Rebecca Reviews | One To Watch by Kate Stayman-London

I was kindly sent a copy by Netgalley for the purpose of review. All thoughts and opinions are our own. This post contains affiliate links.

This was the first book I had read by this author and I was intrigued as it happened to be about a blogger. So what was it about and what did I think?

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Synopsis

#OMBEA! Bea Schumacher is a devastatingly stylish plus-size fashion blogger with amazing friends, thousands of Insta followers – and a massively broken heart. Bea indulges in her weekly obsession: the hit reality show Main Squeeze. The fantasy dates! The kiss-off rejections! The surprising amount of guys named Ben! But Bea is sick and tired of the lack of body diversity on the show. Since whenis being a size zero a prerequisite for getting engaged on television?

Although Bea has sworn off men altogether, when Main Squeeze ask her to be its next star, she agrees on one condition: under no circumstances will she actually fall in love.

But when the cameras start rolling, Bea finds herself in a whirlwind of sumptuous couture, Twitter wars, sexy suitors, and an opportunity (or two, or five) to find messy, real-life love in the midst of a made-for-TV fairy tale. Bea has to decide whether it might just be worth trusting these men – and herself – for a chance at her own happily ever after.

My Review

I had really high hopes for this book and really enjoyed many of the characters however I found it left me a little flat. It was fairly obvious who Bea was meant to be with from the outset and who she was going to end up with so I felt the ending fell a little short.

Some of the characters were really lovely – I really liked Sam and Wyatt – and others were utterly horrific. I think this was a good commentary on plus size people in the media/public eye but I would have loved to see something a little more from it unfortunately.

I gave this book 3 out of 5 stars.