Sizzle Reel
A Novel
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3.5 • 2개의 평가
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An unputdownable queer coming-of-age rom-com about life and love in Hollywood. • "Both an irresistible love story and a riveting exploration of Hollywood dynamics.” —Rachel Lynn Solomon, New York Times bestselling author of The Ex Talk
For aspiring cinematographer Luna Roth, coming out as bisexual at twenty-four is proving more difficult than she anticipated. Sure, her best friend and fellow queer Romy is thrilled for her—but she has no interest in coming out to her backwards parents, she wouldn't know how to flirt with a girl if one fell at her feet, and she has no sexual history to build off. Not to mention she really needs to focus her energy on escaping her emotionally-abusive-but-that’s-Hollywood talent manager boss and actually get working under a real director of photography anyway.
When she meets twenty-eight-year-old A-list actress Valeria Sullivan around the office, Luna thinks she’s found her solution. She'll use Valeria's interest in her cinematography to get a PA job on the set of Valeria's directorial debut—and if Valeria is as gay as Luna suspects, and she happens to be Luna's route to losing her virginity, too . . . well, that's just an added bonus. Enlisting Romy’s help, Luna starts the juggling act of her life—impress Valeria’s DP to get another job after this one, get as close to Valeria as possible, and help Romy with her own career moves.
But when Valeria begins to reciprocate romantic interest in Luna, the act begins to crumble—straining her relationship with Romy and leaving her job prospects precarious. Now Luna has to figure out if she can she fulfill her dreams as a filmmaker, keep her best friend, and get the girl. . . or if she’s destined to end up on the cutting room floor.
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Greenwald's fun but unfocused debut rom-com sends newly out bisexual Luna Roth, 24, on several missions: find a way out of her toxic work environment at a Hollywood talent agency, pursue her dream of becoming a cinematographer, and finally lose her virginity—with queer superstar actor Valeria Sullivan, no less. Her roommate and best friend, Romy, agrees to help with all three, realizing too late that she feels anything but neutral toward the prospect of Luna ending up with someone else. To have the life she's always wanted, Luna must come to terms with her developing sexuality, her precarious career in Hollywood, and who she really wants to give her heart to. The story splits its time between Luna's career and love life, never fully committing to either, which may frustrate readers looking for a satisfying friends-to-lovers romance. Meanwhile, a lack of narrative tension sometimes robs the plot of momentum. Still, Luna's got a snappy voice, and the abundant pop culture references keep the tale firmly anchored in its Hollywood setting. It's not perfect, but Greenwald shows real promise.
