Not Exactly What I Had in Mind

<b>Kate Brook</b> has a PhD in French Literature and Visual Art from King's College London and a Masters in European Literature and Culture from the University of Cambridge. Her short-form writing has been published in The Fiction Pool and The Real Story. She lives in London and <i>Not Exactly What I Had in Mind</i> is her first novel. <b>Flatmates? Friends? Or something else entirely?</b><br><br>Hazel and Alfie have just moved in together as flatmates. They've also just slept together which was either a catastrophic mistake or the best decision of their lives. <br><br>Before they can decide Hazel's sister Emily and her wife Daria arrive for a visit setting in motion a chain of events that will turn everything upside down.<br><br> What follows will bind the four of them together bringing joy and heartache hope and anxiety and reshaping their relationships in ways that none of them quite predicted.<br><br>Warm witty and devastatingly relatable <i>Not Exactly What I Had in Mind</i> is a painfully true-to-life story about family friends and everything in between. <b>A frank funny and relatable debut perfect for fans of Beth O'Leary and Holly Bourne.</b> I adored this book - <b>fresh funny and thought provoking</b> I fell in love with the characters and did not want it to end.' <b>Captures the intricacies of modern relationships with undeniable skill</b> heaps of humour and a style that fans of Sally Rooney will love. <b>Captivating </b>and addictively complex this novel is full of an unshakable tension that is a delight to get entangled in. A <b>clever and insightful</b> take on what love and family mean in the twenty-first century Brook's enjoyable debut tackles the messiness of love and family... <b>Heartfelt and entertaining</b> A <b>charming</b> peek inside the messy world of modern dating <b>blending hard-hitting realities with frivolous fun</b> Brook's ability to balance humor with explorations of heartbreak anxiety and betrayal is admirable....<b>an entertaining tale from start to finish with characters you'll miss right after finishing the epilogue</b>.