{"product_id":"9781804184202","title":"Honey : An addictive story of pop stardom","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Banta, Isabel\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 19 June 2025 by Bonnier Books Ltd (Zaffre) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 336 pages\u003cbr\u003e196 x 129 x 24 | 236g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI didn't like to perform. I liked to be loved.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Like Daisy Jones soaked in Britney Spears' Curious' HOLLY BOURNE'It's a delightfully bubblegum novel of hot summer nostalgia' LITHUB'A sexy swagger of a debut' EMMA STRAUBIt is 1997, and Amber Young has received a life-changing call. It's a chance thousands of girls would die for: the opportunity to join girl group Cloud9 in Los Angeles and escape her small town. She quickly finds herself in the orbits of fellow rising stars Gwen Morris, a driven singer-dancer, and Wes Kingston, a member of the biggest boy band in the world, ETA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Amber embarks on her solo career and her fame intensifies, she increasingly finds herself reduced to a body, a voice, an object. Surrounded by the wrong kind of people and driven by a desire for recognition and success, for love and sex, for agency and connection, Amber comes of age at a time when the kaleidoscope of public opinion can distort everything, and one mistake can shatter a career.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired by the starlets of the 90s and noughties who became as infamous for their personal lives as their hypersexualised music videos and lyrics, Honey is a novel about the journey from girlhood to womanhood and how far we are willing to go in the pursuit of love . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders LOVE Honey'Honey is going to be one of THE books of the summer'  'A knockout debut novel'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'Daisy Jones meets 90s\/00s early pop!''From start to finish the nostalgia I felt while reading this book was UNREAL!'  'This definitely gives Britney Spears, Mandy Moore and Christina Aguilera vibes''I was captivated every second'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'My favourite book of the year so far, hands down'  'I loved each and every character'\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Darling Reads","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55085887160644,"sku":"9781804184202","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0827\/1265\/8244\/files\/9781804184202.jpg?v=1754908850","url":"https:\/\/darlingreadsbooks.com\/products\/9781804184202","provider":"Darling Reads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}