Sizzle Reel

Sizzle Reel

Softcover
4.17

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"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 neither a gaydar nor a sexual history to speak of. 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 begins to think she might just have a solution. She'll use Valeria's interest in Luna's cinematography to get a PA job on the set of Valeria's first indie-and if Valeria is as gay as Luna thinks she is, 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 (and to escape moving back in with her parents), get as close to Valeria as possible, and help Romy with her own make-it-or-break-it career moves while she's at it. But when Valeria begins to reciprocate romantic interest in Luna, the act begins to crumble along with it-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 lose it all"--

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Format
Softcover
Pages
336
Price
17.50 €

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Absolutes Sommerbuch! • 🩷 Luna ist 24, möchte Kamerafrau sein und hat vor Kurzem erkannt, dass sie bi ist. Sie hat zwar ihre beste, queere Freundin Romy an ihrer Seite, aber keine Ahnung wie man flirtet, ganz zu schweigen von sexuellen Erfahrungen mit irgendjemandem! Außerdem leidet sie unter einem schlimmen Job als Assistenz einer Hollywood-Talentmanagerin, der sie künstlerisch bisher alles andere als weiter bringt. Genau dort, im Büro, lernt sie Valeria kennen, die nicht nur eine bekannte Schauspielerin, sondern auch mega queer ist. Könnte sie die Lösung von Lunas Problemen sein? 💜 Ich mochte so vieles an dem Buch gern! Wie immer haben mich die Figuren für sich eingenommen und dann haben sie auch noch erwachsene Probleme. Dass Luna “so spät noch” Jungfrau ist, fand ich richtig gut und kommt viel zu selten vor. Außerdem ist sie Jüdin, was keine große Rolle spielt, aber positive Repräsentation ist. Die Perspektive auf Inszenierung durch die Kamera war sehr interessant, weil zumindest ich diesen Berufswunsch noch nicht in Büchern vertreten hatte. Natürlich gibt es viel Drama und manchmal wollte ich Luna schütteln, aber insgesamt wurde viel geredet und nichts war schlimm übertrieben. Der Sommer in L.A. war beim Lesen zum Greifen nah. 💙 Lasst euch also ruhig in die Hitze entführen mit diesem Buch und taucht mit Luna in Queerness ein.

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Thank you to NetGalley and Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage, and Anchor for the advanced copy for review. Sizzle Reel is a queer romcom that is set in Hollywood. It focuses on Luna who is an aspiring cinematographer who just recently realized she's bisexual. She's not quite sure how to navigate this new revelation so the first person she comes out to is her therapist. Now she has to figure out how to come out to her two best friends, one whom is a cis man she's dated and the other whom is a nonbinary lesbian. Luna is on a mission to prove to herself that she really is bi. She seeks advice from her therapist and from her roommate and BFF on how to figure out if she truly is bi and how to prove to herself that she is. There's also a lot of talk about her virginity and whether she is or isn't based on past and present encounters. I honestly enjoyed this book. I felt that it described a lot of the right feelings for someone who is just starting to spread their baby bi wings and figure themselves out. It's scary and confusing and this was portrayed in the storytelling. This is set up as a love triangle of sorts. I don't want to get spoilery, but there are easter eggs for the feelings felt with the third person of the triangle. Most of the book focuses on the two with the MC getting advice from the third. I liked this setup. I would recommend this book to those who enjoy queer romances and for those who have been in a similar situation or are questioning themselves as well. It's nice seeing that we all go through the doubt.

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