I'll admit - I read the blurb and this book sounded so cheesy. Which, of course I eat that $h!t up so naturally I wanted to read it ... and I'm glad I did! It did have its cliche moments but overall this was a very unique and FUN book to read. I loved the premise even though I'm not one for reality tv/semi-scripted shows. If you are - or you are not - this is a great summer/beach read. Perfect for a vacay!

Holly James is a dependable author for delivering great, well thought out storylines. I enjoyed the journey and didn’t want to put the book down!

Thank you, Dutton and NetGalley, for the advanced copy of Name Your Price.

This book got me out of a reading slump. I've been my mom's primary caretaker after total knee replacement, and this novel was my getaway from reality that I so desperately needed at night. The spice is light, but the tension was strong! I'd find myself giggling out loud and cheering on our main characters to find their way back to each other. The relationship between the main characters was nothing compared to the relationships with their families. It was sweet and loving and funny and everything you could need for a cozy beach read!!

Olivia and Chuck are done. Just ask anyone who saw that viral video of their very big, very public argument in the middle of the street. As Olivia likes to point out she wouldn't take him back for a million dollars... Or would she? Enter the reality show that they both need. Olivia needs the money to help with her grandmother's care, and Chuck was just fired from his most recent movie. The gist of the show, Name Your Price, is fo them to be locked in a house together for one month, and they'll earn a million dollars each. Oh, and they'll be docked if they touch each other. Can they keep their emotions in check (for better or worse) and win the money? Or will everything all apart?

After Chuck and Olivia's messy break up goes viral, a reality tv show Named Your Price offers them $1 million to live together for a month without leaving the house. With consequences if they break the rules
A cute second chance romance that was fun quick read. I really enjoyed both Olivia and Chucks characters and the chemistry between them both. Definitely worth the read if you like forced proximity, second chance romances.

I could not get through this. I tried multiple times but just couldn't do it. I didn't connect with the characters.

Thanks to NetGalley, Penguin Group Dutton, and Holly James for the advanced copy of Name Your Price!

Despite the lack of communication and understanding between them, Olivia and Chuck have an insane amount of chemistry in this book. After a very public breakup, they pair are presented with a proposal they can't refuse.

I really loved the tension between Olivia and Chuck and the backstory of Olivia's parents and their Hollywood scandal. The challenge presented to Olivia and Chuck really led to some interesting character development throughout the book. I really enjoyed the story!

Thank you so much to Dutton for the ARC!

I really loved her previous release, The Déjà Glitch and was super pumped for this one!

While I will say that the concept was very fun and original, I didn't ever really believe the two main characters were capable of falling in love. That sounds harsh, but I just didn't see it happening as neither of them were interesting or charming on an individual level even. The whole book felt like a multi-layered miscommunication trope over and over again. Maybe I'm just annoyed because so many things could have been solved by just telling the truth, and so I don't think their relationship would last in real life, but I also could be overthinking it.

I wanted to be swooned and swept off my feet but sadly was disappointed in this one.

I did see James is writing a thriller/rom-com next and I'm super excited to try that out in 2025!

Talk about two unlikeable characters! Those opening scenes were something! They really set this story up for real life struggles and tons of believable character growth. I loved the premise of a reality tv show. I adored how Olivia and Chuck were forced to confront themselves and each other. The misunderstandings were written so well, and the supporting cast of family and friends were perfect. I love all of Holly James’ books - all the best on the release of this one. Every single star!
Thanks so much to NetGalley and the publisher for the eARC to read and review. All opinions are my own.

When a second chance romance is done right it just hits and this book definitely HIT! The chemistry between Olivia and Chuck is off the charts and they know it. I love the reality show vibes of this book, but I also loved that they weren’t happening throughout the entire book. I think this book is a testament to how good communication in a relationship no matter how good things are physically really does matter….I mean that helps of course, but I loved the journey of these two. Throw in some great banter, funny challenges and forced proximity and you have this fabulous read!

After a public breakup video of Olivia Martin and rising actor Chuck Walsh goes viral, a reality game show offers them a million dollars each to live together for a month, testing their explosive chemistry and self-control with high stakes and strict rules.

Read if you vibe with
💞 Second Chance Romance
🛏️ Forced Proximity
❤️‍🔥 Chemistry
🗣️ Banter
📺 Reality TV
🥵 Get it our our system
✨ Celebrity Romance

I had the most fun reading this book! It is full of funny & awkward situations. The banter, flirt & spice between Olivia & Chuck is addicting. The passion, attraction & intense arguments makes them so entertaining. Their back and forth push & pull due to their differences is woven into the book from beginning to end. So, once I started reading I really wanted to finish it - I just enjoyed everything about Olivia & Chuck.

We are all too familiar with videos posted on social media platforms (possibly about us, not by us), Reality TV and love for celebrity gossip. James takes these modern day realities and brings them together here while she maintains a light-heartedness in the book. The reader can easily relate to all this and easily connect with the book.

I enjoyed seeing Chuck open up to Olivia, recognizing her insecurities and his protective nature around her. Olivia begins to see Chuck differently as he exposes more vulnerabilities to her. I smiled over Olivia’s obsession with glasses. It is very easy to understand. As always, the best part is the happily ever after that Olivia & Chuck find in the end.

This is a must read!!

NetGalley is once again the reason I didn’t DNF this, but I did read 59% and decided that this was the worst book of 2024. This book starts off with the most boring vanilla sec scene I’ve ever read and then dives straight into fighting and yet I’m supposed to believe that the sex is so good that [they] have it all over town” (to badly quote Marsi)?

This whole book is the epitome of toxic relationships and begging others to perceive you that I’m surprised it wasn’t written by Colleen Hoover. Olivia is a love child of a Hollywood star and some unknown who both died when she was barely a toddler- this whole thing is mentioned as a reason for why she has the job she does, which is how she met Chuck, and also why she doesn’t do films… anyways 🙄. Chuck himself is a struggling actor who is total prick all the time and deemed “impossible to work with” but refuses to discuss why (probably because he’s a prick).

At 26% of the way in, I had absolutely no doubt that I could predict the entirety of the book, so truly, Holly James has taken a hint out of TikTok writers and made no effort. Like imagine having such a unique premise in contemporary romance and then fumbling it this hard? Also, I don’t know why authors have to remind us of something every other page. Anytime we’re stuck with internal monologue from Olivia or even descriptions, two things are always mentioned: 1) how great Chuck looks and 2) how much she wants to touch him. Like I get it, he’s good looking and your self control is nonexistent. Also, if you told me this was originally written in the early 2010s and then shelved before getting published in 2024, I would believe you because what the fuck do you mean “no internet” but you have cellular data YOU CAN USE THE DATA.

I skipped to the end and I still didn’t care like I skimmed up to the 59% mark, skipped to the epilogue and still didn’t manage to actively read the ending? I was so bored and the entire book read like a fanfic but without anything to keep it interesting. I just think the characters coulda been so much more but I found them to be two dimensional at best.

Thank you to Holly James, Dutton, and NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.

I loved the premise of this book. Two exes get locked inside a house and if they last the entire time, they win a million dollars. I loved the challenges that Olivia and Chuck had to do.

I liked both Olivia and Chuck. I loved how they pretended to hate each other but in reality, they still loved each other and wanted to rip each other's clothes off.

Was cute! Give it a whirl if you are into rom coms. Second chance romance isn’t usually my jam, but add in a little enemies to lovers tension to the mix and it’s a match made in heaven. Was a quick read, though chapters were pretty long, fair warning. But moved fast!

This book ended up being a skim read for me. It's a nice enough summer/beach read if you're in the mood for something spicy and light.

I guess I wasn't because it just never really clicked for me. It has a lot of fun rom-com tropes though and would probably be great to read while lounging by the pool.

I read an ARC of this book from NetGalley. All comments are my own.

I really enjoyed this one! It took the reality tv trope & spun it on its head. This will they or won’t they romance was full of chemistry, passion, and tenderness. I loved that this had some celebrity drama/scandals and that there was tons of humor & pining. I’m always looking for romance books that will make me laugh & be full of passion & pining and this delivered. I enjoyed the premise, the side plots - the FMC is the product of a celebrity scandal and the MMC is an actor who is basically blacklisted in the industry and we don’t learn why until later. This was entertaining and had a lot of heartfelt moments. This was wonderful.

Thank you to Dutton books for the arc!

Holly James continues to blow me out of the water and is an auto-read author for me. Chuck and Olivia's chemistry is off the charts and they were such a delight to read as a couple. Knowing their explosive history, and seeing them work through and learn to communicate was so refreshing. Second chance romance isn't always a win because sometimes it feels like there's a reason that the couples fell apart.

With these two, they're able to grow so that they can maintain a healthier relationship and I loved that.

I will 10000% be reading every one of James' future novels and so glad I got the chance to read this one.

Thank you to Penguin Group and NetGalley for an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

This was such a cute/silly novel! I love MCs who feel like they would be my friends and this fit that so well. The reality TV aspect was lovely and I enjoyed that James wasn’t afraid to create scenarios where her characters were forced to confront their own issues. I need to read her other books immediately

Ahhhhhh what did Holly put in this book? I was obsessed, literally. Started it yesterday and stayed up until 2am reading because I dreaded putting the book down. This was my first book by Holly, but I am definitely reading her other work and screaming to everyone to buy/read this.

The chemistry between Olivia and Chuck was alive and well, they just needed that little push to get to know one another more to fully absorb each other in a relationship. I was entertained with their banter, rooting them on from day one. The nonchalance they attempted to give each other was hilarious, because one second, they're arguing, the next they're taking each other's clothes off and honestly very real of them.

Agreeing to spend one month locked inside a house with your ex, absolutely no touching nor leaving the premises allowed in exchange for a million dollars each. Easy...? Absolutely not when Chuck and Olivia rile each other up so bad and fast. "I wouldn't be with you for a million dollars," Olivia loudly declared in public, and well, being the daughter of a scandalous relationship between two celebrities gets you recorded and splashed on the news without your knowledge. Famous last words though. Because Name Your Price, a reality tv show swooped in and asked both Chuck and Olivia to take part in their show for a million dollars. Yes, the same million dollars Olivia declared she wouldn't do.

Chuck and Olivia on their own were incredible characters too, I loved reading the little snippets we got to see when they unleashed their emotions and talked about their feelings. The character development was there, and it was powerful.

The forced proximity in this book was chef's kiss because as soon as their first kiss occurred, I dropped my kindle, and my jaw dropped. It was hot, hot, hot and I could not be more surprised it happened. Chuck and Olivia had it really bad for each other. Being forced to not touch, when all they did was touch, oof. But, when money is on the line, I imagine resisting should be a tad bit easier. You should definitely read to find out!

The pacing of this book, the scenario, the dialogue, every single detail that created this book was ultimately perfect, I truly haven't been so captivated as such before. Holly, where has this book been my whole life, I genuinely never knew I'd need it. Thank you a million times NetGalley, Dutton, and Holly for the arc of Name Your Price in exchange for my honest review, out now!

A couple breaks up very publicly and gets pulled into a reality show where they have to stay in the same house for a month for 1 million dollars! And they can’t touch each other!!

Read this if you like: Too hot to Handle, second chance, forced proximity, reality TV, he falls first, kinda celebrity romance

👍
+ I thought the premise was quite fun! I could have done with more of the book taking place in there.
+ Great chemistry, tension, banter, fights. The no contact rule made the tension even better. And all the arguments were written very well, not feeling forced.
+ If I break this book down into bits, I really enjoyed the separate parts. Before the show starts, during, and after are all great. They were super cute going from fighting to realizing maybe they do love each other. But there’s a lot of inconsistencies in the characters and action between these sections.
+ His affection for her is so obvious from the get go and it’s so sweet! In fact it was so obvious, I didn’t even think the book hurt from not having his POV.
+ Overall very fun and easy to read.

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Things in general didn’t add up for me. Few examples:
- The MC keeps talking about how they keep having fights and that their relationship is basically only physical. But then the rest of the book sells us on how deep their connection actually is.
- At the beginning he comes across as really selfish. But then by the end he’s painted as the most thoughtful and selfless. And his previous acts of selfishness aren’t really addressed.
- She’s really immature and some rash decisions she makes are egregious and feel so out of proportion with what’s going on.
- Both of the “mysteries” surrounding their lives are so obvious that treating them as these big problems and how other people handled them didn’t really make sense.

Also, from the get go, they don’t really come across as a couple that you’d wanna root for. I genuinely have no idea why he likes her?

Thank you to Dutton Books and NetGalley for the eARC!

Rating: 3.2⭐

Olivia Martin is not an actor. She never wanted to be on screen, even though her mother was a well-known actress. Olivia hadn’t gotten a chance to get to know her mother, though, because her parents were killed in a car accident when she just a baby. Her grandmother had stepped in and raised her, and Olivia would do anything for her. Even if it means spending all her money on her grandmother’s care. Olivia has a good job working for an entertainment magazine, but she doesn’t make enough to sustain the monthly payments on her grandmother’s care facility, and she needs an influx of money, fast.

And then, she gets into (another) big fight with her boyfriend, actor Chuck Walsh. They met when Olivia showed up to interview him for a story, and by the end of the day, Olivia had gotten the interview reassigned to someone else and she and Chuck had gone on their first date. Since they first met, their chemistry is off the charts, so when they come together, it’s nothing but sparks. But when they disagree, those sparks turn fiery. And when Chuck went to an audition instead of Olivia’s grandmother’s birthday celebration, Olivia has had enough.

Olivia tells Chuck that it’s over, and she walks out of his apartment. He follows her, taking the argument into the hallway, then the elevator, then the lobby of his apartment. It evens goes outside, with the two of them yelling at each other as Olivia goes to her car. When Chuck points out that she’s wearing his shirt, she takes it off and throws it at him before getting into her car and driving away. What they don’t know is that someone on the street got that on video and posted it online. By the next day, the video has gone viral, including the part where Olivia yelled, “I wouldn’t get back together with you for a million dollars!”

And that was all reality show executive producer Parker Stone needed to hatch his next great idea. He runs a show called Name Your Price, where he takes people out of their lives and challenges them to do things they normally wouldn’t for an exorbitant amount of money. And he calls up Olivia and offers her a chance to be on the show. She would have to live with Chuck together in a house for one month, and if they both stay in the house the entire time. And there can be no physical contact. Any touching will cause them to be fined against the final amount they could win. Which is a million dollars. Each.

Olivia needs the money for her grandmother, and Chuck needs the money because he got fired from the film that was supposed to be his big break. Parker only gives them a day after the contracts are signed to pack their bags and get their ducks in a row, so Olivia and Chuck find themselves walking into a house together before they know it. There is not a lot of furniture in the house, and there is only one bedroom. With only one bed. Olivia thought she’d be able to find some space in the house where she could get away from Chuck, but the producers had other ideas.

The days to come bring challenges, like putting together furniture while they’re handcuffed together. They have to sit through interviews. They have to agree on dinner and make it themselves. Then they have to clean up the kitchen, but the dishwasher is locked until they can win some challenges. But with the producers making them face personal secrets in interviews and pushing them together while they struggle to find their own space in the house, the chemistry between Olivia and Chuck become more combustible. But will they be able to keep things from exploding long enough to win the money?

Name Your Price is an adorable rom com about reality television and true love. Author Holly James brings two strong characters together and throws them into a series of difficult situations, letting them figure out how to get along and seeing if they can work out their differences or if they will just completely walk away from each other There are several fun surprise scenes throughout, and as these characters learn how to get out of their own way and open up to each other, they finally figure out how to make love work at any price.

I loved Name Your Price. There are steamy scenes and hilarious scenes, and I even got to bring out my moral outrage for how the media and the reality television producers were treating these characters. There is a lot of warmth as well as a lot of heat between Olivia and Chuck, and I just couldn’t stop rooting for them to figure things out and get together already. This one is just fun and perfect when you need a steamy escape from the world for a while.

Egalleys for Name Your Price were provided by Dutton through NetGalley, with many thanks.