A review by madeline
A Merry Little Meet Cute by Sierra Simone, Julie Murphy

5.0

Bee Hobbes, aka Bianca Von Honey, is an adult film star who wants to break into acting she can discuss with her grandma. Nolan Shaw is a former bad-boy boy band member (say that three times fast) looking to rehabilitate his image and pay for his mom's healthcare. Each of them has unknowingly had a crush on the other for years, and they're about to star in a Christmas movie for the squeaky-clean, family-friendly Hopeworks Channel. As long as Bee can keep her day job quiet and Nolan can keep it in his pants, everything will go off without a hitch. Should be simple enough.

Hi, I LOVED this book. It's laugh-out-loud funny, unabashedly sex-positive, really thoughtful about sex work, has two bisexual love interests, and is just a freaking delight. If you were like, "huh, I wonder if the famously steamy Sierra Simone will write a similarly steamy book for publication at Avon," YEP. 

I am begging for more books in this universe; I'd read about literally any side characters. Nolan's former bandmates seem tee'd up, but Sunny, Angel and Luca, and please god I am begging you Teddy and Steph all deserve stories. Everyone I know has heard me talk about this book, because it is that fun, and I cannot wait to make more people read it this fall.

CW: <spoilers>deceased parent, parent with bipolar disorder, queerphobia, fatphobia, trash attitudes towards adult film workers/sex workers