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The Favorites

by Layne Fargo
 Contemporary Fiction: A story of love, friendship, and fighting to achieve your goals in life. It's about Katrina and Heath entering the ice-dancing world, trying to make sense of it and succeed. The characters are all flawed, making them feel authentic and relatable but stirring up your emotions with their choices.-The Favorites By Layne Fargo #contemporaryFiction #womenFiction #reading #iceDancing iceSkating

Praise For This Book


"Part Wuthering Heights and part Daisy Jones & The Six, this novel is as brilliantly choreographed as a gold medal performance and will keep you guessing until its last page." - Jodi Picoult, New York Times bestselling author of Wish You Were Here

"The horny ice skating novel The Favorites could not have possibly arrived at a more perfect time... Immersive, wildly addictive." - Paste

"[The Favorites] has a simple premise, executed perfectly: Wuthering Heights, but make it Olympic figure skaters... So effing good." - CrimeReads

"Irresistibly pulpy ... The Favorites shimmers and delights." - Bookreporter

"An epic love story set in the dazzling but brutal world of elite ice dancing ... Think The Cutting Edge meets Daisy Jones & The Six." - KMUW

"A true literary triple axel: a smart and nuanced retelling of a classic, a tense sports drama, and a perfectly twisted romance." - Rachel Hawkins, New York Times bestselling author of The Heiress and The Wife Upstairs

"A glittery compulsive whirl of a book, filled with spite and love and sequins and ambition." - Holly Gramazio, New York Times bestselling author of The Husbands

"Breathtaking ... The ferocious passion between Kat and Heath leaps off the page, and the captivating drama that unfolds on and off the ice is unrelenting." - Margarita Montimore, USA Today bestselling author of Acts of Violet and Oona Out of Order

"The Favorites combines the emotion of a coming-of-age tale with the sensationalism of the most audacious news headlines, creating a thoroughly intriguing read." - Chicago Review of Books

"Engrossing, thrilling, and just downright fun." - Booklist, starred review

"A dazzling dive into the cutthroat world of ice dancing, The Favorites is a must - read... It's a gripping, glamorous examination of what motivates us and how far we will go to get what we believe we deserve." - The Everygirl

"A deliciously scathing, sexy novel ... passionate, cutthroat, and irresistibly fun." - Julia Fine, author of Maddalena and the Dark

"The Favorites is Tell Me Lies meets The Cutting Edge. - a juicy, addictive look at an ice dancing pair whose obsession with winning is matched only by their obsession with each other." - Sara Sligar, author of Take Me Apart

"A tale of ambition and scorching passion that will keep readers on the edge of their seats." - Jean Kwok, New York Times bestselling author of The Leftover Woman

"As a former competitive figure skater, I devoured this epic love story set in the passionate world of ice dancing. The Favorites is every bit as spellbinding as it is brilliant... An absolute must read!" - Wendy Walker, bestselling author of Mad Love and What Remains

"What an addictive read ..." - Emma Brodie, author of Songs in Ursa Major

"A drama of epic proportions." - Library Journal About Layne Fargo


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