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Sugar, Baby
From the high-rises of Canary Wharf to the turquoise pools of Miami, Sugar, Baby is an intoxicating, darkly funny and shocking debut from an extraordinary new voice in fiction.
Agnes Green is turning 21 and her life is heading nowhere. Still living at home with her devoutly religious mother in a lifeless suburb, she works as a cleaner by day and spends her nights secretly going to clubs and dating Toby - who loves arthouse film, getting stoned, and ignoring her texts.
That is until she meets Emily, the daughter of one of her cleaning clients, who lives in London and works as a model - and a sugar baby. Emily's lifestyle is the escape Agnes has been longing tasting menus, private flights to Paris and Miami, rich older men who shower her with compliments and designer gifts.
Agnes' new life is beyond her wildest dreams, but it comes at a cost. As she begins to stray further from her mother's holy teachings, she must decide how far she is willing to go to be adored...
Agnes Green is turning 21 and her life is heading nowhere. Still living at home with her devoutly religious mother in a lifeless suburb, she works as a cleaner by day and spends her nights secretly going to clubs and dating Toby - who loves arthouse film, getting stoned, and ignoring her texts.
That is until she meets Emily, the daughter of one of her cleaning clients, who lives in London and works as a model - and a sugar baby. Emily's lifestyle is the escape Agnes has been longing tasting menus, private flights to Paris and Miami, rich older men who shower her with compliments and designer gifts.
Agnes' new life is beyond her wildest dreams, but it comes at a cost. As she begins to stray further from her mother's holy teachings, she must decide how far she is willing to go to be adored...
329 pages, Hardcover
First published July 27, 2023
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July 29, 2025
why do i always think i'm going to like books with low ratings.
this book is just very silly. i can only imagine how funny it would be to any kind of actual sex worker to witness a girl whose crush took her to paris post a lengthy diatribe about what it means to be a sugar baby. (the same girl who just freaked out and destroyed the whole relationship because the guy said it was about appearances.)
i think the intention of this is to show the danger of sex work (the plot is certainly not what i assumed it would be, which is a bored and insecure girl learning how to be a sugar baby from a hottie. that would require that she ever actually learns when it's more a hilarious story of failing upward), but things always seem pretty good. our protagonist never gets hurt, she only does drugs when she asks for them, she gets taken on a lot of fun vacations and paid $50k a night sometimes, and nobody even gets mad at her when she throws tantrums.
all of those benefits are not offered by my job, for one thing.
bottom line: over the top and goofy and very melodramatic and filled with errors big and small but...not not fun.
(review to come)
this book is just very silly. i can only imagine how funny it would be to any kind of actual sex worker to witness a girl whose crush took her to paris post a lengthy diatribe about what it means to be a sugar baby. (the same girl who just freaked out and destroyed the whole relationship because the guy said it was about appearances.)
i think the intention of this is to show the danger of sex work (the plot is certainly not what i assumed it would be, which is a bored and insecure girl learning how to be a sugar baby from a hottie. that would require that she ever actually learns when it's more a hilarious story of failing upward), but things always seem pretty good. our protagonist never gets hurt, she only does drugs when she asks for them, she gets taken on a lot of fun vacations and paid $50k a night sometimes, and nobody even gets mad at her when she throws tantrums.
all of those benefits are not offered by my job, for one thing.
bottom line: over the top and goofy and very melodramatic and filled with errors big and small but...not not fun.
(review to come)
February 25, 2024
This debut is a novel about the sugar baby phenomenon, but with a twist: A young Black woman with a religious immigrant mother drops out of school, works as a cleaner and accidentally befriends a rich clique of models / sugar babies (a.k.a. prostitutes who sell the idea that they are not actually sex workers) - so while her new friends have other opportunities and a safety net to fall back on, our first-person narrator Agnes Green is walking a very thin line when she joins the trade. The starting idea that Agnes is a Pygmalion-like experiment that one of her new friends conducts in order to test out here seduction theories that she intends to market as a book is dropped rather quickly though, and the whole thing becomes a jumbled mess.
I was hoping for a fresh, socially conscious text about racism, classism, and sex work, but alas, it is overwhelmed with familiar tropes: Of course Agnes is sexually traumatized before she picks up sex work, of course she is brought up in a hyper-moral context, and of course she loses herself in the glitz and glam of, ähem, sleeping with married lawyers who buy her Gucci bags *sigh*.
I easily see why women with few opportunities who live in precarious situations turn to sex work, and that marginalized women are particularly vulnerable when it comes to sexual exploitation, what I don't buy are the fully implausible decisions Agnes makes, and they suddenly become more and more implausible and life-threateningly dangerous. The text is steeped in moral assumptions that are used in an attempt to shock and awe, and much like the on-the-nose named Agnes (the story of St. Agnes is even told in the text), the character is minimized in the victim narrative, which is then confusingly mixed with porn. At the same time, the text does sometimes show an awareness that sex work is an actual job, and that Agnes could have chosen another occupation - she wanted the fast money and the lifestyle, and that's her prerogative: Her body, her choice. But qua logic of the text, she is not allowed to just feel that way, there must be explanations for this (trauma, poverty, you name it) - which renders this novel rather moralistic, nevermind the porn elements.
All in all, Agnes is an inconsistent character, and the text is not stringent enough: E.g., Agnes' aspiration to be an artist conveniently shows up when the question arises whether she wants to do something else, because she must be an artist at heart, she cannot just be a sex worker, apparently, in order for readers to relate to her. Luster this is not. Plus: I have trouble taking a novel seriously in which a young German guy is named "Hans" (GREAT job a) doing your research about German names and b) fighting clichés).
If you want to get an idea of this text, just check out the author's online diary:
https://celinesaint.com/diary/
I was hoping for a fresh, socially conscious text about racism, classism, and sex work, but alas, it is overwhelmed with familiar tropes: Of course Agnes is sexually traumatized before she picks up sex work, of course she is brought up in a hyper-moral context, and of course she loses herself in the glitz and glam of, ähem, sleeping with married lawyers who buy her Gucci bags *sigh*.
I easily see why women with few opportunities who live in precarious situations turn to sex work, and that marginalized women are particularly vulnerable when it comes to sexual exploitation, what I don't buy are the fully implausible decisions Agnes makes, and they suddenly become more and more implausible and life-threateningly dangerous. The text is steeped in moral assumptions that are used in an attempt to shock and awe, and much like the on-the-nose named Agnes (the story of St. Agnes is even told in the text), the character is minimized in the victim narrative, which is then confusingly mixed with porn. At the same time, the text does sometimes show an awareness that sex work is an actual job, and that Agnes could have chosen another occupation - she wanted the fast money and the lifestyle, and that's her prerogative: Her body, her choice. But qua logic of the text, she is not allowed to just feel that way, there must be explanations for this (trauma, poverty, you name it) - which renders this novel rather moralistic, nevermind the porn elements.
All in all, Agnes is an inconsistent character, and the text is not stringent enough: E.g., Agnes' aspiration to be an artist conveniently shows up when the question arises whether she wants to do something else, because she must be an artist at heart, she cannot just be a sex worker, apparently, in order for readers to relate to her. Luster this is not. Plus: I have trouble taking a novel seriously in which a young German guy is named "Hans" (GREAT job a) doing your research about German names and b) fighting clichés).
If you want to get an idea of this text, just check out the author's online diary:
https://celinesaint.com/diary/
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December 25, 2024wanted to get BRAT vibes but the book ended up being a little meandering for my tastes. i wish it had deeper introspection regarding the main character being biracial and poor, as that would have provided more depth to the depiction of sex work beyond the expected tropes. even if the story is only for entertainment value, i feel like it could have at least been messier and more chaotic?
November 13, 2023
I ADORED this. Reading this book felt like eating chocolate - delicious. When I say I devoured I'm not joking around. The prose was beautiful and so was the writing flowing so easily I could not put the book down for a second.
The premise doesn't do this book the justice it deserves - so many topics covered in this ranging from hypersexualization, religious trauma, morality and sex work, female sexuality, relations formed between sex workers, relations with men and how they can be affected by women's father figure (or lack of), the way sex work affects how sex workers view relationships, and the way that line of work can affect self esteem.
We also get commentary on women and their obsession with beauty and staying youthful.
Truth be told I cannot blame the description of this book for lacking when it came to actually displaying the contents of it. So many issues covered and so masterfully,it would make for an extremely long synopsis.
The female characters which were keypart of this book were written excellently. All of them displayed different ways sex work had affected them, along with what drove them to it. Each with different backgrounds, personalities and hell even races yet all bound together by sharing an apartment and working as sugar babies.
The dangers of this line of work,the spiraling that led into it along with the suffering it caused to the MC were all so on - point so shocking to see I was simply in awe.
The ending was perfection for this kind of book. I'm not gonna spoiler it but it fitted with the way the rest of the book was written like a perfect puzzle piece.
This book left me raw and contemplating both sexuality and religion at 3 am in the morning. There aren't enough stars I can offer it, it's simply a must read.
The premise doesn't do this book the justice it deserves - so many topics covered in this ranging from hypersexualization, religious trauma, morality and sex work, female sexuality, relations formed between sex workers, relations with men and how they can be affected by women's father figure (or lack of), the way sex work affects how sex workers view relationships, and the way that line of work can affect self esteem.
We also get commentary on women and their obsession with beauty and staying youthful.
Truth be told I cannot blame the description of this book for lacking when it came to actually displaying the contents of it. So many issues covered and so masterfully,it would make for an extremely long synopsis.
The female characters which were keypart of this book were written excellently. All of them displayed different ways sex work had affected them, along with what drove them to it. Each with different backgrounds, personalities and hell even races yet all bound together by sharing an apartment and working as sugar babies.
The dangers of this line of work,the spiraling that led into it along with the suffering it caused to the MC were all so on - point so shocking to see I was simply in awe.
The ending was perfection for this kind of book. I'm not gonna spoiler it but it fitted with the way the rest of the book was written like a perfect puzzle piece.
This book left me raw and contemplating both sexuality and religion at 3 am in the morning. There aren't enough stars I can offer it, it's simply a must read.
November 7, 2025
3.5/5
The fmc in this book was an absolute mess and I loved every second of it. This was a coming of age story that we all need. This would be a really great book for a book club because SO MUCH HAPPENS. It’s one of those books where you kind of don’t know where it’s going and you’re just along for the ride! If you go into this book knowing it’s going to be messy, you’ll enjoy this one!
The fmc in this book was an absolute mess and I loved every second of it. This was a coming of age story that we all need. This would be a really great book for a book club because SO MUCH HAPPENS. It’s one of those books where you kind of don’t know where it’s going and you’re just along for the ride! If you go into this book knowing it’s going to be messy, you’ll enjoy this one!
January 26, 2024
Sugar Baby’s story is a deep-dive into the world of sugaring - where beautiful young women date incredibly wealthy men in exchange for money and designer goods. These men are often married, often much older than the young women.
Agnes can’t help but become allured by this lifestyle after witnessing her friend Emily, and their other model friends, getting lavished with everything she could have ever dreamed of. It makes her cleaning job’s wage pale in comparison to how much she could earn from one date with these men. But before long she realises that with this newfound “career” as a sugar baby - sex is expected. Her Mother, Candace, is extremely religious and doesn’t take well to Agnes’ new lifestyle where she is constantly all-glammed-up. So she is kicked out of her family home and goes to live with the models in a London house-share.
How deep is Agnes going to go into being a sugar baby/escort before it becomes too much for her? A holiday abroad with a married couple might just push her to her limits…
I wish the plot of Agnes’ testing out the seduction theories for her friend, who is writing a book about their experiences, had played out more throughout the story. I think that would have made for an even more interesting narrative overall.
Sugar Baby is well-written and engaging though, so I’m awarding it 3.4 Stars 🎀
Agnes can’t help but become allured by this lifestyle after witnessing her friend Emily, and their other model friends, getting lavished with everything she could have ever dreamed of. It makes her cleaning job’s wage pale in comparison to how much she could earn from one date with these men. But before long she realises that with this newfound “career” as a sugar baby - sex is expected. Her Mother, Candace, is extremely religious and doesn’t take well to Agnes’ new lifestyle where she is constantly all-glammed-up. So she is kicked out of her family home and goes to live with the models in a London house-share.
How deep is Agnes going to go into being a sugar baby/escort before it becomes too much for her? A holiday abroad with a married couple might just push her to her limits…
I wish the plot of Agnes’ testing out the seduction theories for her friend, who is writing a book about their experiences, had played out more throughout the story. I think that would have made for an even more interesting narrative overall.
Sugar Baby is well-written and engaging though, so I’m awarding it 3.4 Stars 🎀
March 17, 2024
*4.5 stars rounded up
I love books that time me inside the life of someone I would never experience on my own. In Sugar Baby, we get a behind-the-scenes perspective of a Sugar Baby (a young woman who dates older men in exchange for an allowance and luxurious gifts).
Sugar Baby centers around 21 year old Agnes who lives with her Mom Constance and also works with Constance cleaning houses. Agnes meets Emily at one of the houses she cleans and she soon learns that Emily is a sugar baby, someone who dates older men for money.Agnes becomes intrigued by Emily's glamorous lifestyle so Emily takes Agnes under her wing and shows Agnes how to become a sugar baby herself.
But once Constance finds out, she kicks Agnes out of her home. Agnes then moves in with Emily and her roommates in a swanky London apartment where she is drawn deeper into their world.
Sugar Baby is a brilliant debut with an extremely likable and relatable main character. Sugar Baby teaches how easy it is for young women to fall into the seemingly glamour of the sugar baby lifestyle. The book isn't just about being a sugar baby though, it's also a coming of age tale, as well as a story of self discovery, identity, and family. Although I didn't mind it, the book is very spicy at times. I'm not used to spicy reads so there were several moments that made me blush.
I listened to the audiobook version which was read by Sara Novak. If you do decide to read this one, I highly recommend this format!
Sugar, Baby by Celine Saintclaire was published on January 9 so it’s available now! Many thanks to Libro FM and Bloomsbury Publishing for the gifted audiobook!
I love books that time me inside the life of someone I would never experience on my own. In Sugar Baby, we get a behind-the-scenes perspective of a Sugar Baby (a young woman who dates older men in exchange for an allowance and luxurious gifts).
Sugar Baby centers around 21 year old Agnes who lives with her Mom Constance and also works with Constance cleaning houses. Agnes meets Emily at one of the houses she cleans and she soon learns that Emily is a sugar baby, someone who dates older men for money.Agnes becomes intrigued by Emily's glamorous lifestyle so Emily takes Agnes under her wing and shows Agnes how to become a sugar baby herself.
But once Constance finds out, she kicks Agnes out of her home. Agnes then moves in with Emily and her roommates in a swanky London apartment where she is drawn deeper into their world.
Sugar Baby is a brilliant debut with an extremely likable and relatable main character. Sugar Baby teaches how easy it is for young women to fall into the seemingly glamour of the sugar baby lifestyle. The book isn't just about being a sugar baby though, it's also a coming of age tale, as well as a story of self discovery, identity, and family. Although I didn't mind it, the book is very spicy at times. I'm not used to spicy reads so there were several moments that made me blush.
I listened to the audiobook version which was read by Sara Novak. If you do decide to read this one, I highly recommend this format!
Sugar, Baby by Celine Saintclaire was published on January 9 so it’s available now! Many thanks to Libro FM and Bloomsbury Publishing for the gifted audiobook!
January 2, 2024
What a journey!! I couldn’t put this book down at all. Absolutely loved it ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
September 3, 2024
I was waiting for her frontal lobe to develop the entire book and it never did
April 26, 2024
Another case of good title, beautiful cover, and laughably bad book. The writing in this book is truly so terrible, it felt like reading fanfiction written by a fourteen-year-old. I cannot believe I read the simile "her pupils were as wide as a hentai doll’s" in a book that wasn't written by a middle schooler. I had so many issues with the way this novel was written. For instance, every time the author specifically states the product a character is using, I'm reminded of My Immortal by Tara Gilesbie. Agnes doesn't just take off her makeup, she applies Garnier Micellar Water. Emily doesn't just smell good, she is wearing Delina La Rosée by Parfums de Marley. The characters can't even just listen to music, they have to listen to "7 Rings" by Ariana Grande or "Born to Die" by Lana Del Rey. This may just be a personal pet peeve of mine, but there's something about this that just screams self-insert fanfiction, like the author just wanted to include products and pop culture references that she enjoys. I absolutely hated it and it happens on every other page.
Although this book probably deserves one star, I am giving it two because I was genuinely interested in the storyline centered around Sergei and Greta. Unfortunately, this part of the novel comes after 200 pages of garbage, and even though I was interested in this short section, the writing was still completely atrocious.
Bottom line: don't read this book. Despite its cover, it's not the Harmony Korine, A24 type of novel you are looking for.
Although this book probably deserves one star, I am giving it two because I was genuinely interested in the storyline centered around Sergei and Greta. Unfortunately, this part of the novel comes after 200 pages of garbage, and even though I was interested in this short section, the writing was still completely atrocious.
Bottom line: don't read this book. Despite its cover, it's not the Harmony Korine, A24 type of novel you are looking for.
May 2, 2024
tiktok feminism you will pay for your crimes
February 15, 2024
This cover is so Lana Del Rey meets cottagecore coded.
February 12, 2024
Damn I really wanted this to dig deeper than it did.
I also really didn’t like the over-reliance on pop culture refs, and describing characters in relation to celebrities they look like isn’t enough!!
I also really didn’t like the over-reliance on pop culture refs, and describing characters in relation to celebrities they look like isn’t enough!!
August 13, 2023
I liked this book a lot.
I picked it up on a whim, because the cover was gorgeous. But there’s substance to back up the aesthetics that I truly didn’t anticipate.
What does it mean to be sexually desirable? What does it cost us? And what does sexuality mean in the context of religious purity?
There’s a lot going on in this book, and very little of it is clear cut. Consent is murky throughout, and nonexistent at times, and other than Marlena, the reader is given very few characters to unquestioningly root for.
There are bright spots though. The lipgloss shine of female friendships. The understanding the author has of what it means to be a woman who leans more on her friends than her family. Yomawu’s vintage slips and the clutter of communal living. They make the harsher elements of this narrative easier to swallow. Soften it, romanticise it, in the way we all do to tolerate uncomfortable realities.
Agnes sells herself, and finds that what she believed to be a simple choice costs her far more than she intended. Saintclare is all too aware that this is a lesson all women are forced to learn eventually.
I picked it up on a whim, because the cover was gorgeous. But there’s substance to back up the aesthetics that I truly didn’t anticipate.
What does it mean to be sexually desirable? What does it cost us? And what does sexuality mean in the context of religious purity?
There’s a lot going on in this book, and very little of it is clear cut. Consent is murky throughout, and nonexistent at times, and other than Marlena, the reader is given very few characters to unquestioningly root for.
There are bright spots though. The lipgloss shine of female friendships. The understanding the author has of what it means to be a woman who leans more on her friends than her family. Yomawu’s vintage slips and the clutter of communal living. They make the harsher elements of this narrative easier to swallow. Soften it, romanticise it, in the way we all do to tolerate uncomfortable realities.
Agnes sells herself, and finds that what she believed to be a simple choice costs her far more than she intended. Saintclare is all too aware that this is a lesson all women are forced to learn eventually.
January 2, 2024
4.5 ⭐️
Okay, this was intoxicating. The writing is gorgeous and the narrative flows so easily, despite being over 400 pages it never felt too long or difficult to get through. A novel bursting with fun and vivacity and abundant with poignant moments. More in depth to come, but it was truly a joy to read. (Also the only thing I’ve been able to ingest during this slump) - such a sparkling debut and I can’t wait to see what they write next!!
So grateful to Atlantic Books for letting me access an advance copy in exchange for an honest review :)
Okay, this was intoxicating. The writing is gorgeous and the narrative flows so easily, despite being over 400 pages it never felt too long or difficult to get through. A novel bursting with fun and vivacity and abundant with poignant moments. More in depth to come, but it was truly a joy to read. (Also the only thing I’ve been able to ingest during this slump) - such a sparkling debut and I can’t wait to see what they write next!!
So grateful to Atlantic Books for letting me access an advance copy in exchange for an honest review :)
January 5, 2024
What does it say about me that I enjoy this, sex with a man who doesn't respect me whatsoever?
Sugar, Baby is a bold, provocative debut that takes readers into the world of high-paid sex work, as seen through the eyes of a 21-year-old mixed race woman on a journey of self-discovery.
Agnes is working as a cleaner when she meets Emily, the daughter of the client whose home she is cleaning. Emily is a model who supplements her income by working as a "sugar baby," a young woman who dates rich older men for money. When Agnes and her religious mother have a showdown that results in Agnes being kicked out, she moves in with Emily and her model/sugar baby friends in London. Emily encourages Agnes to give sugar babying a try, and at first, the lifestyle is everything Agnes could have dreamed of: expensive presents, fancy dinners, lavish vacations. But Agnes isn't a model, and she doesn't have a safety net -- and when her life as a sugar baby begins to implode, she is forced to ask herself if she's any happier or more satisfied than she was before she started.
Sugar, Baby is at its best when it's a fun, scandalous, sexy exploration of high-paid sex work, but is less successful in terms of social commentary and its deeper themes. I was expecting a thought-provoking exploration of race, class, culture, religion, and female empowerment (and the intersections of those topics) -- but most of those themes are only touched on superficially in the text. It almost felt like Celine Saintclare wasn't sure what kind of novel she wanted to write: a salacious new adult novel, or a work of literary criticism about modern society.
I found it difficult to get a grasp on Agnes as a character, even though the book is narrated in first-person. Agnes is darkly funny and witty, with a tender vulnerability at her core, but Saintclare seems to keep her at arm's length. There were some inconsistencies in her characterization, some decisions she made that were contradictory to what she seemed to want out of her life. I liked how boldly unapologetic she was, but at the same time, it didn't seem like she really learned or grew from her time as a sugar baby: Her trysts were just experiences she had, which she seemed mostly unaffected by -- and I think that goes back to how Sugar, Baby is a book with a bit of an identity crisis.
This does feel a lot like a debut -- the plot device that makes Agnes start sugar babying is almost immediately discarded, and the final third of the novel meanders quite a bit -- but I am eager to see where Celine Saintclare's career takes her. Her writing is vivid and compelling and wildly entertaining, and it's clear she has intriguing things to say about relevant societal issues. Thank you to Bloomsbury Publishing and NetGalley for the early reading opportunity.
March 10, 2024
it started off well, relatable, and funny. the humor pretty much stayed all throughout, but it felt like I was reading this for 2 weeks instead of 2 days. and then there was so much religion mentioned towards the end that felt out of place. I didn't feel connected to the MC at all, and I think the author intended for her to go through everything to result in significant character growth, but the pacing made it fail to feel that way...if that makes sense.
March 8, 2024
Judging a book by its cover wins again!
‘Sugar, Baby’ is Celine Saintclare’s debut novel. We follow Agnes, a mixed-race 21-year-old, as she works as a house cleaner with her mom. Her friends and sister seem to have a direction of where their life is going while she feels stuck. But everything changes when she meets Emily, a model working in London who is the daughter of her client. She convinces Agnes to take her under her wing and introduces her to a new life of being a sugar baby.
If you’re looking for a story that takes you on the journey of being a sugar baby and all the ups and downs of the lifestyle, then this is a great pick-up for you.
The plot itself is well-paced as we see Agnes leave her home with her religiously oppressive mom and join Emily's friend group of models who work together as sugar babies. The girls teach Agnes all the rules and strategies to how they get designer bags, luxury trips, fancy diners, and monthly stipends.
I would consider this a drama but also a coming-of-age story as we see Agnes find her way and decide what kind of life she wants. She struggles with her decision leaving home and fracturing her family unit while also discovering how to get the life and freedom she craves. It touches but doesn’t dive deep into male/women power dynamics, feminity, religious trauma, friendships, beauty standards, and race.
The plot is mainly about sex work while also navigating the emotional aspects around it. I’m glad it didn’t fall reductive to simplistic stereotypes. It was entertaining while also giving you something to think about.
It is clear Celine has a voice with interesting criticism so I look forward to her future books.
Thank you for the e-arc!
3.5⭐️
‘Sugar, Baby’ is Celine Saintclare’s debut novel. We follow Agnes, a mixed-race 21-year-old, as she works as a house cleaner with her mom. Her friends and sister seem to have a direction of where their life is going while she feels stuck. But everything changes when she meets Emily, a model working in London who is the daughter of her client. She convinces Agnes to take her under her wing and introduces her to a new life of being a sugar baby.
If you’re looking for a story that takes you on the journey of being a sugar baby and all the ups and downs of the lifestyle, then this is a great pick-up for you.
The plot itself is well-paced as we see Agnes leave her home with her religiously oppressive mom and join Emily's friend group of models who work together as sugar babies. The girls teach Agnes all the rules and strategies to how they get designer bags, luxury trips, fancy diners, and monthly stipends.
I would consider this a drama but also a coming-of-age story as we see Agnes find her way and decide what kind of life she wants. She struggles with her decision leaving home and fracturing her family unit while also discovering how to get the life and freedom she craves. It touches but doesn’t dive deep into male/women power dynamics, feminity, religious trauma, friendships, beauty standards, and race.
The plot is mainly about sex work while also navigating the emotional aspects around it. I’m glad it didn’t fall reductive to simplistic stereotypes. It was entertaining while also giving you something to think about.
It is clear Celine has a voice with interesting criticism so I look forward to her future books.
Thank you for the e-arc!
3.5⭐️
May 3, 2024
Saintclare takes us into the world of sugar babies and I was fascinated. an interesting albeit straightforward story, could make a great A24 film
December 21, 2024
This book is like cake. Sugary and lacking substance, but enjoyable in the moment. I thought the book was well-written, but ultimately pointless with unlikable characters, and it was often fairly depressing. Agnes really has no personality and none of the characters really experience character growth. I kept waiting for a more definitive statement about religion, but we just kind of dance around it and the conflict with the mother and then.. nothing happens. Oh well.
May 10, 2025
Good golly was Agnes insufferable LOL.
Sugar, Baby is about a biracial girl from middle-of-nowhere England who is quickly drawn into the sugaring lifestyle after befriending the daughter of a client she cleans for. While this could have been a bold exploration of sex work and the potential dangers therein, it ultimately ended up being a middle-of-the-fence depiction of a character who is hardheaded and dangerously stupid, naive and somehow strangely protected from the dangers her behavior would land someone who looks like her and behaves like her in the real world. This is not to say that things are peaches and cream for Agnes—they very much are not, and she does experience a lot of uncomfortable moments that she finds herself in a place of not being able to fully consent to. However, it almost felt as if Saintclare wanted to maintain the glitz and glamor aspect of this lifestyle above truly depicting how it would go down in real life. I don't say this to say that I wish that Agnes would have suffered more or that she would have encountered more traumatic experiences, but something about the book feels at arms-length from true consequences and it makes what happens to her less scary or jarring subsequently.
As it stands, much of the social commentary surrounding race, religion, class, gender, and sex are barebones. There is very little character development overall, and Agnes' arc is spread very, very thinly over the narrative, which got tired very quickly because it's like damn, girl? You still won't learn a lesson?! She was frustrating till the end, and I found the ending to be abrupt because of it.
I think Saintclare's writing style was lyrical at times, disjointed at others, but overall easy to read and digest. I wish that this novel was as daring as I thought it was going to be. I know the topic of sex work remains taboo, but as someone who believes this is a line of work that should not be stigmatized in order to provide protections for those who work it I think they deserve fiction that depicts the real dangers, benefits, and overall experience of working that type of work.
3.75 ⭐️s
2 🌶️
Sugar, Baby is about a biracial girl from middle-of-nowhere England who is quickly drawn into the sugaring lifestyle after befriending the daughter of a client she cleans for. While this could have been a bold exploration of sex work and the potential dangers therein, it ultimately ended up being a middle-of-the-fence depiction of a character who is hardheaded and dangerously stupid, naive and somehow strangely protected from the dangers her behavior would land someone who looks like her and behaves like her in the real world. This is not to say that things are peaches and cream for Agnes—they very much are not, and she does experience a lot of uncomfortable moments that she finds herself in a place of not being able to fully consent to. However, it almost felt as if Saintclare wanted to maintain the glitz and glamor aspect of this lifestyle above truly depicting how it would go down in real life. I don't say this to say that I wish that Agnes would have suffered more or that she would have encountered more traumatic experiences, but something about the book feels at arms-length from true consequences and it makes what happens to her less scary or jarring subsequently.
As it stands, much of the social commentary surrounding race, religion, class, gender, and sex are barebones. There is very little character development overall, and Agnes' arc is spread very, very thinly over the narrative, which got tired very quickly because it's like damn, girl? You still won't learn a lesson?! She was frustrating till the end, and I found the ending to be abrupt because of it.
I think Saintclare's writing style was lyrical at times, disjointed at others, but overall easy to read and digest. I wish that this novel was as daring as I thought it was going to be. I know the topic of sex work remains taboo, but as someone who believes this is a line of work that should not be stigmatized in order to provide protections for those who work it I think they deserve fiction that depicts the real dangers, benefits, and overall experience of working that type of work.
3.75 ⭐️s
2 🌶️
August 7, 2023
you know when you read a book and you can tell from the first couple of chapters it’s going to be an instant favourite and easy five stars, this was exactly that. i could not put it down, devoured it in less than 24 hours and did not want to it end, an absolute triumph 🎀💋💌💖.
December 28, 2023
3.5 stars. This is what Insatiable by Daisy Buchanan should have been. It follows Agnes who is working a dead-end job and living with her religiously oppressive mother, before she meets Emily who invites her into the escort profession. I really loved Agnes' character and found she grew on me the more I read it. It didn't come across cringey like a lot similar books have and the emotions behind it felt really raw and powerful rather than superficial. Glad I enjoyed this more than I was expecting.
October 1, 2024
I read this one on a recommendation from a friend and had no idea what to really expect but wow, I really enjoyed it.
The writing for the most part was great, but there were some clunky bits dispersed throughout that I didn’t enjoy as much that felt less polished. I especially have a big pet peeve (which is super minor in the grand scheme of things) regarding naming specific song titles in books. It gives me the ick, and it was done a lot here. I think it’s to try and set a certain mood or vibe but mid scene isn’t really the time for an explicitly titled soundtrack for me. Other than that, I think the overall vibe and the tone of the story was spot on, and this is definitely an author I’ll seek out again in the future. The potential is huge, and this was really engaging and enjoyable from start to finish.
It felt really current and really fresh, and I was somewhat unprepared for how emotional it was going to turn out. I enjoyed Agnes as a protagonist, and though she was a little bit messy she was so easy to connect with and understand. I think her relationships with the other girls were also intriguing, though I wished we had more of those relationships evolving on page. I also think this book missed a bit of a mark removing Agnes from her family somewhat entirely, because the conversations on religion and modesty started off so strong, and seemed to get buried by the other aspects of the narrative. I really wanted more from it, and to see more on page the estrangement she is feeling from her old life and her family. Alongside that is the relationship with her sister that seems splintered, and we only see in glimpses.
The subject matter was really interesting, but to an extent I do wish we cut a bit deeper into the life and the culture of sugar babying. At some points it felt a little surface level and the whole thing was a bit of a whirlwind. I did really like the approach to the narrative for the most part though, and how we got to experience the extreme emotional highs and lows with our main character. It turned out to be quite a tense and stressful experience, when there were several situations that could’ve had vastly different outcomes. It really gives you some perspective on womanhood, and the safety of women under the patriarchal society that treats them like objects.
The writing for the most part was great, but there were some clunky bits dispersed throughout that I didn’t enjoy as much that felt less polished. I especially have a big pet peeve (which is super minor in the grand scheme of things) regarding naming specific song titles in books. It gives me the ick, and it was done a lot here. I think it’s to try and set a certain mood or vibe but mid scene isn’t really the time for an explicitly titled soundtrack for me. Other than that, I think the overall vibe and the tone of the story was spot on, and this is definitely an author I’ll seek out again in the future. The potential is huge, and this was really engaging and enjoyable from start to finish.
It felt really current and really fresh, and I was somewhat unprepared for how emotional it was going to turn out. I enjoyed Agnes as a protagonist, and though she was a little bit messy she was so easy to connect with and understand. I think her relationships with the other girls were also intriguing, though I wished we had more of those relationships evolving on page. I also think this book missed a bit of a mark removing Agnes from her family somewhat entirely, because the conversations on religion and modesty started off so strong, and seemed to get buried by the other aspects of the narrative. I really wanted more from it, and to see more on page the estrangement she is feeling from her old life and her family. Alongside that is the relationship with her sister that seems splintered, and we only see in glimpses.
The subject matter was really interesting, but to an extent I do wish we cut a bit deeper into the life and the culture of sugar babying. At some points it felt a little surface level and the whole thing was a bit of a whirlwind. I did really like the approach to the narrative for the most part though, and how we got to experience the extreme emotional highs and lows with our main character. It turned out to be quite a tense and stressful experience, when there were several situations that could’ve had vastly different outcomes. It really gives you some perspective on womanhood, and the safety of women under the patriarchal society that treats them like objects.
March 25, 2024
Loved this
August 18, 2025
as tempting as it is to leave the new job, this has not presented a viable alternative
September 16, 2024
Tell me, has anyone actually read this book all the way to the end? I feel like not even the editor has, and that is a huge issue. Like everyone else, I expected a nice reflection on sex work, class, and religion with a Moshfegh-esque protagonist, perhaps a little fluff, and perhaps a bit easier, more like a beach read. Instead, this is a more or less coherent story that sounds and feels like a sixteen year old’s wish fulfilment self-insert fanfic, secretly uploaded on wattpad from the family computer while she dreams about leaving her boring small town behind to be a hedonistic big-city-girl. Very relatable, and I believe that this is a very valid position to write from, it’s just not very valid to publish this crap as is. I have a thousand examples of this, and I think many of them could have been fixed by a proper editor.
Quick summary: Agnes is 21 and lives with her very beautiful Christian mother, they work for the same cleaning agency somewhere near London. One day, Emily, the daughter of one of their customers wants to write an e-book about how to be a good sugar babe. Since Emily is the most gorgeous girl on earth, she has to test her method on someone less gorgeous, which is, of course, Agnes. Agnes quickly moves in with Emily and her gang of supermodel sugar babes, because her mother kicks her out, not for the sex work but just because she lied about going to a party. Agnes then proceeds to have a sort of wild summer first just going to lunch with men for money until she, in the end, even has paid (50.000 pounds) intercourse with strangers for one night (gasp). At the end of the summer, she is redeemed, order is restored. Sex work is bad because you have to pretend to be someone else, the end.
Now some things that bothered me in no particular order:
I was never sure whether I'm supposed to like Agnes or think that she's really stupid and annoying.
The writing is so inconsistent that Agnes’ (and everybody else’s) personality changes every few pages. Sometimes she is offended that her customers give her money. A few pages later she is a total professional girlboss (“it’s no longer opening night, it’s a performance I’ve given a hundred times”). Another few pages later she has a whole mental breakdown because she doesn’t want to wear lipstick to work and thereby loses her only source of income, which was easy money except for the fact that he wanted her to stay in character for two days in a row, which she usually likes, just not that morning.
Agnes is very much not like other girls. She is just as pretty, but she is better than everyone with her little Leica camera and she is really deep, as proven by her little tumblr-style quotes like: “the grain in a film photo makes me think of life itself”. Of course, she is a genius photography prodigy, which is shown by her being the only one at a professional shooting who knows how to place the lights so that the model is illuminated.
The whole story unfolds over just a few weeks, which is sometimes really hard to tell because the timing of this novel is COMPLETELY OFF. You feel like you spent half a year with Agnes who sometimes acts all veteran sugar babe, and then her best friend (not sure why they are friends) comes back from a summer vacation that she embarked on at the beginning of the novel. Similarly, many timelines of scenes do not make sense. There is no consistency as to when and where things happen. A hotel room turns into an apartment, five minutes is enough time for half a formal meal, Agnes goes to a dinner invitation, lounges in the host’s pool before dinner, and when she gets up, it is midday. I am usually not too nitpicky about those things but they happen all the time and I cannot believe on purpose. It's just sloppy writing and no editing.
Even worse, and the ultimate nail in the self-published fan fiction coffin, there are so many mistakes with the tenses. Again: This can happen, but should be fixed in editing and was not fixed. This is a little writing sample and the lines where I lost it:
"She’s nodding, taking in what I’m saying and listening closely.
‘I didn’t want a voice of reason,’ I said.
‘That’s fair enough,’ she says."
(changing tenses in the middle of the paragraph is so ao3 and what is even the first sentences, why does it say the same thing thrice)
At the end of the novel, Agnes is very wise because she has slept with one or two handful of men for money. She is so wise that she gives advice every few pages. Advice like, sometimes even expensive clothes are made from polyester, or the ultimate moral of the story that Agnes makes up in the form of a disclaimer at the end of the book, that being an escort “Requires substantial denial of self and the projection a false image that may ultimately contribute to low self esteem and difficulties developing genuine connections with men.” This little disclaimer alone infuriates me to an unhealthy level. I have no idea if it is meant to be funny or moralising or both??
I could excuse the issues above if Agnes were consistently like that, but nothing in this book is consistent. Emily's e-book (in and of itself not a very suave reason for Agnes to enter this lifestyle) is only present at the beginning of the novel and on one page at the end, almost like the author just then remembered that she should probably sort of wrap the whole hang-up of the story up. Agnes’s Christianity, too, only matters in the beginning and at the end of the novel, otherwise it is nonexistent.
There seems to be no awareness of how it works when people are not English. In Italy, Agnes is perfectly capable of eavesdropping on random restaurant workers because everyone only talks in English. And when she has a little moment with an older Italian woman who closes her restaurant because she'd rather spend time with Agnes (???), the woman’s English progresses from single words (“English?” “Cornetto?”) to whole paragraphs using words like “desecrate” in a matter of pages.
I could go on for ages but this is already too long. I haven’t gotten that riled up about a book in ages. For the first third or so I thought this would be an okay three-star summer read, but the book just got progressively worse and more chaotic, so I’m evening it out to a two stars average.
Quick summary: Agnes is 21 and lives with her very beautiful Christian mother, they work for the same cleaning agency somewhere near London. One day, Emily, the daughter of one of their customers wants to write an e-book about how to be a good sugar babe. Since Emily is the most gorgeous girl on earth, she has to test her method on someone less gorgeous, which is, of course, Agnes. Agnes quickly moves in with Emily and her gang of supermodel sugar babes, because her mother kicks her out, not for the sex work but just because she lied about going to a party. Agnes then proceeds to have a sort of wild summer first just going to lunch with men for money until she, in the end, even has paid (50.000 pounds) intercourse with strangers for one night (gasp). At the end of the summer, she is redeemed, order is restored. Sex work is bad because you have to pretend to be someone else, the end.
Now some things that bothered me in no particular order:
I was never sure whether I'm supposed to like Agnes or think that she's really stupid and annoying.
The writing is so inconsistent that Agnes’ (and everybody else’s) personality changes every few pages. Sometimes she is offended that her customers give her money. A few pages later she is a total professional girlboss (“it’s no longer opening night, it’s a performance I’ve given a hundred times”). Another few pages later she has a whole mental breakdown because she doesn’t want to wear lipstick to work and thereby loses her only source of income, which was easy money except for the fact that he wanted her to stay in character for two days in a row, which she usually likes, just not that morning.
Agnes is very much not like other girls. She is just as pretty, but she is better than everyone with her little Leica camera and she is really deep, as proven by her little tumblr-style quotes like: “the grain in a film photo makes me think of life itself”. Of course, she is a genius photography prodigy, which is shown by her being the only one at a professional shooting who knows how to place the lights so that the model is illuminated.
The whole story unfolds over just a few weeks, which is sometimes really hard to tell because the timing of this novel is COMPLETELY OFF. You feel like you spent half a year with Agnes who sometimes acts all veteran sugar babe, and then her best friend (not sure why they are friends) comes back from a summer vacation that she embarked on at the beginning of the novel. Similarly, many timelines of scenes do not make sense. There is no consistency as to when and where things happen. A hotel room turns into an apartment, five minutes is enough time for half a formal meal, Agnes goes to a dinner invitation, lounges in the host’s pool before dinner, and when she gets up, it is midday. I am usually not too nitpicky about those things but they happen all the time and I cannot believe on purpose. It's just sloppy writing and no editing.
Even worse, and the ultimate nail in the self-published fan fiction coffin, there are so many mistakes with the tenses. Again: This can happen, but should be fixed in editing and was not fixed. This is a little writing sample and the lines where I lost it:
"She’s nodding, taking in what I’m saying and listening closely.
‘I didn’t want a voice of reason,’ I said.
‘That’s fair enough,’ she says."
(changing tenses in the middle of the paragraph is so ao3 and what is even the first sentences, why does it say the same thing thrice)
At the end of the novel, Agnes is very wise because she has slept with one or two handful of men for money. She is so wise that she gives advice every few pages. Advice like, sometimes even expensive clothes are made from polyester, or the ultimate moral of the story that Agnes makes up in the form of a disclaimer at the end of the book, that being an escort “Requires substantial denial of self and the projection a false image that may ultimately contribute to low self esteem and difficulties developing genuine connections with men.” This little disclaimer alone infuriates me to an unhealthy level. I have no idea if it is meant to be funny or moralising or both??
I could excuse the issues above if Agnes were consistently like that, but nothing in this book is consistent. Emily's e-book (in and of itself not a very suave reason for Agnes to enter this lifestyle) is only present at the beginning of the novel and on one page at the end, almost like the author just then remembered that she should probably sort of wrap the whole hang-up of the story up. Agnes’s Christianity, too, only matters in the beginning and at the end of the novel, otherwise it is nonexistent.
There seems to be no awareness of how it works when people are not English. In Italy, Agnes is perfectly capable of eavesdropping on random restaurant workers because everyone only talks in English. And when she has a little moment with an older Italian woman who closes her restaurant because she'd rather spend time with Agnes (???), the woman’s English progresses from single words (“English?” “Cornetto?”) to whole paragraphs using words like “desecrate” in a matter of pages.
I could go on for ages but this is already too long. I haven’t gotten that riled up about a book in ages. For the first third or so I thought this would be an okay three-star summer read, but the book just got progressively worse and more chaotic, so I’m evening it out to a two stars average.
October 9, 2024
"It feels good to be wanted, to be delectable, delicious. But if I’ve learned anything it’s that I don’t want to be consumed."
I LOVED this. I loved the characters, the writing style, and the themes. A huge focus that intrigued me was power dynamics - whether it comes from gender, wealth, or class status. The whole story flows so well and I found myself genuinely interested in all the characters. The sugar baby/sugar daddy dynamic is so so so interesting to me, and part of the reason I enjoy reality tv. Highly recommend this one!
I LOVED this. I loved the characters, the writing style, and the themes. A huge focus that intrigued me was power dynamics - whether it comes from gender, wealth, or class status. The whole story flows so well and I found myself genuinely interested in all the characters. The sugar baby/sugar daddy dynamic is so so so interesting to me, and part of the reason I enjoy reality tv. Highly recommend this one!
July 14, 2023
— 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 —
𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞: Sugar, Baby
𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬: N/A
𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫(𝐬): Celine Saintclare
𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞: Contemporary
𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝: 27th July 2023
𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: 24th June 2023
𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: 3/5
”Because when all is said and done, being beautiful only offers you a temporary haven. A pedestal to fall from.”
Gosh, I’m not quite sure what to make of this! I definitely enjoyed it but also I am left feeling a little bit bizarre; reflective, triggered, and baffled.
My initial take on this book was that it was scandalous, funny, and filthy. However, it also took itself very seriously, so there’s a lot of tension to be had by reading it. The funny parts are typically from the main characters inner monologue using dry observational humour. The scandal and the filth are much stronger components. Which is great. I love to be scandalized. And I love it when a book acts as a reflection to society.
There are some really interesting themes that are explored, the main one being, of course, sex work. The story provides arguments to both morally support and discourage sex work and I love that it provided this balance. Another strong theme was the religious guilt, not only experienced by the main character, but introduced to other characters too. Wherever sex work goes, slut shaming follows, so this topic was also explored and I actually think that the exploration of this topic was my favourite, it provoked strong emotions in me with the main characters trials in school. The last topic I wanted to mention was substance misuse which is a recurrent theme within the story. It felt to me that the higher the main character went, socially and financially, the more drugs she would take and how the environment somebody takes drugs in factors in a lot to how socially acceptable it is—it’s easier to accept someone snorting coke on a ridiculously expensive marbled counter surrounded by powerful friends than it is to accept someone taking it on a street corner. I think the topic of sex work is also congruent of this.
Agnes is a strange main character. There were times when I would enjoy her and times when I didn’t. Ironically—with all the slut shaming in the novel—she is a really easy MC to judge. It was genuinely so easy to become judgmental of her. But I felt as though I couldn’t see the driving force behind her intentions and behaviour. It made me feel as though she wasn’t fully realised. She reads as though personality has been thrown away in favour of trauma.
Overall, this book is fresh and original and I’d be interested in reading more by the author as they handle complex multi themed storytelling very well.
—Kayleigh🤍
@ Welsh Book Fairy🧚♀️✨
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𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞: Sugar, Baby
𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬: N/A
𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫(𝐬): Celine Saintclare
𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞: Contemporary
𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝: 27th July 2023
𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: 24th June 2023
𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: 3/5
”Because when all is said and done, being beautiful only offers you a temporary haven. A pedestal to fall from.”
Gosh, I’m not quite sure what to make of this! I definitely enjoyed it but also I am left feeling a little bit bizarre; reflective, triggered, and baffled.
My initial take on this book was that it was scandalous, funny, and filthy. However, it also took itself very seriously, so there’s a lot of tension to be had by reading it. The funny parts are typically from the main characters inner monologue using dry observational humour. The scandal and the filth are much stronger components. Which is great. I love to be scandalized. And I love it when a book acts as a reflection to society.
There are some really interesting themes that are explored, the main one being, of course, sex work. The story provides arguments to both morally support and discourage sex work and I love that it provided this balance. Another strong theme was the religious guilt, not only experienced by the main character, but introduced to other characters too. Wherever sex work goes, slut shaming follows, so this topic was also explored and I actually think that the exploration of this topic was my favourite, it provoked strong emotions in me with the main characters trials in school. The last topic I wanted to mention was substance misuse which is a recurrent theme within the story. It felt to me that the higher the main character went, socially and financially, the more drugs she would take and how the environment somebody takes drugs in factors in a lot to how socially acceptable it is—it’s easier to accept someone snorting coke on a ridiculously expensive marbled counter surrounded by powerful friends than it is to accept someone taking it on a street corner. I think the topic of sex work is also congruent of this.
Agnes is a strange main character. There were times when I would enjoy her and times when I didn’t. Ironically—with all the slut shaming in the novel—she is a really easy MC to judge. It was genuinely so easy to become judgmental of her. But I felt as though I couldn’t see the driving force behind her intentions and behaviour. It made me feel as though she wasn’t fully realised. She reads as though personality has been thrown away in favour of trauma.
Overall, this book is fresh and original and I’d be interested in reading more by the author as they handle complex multi themed storytelling very well.
—Kayleigh🤍
@ Welsh Book Fairy🧚♀️✨
♡Booksta
June 21, 2024
i am not going to lie, i had to read many 5 star and 1-2 star reviews to understand how i felt about this book and i thoroughly remained a neutral 3. this is one of those books i hate to review because i didn't come out of it with a strong opinion, or any opinion.
i thought the writing was average, i didn't much care for any of the characters, and i was only into it as long as the plot was entertaining. i think this suffered from the "moshfemic" where characters are made to be boring and unlikeable for no reason bc of this belief that it's edgy and relatable (like moshfegh's books), but they actually lack the characterization and writing skills to make that choice make sense.
i thought the premise was interesting, and i enjoyed the way each girl that is sugaring in this book is shown to deal with it differently. but my problem was with the fact that
i think i was too interested in the plot and the behind the scenes of this world to give this any lower than a 3, and there were some things that i could understand why the author chose to write them that way. all in all, i thought it had the potential to be much better, entertaining, and memorable than it was.
i thought the writing was average, i didn't much care for any of the characters, and i was only into it as long as the plot was entertaining. i think this suffered from the "moshfemic" where characters are made to be boring and unlikeable for no reason bc of this belief that it's edgy and relatable (like moshfegh's books), but they actually lack the characterization and writing skills to make that choice make sense.
i thought the premise was interesting, and i enjoyed the way each girl that is sugaring in this book is shown to deal with it differently. but my problem was with the fact that
i think i was too interested in the plot and the behind the scenes of this world to give this any lower than a 3, and there were some things that i could understand why the author chose to write them that way. all in all, i thought it had the potential to be much better, entertaining, and memorable than it was.
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