The sleeper hit of the pandemic ... a glittering, global love affair full of bougie, vicarious travel. It's electric, triumphant, to read

This slayed me. It's the story of a single mom who starts an affair with a rock star in a boy band. She takes that premise and turns it into this incredible, effective, moving, honest, human love story

I DEVOURED this! The world-building and psychology around the romance was so good, and boy did the ending break me ... the book we really just NEED right now

I'm madly in love with this novel

Fun, sexy, intelligent, I LOVED it

My book of the year! The writing is sharp and believable and the sex scenes are so scorchio that soon you too will stan for Harry Styles #ifyouknowyouknow

Steamy and sexy, this is escapism at its absolute finest. I spent the hours in between binges fantasising about the characters and what they were up to. The three days I spent reading this were blissful

An addictive, glamorous, escapist page-turner - and pure wish fulfilment for Harry Styles fans

Glorious, glamorous, dizzying escapism that has consumed me for the last day. I am not over it

Summer's sauciest, sexiest read. This book has ruined my life and I'm not even mad about it

As the pages turned and the minutes passed, The Idea of You managed to work the ultimate book magic: It blurred the boundary between this world and that one

An OMG page-turner that literally sucks you in from page one to the last few words. I found myself yearning for more, needing, really, to know what happens next...it's that good

You finally have something else to obsess about [...] will have you staying up all night to finish

Captures what fame looks like, and how it affects us all...a fun, juicy love story

An honest and elegant book about modern love in the age of uber-celebrity and social media

Not only is this romance a fun ride, but it also draws on themes of celebrity and sexism that will give you something to think about after you're done

A fascinating, thought-provoking, genre-bending romantic read

Sexy enough for the beach, smart enough for the book club

I can't put this down... the anticipation of the slow burning relationship is completely compelling

A sizzling summer love story that I couldn't put down

Poignant, compelling . . . Marks' lightness of touch and authentic dialogue propel you forward

Hugely compelling and unpredictable

Compelling, edgy, beautifully written

Barbed, twisty and full of deliciously dry wit, this is smart stuff to race through

Sparkling and unpredictable

Darkly comic and addictive

Beautifully written, each sentence provides atmosphere and shimmers in thought-provoking prose

Carol Drinkwater writes with captivating eloquence . . . Full of secrets, tense moments and gorgeous descriptions

A great and compassionate writer

An emotionally charged, wartime story set in the French Alps . . . an evocative tale of courage and loss, of secrets and risk

Set over the course of an upstate New York summer, this shrewd, kindly tale embraces a topical spread of inter-generational challenges, yielding tart truths about love, class and family. It's spry and satisfying

A warm, funny novel

If you can imagine a glorious mash-up of Elizabeth Strout and Gilmore Girls, All Adults Here is it

Set over the course of an upstate New York summer, this shrewd, kindly tale embraces a topical spread of inter-generational challenges, yielding tart truths about love, class and family. It's spry and satisfying.

A novel full of poignant insights into family

If you're a fan of Anne Tyler's writing, you'll love this captivating, well-observed family drama

Busting with witty and poignant observations about the messiness of family

Emma Straub has done it again! All Adults Here introduces us to the Stricks, a delightfully flawed family, with matriarch Astrid at the centre...I know I've been having trouble adulting during this time (seriously, I have to cook, again?!), and the characters in this novel feel like they're struggling right alongside me

All Adults Here will make you question your entire childhood

All Adults Here is deliciously funny and infectiously warm - a clever blend of levity and poignant insights. Straub's flair for irony and wit shine, and she puts a fresh (and progressive) spin on the age-old multigenerational family saga

The queen of the summer novel...we have turned to Emma Straub to bring us highly enjoyable, yet still thought-provoking, tales about witty protagonists in the throes of life changes

Straub's novel takes her signature wit upstate, exploring the complexities of small-town life and what it's
like to live as an adult in the same place where you grew up

If you've spent lockdown at home with the family, this one might just ring true for you. A witty, warm and thoroughly entertaining novel. Relatable

It takes rare skill to make everyday family ups and downs so pleasurable to read but Straub brings both a deceptive light touch and a flinty sense of humour to this breezy big-hearted portrait of ordinary people trying to negotiate the landscape of being a grown up. A superior slice of domestic fiction for fans of Anne Tyler and Ann Patchett

Pulsating with perceptive wit . . . entertaining

Great for fans of Liane Moriarty

Whips along with feel-good momentum, driven by warmth and love

Warm, witty, perceptive. Anne Tyler on laughing gas

Written with true warmth and wit

Praise for Emma Straub

It's the beautifully drawn, vibrant characters that make this smart, compelling novel so irresistible

Funny, poignant and beautifully observed

Straub writes beautifully and amusingly . . . hard to beat for sheer charm and gentle wit

Smart and entertaining

Hugely talented . . . intelligent holiday reading

Warm and big-hearted . . . leaves you smiling for days

Straub writes with such verve and sympathetic understanding of her characters . . . Reading this novel has all the pleasures of reading one of Anne Tyler's compelling family portraits

A funny and insightful look at love and relationships

Written with true warmth and wit

A smart, cool sensibility

Lovely, satisfying

Smart and fresh, offering new insights into the lives of people all around us

Thoughtful and hilarious

It would be easy to compare Straub to other masters of the genre like Meg Wolitzer or Jennifer Egan, but she's already a master in her own right

Wise and often hilarious

Readers will devour this witty and warmly satisfying novel

A precise and observant writer whose supple prose carries the story along without a snag. Straub's characters are a quirky and interesting bunch . . . it's a pleasure spending time with them

Devilishly observed

Sprinkled with humour and insight

Straub is consistently excellent