Susan Lewis is on top form in an emotionally charged and powerful novel ... one cannot fail to be moved by this heart-wrenching and sensitively written story.

Nobody's better at getting to the heart and soul of her characters and fans will love this moving story ... an emotionally gripping twist.

Relatable, engaging and addictive.

A gripping story of love, uncertainty and betrayal which leads to a dramatic climax. Susan Lewis at her best.

We absolutely loved this emotionally charged, heartbreaking novel – it kept us gripped all the way through. Perfect for beach reading this summer

With real life character in situations that we empathise with, the stories are engaging ones

A brilliant, enthralling saga, Thirst presents with such uncommon verisimilitude that scarcely a syllable appears contrived

Kerry Hudson has consolidated her position with this second novel as a writer who is prepared to face the injustices and the grimness of life, and tell of lives usually ignored... Thirst is hardly an easy summer read... but it is probably an essential one

A classy will-they won't-they romance with a difference... Sheer escapism from start to finish

Both funny and touching... Hudson's debut was highly praised and this is a terrific follow-up

There is a love story at the hear tof this one which thankfully isn't saccharine or sugar coated but real and bumpy and awkward and wonderful... her characters are real, funny and flawed... Kerry is rather a genius

Hudson is a star in the making

It’s a brave book, easily consumed in a day, and I’m in awe of Hudson’s expert demolition of the conventions of the genre

Thirst is shot through with a vein of optimism, and never lets go of its belief in the power of love, compassion and forgiveness

Unflinching yet tender-hearted study of two lowly characters teetering on the brink