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Book SynopsisThe Autumn Radio 2 Book Club PickA Grazia Book of the YearAn Eighties Breakfast at Tiffany's' David NichollsElegant, sexy, tender wild' Emma Jane UnsworthJuly, 1981. London.Shy, working-class Steven finds solace in beauty. Eighteen-years-old, he dreams of being a fashion designer. He's also gay, maybe. There's a lot Steven isn't sure about yet. Then a brutal attack lands him in hospital, and he meets Jasmine intoxicating, anarchic, fabulous Jasmine. Over the course of one summer, their giddy, glorious, maddening friendship will turn Steven's life upside down and rewrite his destiny forever.
Dazzling' Marian KeyesThe coolest book you'll read this year' RedTrade ReviewA grand romance … Valuably disrupts conventional notions of love * Mail on Sunday *
Honest, provocative and disarmingly funny * Guardian *
Both a beautifully observed coming-of-age tale and a lovely examination of the addictive joy of friendship * i *
This glamorous but wise coming-of-age story set in 1980s London is as cool as it is sincerely romantic about friendship * Grazia *
Emma Forrest writes books that feel like beautiful bruises, the sort of wounds that you shouldn’t press hard on but do anyway because the pain feels so horrible good. Royals is her best … A clever, moving portrait of teenage friendship and so well handled that the novel’s climax lands like a punch to the gut * i news *
A joy to read. For me, the greatest love stories offer as many relatable moments as they do escapist fantasies. And in that respect, Royals is just right * Stylist *
Charming, witty and touching, an Eighties Breakfast at Tiffany’s -- DAVID NICHOLLS
The coolest book you’ll read this year * Red *
Glamorous, moving, tragic, dazzling ... I’m incoherent with love for it … Such a gifted writer, such an utter pleasure to read -- MARIAN KEYES
Elegant, sexy, tender, wild … A beautiful, beautiful book …The deepest, saddest, funniest, most surprising friendship story I’ve read in a long time, unlike any I've ever read before … It made me reel and rejoice. I loved them so much -- EMMA JANE UNSWORTH, author of ANIMALS
Glitzy … The jauntily comic tone here softens what ultimately proves to be a sad story of lost illusions -- Anthony Cummins * Daily Mail *
A dizzying coming of age * Herald *
