Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Group Dutton for the e-ARC to this book. Breakups are tough. Olivia and Chuck’s breakup was no different, but it was a little more public than either one was hoping. A video goes viral of the two of them breaking up and the “show” needs to go on. Imagine living with your ex, in a beautiful home, cameras everywhere you turn…what could go wrong? Oh and sweeten the pot- a pretty little payday if you make it a month.

I loved Olivia and Chuck’s story from beginning to end. Their banter was great, their chemistry was perfect, and their back stories throughout the story really made me keep reading! The book was well written and was a great “lighter read” type of rom-com. Highly recommend!

I DNF’d this book at about 30%. It just really didn’t grab my attention. The characters chemistry was not it for me.

3.5 stars
I love the premise of this book, exes who are agree to go on a gameshow to win a lot of money. This was a satisfying second chance romance story. While I enjoyed this book, I'm not sure it is one I would reread or recommend.

What I liked:
-Olivia and Chuck's relationship. I think their relationship was a solid point in the story. High emotions and BIG feelings happening in this book. At one time, I thought Olivia seriously hated Chuck. And while I couldn't really understand why she felt that way, I definitely felt her feelings through the pages.
-The gameshow premise. Nothing went smoothly and I love how things about it took me by surprise. There were frustrating moments and swoony moments and I loved it.
-Not everyone else was nice to Olivia and Chuck.

What I wish would have been better:
- there was too much description or paragraph after paragraph. I feel like there wasn't a lot of dialogue in this book and it didn't make the book fly like I would expect a romance book to.
- more things need flushed out. In the end, we were told of specific changes but were never showed anything. I think this made Olivia and Chuck's relationship feel a little forced.

Overall, an interesting read!

Thank you to Netgalley and PENGUIN GROUP Dutton for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Holly James shows her impressive versatility in her third novel, Name Your Price. While The Deja Glitch was soft and sweet, Name Your Price is bursting with chemistry so hot, it threatened to burn my brain while also full of emotions that pulled on my heartstrings. There is so much more to Olivia and Chuck's love story than their intense physical attraction and James masterfully peels back their layers one at a time to reveal the sweet and supportive love story at the center. All set against the glamorous and fast paced backdrop of Hollywood, Name Your Price is such a delicious treat for your summer reading and all year around!

3 Stars Name Your Price by Holly James is a goofy romance centered around some heavier familial topics. It’s the literal definition of forced proximity as the two characters are paid to stay in a house together for a reality tv show. The chemistry and banter was on point. A fun read!

This book had so much of what I love about a rom-com, forced proximity, one bed, plus it involved a reality show! This was a fun read, fans of rom-coms will definitely enjoy it.

I loved this novel that posed the question: how much money would it take for you to shack up with your ex?

Olivia and Chuck share an explosive chemistry that frequently leaves them unable to decide if they want to tear off each other's heads or their clothes. When their very passionate public breakup goes viral, they're approached by reality TV execs who make them an offer they can't refuse: live in a house together for a month. If they survive, they'll win one million dollars.

Between the hilarious hijinks and sizzling chemistry, this was such an entertaining read from start to finish! I also adored Olivia's complicated backstory, which added so much depth to her character. And of course, it didn't hurt that Chuck was an absolute smokeshow Can't recommend this enough!

This novel follows on and off again couple Oliva Martin and Chuck Walsh. Olivia is a journalist with dreams of one day becoming an author and Chuck is an up-and-coming actor looking for his next big break. Olivia opts out of staying in the spotlight due to the scrutiny her parents faced when she was a baby whereas Chuck is hoping to redeem himself after being labeled difficult to work with after being fired from an upcoming blockbuster.
Olivia and Chuck have made a habit of fighting and making up, until one fight goes too far which leads to an explosive breakup between the two that was caught on camera. Mortified that the encounter was filmed, Olivia tries to lay low and hopes the whole thing blows over until she receives a call from a television producer saying that a popular network wants to capitalize on the viral video of Olivia and Chuck and feature them both on a new tv show called Name Your Price. The premise of the show is that Olivia and Chuck will have to live in a house together for a month and will be filmed 24/7. The rules of the show are that if they can go one month of living together without either party killing the other then they both will win a million dollars.

Seems simple enough until Olivia and Chuck realize they will be in forced proximity to each other with nowhere else to go. Passionate feelings start to resurface which would be okay in normal circumstances, but they are told after they enter the house that if they touch on another then they will lose money from their one-million-dollar prize. What could possibly go wrong?

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I can definitely see why this book would be appealing to rom-com and reality show lovers alike. The premise of the show is entirely the plot of the Netflix series “Too Hot to Handle,” in which the contestants are put into a house and are pushed to make connections, but ultimately docked money away from the grand prize for any form of affection. Olivia and Chuck were up to several antics in the book that give off early 2000’s rom-com vibes. Personally, I would have loved to get part of the story from Chuck’s perspective because while Olivia had her own battles she needed to face, I would have loved to read about Chuck’s internal struggles and not be told through a secondhand account from Olivia.

There were sweet and tender moments from flashback accounts told by Olivia that could have been used more throughout the book to show that Olivia and Chuck had much more than just a physical relationship.
With the story only being told from Olivia’s perspective I felt somewhat unattached to the book at times only because I felt Chuck’s character was more compelling. Olivia was able to have her conflict resolved but Chuck was given the short end of the stick in what seemed like a majority of the book. Sure, he had his faults, but Olivia was just as bad and seemed to not take accountability for it and primarily blamed her parents for the way she was, which in my opinion is not really an excuse considering that the characters are in their 30’s. I can see where she was coming from at times because she didn’t have any answers as to who her parents were, but at the same time no questions were asked until close to the final act of the book.

Ultimately it was a nice, quick read with cute moments. I’m curious to see more of this author’s writing style and what she has in store.

- one bed
- exes
-will they won't they
- trapped in a house
-reality tv

Would you stay in a house for a month with your ex to win a million dollars? Olivia and Chuck attempt to. Two broke exes have a very public break up and join a reality tv show to win a million dollars. The tension is high and the show keeps throwing challenges at them. But do they make it?? Olivia and Chuck have an intense kind of love and the book keeps your captivated from page one.

Thank you to NetGalley, Holly James, and PENGUIN GROUP Dutton, Dutton For the ARC

Pub Date 30 Jul 2024

Would you stay in a house with your (recent) ex for one million dollars? Olivia and Chuck are fire in the bedroom but a mess everywhere else; when their very public breakup leads to an opportunity for them to make one million dollars (each!) they try to put their differences aside for a quick payday. I really enjoyed the chemistry between Olivia and Chuck and was surprised by how much heart their relationship had. What seems to be trivial differences at the beginning of the book are given depth and their characters are given the opportunity to grow and change. The concept is interesting but it was the characters that really kept me engaged with this book. Name Your Price a fun and sometimes steamy romance with heart.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC of the book.

Another hit from Holly James! Name Your Price is another fantastic story, following two toxic exes, with a dash of outrageous reality show twist in there. I loved the chemistry between Olivia and Chuck. They were two feisty individuals with some real-life issues to get through on their own and together. I would have loved to see their time on the reality show fleshed out a little more, and I had to suspend some disbelief in terms of the pace of things for the duration of their relationship and how the show all comes about. I'm a sucker for a second-chance romance and some forced proximity, so this story kept me hooked throughout. A definite read if you're a lover of reality tv or Hollywood drama.

Thanks to NetGalley & Dutton for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆/5

It was no surprise to me that Holly James wrote another fantastic book! This one follows Chuck and Olivia after their explosive breakup goes viral. As a result, they are approached to star in the reality TV series Name Your Price to win a million dollars each! The catch is, they can’t touch each other or they loose out on of some of the prize money (similar to the show Too Hot to Handle)! I love second chance romance stories and this one was so fun! The two main characters had such fun chemistry, even when they were fighting! The reality show created a fun dynamic between Olivia and Chuck! The book was super quick to read and entertaining the whole way through!

Olivia and Chuck have chemistry like I have never read about! These two fight as much as they make up and when someone catches their explosive break up on camera they are both offered one million dollars to star in a reality tv show called Name Your Price. The catch is they have to live together without leaving the house, no internet and no touching for a month. They are both in need of cash so they agree to the terms. Do they survive or do they bail?
Chuck is a disgraced actor and Olivia is the child of a Hollywood love affair. Raised by her grandmother she is in desperate need of cash to pay for her grandmothers care. Chuck is fired from the set of a movie and now no one wants to hire him. Both find the answer to their money problems with the reality show. Just one month no big deal right? But when you have two very passionate people with horrible communication skills locked in a house together with no where to go something is bound to explode!

This was such a cute, easy to read, rom com! Thank you Holly James and Netgalley for the ARC!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read this arc.

Olivia and Chuck have a very public breakup. A show called ‘Name your price’ that pays people to do ridiculous things. The executive producer calls Olivia and Chuck and offers to pay them 1 million dollars to live together for a month.

I thought this was a cute story. However, the characters were only broken up 1 day before getting this opportunity, which seemed kind of silly. I think maybe the whole concept would have been better if they had split up for a longer period of time and knew what life was like without the other, the whole ‘absence makes the heart grow fonder.’ I overall liked it though.

This was a book that kept me reading and held my attention from start to finish. It was fun to read, and the characters were very well written.
Olivia and Chuck gave me the vibe I was looking for in a book to keep me entertained. They had the chemistry that was a perfect fit for the story.
This is a rom com that I will tell others they should read. We all need this kind of book in our lives and Holly James is an author I will look for when I need a book to read.
Thank you NetGalley, Holly James and Penguin Group Dutton for the copy of Name Your Price. This is my personal review.

Olivia and Chuck have unmistakable chemistry. But fool around with chemistry too much, and it blows up in your face. That’s what happens at the opening of Name Your Price: after a passionate interlude, they end up screaming at each other in the street, this time half-clothed. They loudly declare their final break-up, with Liv uttering the ominous phrase: “I wouldn’t be with you for a million dollars!” The scene gets videoed and, thanks to Chuck’s status as a recently disgraced B-list actor, and their eye-popping physical appearances, it goes viral. That’s when a producer swoops in and offers the struggling pair a chance to live in a house together for a month, all on TV. The offering price: one million dollars.


Gotta love this premise: it’s the “forced proximity” trope defined. James does a great job illustrating the simultaneous attraction and repulsion of the MCs, much like bringing two magnets together. Every few pages, even as Liv rails on about Chuck’s bad habits and defensiveness, she watches him work out or go for a swim, and her mind wanders into their past bedroom/kitchen floor/back of the pantry trysts. Better still, she sits back and observes, and ever so subtly, sees Chuck for those better habits, like caring for his family or defending the little guy. James gives us a clinic on the rom-com genre, hooking us with a little spice, getting us to stay for the emotional tension.

James also does lots of the little things well, dialogue among them. Liv and Chuck are veterans of the verbal battlefield, experts at flinging those sharp daggers precisely on target. Pace is another of the book’s attributes: the language is accessible and easy to digest. The situations move swiftly without too much text, and anyone who’s even glimpsed a reality TV show will smile through them. The novel opens with a bang and progresses without too much exposition, getting right to the good stuff (hee-hee!). Finally, fans of romantic spice will be glued to the pages. (Get your mind out of the gutter, please. I’ll wait.)

Here’s what I think about some of the novel’s shortcomings: I enjoyed it enough that I was willing to overlook some of the less believable plot pieces. For the most part. Declaring these in detail would reveal some important spoilers, so allow me to speak in generalities. There’s a twist in the middle that had me wincing. There are some character reactions that require emotional yoga, a stretch too far here and there. Some character attributes seemed to need a little more…baking?

But it’s a fun story, isn’t it? Like Katherine Center once said (see my review of Hello Stranger), the great thing about this genre is the sense of hope. The idea that things will get better, maybe even great. So, the desire we have that Liv and Chuck will overcome their rivalries and petty anger and get together could (or should, depending on the extent of your affinity for them) overshadow the doubt we have about certain elements. That makes this novel imperfect, but not necessarily unlikeable. Make sense?

So, are you looking for a little fun, a little sunny jolt in your everyday drab life? Then go grab a copy of Name Your Price. Maybe a tiny blemish or two, but it’s a sexy, endearing, charming little rom-com. Enjoy!

I am a Holly James Stan! I loved Nothing But the Truth and The Deja Glitch for the magical realism aspect. This one is definitely a step away from that, but it’s still not your basic romance.

I loved the relationship between Chuck and Olivia right from the beginning and it only gets better as the story continues. At first I wasn't sure what the tropes would be. Would it be a second chance romance with Chuck? or would we get another romantic lead?

Read this if...
-you love reality TV
-you follow celebrity news like it's your job
-you enjoy some family drama

This was definitely a unique story/romance and I'd recommend if you like something a little different.

4/5

The CHEMISTRY in this book was absolutely off the charts! Apparently, reality tv settings really work for me, because I loved this. A very quick, enjoyable read with a fresh, new plot that didn’t feel like a “copy and paste” of every other rom com.

Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Group Dutton for this advance read!

My Grade: C+ (3 1/2 stars) A solid read, but I feel it got a bit repetitive and needed more romance, not just lust.
Spice level: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️/5. Pretty steamy, but not overly pornographic.

The Good and Meh:
-I love a good forced proximity!
-The game show premise is a great idea! I would have loved more challenges and for it to last longer.
-Mental health, therapy, and counseling representation was such a wonderful addition! I appreciate it when an author actually acknowledges their characters mental health. Thank you to the author for adding this!
-Olivia's bond with her grandmother was so sweet and I loved their scenes together.
-The twist of Olivia's parents/father's relationship was a bit unrealistic and I feel it kind made no sense to me.
-I didn't feel much chemistry between Olivia and Chuck. Besides Olivia's constant lust over Chucks arms and abs, I think that the romance was missing. I just didn't feel the love. I could have used more flashbacks or a dual POV.
-Dogs and puppies are always welcome!
-I wanted Chuck to punch T.J. 😉

Name Your Price follows Olivia and Chuck who after gets into a heated argument leading to a very public break up outside end up being offered to go on a reality show. The catch? They must live together in a house for a whole month without leaving and to make it, win a million dollars! The premise was great. There were moments in the book where it spoke and covered areas such as the reality and ruthlessness of Hollywood, Grief and forgiveness. While there were moments of light heartedness and comedy, the areas where it was deeper uncovering issues that involved forgiveness and more made me fall for the characters and what each of them were going through. I enjoyed the side characters and felt they had much personality especially Olivia’s grandmother who was an important figure in her life. I throughly enjoyed and thought the pacing was pretty well done between the events before the reality show and after. It did not feel rushed and left me wanting more. Not to mention the chemistry between the two MC! Thank you NetGalley and Penguin Group Dutton for granting me the eArc in exchange for an honest review. I will definitely be reading more of Holly James in the future.