
Experienced
Kate Young
£9.99
Mr B's review
Recently-out Bette is head over heels for new girlfriend Mei. But Mei’s worried that Bette hasn’t had enough experience… so now Bette’s on a (reluctant) dating odyssey, experiencing the years of disastrous dates and awkward encounters she’s supposedly missed out on. With new friend Ruth as her dating guide, Bette’s confident she can stick out three months and make it back to Mei… but when the time’s up, will Mei still be the one she wants? Delightfully funny and incredibly sexy, this Bristol-based debut romcom reads like a classic and is unbelievably good fun. I loved it! – Liv
Description
‘Clever, sexy and joyful. I loved it’ BETH O’LEARY
‘A fizzing roller-coaster of a rom-com. The sexiest book you’ll read all year and the most heartening’ CAROLINE O’DONOGHUE
‘A very relatable take on love that will pull at your heartstrings’ RED
Bette loves Mei, but Bette and Mei are on a break, so Bette can catch-up on the decade of dating experiences she missed before she came out.
So Bette is (reluctantly) on a dating odyssey: a quest to have lots of casual sex with lots of hot women and come back to Mei more experienced and more certain about what she wants. And now she has new friend Ruth as her dating guide, she can’t possibly fail. It’s just three months, then she’ll be back with Mei.
It’s the perfect plan … isn’t it?
What readers are saying about Experienced…
‘An absolutely perfect romcom’
‘More bonking than Jilly Cooper’
‘384 pages of pure joy and heartbreak’
‘Phenomenal! Fun, sexy, big recommend’
‘I feel bereft now I’ve finished’
Publisher Review
‘Clever, sexy, joyful and filled with characters who quickly feel like old friends. I loved it’ Beth O’Leary, author of The Flatshare
‘Sexy, wise and funny, Experienced is about finding your way home to yourself. I fell into this novel heart-first’ Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Mercies
‘Warm, witty and sexy as hell’ Lauren Bravo, author of Preloved
‘I have read 8 million romcoms and this one is my favourite’ Ella Risbridger, author of Midnight Chicken
‘A fizzing rollercoaster of a romcom. The sexiest book you’ll read all year, and the most heartening’ Caroline O’Donoghue, author of The Rachel Incident
‘A very modern, very relatable take on love that will really pull at your heartstrings’ Red magazine
‘Romantic, sexy and heartwarming’ Kate Davies, author of In At The Deep End
‘Gloriously tender, beautifully observed and deeply sexy’ Emma Hughes, author of It’s Complicated
‘Fun, sexy and smart. Kate’s characters are warm and recognisable and importantly, deeply fanciable’ Laura Kay, author of The Split
‘Like a delicious, gossipy conversation with your funniest friend, Experienced is a warm, joyful gift of a rom-com’ Laura Wood, author of Under Your Spell
‘Everything I want from romance… gorgeously written, funny and super hot! I absolutely devoured it and am hanging out for whatever Young writes next’ Brydie Lee-Kennedy, author of Go Lightly
‘A warm, sharp and clever romantic comedy with a refreshing take on the endless dating anxieties we put ourselves through… a sparky, sensuous gem’ Justin Myers, author of The Fake-Up
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