Thank you to NetGalley and Quercus Books for providing an e-arc of this title in exchange for an honest review.

This book was a bit of a surprise for me in the sense that it was almost a rom-com and that was not the impression I'd got from the blurb. I thought it was going to be a bit more serious and deep but it was in fact quite light-hearted and very colloquial. This is not a trait that I like in a narrative, it read a little bit fanfic-y, especially in the beginning and I really just felt like I was reading fanfic with the names changed.

This book explores mending relationships in every sense of the word: romantic, familial, professional etc. I feel that it wrapped up a little too neatly almost in a feel-good film style, which is not for me but I think would appeal to a lot of people. I think queer stories that are not centred around queerness are still criminally underrepresented so this book is certain to find quite an eager audience when it comes out.

The twist at the end!! Wow! Was not expecting this. I loved how this book unfolded and really enjoyed the relationships in this book
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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ / 5

What a brilliant book!

Absolutely love this!

Laura Kay's writing is amazing, this book kept me hooked throughout!

I absolutely love Natasha and Natalie, and I'm so grateful for the twist at the end ♥️

I will definitely be reading more of Laura Kay's books in the future!

Highly recommended read!

Beckie x💛x

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Having enjoyed The Split by Laura Kay last year, I was excited to read Tell Me Everything and I wasn't disappointed.

Natasha is a therapist who helps others navigate through their fears and challenges but hasn’t quite been able to that for herself.

The Story starts with Natasha moving out of the home she’s shared with Georgia (her ex-girlfriend) and moving in with another friend.

We quickly learn that she has a twin sister, she’s a therapist, she’s got some good friends around her but she clearly has commitment issues which we go on to learn probably stems from her estranged dad leaving the family and coming out as gay.

I really liked the dynamic between Natasha and Natalie and how Natasha interacted with her sister’s twins.
Their fish and chips on the beach tradition is definitely something I can get behind!

It was interesting to see Natasha battling not to be a therapist to herself at times. I also liked how her family and friends were so supportive but also tried to push her too.

I enjoyed the emotional journey Natasha goes through in this story, reconnecting with her dad, connecting more with her mum and choosing eventually to be happy.

There’s lot of humour and some heart-warming moments too.

I really enjoyed the LA trip and the visits to the beach in Brighton – Kay has a way of transporting the reader through her words.

This is another great LGBTQ+ read from Laura Kay that I’m sure people will love.

'Tell Me Everything' by Laura Kay is a fun, heart-warming story of love, relationships and family. Natasha is a therapist, used to doling out sensible advice to her clients. But her own life is a bit chaotic. When she breaks up with the love of her life, Georgia, Natasha stumbles into a relationship with Margot, a New Zealander whose motives are obscure, and who may or may not have Natasha's best interests at heart. Family secrets, friendship conflict and relational dynamics all make this a warm-hearted, uplifting tale, perfect for fans of stylish, queer romcoms.

This was a well written book with plenty of humour that I finished in a day.

It was a fairly easy read as Natasha, a therapist who has been living with her ex girlfriend, tries to get her life together. I thought it was going to be more of a romcom but I actually really enjoyed that the romance wasn’t the only aspect and it generally felt like a lovely feel good read that included romance but there were also other characters with their own little stories.

There were a couple of things that I didn’t feel quite resolved themselves but overall I really enjoyed the story.

(3.5/5)

I requested this after enjoying The Split by Kay so much when I read it last year as a refreshing British contemporary romance with LGBT representation.

In Tell Me Everything, Natasha is a therapist still living with her ex-girlfriend whilst maintaining a messy love life of first dates and one-night stands. Clearly she had commitment issues and it seems a bit rich that she gives other advice but that's definitely the point and Natasha needs to decide what she wants!

This had a similar light-hearted rhythm packaged in Britishness that were so endearing in The Split. Personally I didn't connect with this story as much despite some funny moments. The most interesting character for me was Margot and I would have liked see her in it more and it felt like there could've been more delving into the characters and relationships. I also thought the therapist angle would be more prominent but this is just my personal opinion.

In the end I enjoyed this for what it was... a light-hearted story about finding yourself with some comedy moments along the way.

Thank you to NetGalley, Laura Kay and the publisher for giving me the opportunity to read this book, in exchange for an honest review!

A beautifully written story focusing on the protagonist, Natasha, a therapist. After breaking up with her ex-girlfriend and being thrown out of the flat she shares with her, so she can move in with another woman, she begins a journey of healing. She reflects on her relationships with her family and friends, and I love the character progression throughout. I loved the ending too!

It's always lovely to find a good sapphic romance and I did enjoy this one, it kept me company for a long weekend. I didn't quite connect to the characters as much as I would have hoped but it was all quite sweet in the end. What spoke to me more was all of the different forms of friendship and family. As LGBT+ people, we know the importance of that and the network that Natasha has around her was done niceky. All in all, a lovely read that maybe just needed a little more character depth.

I fell in love with the author's last read, and wondered if the next one may meet expectations. Whilst there was a lot I did like (and always a big thumbs up from me for the LGBTQIA+ community in her reads) I just feel that this fell a bit flat. I think I expected more to happen with the plot. I also didnt feel quite as emotionally invested in these characters.

Oh I loved this! I really enjoyed the focus of LGBT relationships depicted through out and I felt like I could really relate to the main character and her indecisiveness. Whilst the main character is a therapist herself, she finds it hard to take control on her own life and choices, which is more realistic than a classic rom-com.

I definitely recommend requesting this book, you'll thoroughly enjoy it!

Tell Me Everything is a funny, completely relatable story and I completely loved it. Such a witty and uplifting read. Natasha is super likeable, and Laura's writing is a dream. This is definitely one not to miss.

Thanks to Quercus for letting me read Laura Kay's latest book Tell Me Everything! My fave thing about Laura Kay's books is that they're populated with lots of queer people just living their lives, no angst related to their sexualities, and if this is really refreshing for a straight person like me, I can only imagine what it's like for everyone else ✨ Tell Me Everything is about Natasha, a therapist living in Brighton, and it's one of those nice ambling 'life' novels where you really get to know a character's life and the people in it – her twin sister Natalie and her family; her ex-girlfriend Georgia; her best friend Poppy and her new crush Margo, among others. Although I enjoyed The Split, I already feel like Laura Kay's writing and storytelling has improved, and I'm excited to keep reading her books! At times I did wish this had a bit more of a plot – it felt a little slower than perhaps it needed to be – but somewhere around the two-thirds mark, most of the main characters head off to LA for a trip (sidenote: very much want to visit LA now) and, for me, this is where things really started to come together, rounding off to a very satisfying ending. One thing, though: I know this is for a very real purpose, because too many characters can make a book confusing, but I do find it odd how many characters in contemporary fiction only seem to have two or three friends. I'm not saying I necessarily want a huge cast of supporting characters, but authors could just hint at a wider circle of friends without going into more detail, and I'm surprised so little of them do...

In this book we meet Natasha who is a therapist, who to her clients looks like she has everything under control, has all the answers and is living a fabulous life.

However things are never as clear cut as they seem on the surface. Under the surface Natasha is in desperate need of following her own advice.

Going from one relationship to another Natasha thinks relationships should all be made up of just one night stands and disasterous dates. At least that way you don't get hurt right?

But suddenly Margot arrives on the scene and everything completely changes, and Natasha decides it is time to rethink everything she believed in.

This is a good coming of age story. About how to navigate relationships, working out who you really are and how to navigate this crazy thing that we call life.

I really liked Laura Kay's first book, The Split. Tell Me Everything was also an enjoyable read but perhaps didn't grab me quite as much - maybe I just never fully engaged with (main character) Natasha. I'm not sure why.

Natasha works as a therapist but - in the great tradition of therapists - hasn't really got her life in order. She's been living with her ex-girlfriend although they haven't been together in a while, and is now having to move out in order for Georgia's new girlfriend to move in. She's close to twin sister Natalie, but has a strained relationship with her mother and none at all with her absent father.

It's a well written and readable story with plenty of humour as Natasha figures out her life, what she really wants and what's holding her back. There were a couple of things that jarred, but overall it was a very good read.

A beautifully written novel about a therapist, Natasha, who helps others face their fears and challenges but has never learned how to do that for herself.
Not a great fan of who she ended up with (although I’m not sure I would have liked Natasha with the other person either), but it was lovely to see her own emotional journey and development with her family, friends and relationships overall.
A great LGBT+ read that I’m sure people will love.

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read and review this ARC.

The sapphic romance I didn’t know I needed until I got it.

A feel-good novel about how life can get messier than we’d like to and the many steps it takes to fix it, I’m sure many young LGBT+ people will find themselves identifying with Natasha, a therapist with problems of her own. The cozy, witty writing makes it a perfect read for these moments where everything seems a little bleak and we’re in need of a little encouragement, even in the form of a book character trying to put their life together.

I absolutely adored Laura Kay's debut The Split , so was thrilled to have the opportunity to read Tell Me Everything. Natasha is a therapist with a twin sister, Natalie, a challenging relationship with her mother and an absent father. She's living in Brighton with her ex girlfriend
whilst experiencing unfulfilling dates and one night stands. I love the way Laura Kay writes and I was completely drawn into Natasha's world. Kay evokes a great sense of place and writes with real empathy for all of her characters. I am drawn to books about therapists and loved how Natasha goes on her own emotional journey to find love and happiness. A wonderful read with characters that will stay with me. Highly recommended.
Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read and review this digital ARC.
4.5 stars

Tell Me Everything is a novel about a therapist who needs to work out what she wants in life and what she's avoiding dealing with. Natasha has been living with her ex-girlfriend for ages, going on dates, drinking too much, and feeling like a mess. Her twin sister Natalie seems to have much more in order. Not that her clients know this: as a therapist, she has boundaries. When she moves in with an old friend and meets Margot at an event she's running, it seems like Natasha is pushed even further, unsure whether to deal with the past or look towards the future.

I was expecting this book to be more of a romcom, but actually, it's more of a feel good read about a protagonist who needs to repair relationships and take some of the advice she might tell her clients. There's a lot of characters with their own little dramas—like Natasha's friend Poppy whose perfect work and boyfriend might not be perfect—but the centre of the book is Natasha's own ability to control her life, rather than let things—especially her love life—spiral. Though the title centres around Natasha's job as a therapist, the book isn't really about that, especially later on, but really focuses on her relationships with other people, including her twin sister, mum, and estranged dad, as well as friends, ex-girlfriend, and new people she meets.

Her relationship with her sister is particularly good, with the book not falling into the trap of making them antagonistic twins because they're different, but instead making them close, and Natasha clearly cares a lot about her sister but also her sister's children. The plotline around Natasha and Natalie reconnecting with their dad, who came out as gay and left when they were children, is very sweet, and unsurprisingly ties in with Natasha's own issues. I also really liked Charlie, one of Natasha's best friends and a fellow therapist, especially the way that they call Natasha out for being a bad friend, but are also there for her when she needs it.

The ending doesn't resolve everything, but does bring together a happy ending that is comfortingly predictable (though one element is purposefully a little bit of a twist). Like Laura Kay's previous book The Split, this is the sort of easy read that brings LGBTQ stories to the feel good light fiction genre.

I enjoyed this book a lot more than I expected to when I started reading it. It was well written and I actually really enjoyed the writing, it had an engaging storyline and well developed characters. I read it in one sitting and would definitely recommend it.