Name Your Price by Holly James
Rating: 4/5
Spice: .5
Primary Genre: Romantic Comedy
Plot: 4/5
Blurb: Sparks ignite as a pair of broke exes get locked in a house together on a reality show for a chance to win a million dollars, a second-chance romance that perfectly captures the absurd sincerity of made-for-TV love. Olivia Martin and Chuck Walsh have chemistry. Too much chemistry, perhaps. Their every interaction as a couple either lights the house up with sexual tension or burns it down with anger. After one huge, very public fight, they finally break up for good. Or so they think. Someone was filming their dramatic argument in the street and—because Olivia’s parents were Hollywood royalty, and because Chuck’s an actor whose star is on the rise—the video goes viral. When Name Your Price, a reality game show, sees the footage, they invite Olivia and Chuck to shoot a very unusual Live locked in a house together for one month and they will be paid a million dollars. Each. Olivia really needs the money if she's going to keep her beloved grandmother in her nursing home, and Chuck is desperate for any chance to win Olivia back. So the game is on—even as the show tries to pluck every nerve with only one bed, one bathroom, and a set of rules that will lose them money if broken—including no touching. With stakes that have never been higher and their explosive chemistry at a fever pitch, can Chuck and Olivia keep it together (and their hands off each other) for one month? Find out next week on Name Your Price!
The Good:
* Incredibly well written, witty and the perfect beach read for the summer
The Meh:
* The game show host’s character was infuriating to me but I really feel like that’s for the plot. Game show hosts are supposed to be kind of annoying anyways, right?
Bottom Line:
I hadn't read Holly James before this book so when I absolutely loved it, it was really unexpected. This isn't completely closed door but there's a lot less smut than the books that I usually read and that didn't bother me at all. I loved the plot of this book and the way that the author dealt with the emotional baggage of the characters. I loved that the characters are very real and not written without flaws. Not only that but Holly still manages to make the book funny while tackling some serious stuff. Highly recommend!
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