Queen B’s Decree: For Her Consideration had a tiny bit of the boss/employee vibe (Nina works for a company contracted by Ari) and I could get into the secretiveness/taboo of their relationship.
Ari is an up and coming actress and Nina essentially writes emails for her. When Ari has questions about the emails, they meet up and their relationship blossoms from there. Nina is getting over a bad break-up and seems a bit like the “useless lesbian” meme in that she can’t see how into her Ari is, but I still enjoyed the buildup.
I loved Ari. Everything is told from Nina’s perspective, but Ari seemed like an amazing, giving, caring partner. Nina…had a few flaws. I could never understand why she had ghosted her “best friends/nearly like a sister” for THREE years! For Her Consideration promotes the “found family” trope and yet, with one incident, Nina drops them all. And after the third act break-up, she does it again. Long story short, I enjoyed the side characters and Ari much more than Nina.
But that doesn’t mean I didn’t enjoy For Her Consideration, because I definitely did. I just wish it had been executed better. I’ll be keeping my eye for more from Amy Spaulding.
Book: For Her Consideration by Amy Spaulding
Series: standalone
Genre: Contemporary
Hotness: mild salsa
Plot Devices/Tropes: boss/employee vibe, sapphic