I adored this book! Sophie Cousens is a bestselling author because she writes books you wish would never end. This book made me explode with laughter, dissolve into tears and want to move to Jersey! It is a tender study of the memories we cling to, our hopes for the future and how they measure up to reality. Just Haven't Met You Yet is a reminder that sometimes real life, with all its imperfect mess, is where we find our greatest love stories

This book is pure, unbridled joy. With a wholly immersive setting and pitch-perfect humor, Just Haven't Met You Yet is sure to leave you smiling long after you've turned the last page

A perfectly charming escape. I laughed, I teared up, and I smiled my way through. Just Haven't Met You Yet hits all the right notes for a great romantic comedy

I loved following Laura on her sometimes-disastrous capers around gorgeous-sounding Jersey and literally couldn't put it down. Exactly the sort of fun, pacy, beautifully-written romantic story I needed this summer. And it was VERY sexy.

A smart, warm and wonderfully witty love story about the power of love stories, with so many laugh-out-loud moments

Pure escapism with the most gorgeous sense of place - I was swept away to Jersey's coasts and cliffs and coves. I defy anyone not to wish they were there too!

I absolutely loved this book. Sophie is such a natural storyteller, and her sense of humour is always on point. It was like sitting down with a good friend and having a chat over a glass of wine on a sunny spring evening. I know that everyone who reads Just Haven't Met You Yet will fall in love with it.

Sophie writes with sparkling, whip-smart humour that has me grinning from ear to ear. The way she ties jelly-legged romance with vibrant laughter is masterfully done. Sophie Cousens books are the hallmark of a good time.

This pitch-perfect romcom will steal your heart

Joyful, magical and heart-skippingly romantic

If you've been looking for a novel that spins its plot around history, love, racism, ambition, faith, friendship and the sometimes crushing expectations of family, call off the search ... I've struggled with my attention span when it comes to reading during the third lockdown but this had me absolutely hooked ... incredibly skillful. I can't wait to see what she does next.

Zayyan brings attention to a period of history that many may be unaware of and reckons with some of the real world consequences of colonialism in an interesting and personalised way. It is a brave book in those terms ... we also witness some very believable and relatable instances of modern day racism as well as a strong and interesting account of how he struggles to balance his way of life with the wishes of his parents ... Zayyan writes very well ... in Sameer she writes a complex, interesting character who makes sense as a product of his life circumstances ... We Are All Birds of Uganda does tell stories that I haven't often read before, and brings attention to parts of history that really need to be focused on in our current climate.

Rapper Stormzy's favourite debut soars by asking: Who are we - and how do we belong?

On the evidence of this book, which is set in England and Uganda, [Zayyan] is an exciting new literary talent.

[A] tender, beautifully written read ... This remarkably accomplished debut is a moving tale of love and loss, told between two continents over a troubled century.

Zayyan's novel is emotive, multi-layered and makes for necessary reading.

From the moment the Afrori Team saw this book we were captivated. It is one of the most remarkable debut novels we have come across. A book you will not forget.

...It's a complex and delicately flavoured dish to be savoured and digested slowly.

Impressive and admirable.

Beautiful.

So brilliant, moving and just prescient for today that I just want to keep on waffling about it.

A truly thought provoking novel which makes you wonder and question yourself and the world long after putting it down. A real success.

A stirring exploration of love and displacement.

A remarkably accomplished, polished debut.

There are flashes of brilliance throughout, reminiscent of John Berger.

Acts of Desperation creates an immersive experience of toxic romance through a suffocating and addictive narrative.

Painful, sharp and absorbing.

A reflection on compulsion, addiction and what it's like to exist as a young woman in a world that is hostile to you. Read the first page and you won't be able to stop.

Nolan...stakes out thrilling new territory in an intense, unflinching novel that is always intelligent and utterly unafraid of ugliness.

A devastating stripping back of the gendered and politicised conditions that shape desire, a revelation of the unnerving ways we are made vulnerable to others in unequal systems. Its crisp, knowing prose is unparalleled, its anger remarkable.

Nolan's intelligent, elegant first novel, a gripping portrait of love turned toxic.

The star feature of Nolan's narration is her ability to cut through received ideas about women, relationships and even rape. Her headlong, fearless prose, feels like salt wind on cracked lips. You wince and you thrill.

A raw read of vulnerability, desperation, and most definitely a new voice in fiction

A thrilling read...if you want a visceral, honest, unputdownable summer read then this is it. You'll devour it in a day.

A very elegant novel, with coercive control at the core. She has such a strong voice and not a sentence is extraneous

I read this in one go... I found it raw, honest, brutal and real.

Written with acerbic style and wit, this is an intoxicatingly good look at romantic obsession, delusion and desire.

Beautifully written…and the short chapters keep things moving at an addictively fast pace. Most importantly, it’s shamelessly real