Wild Things -- Laura Kay, Paperback

Two best friends. One huge crush. A year that could change everything...

A warmhearted, hilarious queer rom-com about what happens when a group of friends are actually brave enough to live the dream and give up their dreary city apartments to buy a house in the country together.

"A delightful romance, complete with DIY home repair, a beautiful queer found family, and backyard hens." --Ashley Herring Blake, bestselling author of Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail

El is in a rut. She's been hiding in the photocopier room at the same dead-end job for longer than she cares to remember, she's sharing a flat with a girl who leaves passive-aggressive smiley face notes on the fridge about milk consumption and, worst of all, she's been in unrequited love with her best friend, effortlessly cool lesbian Ray, for years. So when a plan is hatched for El, Ray, and their two other closest friends--newly heartbroken Will and karaoke-and-Twilight-superfan Jamie--to ditch the big city and move out to a ramshackle house on the edge of an English country village, it feels like just the escape she needs.

Despite being the DIY challenge of a lifetime, the newly named Lavender House has all the makings of becoming the queer commune of the friends' dreams. (Will has been given a pass as the gang's Token Straight.) But as they start plotting their bright new future and making preparations for a grand housewarming party to thank the surprisingly but wonderfully welcoming community, El is forced to confront her feelings for Ray--the feelings that she's been desperately trying to keep buried. Is it worth ruining a perfectly good friendship for a chance at love?

A VINTAGE ORIGINAL.

Author: Laura Kay
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 05/23/2023
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780593470053

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/06/2023
Library Journal 03/01/2023 pg. 130
Booklist 04/01/2023 pg. 34
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2023

About the Author
LAURA KAY is the author of The Split and Tell Me Everything, both published by Quercus in the UK. Wild Things is her first novel published in the U.S. She lives in East London.