As great as everyone says it is. Wow wow I loved this one so much. A great vacation read or weekend read or stay up too late reading read.

Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe
Contemporary fiction, chick lit, humorous.
As the child of a former Hooters waitress and an ex-pro famous wrestler, Margo Millet’s always known she’d have to be self supporting. She starts junior college and is singled out by her English professor and soon enough, ends up pregnant. Though he now claims married, Margo decides she wants to keep the baby. Her school roommates move out complaining about the crying baby leaving Margo with an apartment she can’t afford since she also lost her job.
When her estranged father, Jinx, shows up, he agrees to move in and help with the rent and provide childcare. Margo takes a page from Jinx’s career of storytelling and creates an internet account selling photos of herself. Her success is up and down as she learns what works, what’s new and how to make money. But certain careers come with scrutiny and Margo needs to be strong or she could lose everything.

Poor Margo. She’s been taken advantage of by her professor and is simply trying to do the right thing. She is also naive allowing others to make things worse. Margo is trusting and sometimes too much. I’d say she’s a “good girl” but that’s a bit derogatory. Her mother made me so mad but Margo understands. Her father is wonderful but has his own problems.
Without spoiling it in detail, Margo does learn and grows strong. She’s smart and proves it. I was certain ing cheering her on in those last chapters.

Funny moments that will have you laughing, but also sad as she struggles through a lot. It comes down to self empowerment. And Margo is all over it.

I received a copy of this from NetGalley.

Margo is a 19 year old college student who was knocked up by her English professor. She decides to keep the baby and drops out of school. She raises the baby alone - living with a roommate, and her estranged father, a heroin-addicted ex-wrestler. She supports her child by becoming a sex worker, starting an online sex web cam site.

A fresh, humorous take what are tragically all too common societal issues, I have to say this is a story with heart, and will have you rooting for Margo. On the con side, I feel that it glamorizes pornography and minimizes the opiate crisis which is claiming so many lives today. As a former professor, it irks me that the father of Margo's baby really did not suffer any consequences here.

I think this is a good novel, don't get me wrong, but the publicity push behind this, with the Apple TV adaptation and the Elle Fanning narration are definitely factors behind its popularity.

My appreciation to NetGalley, the author and the publisher for providing a digital ARC for review.

Margot's in trouble. She is pregnant from her affair with her professor, one she wasn't really all-in for but now there are consequences. No one wants her to keep it-neither the professor nor her. mother. Out of her own sense of independence, she keeps her baby but realizes too late how much work a baby is. Her roommates move out because they hate the baby, she loses her job because she can't get childcare, and on top of that her former Hooter's waitress mom has found love with a pastor and doens't want to lose her relationship by telling him that her daughter is an unwed mother. On top of all of that, her father (who has been in and out of her life due to his other family and professional wrestling) has asked to move in with her. Margot learns about Only Fans and decides that it might be the only way she can make money and take care of her family.

Thorpe dives right into modern issues- childcare, money problems, the worth of a college degree, addiction. etc and explores them with humor and sympathy. Margot is a wonderful, well-rounded character. She is smart but is still 20 years-old and makes mistakes that have screaming at the book because you want her to do better. The characters around her are funny and a perfect salve for the hard bits of the book. The book is also quirky without being annoying (think Jess from New Girl without all of her hobbies).

You should read this if you want a slice of life, displaying the humor that the world holds.

Adult Fiction-This books is best suited for adult readers due to topics of sex work and OnlyFans.
This was a perfect summer read for me. I finished it in two days because I became so invested in Margo and her family I just had to keep reading to find out if Margo would survive her money troubles. This book definitely is not for everyone. A main part of the story is Margo developing her online persona for her OnlyFans account, but what it is really about is the stigma that is connected to women who choose to do sex work.

Overall Review:5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Cover Appeal: 5/5 Great cover! Definitely will grab the reader's attention.

This was such a fun book! I was immediately intrigued by the premise for the book - a young woman who falls pregnant and turns to OnlyFans to support herself and her child - but when I was reading the story I was surprised at how quickly it moved past her pregnancy and child birth and into raising her son. The characters were all very flawed but likeable and it was sad but endearing to see Margo go through so many struggles and find her unique ways out of them.

OBSESSED. This was the perfect summer vacation read! I highly recommend to all. The cover is also beautiful which is always a bonus!

There was definitely a lot going on for Margo! She definitely gets herself into some bad situations, but a lot of bad things also happen to her. I would love to read a sequel to this book, 20 years later, from her son’s perspective. I really liked this book!

This may be one of the funniest books I read this year. The very real feelings of scrambling to figure out life's many financial stressors on top of being a new mom are so accurate. I loved the empowerment and humor, and maybe this has me wanting to sell feet pics. Maybe.

This just make be one of my favorite books of 2024. Margo find herself pregnant after a relationship with her college professor, when she decides to keep the baby she quickly finds herself without family support, the dad wanting nothing to do with the baby, fired from her job and roommates moving out. Support comes from unexpected people and Margo works to create a new career for herself that is viewed as unhealthly by some but allows her to be his full time caregiver and support him. Throughout this she is navigating relationships with friends and family, her community, hoping to find love and discovering how much love you develop as you become a parent.

This book was exceptional. My favorite read of 2024 so far. I both laughed hysterically and sobbed. It was so hard for me to go to sleep knowing I had chapters lefft to finish.

Toxic relationships abound in “Margo’s Got Money Problems.” Parents, professors, and roommates, Margo does her best to make up for other’s bad behavior. While the main character makes many poor decisions, her motivations are for the best. With so much going on in the book is amazing it all comes together in a quick and heartwarming read.

This book is such an easy read! It flows wonderfully! I really enjoyed it and wish there was more. Now I’m downloading something else the author has written. Highly recommend this one!

A charming, quirky story about a young woman's unique coming of age, told with an absolutely singular voice.

What a fun book - I really love the way Ms. Thorpe's brain works because her plots are unique but believable and seamlessly sensical. I root for her underdogs. Recommended.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. I really realloy loved this book. It was so fresh, unique, and modern. While Margo finds herself in a very particular (and maybe slightly exaggerated) position, she felt real and full of depth. I also think the author does a great job of explaining the hardships that parents and especially mothers go through in this country with no mandated parental leave and the astronomical expense of childcare as well as the perils and expenses of the legal system when custody is involved. I picked this book up and couldn't put it down. I will be (highly!) recommending this on my page shortly.

This plot is humorous to me! A very creative concept. I enjoyed the snark and rawness of the main character.

I appreciate the publisher and NetGalley for allowing me to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

Margo’s Got Money Troubles is pure fun! A book about Margo, the daughter of a former Hooters waitress and a former professional wrestler somehow manages to be the funniest and most charming book I’ve read this year. A book loaded with heart - you’ll fall in love with Margo and her most unusual group of family and friends. A highly entertaining read!

Thank you to William Morrow and NetGalley for this ARC.

This has had pretty fantastic reviews on bookstagram so far so I was intrigued and excited to start it. The beginning was endearing but I quickly became bored and uninterested in the repetitive-ness of the story - not to mention the whiplash between first and third person narration. I was disappointed in some of the ways pregnancy, abortion, and poverty were talked about and just was not impressed with it at all. I didn't find some of the interactions funny like had been described on booksta, but rather was a bit bothered by the power dynamic between Margo and her professor. I tried the audio but it didn't engage me either so DNF at 11%. Thanks anyway for the ARC.

Margo’s Got Money Troubles sucked me in from the first page and I couldn’t put it down! I finished it in one day.

This book was so unique and the writing was clever. I just loved the voice of Margo. She is very wise for being so young and the book has many many gems. I have actually never used the highlight feature in my kindle before but I couldn’t help myself with lines like “You can't tell me that if it was men and a medical decision would result in their penis splitting open and them not being able to hold their pee for the rest of their life, they wouldn't think that should be their own decision." There are so many good tidbits in this one!

The characters are also all so good! The author did such a fantastic job making them all so human. No one felt one dimensional and they all just felt really real.

I can tell this will be in my top books for 2024 already. I just adored it and hope everyone reads it.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the arc.