Picked up on recommendation of BookishRealm on Youtube. Liked the style, but I felt like it needed to be a full length novel. There was a lot of rushing, just telling me "These two don't like each other." "We hate these contestants." "We filmed a few episodes of the show." No, I want to read those scenes! Lol, let me SEE why they hate each other! I want more Gam!
We didn't really know why they hated each other, and we really didn't get to see why they started to love each other either. Mostly, all of the characters told them that they were making heart eyes at each other and they kinda went "Ok, yeah, maybe we are." I liked a number of the side characters more than the mains. I'm going to look to see if they get their own stories.
I mentioned that everyone hates two of the contestants. All we know about these two when they are introduced is that they are "cocky" (ok, sure. They are in a competition) that one girl is a beauty queen (fine) and that the other is a man. It's never said outright that he is a drag queen (why? Why are we dancing around that?), but they say that he is also a "queen" that belongs in a "different kind of ballroom". That's it. Then we hate them. We never get any examples of their behavior, any interactions, or dialogue. I'm going to give the story the benefit of the doubt, and that the rush didn't give time for the story to develop this.... but it feels a tad like we don't like them because he's a "queen". That bit gave me pause.
I love a steamy sex scene that highlights consent and the ending was sweet. The writing was fine, but I did highlight at least four mistakes (she wiped her hand with the back of her mouth) Needed another proofread, but it was on Kindle Unlimited, so can't complain about free stories. Will try to find a longer story from the author for next time.