WOW. This was such a wild ride from the very beginning.

I cannot believe this is a debut… the characters, the plotting, the setting, every part of this book was incredible.

I’m a true sucker for ice skating and mixed with Wuthering Heights? This truly deserves a gold medal.

Passionate, witty and so goddamn messy - you absolutely cannot miss this one.

The easiest 5 stars!

I don’t know what you put in this book but I am addicted, obsessed and I absolutely devour it! My girl Katarina deserved gold and everything in between. Easy 5 stars!

A Daisy Jones and the Six style take on competitive ice skating, which caters to my very specific obsession with Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir's Moulin Rouge routine at the 2018 Olympics. Full of twists and highs and lows, this completely delivers and I really enjoyed.!

The Favourites had a great way of using music to evoke a certain era, and I really loved that about the book. I struggled with all the different formats e.g. the narration of the documentary. I can see that perhaps the author was going for a Daisy Jones type format, but for me it detracted from the story itself. Still, a great story, and I liked that it's set in the world of ice-dancing which I haven't read about before.

Katarina Shaw and Heath Rocha made an unlikely pair in many ways - the girl who dreamed big, focused on Olympic skating gold, and the troubled foster kid from the wrong side of the tracks.

Yet their scorching chemistry threatened to melt the ice even as their choreography and skill took them from success to success. Until it all went to pieces amidst a huge scandal.

Now, nearly a decade later, Katarina faces some tough choices. With a documentary coming up to commemorate those events, she must decide whether she will maintain the narrative with regard to her own story or allow it to go out of her control. Either choice has implications for her...

This is an engrossing story, both as a romance and as a drama. Kat is a relatable character, and a strong woman. My favourite thing about this book was the way that music with used to evoke the different eras featured here. It will be enjoyed by most readers, and gets 3.5 stars from me.

I can and will not shut up about this book. I felt every emotion possible throughout this book and a week later I am still feeling them. 5 out of 5 stars! Can I give it more?! It was that good. Kat wants to be an Olympic figure skater and will do everything she can to get there and win, so she partners up with Heath, her childhood sweetheart. The book follows theirs highs, the lows, their crazy love story and everything in between and it is an emotional rollercoaster. Bonus points for the songs mentioned - they transported the reader right into the correct year (and Swifties will be screaming). This book is going to be huge. I can't wait for the TV adaptation.