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The Idea of You

Now a major film starring Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine on Prime Video

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The Idea of You

By: Robinne Lee
Narrated by: Robinne Lee
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NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING ANNE HATHAWAY AND NICHOLAS GALITZINE ON PRIME VIDEO

THE SCORCHING HOT LOVE AFFAIR ABOUT THE MAN THAT EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT . . .


EVERYONE IN THE WORLD KNOWS HIS NAME. BUT IT'S YOU HE WANTS.

To the media, Hayes Campbell is the star of a record-breaking British boyband.

To his fans, he's the naughty-but-nice front man - whose dimples and outlandish dress sense drive them crazy.

To Solène Marchand, he's just the pretty face that's plastered over every girl's bedroom wall.

Until a chance meeting throws them together . . .

The attraction is instant. The chemistry is electric. The affair is Solène's secret.

But how long can it stay that way?

'THIS SLAYED ME'
Taylor Jenkins Reid

'I'M MADLY IN LOVE WITH THIS NOVEL' Curtis Sittenfeld

'This is an addictive, glamourous, escapist page-turner - and pure wish fulfilment for Harry Styles fans' DAILY RECORD

'Summer's sauciest, sexiest read. This book has ruined my life and I'm not even mad about it' RED

'Sexy enough for the beach, smart enough for the book club' BOOK CIRCLE

'The Idea of You managed to work the ultimate book magic: It blurred the boundary between this world and that one' OPRAH MAGAZINE

'You finally have something else to obsess about. Will have you staying up all night to finish' THE SKIMM

© Robinne Lee 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

Contemporary Contemporary Romance Fiction Romance Women's Fiction

Critic reviews

The sleeper hit of the pandemic ... a glittering, global love affair full of bougie, vicarious travel. It's electric, triumphant, to read (Vogue)
This slayed me. It's the story of a single mom who starts an affair with a rock star in a boy band. She takes that premise and turns it into this incredible, effective, moving, honest, human love story (Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of Daisy Jones and the Six and Malibu Rising)
I DEVOURED this! The world-building and psychology around the romance was so good, and boy did the ending break me ... the book we really just NEED right now (Holly Bourne)
I'm madly in love with this novel (Curtis Sittenfeld)
Fun, sexy, intelligent, I LOVED it
My book of the year! The writing is sharp and believable and the sex scenes are so scorchio that soon you too will stan for Harry Styles #ifyouknowyouknow
Steamy and sexy, this is escapism at its absolute finest. I spent the hours in between binges fantasising about the characters and what they were up to. The three days I spent reading this were blissful (Laura Jane Williams, bestselling author of Our Stop)

An addictive, glamorous, escapist page-turner - and pure wish fulfilment for Harry Styles fans

Glorious, glamorous, dizzying escapism that has consumed me for the last day. I am not over it (Cressida McLaughlin, bestselling author of The Cornish Cream Tea Bus)
Summer's sauciest, sexiest read. This book has ruined my life and I'm not even mad about it
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The storyline was lacking. I didnt enjoy the ending. Wouldn't read again! Disappointing, thought I'd read before the film as books are usually better. Maybe the film will be better 🤔

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To be honest, most of it I found uncomfortable to listen to. Between the cringe worthy name dropping of designer brands, to the painfully bad English accent, to the repetitive and predictable sex scenes, it was not to my personal taste.

Not to my taste, a tadd crass.

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I LOVE this book, the story is magical and I adored the characters. However….the English accents are so painful that I almost gave up. I wish they’d used a voice actor, not the author. It ruined one of the most perfect stories.

Painful accents

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Couldn’t put it down, I listened to the entire book in 2 days!! Robinne Lee is a great narrator!

Lovely read

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I found it ok, but struggled to find the relationship okay… She keeps referring to him “a boy”, also in her mind, would have have felt less icky if she actually saw him as a man…

Fine, if you can ignore the ick and english accent 😉

Fine, but icky at points…

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