Will a year of wild things make these friends into lovers? The perfect will-they-won't-they romance from the author of The Split and Tell Me Everything That is, in broad strokes, the plot. Eleanor, our protagonist, and her three friends jointly buy a house a little ways out from London, on something of a whim. Those friends include Ray, who El has a crush on, Jamie, who works at the same company as Ray and Jamie, and Will, Ray’s flatmate, who had intended to buy the house with his girlfriend until she broke it off with him. A regular little found family!

Wild Things feels fresh and exciting - a touching and realistic read with wonderful characters. I love Laura Kay's writing." - Katie FfordeWild Things filled my heart all the way up . A hilarious story of queer friendship, queer longing, and queer triumph ― TJ Alexander, author of CHEF'S KISS Tell Me Everythingis a book that reads like a crush, all summer and exuberance with a tight, intelligent kernel of anxiety at its core' - MIKAELLA CLEMENTS & ONJULI DATTA, authors ofThe View was Exhausting Perfectly observed and brilliantly funny, I adored Wild Things' - Emma Hughes, author of No Such Thing as Perfect) I completely and utterly adored Wild Things . It's perfectly observed, brilliantly funny , full of queer joy and such a timely exploration of what adult life could and should look like now ― Emma Hughes, author of NO SUCH THING AS PERFECT Three novels in and Kay has established herself as one of the bright lights of queer romcom ― Marie Claire

Deeply felt and wonderfully whimsical , Laura Kay's ode to getting wild is full of will-they-won't-they spark and the resonance of life-changing questions. El and Ray's is the perfect story of leaving everything you know and finding your meant-to-be ― Emily Wibberley & Austin Siegemund-Broka, authors of DO I KNOW YOU? The Split has everything I love in a novel. It's hilariously funny, it's so uplifting, and its characters are irresistibly loveable' - Beth O'Leary This is the perfect read if you want something light-hearted and low stakes, where the central plot is about building a home, this book is for you. There’s very little stress to it, since a large chunk is focused on the aforementioned homebuilding exercise. In fact, the only real tension comes about in the final quarter or so, when you finally confront the question of how Eleanor’s crush on Ray will play out. Acute queer rom-com that feels like a warm hug. . . . Both compulsively readable and tremendously enjoyable.”A cheeky, queer love story—both platonic and romantic—that explores those years when you feel the openness of your future shrinking, and the relationships that help you survive them.” Wild Things filled my heart all the way up. El is the disaster bisexual of my dreams, and I fell in love with Ray, Jamie, Will, and Lavender House just like she did. I want to have a glass of wine (or three) with all of them. A hilarious story of queer friendship, queer longing, and queer triumph.”

It’s rare that a book so important to the literary canon is, at the same time, entertaining, heart-warming, and funny’ Anstey Harris Buoyant, charming, delectably wistful, and quietly earnest—not to mention, British enough to beguile even the subset of Americans who cuddle up to The Great British Bake Off on a Sunday afternoon.” —Casey McQuiston, The New York TimesI have a lot of thoughts about romance as a genre, and I figure that I will share them here, because this book has really helped further shape my thoughts on this. I believe that "women's fiction" is a sexist misnomer. Fiction that is written for an audience of women is fantastic and it needs to be written. But we don't have a "male fiction" designation, so why would women need a specific classification? Why can't we just shelf it all as fiction? I'm not sure if reading communities are moving away from the "women's fiction" classification; but what I do know is that we (women who read fiction) are gravitating towards romance. Wild Things is shelved as a romance because it is a fiction novel written for women that is probably meant to appeal to the women who read fiction audience. While it certainly does appeal to me as a woman who reads fiction, it does not appeal to me as a woman who reads romance novels. It just does not read like a romance novel the way that we've come to think of as romance novels! Wild Things is general fiction, and is a wonderful, cozy, romantic, and wholesome. However, continuing to shelf it as a romance novel is doing it a disservice, and I could say the same for every general fiction book that is making its way into romance sections because we are somehow refusing to allow fiction written for a primarily female audience to sit in fiction sections. It's sweet, sexy, funny and full of adorable characters . . . The kind of book that makes you feel like everything's going to be alright!' - MATT CAIN, author ofThe Secret Life of Albert Entwistle Full of humour, kindness, cake and a cat, this is the novel to turn to in difficult times' - Katie Fforde The Split has everything I love in a novel. It’s hilariously funny, it’s so uplifting, and its characters are irresistibly loveable’ Beth O’Leary A warmhearted, hilarious queer rom-com about what happens when a group of friends are actually brave enough to live the dream and give up their dreary city apartments to buy a house in the country together.

Wild Things filled my heart all the way up. El is the disaster bisexual of my dreams, and I fell in love with Ray, Jamie, Will, and Lavender House just like she did. I want to have a glass of wine (or three) with all of them. A hilarious story of queer friendship, queer longing, and queer triumph * TJ Alexander, author of CHEF'S KISS *

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Eleanor Evans’ so-called Wild Year is in full swing, but her enthusiasm for doing something wild every month is waning. Perhaps creating a queer commune with a bunch of friends will add intrigue to an otherwise conventional life. A sparkling, witty read filled with the most down-to-earth, loveable characters. The comedic timing is pitch-perfect too.” Wild Things really has everything I love in contemporary fiction . A beautiful story of yearning, bravery, different kinds of family . . . my heart was with El the whole time ― Lizzie Huxley-Jones, author of MAKE YOU MINE THIS CHRISTMAS