Thank you to Grand Central Publishing, the authors, and NetGalley for the gifted copy of The View Was Exhausting!  All opinions in this review are my own.

Whitman "Win" Tagore is a famous Hollywood actress so when her ex-boyfriend starts slandering her reputation, damage control is needed to save her public persona.  Luckily, Win has Leo to rely on.  The public goes crazy whenever Win and Leo hint at a relationship together so Leo is always there to help Win spin things in a positive way.  Despite being perceived as passionately in love, Leo and Win are good friends.  However, what happens when all of the pretending leads to real feelings?

The View Was Exhausting was such a fantastic summer romance!  Despite the celebrity glamor and gorgeous settings, Win does not have it all together.  There are some heavier topics dealt with like Win still grieving the loss of her father, struggling to find her place in Hollywood when it is not kind to people like her, and struggling with the recent diagnosis of her mother.  There is real friendship between her and Leo even with the bumps in their story.

Read if you want to pretend you are also on a yacht in the south of France!