

Also, can we talk about the background story with Olivia's parents? LOVE. Hollywood drama is always fascinating (real or fake) and getting to see Olivia work through her parent's story and bringing light to the truth with the help of Astrid was so beautifully done and entertaining without overshadowing the rest of the storylines throughout. Truthfully, I would read a book focusing on just that aspect.

I said it once but I am saying it again- Name Your price was FUN. It was a great romcom that kept me invested the whole way through and offered a perfectly satisfying HEA.

Read Completed 8/8/24 | 3.5 stars
NAME YOUR PRICE was an easy, fun romance. I've liked Holly James' past works, most specifically THE DEJA GLITCH, so I was excited for another romance from her.

Admittedly, I'm not a huge fan of celebrity romcoms. For some reason, I just don't care about the movie/TV industry and sometimes it's a turn-off. I liked that there wasn't a huge focus on that, despite being on a reality TV show. The author made a good focus on the characters and their relationship and I really grew to care about both of them.

I also had a hard time with the "enemies to lovers" and "second chance romance" concepts here. They really weren't enemies but the concept is still kind of the same, having a huge blow-out fight and then another trope -- forced proximity -- takes over as well. I don't necessarily mind it AS MUCH when it's more rivals to lovers, like in a workplace romance, but these two were just MEAN to each other during their fights. It's like a Ross and Rachel thing. They have this romance, passion, are meant to be together, but then they're just mean to each other when they're fighting and they were so inconsiderate when they were together in the beginning. And you know what, they really didn't address that.... They got better at communicating and fixed some things but they barely apologized for how they used to treat each other and despite passion, I would have a hard time if I fought with someone like that during our relationship. Just not the way I handle relationships I guess!

The TV show part was fine, but I didn't really like the way it ended. I did like seeing the couple forced to work together and really starting to get along. They really did have some good chemistry and I loved the close moments where they actually felt like best friends too. This also did have more spice than Holly James' previous books and I really didn't care about it. I liked that her books were low to no spice. This wasn't a lot, but they were a couple that couldn't keep their hands off of each other and eh. Other people will like it but I didn't care.

This was an easy read and fun, but I just didn't love it. Still solid and I can see others connecting with it more than I did! Mostly, I just didn't like the way they treated each other in the beginning and didn't like how they didn't really address is.

*4.5

This is a unique concept for a book and I had a good time. They had such strong chemistry but it was easy to see where they went wrong. Being in the house made them talk about their feelings and it helped them to grow together. The part where they were hugging out by the pool made my heart melt.

I received an arc through netgalley.

⭐3.5 stars, rounded up to 4
🌶️ 2 spice

Name Your Price by Holly James follows the tumultuous couple, Olivia (FMC) and Chuck (MMC). Olivia and Chuck have a passionate but dysfunctional relationship that ends up going viral. The viral video then gets them roped into a reality tv show, where they have the opportunity to win big if they can follow the rules. But doing so, they need to work together to win the game. Will they be able to make it a month without exploding on eachother? Being stuck together will make them face truths they have packed away, will they be able to uncover their secrets in the process?

I really liked the playfulness of this book! You could feel the angst between Olivia and Chuck. I think this book would have rocked if it had dual POV. It was a storyline I have not read before which was very entertaining. I felt like there was a lot of build up and tension between the characters so when we finally got to the spice, it felt like a long time coming! I would have loved to read a bit more spice between the two characters. I would definitely recommend this book to someone looking for a fun, low-spice novel.

Thank you Netgalley and Penguin Group Dutton for the eARC of Name Your Price by Holly James in exchange for an honest review.

Two hot and bothered exes who still swoon over each other are offered a million dollars to go on a reality tv show where they're locked in a house together for a month.
Call it crazy, maybe.
Challenges, drama, and plenty of LOL moments. This was such a feel good book.

Name Your Price had a fun premise, but the characters were just not likable. I did NOT want a reunion and it was just such a slow story that I ultimately gave up.

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC for a honest review.

I loved this story about a second chance romance, forced proximity couple with electric chemistry and a lot of love for one another learning to skills to be in a healthy relationship with each other. The connections to reality TV shows was a blast as well. Overall a very fun read that I didn’t want to put down!

This one was good but no where near my favorite Holly James rom com. I think this may have been my least favorite, I just felt a bit disconnected from the characters in this one.

So cute and spicy a story about a broken up couple starring in a reality show. They are fire and flame, passion and chemistry together. But fire and flame led to their parting. The show requires them to stay together in a house without touching for one month. They are in very close quarters where chemistry threatens their chance for winning a million dollars each. Can they do it?
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of the book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

This book was absolutely darling. I loved the premise of being locked in a house with your ex on reality TV in exchange for a million dollars. It's just bizarre enough to be a show that I would 100% watch and 100% loved reading about. I'm going to be honest, I struggled with Chuck at first but as the story developed so did he and I came to like him. I really liked Olivia and the fact that her friend would text her pictures of dogs to distract her from Chuck was beyond delightful.

Absolutely LOVED this book! Holly James did not disappoint at all. The steam in this book was next level but also the characters were Truly in love and you could see them begin to trust each other again throughout the book. I loved seeing them grow as individuals but also together!

Not my favorite from Holly James but still okay.

I had a harder time getting into the plot with this one, but I also knew that going into it. Her first book blew me out of the water with the unique plot, charming characters and magical realism twist... And I've been chasing rhet magical feeling from her writing since.

The characters were hard to like at first for obvious reasons but I really tried. Unfortunately I just finished because I had the arc and I needed to finish it.

this was a lot of fun -- a book i didn't request but was sent and i had a lot of fun with it! it was pretty well paced and i haven't read a lot of books that take place in a gameshow/reality tv setting so this was a nice change of pace for me :)

Olivia Martin and Chuck Walsh have chemistry. Too much chemistry, perhaps. Their every interaction as a couple either lights the house up with sexual tension or burns it down with anger. After one huge, very public fight, they finally break up for good. Or so they think. Someone was filming their dramatic argument in the street and—because Olivia’s parents were Hollywood royalty, and because Chuck’s an actor whose star is on the rise—the video goes viral. When Name Your Price, a reality game show, sees the footage, they invite Olivia and Chuck to shoot a very unusual challenge: Live locked in a house together for one month and they will be paid a million dollars. Each.

Olivia really needs the money if she's going to keep her beloved grandmother in her nursing home, and Chuck is desperate for any chance to win Olivia back. So the game is on—even as the show tries to pluck every nerve with only one bed, one bathroom, and a set of rules that will lose them money if broken—including no touching. With stakes that have never been higher and their explosive chemistry at a fever pitch, can Chuck and Olivia keep it together (and their hands off each other) for one month? Find out next week on Name Your Price!

I thought this was cute. I liked the premise of the game show and thought Olivia and Chuck had pretty good physical chemistry.

I really loved Olivia, I liked relationship with her grandmother and I thought her parent’s background was pretty interesting and how it all played out in the end. I did have a really hard time liking Chuck. He did get better by the end and you kind of get a glimpse at why he is the way he is but at the beginning he was being a very stereotypical C-List actor by blowing her off for his career which I wasn’t really a fan of.

Thank you to Dutton Books and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review!

I loved Holly James's 2023 release The Deja Glitch, so I was thrilled to get an early copy of Name Your Price and I was not disappointed!

Olivia and Chuck have a LOT of chemistry. They're either lighting up the night sky with sexual tension or burning down the building with anger. After a very public breakup, they learn that their fight was filmed and it is now going viral. Because of Olivia's family background and Chuck's status as an actor, they get approached by a TV game show, Name Your Price, where they're offered money, lots and lots of money, to be on the show. The catch? They must live in the same house for a month without leaving and without touching each other. Both are desperate for the money, but are they desperate enough to follow the rules? Only time will tell.

Holly James has so far impressed me by taking what could be a cliche rom-com and putting a unique spin on it. The tension between Olivia and Chuck was fantastic and while there wasn't much spice in this one, the plot was fast moving and really entertaining. Some of the side characters were great additions (Olivia's grandma, Ruby, I'm looking at you) while others seemed to play an important role and then fizzle out.

Overall, I thought this one took some classic romance tropes (enemies to lovers, second chance romance, one bed) and added a unique spin.

I'll gladly read any Holly James book and am already looking forward to her next one!

Thanks to NetGalley and Penguin Group Dutton for the digital copy. My review is honest and voluntary.

I adored The Deja Glitch and was so excited to receive an ARC of Name Your Price!

Olivia and Chuck had a screaming in the streets breakup that went totally viral, leading to the pair being offered a spot on a reality show. The catch? They need to avoid their steaming hot chemistry and not touch each other for thirty days while living in a house together. If they leave, they forfeit a million dollars each.

What a fun concept! I love a book centered on a reality show, and this one has the fun behind the scenes shenanigans you’d expect from these shows. Chuck and Olivia compete in tasks, gaining prizes or losing money based on what happens in the house. Loved the setting and the plot!

The story does go a bit deeper, with family responsibilities and emotional turmoil making an appearance throughout the story. It is a nice balance to the crazy hot chemistry and steamy moments the pair share,

Thank you to NetGalley and Dutton books for the gifted arc, all opinions are my own,