At Her Service (Out in Hollywood #2) by Amy Spalding

There’s something about For Her Consideration that stayed on my mind even though I didn’t love the book. When I reviewed it, I rated it 3.5⭐️, and yet I never forgot Nina and Ari. Or Max. So when I realised Max would be getting her own book, I had to check it out. I’m very glad I did, since I enjoyed it a whole lot, and I now hope to read many more books by Amy Spalding.

Max feels constantly underestimated and not taken seriously, even at work where she gives her all and knows she’s appreciated. When her roommate Chelsey, an influencer, asks her to try a self-actualisation app, Max refuses at first but after a catastrophic date, decides to give it a go, even if it means sharing her feelings and awkwardness with Chelsey’s numerous followers. And finds that it’s actually helping.

Romances in which one of the MCs has a huge, unflattering secret that is bound to come out and ruin the fledgling relationship usually make me very uncomfortable. In this case however, perhaps because Max is so relatable, or because I trusted Sadie, I was actually looking forward to seeing how they would deal with the situation. It’s still not my favourite trope, but I didn’t cringe once. And I found myself reading well into the night twice in a row when I really should have been sleeping.

As in For Her Consideration, L.A. is almost a character in itself, or at least the love of one of the MCs for the city is, and reading about it makes me want to go discover all these places by myself.

Lori Prince narrates the audiobook and I’m looking forward to listening to it in the near future.