A uniquely unlikely love story of sorts.

Once a month Linda boards a plane for a rendezvous with her mysterious lover. None of her fellow passengers realise that Linda's lover is the very plane they are travelling on.

Forced to appear 'normal' at work, Linda agrees to join a group of vision board enthusiasts using a ruse of wanting to marry a pilot to conceal the real object of her real desire; 'marrying' her lover whilst dying in a plane crash.


A riotous, incendiary of a novel.

This is one of my most anticipated reads of 2025 and boy did it live up to my expectations. Such a quirky book but really fascinating to read. I really loved the characters, the storyline, and just how damn right weird it was! 100% recommend if you love your books weird and wild. Well done again Kate Folk!!

Sky Daddy is a novel about a woman who wants to 'marry' a plane by dying in a plane crash, and what happens as she tries to achieve her apparent destiny. Linda works as a content moderator, ensuring comments adhere to a tech company's terms and conditions, but once a month she takes a flight somewhere, to be with her true love: planes. When her only friend, co-worker Karina, invites her to vision board brunch, Linda has to find a way to hide the fact she's attracted to planes and wants to die in a plane crash but still create a vision board that represents this, and as her life starts to be changed, she has to decide whether to follow her true dream or not.

This is the sort of book that you feel you need to read, because the concept is so weird, but then you actually read it and it is actually quite sweet and explores what it means to live the way you want and have meaningful connections with others. In particular, it has an underlying exploration of friendship between unlikely friends, and what it means to be there for someone. However, it does also live up to the weird, not shying away from Linda's attraction to planes and the fact she believes that she will find her soulmate, a plane in which to die.

I had a great time reading Sky Daddy: it's fun, it's occasionally sly and funny, and it takes something pretty weird at face value. It sits alongside other recent novels that take a weird concept and actually do something both fun and tender with it, without taking themselves too seriously.

This book is truly unlike anything I’ve read before. It is strange and wild and so enjoyable. Linda is a fascinating character and I loved getting a peek into her world. I’ve never made a vision board (and perhaps never will after reading this) but I thought it provided a great container for the narrative too.

Sky Daddy by Kate Folk is an imaginative and quirky read that is darkly humorous and explores themes of obsession and friendship.

I have been a fan of Kate Folk since her story “Out There” appeared in the New Yorker. As soon as I saw the ARC for Sky Daddy was available, I stopped everything and ran (digitally) to NetGalley to beg/plead/scream/cry for the book.

It is everything I hoped it would be and more. Do yourself a favour and pick up this original and engaging book.

5/5 Stars!

Thanks to NetGalley and Penguin Random House for the Arc!

Sky Daddy follows Linda who has an obsession with planes. She works as a content moderator monitoring comments that violate the company’s terms of service. In her free time she looks at images of planes as well as going to an airport bar and looking at planes on the runway. Once a month she treats herself to a flight where she gets to experience her love and sexual attraction for planes. Linda believes she is destined to marry a 737 named N92823 by dying in a plane crash so they can be together forever.

This book was absolutely wild and I had the best time with it. The whole thing was so random and weird but I loved it. The writing was so good and I connected with Linda even though she loves planes. Other than the plane obsession Linda’s life and issues were very relatable. This reminded me of books by Kevin Wilson just in the vibe and the strangeness. At times this felt like satire but at other times it felt like Linda’s plane obsession was an escape from her real life. I laughed out loud at parts of this and I truly had the best time with this. The concept is absurd but it made for a brilliant novel. I’d recommend this for fans of weird fiction and people who enjoy sad girl literary fiction.