Book Review: Fluffy by Julia Kent

Stand Alone-I guess

Format: Trade Paperback

Pages: 267

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐

How I Got It: Purchased

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Publisher: Prosaic Press

Synopsis courtesy of Goodreads

It all started with the wrong Help Wanted ad. Of course it did.

I’m a professional fluffer. It’s NOT what you think. I stage homes for a living. Real estate agents love me, and my work stands on its own merits.

Sigh. Get your mind out of the gutter. Go ahead. Laugh. I’ll wait.

See? That’s the problem. My career has used the term “fluffer” for decades. I didn’t even know there was a more… lascivious definition of the term.

Until it was too late. 

The ad for a “professional fluffer” on Craigslist seemed like divine intervention. My last unemployment check was in the bank. I was desperate. Rent was due. The ad said cash paid at the end of the day. The perfect job! 

Staging homes means showing your best angle. The same principle applies in making a certain kind of movie. Turns out a “fluffer” doesn’t arrange decorative pillows on a couch.

They arrange other soft, round-ish objects.

The job isn’t hard. Er, I mean, it is — it’s about being hard. Or, well… helping other people to be hard.

Oh, man…

And that’s the other problem. A man. No, not one of the stars on the movie set. Will Lotham – my high school crush. The owner of the house where we’re filming. Illegally. In a vacation rental.

By the time the cops show up, what I thought was just a great house staging gig turned into a nightmare involving pictures of me with an undressed star, Will rescuing me from an arrest, and a humiliating lesson in my own naivete.

My job turned out to be so much harder than I expected. But you know what’s easier than I ever imagined?

Having all my dreams come true.

Review

I first heard about this from a Faceback ad. Normally, I just scroll on by, but the cover caught my eyes. Then, I read the description and decided I needed to read this.

Overall, it was a decent book and I have no major complaints. But there was an immaturity...I guess I'll call it. Mal's outlook and personality was all over the place. And she kept complaining. I understand conflicts are needed, but it was a little annoying. There were also some continuity issues that just made her annoying. 

There is a positive female friendship. Personally, I'd find the three of them annoying, but you can tell they really care about each other. I probably will check out Perky's book, but don't need to read it asap.

The romance was cute. It was superficial in a Hallmark movie kind of way-of Hallmark featured porn and porn references. There wasn't anything wrong with the romance, but I think it could've been more flushed out. The hero was a real nice and likable guy. It is sort of an unrequited love story which is a trope I'm not a big fan of. This wasn't too moony for Will. She did dwell a tad too much on her high school self.

Speaking of which, does anyone else hate reunion story lines. I've always had a problem with them because they feel unrealistic. Now, that I've been to my own 10 year high school reunion I feel even more stronger about it. People need to grow up. Maybe I just graduated with some really mature people.

These seems like a very negative review, but I didn't hate it. There were just a ton of tiny things I found a little annoying. Sorry for all the negativity.

Thanks for reading!

Holly