The Idea of You

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NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING ANNE HATHAWAY AND NICHOLAS GALITZINE ON PRIME VIDEO

THE SCORCHING HOT LOVE AFFAIR ABOUT THE MAN THAT EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT . . .

EVERYONE IN THE WORLD KNOWS HIS NAME. BUT IT'S YOU HE WANTS.

To the media, Hayes Campbell is the star of a record-breaking British boyband.

To his fans, he's the naughty-but-nice front man - whose dimples and outlandish dress sense drive them crazy.

To Solène Marchand, he's just the pretty face that's plastered over every girl's bedroom wall.

Until a chance meeting throws them together . . .

The attraction is instant. The chemistry is electric. The affair is Solène's secret.

But how long can it stay that way?

'THIS SLAYED ME' Taylor Jenkins Reid

'I'M MADLY IN LOVE WITH THIS NOVEL' Curtis Sittenfeld

'This is an addictive, glamourous, escapist page-turner - and pure wish fulfilment for Harry Styles fans' DAILY RECORD

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

'Sexy enough for the beach, smart enough for the book club' BOOK CIRCLE

'The Idea of You managed to work the ultimate book magic: It blurred the boundary between this world and that one' OPRAH MAGAZINE

'You finally have something else to obsess about. Will have you staying up all night to finish' THE SKIMM

© Robinne Lee 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

Critics Review

The sleeper hit of the pandemic ... a glittering, global love affair full of bougie, vicarious travel. It's electric, triumphant, to read
Vogue
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
Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of Daisy Jones and the Six and Malibu Rising
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
Holly Bourne
I'm madly in love with this novel
Curtis Sittenfeld
Fun, sexy, intelligent, I LOVED it
Prima
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
Red
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
Laura Jane Williams, bestselling author of Our Stop

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

Daily Record
Glorious, glamorous, dizzying escapism that has consumed me for the last day. I am not over it
Cressida McLaughlin, bestselling author of The Cornish Cream Tea Bus
Summer's sauciest, sexiest read. This book has ruined my life and I'm not even mad about it
Red

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I don't think I'm the target audience for this book. I'll admit, I bought it because Anne Hathaway is in the film, but I don't think even she could save this for me. Boy bands, and a woman who is so hung up on her age that I wanted to give her a good shake.
If you like erotica, you're in for a treat, and if you enjoy a book about age differences in relationships you may well enjoy it too. But it would have been so much better if she hadn't been constantly worrying about the 20 year age gap. I mean, men do it all the time! I would've respected her more if she'd just enjoyed herself.
ClareR 04/06/2024

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