46 reviews for:

Best Supporting Actor

Joanna Chambers, Sally Malcolm

4.01 AVERAGE

amartinios's review

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Some details on the content warnings I added in the moderate category: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship. Wrapped in spoilertags so you can choose if you need to know this beforehand.

One of the main characters has trauma from a previous relationship with an abusive boyfriend. This boyfriend was older than the character, who was himself above the age of consent, but still young and inexperienced. He was inconsiderate when it came to sex, barely bothering with foreplay and basically just trying to "get to to the destination" as quickly as possible, and shaming the main character for not being able to "arrive at the destination" fast enough. This severaly undercut the main characters sexual and body confidence. On top of this (no pun intended) they both performed in a play and the abusive boyfriend would deliberate do things during performances to throw the main character of, finally succeeding in making him block so bad he had to be replaced by his understudy mid-performance. This caused a severe blow to his the main characters confidence oin live performance, like theater. The abuse is mentioned throughout the book, but not directly shown, but it does play a big role in the main characters mental state and motivations throughout the story. At the end of the book though, it is revealed that the abusive ex-boyfriend is getting to face some karmic justice. This is through no direct involvement of any of the main characters and is mentioned, but again not directly shown.

catn_001's review

3.75

I really liked the concept and the writing was nice. They were really sweet. Especially Tag towards Jay.

The plot was building towards opening night, so I was a little disappointed when we didn’t really get any of their perspectives on the matter. It was Tags big break and Jay overcame his stage fright. I feel like more time should have been spent on exploring that. The ending felt a little messy/rushed.

notruse's review

emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

pontiki's review

5.0

Tag is a struggling actor on the edge of his big break. Jay is from a famous family and stars in his own show. They hate each other because they see only the surface, but even then their attraction is brewing.

They give in and have a meaningful night together, then, out of fear, argue and hurl hurtful words at each other. Then, they’re cast in a play and must work together for two months.

For Jay, he’s facing his stage fright, but also, memories of how his emotionally abusive ex treated him, on and off stage. For Tag, its a risk that he quits his job and moves for, so he can barely make enough to feed himself.

They work together with great supportive people, and uncover each other’s truths, hurts, and needs. When Jay’s fear makes him walk out on the show the day before opening night, Tag argues with him, then realizes he doesn’t care about the play, only that Jay is OK.

Jay realizes he trusts Tag, on stage and off, and that plus a good talk with his Mom, help him face his fear and do the play.

I love the building of this relationship and complexity of the characters, both of whom have their vulnerabilities. I also loved Henry, Freddie, and Phil. An excellent book.

I received this ARC for free, and am glad to provide my honest review as a thank you.

sailor_senshi's review

funny lighthearted relaxing

3.5

emma_j_croft's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

teacupsandtropes's review

4.0

I am so sad this series is over because it is SO GOOD!

This one is probably my least favorite of the series, but by no means was it bad! I've actually been jonesing for Tag's romance since we met him in book one and Jay intrigued the hell out of me when we got a glimpse of him in book two. AND NOW I GET THE TWO OF THEM TOGETHER!

While the relationship between Tag and Jay starts out very antagonistic, but when the two of them get cast as co-stars in a play (after a very sexy romp in Jay's sheets), they come together and collaborate through the rehearsals while navigating the writer (Jay's family friend), the director (a famous household name), and their own insecurities and secrets. The way the two of them worked and helped each other just guh. And the way their relationship formed through the eight weeks of rehearsals was so sweet.

I definitely recommend picking this up and reading the whole series if you haven't already!

I received an advanced copy from GRR in exchange for an honest review.

loulou87's review

4.0

This was all in all very sweet and read easy and smooth.

I liked the progression of the relationship and I appreciated that they took their time with it. What started as an unfortunate ONS evolves slowly into friendship/mentorship and then love.

The spice was hot and sweet.

I also loved the cameos!

florpauttazzo's review

challenging emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

koopzegel's review

emotional lighthearted