Honey

'The blistering thriller taking the literary world by storm' VOGUE A FEARNE COTTON HAPPY PLACE BOOKCLUB PICK FOR SUMMER 2026 A SPOTIFY BEST DEBUT OF 2026 The first time, Yrsa doesn’t intend to kill. But the Cambridge professor sitting opposite has manipulated her friend, stolen her research. When she flicks the bee into his Sanpellegrino, she thinks he’ll get a nasty sting. Then he’s dead. And Yrsa, who – let’s face it – has been bored for a while, is alive. It’s a sweet feeling, finally having some control. Comic, sexy, addictive, unpredictable, Honey is about the not-always-righteous path of taking justice into your own hands. The essential next read for fans of Butter , Yesteryear , My Sister the Serial Killer , Fundamentally or Boy Parts . ‘ Honey is a Trojan horse: a commercial thriller that folds in race and feminist theory. Sassy and pacey, it nods to Promising Young Woman and RF Kuang’s Yellowface ’ PANDORA SYKES, SUNDAY TIMES STYLE ‘The best kind of campus novel, satirical and razor-sharp, crossed with a crime story’ GUARDIAN 'Tantalising' FEARNE COTTON 'It's just so clever' LOUISE O'NEILL 'Impossible to predict' ERIN KELLY ‘A beautiful, relentless novel’ ABIGAIL DEAN 'Wow, basically' HARRIET TYCE 'Worryingly relatable' SOPHIE DUKER ‘Yrsa serves up the unhinged hot girl homicide I didn’t know I needed’ SOPHIE DUKER ‘Juicy, dark, addictive, and truly clever. Yrsa is the antihero we've been waiting for’ SILVIA SAUNDERS 'A marvel of a novel, a story that breathes beyond its pages' ORE AGBAJE-WILLIAMS 'A twisted comeuppance story … Wow. Think Fleabag ' KIRKUS 'The hotly-anticipated debut … a dark tale which throws light on the intersections between politics, race, sex, violence and love through the eyes of a female serial killer' MARIE CLAIRE 'Dark, thrilling and undeniably hot' GLAMOUR 'Brilliant' SERVICE95 'Sexy, scary, this debut became compulsive reading for me' BELFAST TELEGRAPH 'Thompson writes with wit and precision' IRISH TIMES 'Imani is a writer to watch and Honey is the entertaining (and quietly damning) read you'll need to kick off spring' ELLE

'The blistering thriller taking the literary world by storm' VOGUE A FEARNE COTTON HAPPY PLACE BOOKCLUB PICK FOR SUMMER 2026 A SPOTIFY BEST DEBUT OF 2026 The first time, Yrsa doesn’t intend to kill. But the Cambridge professor sitting opposite has manipulated her friend, stolen her research. When she flicks the bee into his Sanpellegrino, she thinks he’ll get a nasty sting. Then he’s dead. And Yrsa, who – let’s face it – has been bored for a while, is alive. It’s a sweet feeling, finally having some control. Comic, sexy, addictive, unpredictable, Honey is about the not-always-righteous path of taking justice into your own hands. The essential next read for fans of Butter , Yesteryear , My Sister the Serial Killer , Fundamentally or Boy Parts . ‘ Honey is a Trojan horse: a commercial thriller that folds in race and feminist theory. Sassy and pacey, it nods to Promising Young Woman and RF Kuang’s Yellowface ’ PANDORA SYKES, SUNDAY TIMES STYLE ‘The best kind of campus novel, satirical and razor-sharp, crossed with a crime story’ GUARDIAN 'Tantalising' FEARNE COTTON 'It's just so clever' LOUISE O'NEILL 'Impossible to predict' ERIN KELLY ‘A beautiful, relentless novel’ ABIGAIL DEAN 'Wow, basically' HARRIET TYCE 'Worryingly relatable' SOPHIE DUKER ‘Yrsa serves up the unhinged hot girl homicide I didn’t know I needed’ SOPHIE DUKER ‘Juicy, dark, addictive, and truly clever. Yrsa is the antihero we've been waiting for’ SILVIA SAUNDERS 'A marvel of a novel, a story that breathes beyond its pages' ORE AGBAJE-WILLIAMS 'A twisted comeuppance story … Wow. Think Fleabag ' KIRKUS 'The hotly-anticipated debut … a dark tale which throws light on the intersections between politics, race, sex, violence and love through the eyes of a female serial killer' MARIE CLAIRE 'Dark, thrilling and undeniably hot' GLAMOUR 'Brilliant' SERVICE95 'Sexy, scary, this debut became compulsive reading for me' BELFAST TELEGRAPH 'Thompson writes with wit and precision' IRISH TIMES 'Imani is a writer to watch and Honey is the entertaining (and quietly damning) read you'll need to kick off spring' ELLE

'The blistering thriller taking the literary world by storm' VOGUE A FEARNE COTTON HAPPY PLACE BOOKCLUB PICK FOR SUMMER 2026 A SPOTIFY BEST DEBUT OF 2026 The first time, Yrsa doesn’t intend to kill. But the Cambridge professor sitting opposite has manipulated her friend, stolen her research. When she flicks the bee into his Sanpellegrino, she thinks he’ll get a nasty sting. Then he’s dead. And Yrsa, who – let’s face it – has been bored for a while, is alive. It’s a sweet feeling, finally having some control. Comic, sexy, addictive, unpredictable, Honey is about the not-always-righteous path of taking justice into your own hands. The essential next read for fans of Butter , Yesteryear , My Sister the Serial Killer , Fundamentally or Boy Parts . ‘ Honey is a Trojan horse: a commercial thriller that folds in race and feminist theory. Sassy and pacey, it nods to Promising Young Woman and RF Kuang’s Yellowface ’ PANDORA SYKES, SUNDAY TIMES STYLE ‘The best kind of campus novel, satirical and razor-sharp, crossed with a crime story’ GUARDIAN 'Tantalising' FEARNE COTTON 'It's just so clever' LOUISE O'NEILL 'Impossible to predict' ERIN KELLY ‘A beautiful, relentless novel’ ABIGAIL DEAN 'Wow, basically' HARRIET TYCE 'Worryingly relatable' SOPHIE DUKER ‘Yrsa serves up the unhinged hot girl homicide I didn’t know I needed’ SOPHIE DUKER ‘Juicy, dark, addictive, and truly clever. Yrsa is the antihero we've been waiting for’ SILVIA SAUNDERS 'A marvel of a novel, a story that breathes beyond its pages' ORE AGBAJE-WILLIAMS 'A twisted comeuppance story … Wow. Think Fleabag ' KIRKUS 'The hotly-anticipated debut … a dark tale which throws light on the intersections between politics, race, sex, violence and love through the eyes of a female serial killer' MARIE CLAIRE 'Dark, thrilling and undeniably hot' GLAMOUR 'Brilliant' SERVICE95 'Sexy, scary, this debut became compulsive reading for me' BELFAST TELEGRAPH 'Thompson writes with wit and precision' IRISH TIMES 'Imani is a writer to watch and Honey is the entertaining (and quietly damning) read you'll need to kick off spring' ELLE

'The blistering thriller taking the literary world by storm' VOGUE A FEARNE COTTON HAPPY PLACE BOOKCLUB PICK FOR SUMMER 2026 A SPOTIFY BEST DEBUT OF 2026 The first time, Yrsa doesn’t intend to kill. But the Cambridge professor sitting opposite has manipulated her friend, stolen her research. When she flicks the bee into his Sanpellegrino, she thinks he’ll get a nasty sting. Then he’s dead. And Yrsa, who – let’s face it – has been bored for a while, is alive. It’s a sweet feeling, finally having some control. Comic, sexy, addictive, unpredictable, Honey is about the not-always-righteous path of taking justice into your own hands. The essential next read for fans of Butter , Yesteryear , My Sister the Serial Killer , Fundamentally or Boy Parts . ‘ Honey is a Trojan horse: a commercial thriller that folds in race and feminist theory. Sassy and pacey, it nods to Promising Young Woman and RF Kuang’s Yellowface ’ PANDORA SYKES, SUNDAY TIMES STYLE ‘The best kind of campus novel, satirical and razor-sharp, crossed with a crime story’ GUARDIAN 'Tantalising' FEARNE COTTON 'It's just so clever' LOUISE O'NEILL 'Impossible to predict' ERIN KELLY ‘A beautiful, relentless novel’ ABIGAIL DEAN 'Wow, basically' HARRIET TYCE 'Worryingly relatable' SOPHIE DUKER ‘Yrsa serves up the unhinged hot girl homicide I didn’t know I needed’ SOPHIE DUKER ‘Juicy, dark, addictive, and truly clever. Yrsa is the antihero we've been waiting for’ SILVIA SAUNDERS 'A marvel of a novel, a story that breathes beyond its pages' ORE AGBAJE-WILLIAMS 'A twisted comeuppance story … Wow. Think Fleabag ' KIRKUS 'The hotly-anticipated debut … a dark tale which throws light on the intersections between politics, race, sex, violence and love through the eyes of a female serial killer' MARIE CLAIRE 'Dark, thrilling and undeniably hot' GLAMOUR 'Brilliant' SERVICE95 'Sexy, scary, this debut became compulsive reading for me' BELFAST TELEGRAPH 'Thompson writes with wit and precision' IRISH TIMES 'Imani is a writer to watch and Honey is the entertaining (and quietly damning) read you'll need to kick off spring' ELLE

"Honey isn't one of these frail wraiths who sip tea and shuffle in worn slippers. Honey subsists on Viognier and Valium and slips on Louboutins just to run to the grocery store....a feisty heroine readers will embrace as an octogenarian with attitude to spare." -- Booklist Meet a woman as tenacious as Elizabeth Strout's Olive Kitteridge and as irresistible as Andrew Sean Greer's Arthur Less: Honey Fasinga, the glamorous daughter of a notorious New Jersey mobster, is returning home at last, ready to reckon with her violent past. As a rebellious teenager, Honey managed to escape her father's circle of influence and reinvent herself in a world of art and beauty, working for a high-end auction house in Los Angeles. Now in her twilight years, she decides to return home and unexpectedly falls in love. But in her family, nothing has changed. When her grandnephew Michael bursts into her life in what appears to be a drug-fueled frenzy, and her Lexus gets jacked, it's hard to keep minding her own business. As old cruelties begin to resurface, Honey is no longer sure what she really wants--to forgive or to avenge. This electrifying literary breakout from PEN USA Award-winning author Victor Lodato is a masterful and deeply moving portrait of love in all its forms, of moral ambiguity, and of inspiring change--a story of female rage that asks the question: What are the limits of compassion in a world gone mad?

"Honey isn't one of these frail wraiths who sip tea and shuffle in worn slippers. Honey subsists on Viognier and Valium and slips on Louboutins just to run to the grocery store....a feisty heroine readers will embrace as an octogenarian with attitude to spare." -- Booklist Meet a woman as tenacious as Elizabeth Strout's Olive Kitteridge and as irresistible as Andrew Sean Greer's Arthur Less: Honey Fasinga, the glamorous daughter of a notorious New Jersey mobster, is returning home at last, ready to reckon with her violent past. As a rebellious teenager, Honey managed to escape her father's circle of influence and reinvent herself in a world of art and beauty, working for a high-end auction house in Los Angeles. Now in her twilight years, she decides to return home and unexpectedly falls in love. But in her family, nothing has changed. When her grandnephew Michael bursts into her life in what appears to be a drug-fueled frenzy, and her Lexus gets jacked, it's hard to keep minding her own business. As old cruelties begin to resurface, Honey is no longer sure what she really wants--to forgive or to avenge. This electrifying literary breakout from PEN USA Award-winning author Victor Lodato is a masterful and deeply moving portrait of love in all its forms, of moral ambiguity, and of inspiring change--a story of female rage that asks the question: What are the limits of compassion in a world gone mad?

Honey is the sequel to Helfyre. It is a dark high romantasy Please make sure to check content warnings on my website: marielpomeroybooks.com This book/story is not written to be taken as guidance on the sexual dynamics of a healthy relationship. This book is meant for people 18+ ONLY-it's an adult fantasy romance that contains graphic violence, general dark themes, swearing, and sex scenes-and should in no way be misconstrued as a depiction of a healthy relationship.

Honey is the sequel to Helfyre. It is a dark high romantasy Please make sure to check content warnings on my website: marielpomeroybooks.com This book/story is not written to be taken as guidance on the sexual dynamics of a healthy relationship. This book is meant for people 18+ ONLY-it's an adult fantasy romance that contains graphic violence, general dark themes, swearing, and sex scenes-and should in no way be misconstrued as a depiction of a healthy relationship.

A dark, provocative, adrenaline-rush of a novel about a graduate student who murders bad men and justifies it in the name of feminism, by a bold new voice in fiction "Might be the most-anticipated debut novel of the year thanks in part to its perfect-for-Hollywood premise."-- Esquire "A darkly comic novel about the tricky politics of race, sex, violence and love . . . the entertaining (and quietly damning) read you'll need to kick off spring."-- Elle A Most Anticipated Book of the Year: Glamour , Debutiful , Book Riot , Esquire , SheReads , Elle , Stylist She just wants to know what justice feels like. Yrsa is bored: bored with her PhD program, her entitled students, and the never-ending pages of racial violence and feminist theory she has to read. But most of all, she's bored with the men in her life--especially the bad ones. And then, one sunny afternoon, she accidentally kills one. Suddenly a problematic professor is dead, and Yrsa, well--she's no longer bored. Emboldened, she starts to chase the high, and soon no misbehaving sexist man within commuting distance is safe. Finally Yrsa's academic research feels useful. But how long can killing in the name of feminist and racial solidarity justify her actions? And how long until her actions--and buried family secrets--come back to unravel her?

A dark, provocative, adrenaline-rush of a novel about a graduate student who murders bad men and justifies it in the name of feminism, by a bold new voice in fiction "Might be the most-anticipated debut novel of the year thanks in part to its perfect-for-Hollywood premise."-- Esquire "A darkly comic novel about the tricky politics of race, sex, violence and love . . . the entertaining (and quietly damning) read you'll need to kick off spring."-- Elle A Most Anticipated Book of the Year: Glamour , Debutiful , Book Riot , Esquire , SheReads , Elle , Stylist She just wants to know what justice feels like. Yrsa is bored: bored with her PhD program, her entitled students, and the never-ending pages of racial violence and feminist theory she has to read. But most of all, she's bored with the men in her life--especially the bad ones. And then, one sunny afternoon, she accidentally kills one. Suddenly a problematic professor is dead, and Yrsa, well--she's no longer bored. Emboldened, she starts to chase the high, and soon no misbehaving sexist man within commuting distance is safe. Finally Yrsa's academic research feels useful. But how long can killing in the name of feminist and racial solidarity justify her actions? And how long until her actions--and buried family secrets--come back to unravel her?