A really compelling debut novel, I was utterly immersed into Charlie’s world and couldn’t put this incredibly raw book down!

Bitter Sweet follows Charlie who is twenty-three starting a new job at an indie publishing house. Charlie has adored and idolised the author, Richard Aveling. Charlie’s mother loved Richard’s books and Charlie ends up embarking on an affair with Richard but she has to hide her relationship with him.

This wasn’t my vibe at all. I can see people who enjoy power dynamics enjoying this book. This book focused a lot on the age difference between Charlie and Richard and the power dynamic of Richard being a famous author that Charlie idolised. Unfortunately, the writing wasn’t good for me and I felt there was way too much over explaining of simple events. In giving this 2 stars because I found it hard to get through. The writing needed to be more sophisticated in order to deal with this topic.