I just started this book and am currently listening to this arc, along with many arcs. I batch listen to them as I have 407 arcs currently. I’m very glad to have this arc copy!! It is a stand alone, age-gap, workplace romantic comedy. I’ll leave my full review/ edit this review when I finish Reel Love. It is one of those arcs I can listen to for an hour at a time (how I finished the arc copy of “how well do you know your husband.”)

This is making me laugh so I am really enjoying this arc. Thank you Netgalley and publisher for my arc copy and my arc request was approved. It makes me extra happy and makes my day when I see my arc request on the netgalley shelf. 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼 highly recommend this book so far and I can tell this arc is already a 5 stars ✨

Thank you netgalley for the arc in exchange for an honest review.

It was ok, an easy read definitely but unfortunately it didn’t grip me.
The chemistry was off, the story line wasn’t great either. I gave 2⭐️⭐️ because it wasn’t hard to read and did pass the time.

I’m not keen on the way the colleagues trope and how it was portrayed in the book.
It could have been better with more development of the story line it felt rushed

The book idea was cute, and the plot was creative; not many people delve into the topic of movie-making without sounding pretentious. The author did that well. However, the execution of the book overall wasn’t great. The character development and the plot were both pretty severely lacking. The intro to and progression of the love story was too quick. I wouldn’t recommend this book.

Reel Love is a slow burn rom-com. It is written in 3rd person, which I do not really like. Also, the POV changes during the chapter.

This is a sweet story between a movie director and a screenwriter.

What you can expect:

- age gap (she is older)
- workplace romance
- forced proximity
- he falls first
- some spice

I liked the insight into the movie making process and the cover is cute.

But overall the plot was pretty predictable.

This is my first book from this author, but I would like to try others too.

Thank you Netgalley for a digital copy of the book. This is my honest review.

Thank you NetGalley and publisher for this arc!

This book was great! I loved the writing style and I loved the characters and their chemistry. This was a good romcom and a great pallet cleanser.

So honestly I think I would give this a 3.75/5 if I could but I felt like it should be bumped up rather then down. I thought the beginning was a bit awkward, I would've liked more background on who the characters were before hand, but honestly once it was past that it was a cute goofy good time. A girl trying to chase her dream in Hollywood and a young dreamy man with energy and life still in him. The age-gap romance style was cute as always and I was very very happy that it ended in a nice HEA for them. I also really loved that the woman was the older one since that isn't seen as much. It was a cute good time <3.

I thought this was cute read but it wasn’t quite for me in the end. I found parts of it quite repetitive and I thought some of the characters lacked depth in parts and there were areas of the story that felt rushed. I third act moment of miscommunication was also so frustrating and unnecessary and I felt like the resolution of that was very rushed for the sake of getting to the HEA quicker. I did think that the chemistry between between John and Anna was great, especially at the beginning.

Great book!! Realistic characters!! Great plot. I would read another book by this author. It had me engaged from start to finish.

I actually enjoyed this and I’m not a fan of the age gap
I loved the characters and how real they was no imagine world were everything is amazing and money if no issues

Lovey easy read, sweet romance good characters and fun read

A great romance novel with an older woman and a younger man getting together! They work together and it was entertaining to read their story! Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC.

I stayed up ALL night reading this.

Despite the formatting weirdness my kindle did to the beginning, this book hooked me from the start. I LOVE Anna, she’s probably my favorite FMC I’ve had in a long while. She’s hilarious, clever, and I find her refreshing.

I loved their chemistry so much! This was just a super fun and cute read!

Thank you NetGalley & BooksGoSocial for giving me access to this ebook! In this book we follow Anna Kovacs, a 37-year-old down-on-her-luck director, and John Mills, a 27-year-old struggling screenwriter with multiple side gigs. They start off with a hot hookup followed by a heated argument. Despite their rocky beginning, they soon find themselves working together on a failing movie production.
It was very cute, I liked to see an older woman (as I'm getting older myself!) I liked their "idiots-to-lovers" chemistry!

Evie Browning was able to create a unique and well written romance on a movie set. I thought the comedic elements worked overall and was invested in what was happening. The characters were fun and realistically done. It uses the slow burn perfectly and was glad it had that happy ever after.

If you are looking for an afternoon escape this is your book!
This book was a little bit different from the ones I usually read. Although the plot was slower, the characters were also more “real” in my opinion.
I loved the use of criticism in this book, There are discussions about feminism, about a woman taking what is considered a "man’s job" and being belittled since day one.
The author has a way with word and drawing emotions out of you in ways you don’t expect! I truly felt for the characters of this book