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THE UNMISSABLE NEW NOVEL FROM THE AUTHOR OF BESTSELLING PHENOMENON SUCH A FUN AGE

* THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER *
* FEARNE COTTON’S HAPPY PLACE BOOK CLUB PICK FOR FEBRUARY *

‘I couldn’t put it down, and I didn’t want to either’ EMILY HENRY
‘The drama is just too juicy – how could anyone resist a binge?’ GUARDIAN
‘Razor-sharp … Packs a huge emotional punch’ DAILY MAIL

Everything comes at a price. But not everything can be paid for…

Millie wants to graduate, get a job and buy a house. She’s slowly saving up from her job on campus, but when a visiting professor offers her an unusual opportunity to make some extra money, she jumps at the chance.

Agatha is a writer, recovering from a break-up while researching attitudes towards weddings and money for her new book. She strikes gold when interviewing the girls in Millie’s dorm, but her plans take a turn when she realises that the best material is unfolding behind closed doors.

As the two women form an unlikely relationship, they soon become embroiled in a world of roommate theatrics, vengeful pranks and illicit intrigue – and are forced to question just how much of themselves they are willing to trade to get what they want.

Sharp, intimate and provocative, Come and Get It takes a lens to our money-obsessed society in a tension-filled story about desire, consumption and bad behaviour.

‘Smart, funny and perceptive’ i
‘A perfect read’ STYLIST
‘Wonderfully immersive, propulsive and beautifully paced’ PAUL HARDING
‘Quiet and intense … A joy to read’ JESSICA GEORGE
‘Witty and nuanced’ RED
‘[An] incisive novel everyone will be talking about’ TOWN AND COUNTRY

Publisher Review

Multi-layered and complex relationships between seriously flawed characters once again take centre stage as its narrative smartly delves into racism, social and economic status, and university campus politics in the 21st century. A perfect read for anyone who loved Netflix’s brilliant The Chair and Jean Hanff Korelitz’s Admission * Stylist * Kiley Reid is an expert at teasing apart the messy, complicated, nuanced layers of social dynamics, and has a rare gift for making the unknown feel intimately familiar and the familiar feel brand new. In Come and Get It, she’s crafted a story that moves with the momentum and inevitability of a snowball rolling down a mountain. I couldn’t put it down, and I didn’t want to either’ — Emily Henry, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of HAPPY PLACE Kiley Reid’s books make me feel lucky to be a reader. I’m in awe – Come and Get It is a page-turning pleasure – stylish, sharp and breathtakingly smart. I can’t believe that one book can be this clever, cool and this much fun to read — Daisy Buchanan, author of INSATIABLE Reading a Kiley Reid novel is like watching a docuseries designed exactly for you. She captures those exceedingly awkward and real human interactions with such precision and specificity that you’re fully invested by the first page. Come and Get It is genius. It’s perfect — Liz Moore, author of LONG BRIGHT RIVER Wonderfully immersive, propulsive, and beautifully paced. On page one, there is a story that is already happening, and you’re plunged right into the novel’s world, already up and running, full of real people, and complicated – that is, substantive – as all hell. Just great — Paul Harding, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of THIS OTHER EDEN and TINKERS Come and Get It is an engrossing novel full of intimately portrayed characters and the seemingly innocuous choices that lead to life-altering mistakes — Elizabeth Acevedo, author of FAMILY LORE and THE POET X If you loved the smash hit Such a Fun Age, don’t sleep on Reid’s newest … This is a story of indiscretions and gray areas, power dynamics and privilege that’s wound as tight as a violin string. Just don’t forget to breathe while you’re reading (go ahead and thank us later) * Good Housekeeping * Kiley Reid returns with another incisive novel everyone will be talking about … A riveting and fascinating tale * Town & Country, Best Books of Winter * A sardonic and no-holds-barred comedy of manners … Reid is a keen observer – every page sparkles with sharp analysis of her characters. This blistering send-up of academia is interlaced with piercing moral clarity * Publishers Weekly, starred review * A illuminating study of power, responsibility, and the bad choices we sometimes make, written in the fresh, bright language for which she’s known * Library Journal * A deft exploration of how microaggressions can lead to macro consequences, Reid’s second outing will appeal to readers who enjoy slow-burn, character-driven novels * Booklist *