The Favourites
by Layne Fargo
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Pub Date 16 Jan 2025 | Archive Date 15 Feb 2025
Random House UK, Vintage | Chatto & Windus
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Description
To the world, they were a scandal. To each other, an obsession.
‘Part Wuthering Heights and part Daisy Jones and the Six . . . As brilliantly choreographed as a gold-medal performance’ JODI PICOULT
Everyone thinks Heath Rocha was my first love. He wasn't. My first love was figure skating.
Katarina Shaw has always known she’s destined to become an Olympic skater. When she meets Heath Rocha, a lonely kid stuck in the foster care system, their instant connection makes them a formidable duo on the ice. Clinging to skating – and each other – to escape their turbulent lives, Kat and Heath go from childhood sweethearts to champion ice dancers, captivating fans with their scorching chemistry, rebellious style and rollercoaster relationship.
Until, at the Olympic Games, as the world holds its breath, a shocking incident instantly destroys their partnership.
Ten years later, an unauthorised tell-all documentary reignites the public obsession with Shaw and Rocha. If Kat wants to own her story, she must break her silence. As Kat’s account of her dramatic rise and fall alternates with scandalous interviews from the film, The Favourites spins into a dance between passion, ambition and what it truly means to win.
Sensational rumours have haunted Kat and Heath’s every step for years, but the truth may be even more outrageous than the headlines.
Available Editions
EDITION | Other Format |
ISBN | 9781784745486 |
PRICE | £16.99 (GBP) |
PAGES | 464 |
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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.
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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.!
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