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A review by kaelaceleste
For Her Consideration by Amy Spalding
3.0
3.5. This was a pretty cute f/f romance with a fun Hollywood setting and tons of lgbt/gender diverse characters. In fact there's literally only one man I can remember in this story and it's their uber driver lmao. The story is centered around Nina, a queer, plus-sized woman working in the entertainment industry as a sort of ghostwriter for celebrity emails. side note is this a real job? It sounds kind of fun.
Anyway what Nina really wants to do is write for movies and tv. Her job is pretty mundane until she meets Ari, one of her clients who is an up and coming queer actor known to be difficult to work with. Apparently. I didn't really get that at all from Ari's vibe? I think it was just sort of written in as a catalyst for them to meet, but not once in the story did I see Ari as neurotic or controlling, more the cool go-with-the-flow type. But that's just me.
Anyway (2) they meet, become entangled, chaos ensues, they have a disagreement, they make up, I won't spoil the end for you but all's well that ends well. I will say that something I HIGHLY APPRECIATED was that the issues they encountered in their relationship were NOT a miscommunication trope!! Thank you for being original! It felt much more realistic and satisfying for them to work out legitimate mistakes made on both parts rather than just getting mad at each other for not talking :)
The characters ranged from ok to good for me. I liked Nina enough. She's definitely a bit lost and DEFINITELY needs to go to therapy, which was acknowledged and talked about openly with her friends which I loved :) speaking of which I LOVED her friends! Such a fun little group that love and support and uplift each other, I loved them. Ari was probably the weak point for me - I thought she was a little love bomby at times and I hated how she always called Nina by her full name as some kind of quirk, it was so annoying please
Anyway what Nina really wants to do is write for movies and tv. Her job is pretty mundane until she meets Ari, one of her clients who is an up and coming queer actor known to be difficult to work with. Apparently. I didn't really get that at all from Ari's vibe? I think it was just sort of written in as a catalyst for them to meet, but not once in the story did I see Ari as neurotic or controlling, more the cool go-with-the-flow type. But that's just me.
Anyway (2) they meet, become entangled, chaos ensues, they have a disagreement, they make up, I won't spoil the end for you but all's well that ends well. I will say that something I HIGHLY APPRECIATED was that the issues they encountered in their relationship were NOT a miscommunication trope!! Thank you for being original! It felt much more realistic and satisfying for them to work out legitimate mistakes made on both parts rather than just getting mad at each other for not talking :)
The characters ranged from ok to good for me. I liked Nina enough. She's definitely a bit lost and DEFINITELY needs to go to therapy, which was acknowledged and talked about openly with her friends which I loved :) speaking of which I LOVED her friends! Such a fun little group that love and support and uplift each other, I loved them. Ari was probably the weak point for me - I thought she was a little love bomby at times and I hated how she always called Nina by her full name as some kind of quirk, it was so annoying please