"This early 20th century novel about a music hall dancer, a performance artist of that time, who measures her freedom between relationship and touring has not aged at all. No one writes about relationships as perceptively as Colette and very few write as well."

"“I’m still kind of psychoanalysing myself but my first shock was with the relationship between the mother and then the father. To find out that your parents are not perfect and in fact they do behave sometimes like thieves to protect you, it was powerful.”"

"Who doesn’t love a fake relationship? But this one features a “cinnamon roll” hero (ex-rugby player on the outside, gooey romantic on the inside) and a witty Black professor heroine who is just fine with pretending to date him—for a worthy cause."

"This is a nuanced and powerful novel about growing up, the mother-daughter relationship, female identity, sexuality, cultural dissonance, privilege, poverty and the pernicious legacy of colonialism. Kincaid’s style is both immediate and headily intense. A glinting, multifaceted work within relatively so few pages."

"A fake relationship set in beautiful Key West without my leaving me couch? This is the type of getaway I’m talking about! Not to mention, Priscilla Oliveras writes gorgeous romances full of heart and emotion with just enough steamy tension to keep your pulse racing."