Margo is a 20 year old single mother, the result of having an affair with her English professor. How will she survive tackling motherhood and being able to afford to make a living? She has decided to drop out of college, so she'll have to get creative!

A unique and fun story that will keep you entertained the entire time! It's the perfect summer read that you will find yourself binge reading in a day or two. Margo's life gets sad sometimes, but at other times it's laugh out loud funny. We dive into everything from a surprise pregnancy to women's rights to family drama.

I'm definitely interested in reading the author's backlist and look forward to reading new releases by Rufi Thorpe in the future!

I loved Rufi Thorpe’s The Knockout Queen, so I was very excited to read this, and it did not disappoint.

I was a bit worried by the premise because a 19-year-old who drops out of college to have a baby did not sound like an appealing protagonist to me, but in the end I absolutely adored Margo as well as most of the rest of the cast.

It’s a sweet story that will really get you fired up at times, mostly over the unfairness of just how much punishment can be levied upon you as a woman simply for making choices others don’t agree with, no matter how hard you try (and also in Margo’s case) the fact that you’re actually doing a great job on your own.

Margo’s world is a sunny one despite the many obstacles she faces, and I loved that this had a happy ending, but one that the characters had to work toward as they grew and evolved throughout the novel.

The humor, if you’re familiar with Thorpe’s previous work, is often subtle but sharp and whip-smart, and the cleverness of the plot and narrative progress of this was just exceptionally well done. Thorpe is an auto-buy for me from now on, and I can’t wait to see what she doesn’t next.

You wouldn't think a book featuring OnlyFans and professional wrestling as major plot points would be so moving and insightful -- but Margo's Got Money Troubles is all of that and more.

The eponymous Margo gets pregnant at nineteen after a brief affair with her English professor at the junior college she attends. Now, at twenty, Margo is unemployed,a college drop-out, and the single mother of an infant -- which is naturally the perfect time for her estranged father Jinx, a former professional wrestler, to show up on her doorstep needing a place to stay. Needing money fast, Margo decides to start an OnlyFans account as an experiment -- and with Jinx's help, she crafts a persona and perspective that the internet can't get enough of. But Margo's success has unintended consequences, and her fame comes at a price she's not sure she can pay.

On one hand, Margo's Got Money Troubles is a wildly funny, satirical romp through the bizarre world of online sex work. On the other, it's a breathtakingly tender and wise coming-of-age story that perfectly captures the essence of new motherhood, the naïveté of early adulthood, and the complexities of family relationships. There's also lots of brilliantly-integrated social commentary about sex work in the digital age and society's tendency to judge women for how they earn a living and the choices they make about their own bodies. The characters are messy and quirky and endearing, and having the narrative toggle between first and third person was a brilliant choice by Rufi Thorpe, allowing Margo to reflect on this time in her life from an older, wiser place.

In short, there is nothing about Margo's Got Money Troubles I didn't love. It's offbeat and charming and surprisingly perceptive, and I know it's going to be one of my top reads of the year. Thank you to William Morrow for the early reading opportunity.

Margo finds herself pregnant after a brief affair with her married junior college writing professor. In Margo's Got Money Troubles we dive into Margo's life as she raises her infant as a young single woman without much of a safety net.

There's a lot of compassion from narrator first person Margo for her younger self as she conveys the story. The book dances back and forth between third person and first, and often breaks the fourth wall.

It's creative, the characters unique, there are scenes that are laugh out loud funny. It's also incredibly sad. Margo has a lot of courage but finds doors closed to her and opportunities pass her by. Her support network isn't great and she turns to social media, making paid video content (OnlyFans) to pay the rent. It's bleak.

I get what the author may have been trying to do: using humor to sweeten a pretty dark situation. What Margo deals with (criticism, insecurity, judgment, social barriers, a broken system, misogyny, etc.) is no joke. This book felt longer than its 300 pages. Good luck Margo.

Other reviewers have expressed a deeper appreciation for the book after reading the author's note / acknowledgments. For what it's worth, those pages were not included in my advance copy.

My thanks to NetGalley and William Morrow for the ARC.

Quirky and fun with the perfect amount of irreverence for the traditional path to parenthood (or really adulthood in general).

I wouldn't suggest reading this novel if the description has you clutching your pearls, but I really loved Margo and most of the other imperfect characters in her life. The author continually broke the fourth wall and often shifted from one style of narration to another, but I enjoyed it.

I actually finished this book about 2 weeks ago and have been debating ever since how I felt about the story. I think it's a good story, but I didn't enjoy it. It reminded me of My Dark Vanessa where the writing was great, character development great, emotional connection to the reader great, but I wasn't happy while reading the story. A lot of terrible things happen to Margo and she makes a horrible situation better. As a new mom myself I could sympathize with Margo and understand why she did some things, but I never really felt connected to her. A lot of reviews say that the book is funny, and I didn't really see a lot of humor in the book. Its a good, unique read, and I'm sure will have a huge cult following, it just wasn't a book that made me happy to keep grabbing to read.

I wanted to love this book, but I can't. This was not what I expected when I requested the book via NetGalley for review, as it seemed like a satirical look at a young, single mom struggling to raise her child. It isn't that at all.

I do think that this book gives you a good look at how hard it is to juggle being young, earning a living, and raising a child while dealing with difficult family situations. I felt bad for Margo as she lacked support, love, and understanding from her parents. I rooted for her as she struggled through our small glimpse at her life, but I feel as though the continual struggle bus we were witnessing didn't allow her to shine with the accomplishments she did have in this narrative.

I enjoyed reading it, but by 75% in, I felt like we were making no new progress in the plot and was dragging myself through the end.

I rated this book a 3 - 3.5/5 stars. It's written well, and there is a good idea/theme behind the narrative but I didn't connect to the characters and felt online presence (IYKYK) overshadowed other things that could've been used to strengthen the plot. If you're looking for something different to read, you might enjoy this. I'm not sure if I could recommend it to a friend as a "must-read", but if they asked me what I thought, without spoiling it, I'd tell them all of the above.

Just open this book knowing that it's not a funny, chick-lit, type of book.

I think this is 4.25 overall - I really enjoyed this! Margo was so fun and such a great protagonist, I loved how she saw and related to the world. Everyone seemed so concerned about her but no one would HELP her and I loved how she took control of her life. Switching between first and third person was really unique and interesting too. I feel like it ended a little abruptly and I could have read way more

This book was a perfect blend of cringe and genuine genius. I don’t know why but I connected with it. It’s t was interesting in the character development which I never get into.

Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe is about a young woman's attempts to figure things out.

"Margo drops out of college after an affair with her Lit professor leaves her pregnant. At 20, she wants to be a good mom, take care of her new baby and pay her bills. After losing her job and a couple of roommates, she decides to give Only Fans a try. But not everyone is happy with that decision."

Margo is a character that shows immaturity and naivete (an affair with a married professor with no birth control) But then she shows incredible determination to make a life for her son - no matter the consequences with family. Jinx was interesting, except for his excuses of "That's just how I am."
This book looks at the right to make your own decisions about what to do for income. Several working professionals have faced job loss after being discovered with an Only Fans page.
I wonder sometimes how books with a heavy social media plot line will age. What will this look like when someone reads it in ten years?

There are lots of hilarious moments.

Rufi Thorpe does it again, crafting a well written story about characters you will truly care about. Don’t miss it!

Incredibly quirky, entertaining and fun tale of Margot who becomes pregnant by her college freshman English teacher and decides to keep the baby when everyone encourages her to have an abortion. She rapidly realizes how naive she was when she gets fired from her waitress job and has no dependable daycare that will allow her to work. Her estranged Dad shows up and moves in when 2 of her roommates suddenly move out and they begin to bond and get to know each other. He introduces her to the marketing side of his pro wrestling career and tells her about a social media account on Onlyfans which is a risqué website. She opens an account and finds a way to monetise it using her writing talent and creativity while allowing her to spend lots of time at home with her son and until the baby Daddy finds out and sues for custody after having no interest in being a part of his life.

Margot, her parents and her roommate are all complex but extremely likeable characters and I found myself pulling for Margot as she stumbles, falls and gets back up in order to make a life for her son. Once I started reading I couldn’t put it down!

A heartwarming story of a young woman trying to figure it out.

Margo is attending junior college when she finds herself pregnant - from her English professor. Who's a jerk. And then, well, yeah, she needs money.

Friends have LOVED this one. I was super excited for it. And while it was an engaging read for me, I think some of the real-world issues took away from my enjoyment a bit - I kept bracing myself for disaster. (I'm not criticizing the representation, just saying that for me personally it's hard for a book to be a fun read when there's a real risk of [redacted to avoid spoilers])

To be sure, it was a one-day read and I really like how Rufi Thorpe writes characters - I was definitely rooting for Margo. The narration by Elle Fanning is great.

Right off the bat there is detailed description of a cake made in the likeness of male genitalia. Shortly thereafter there is encouragement of abortion and while the character does not give in to this, there was senseless content that follows that continued to kill any interest I had. With those content and trigger warnings within the first few pages, I can only imagine what the rest would entail. So DNF.

I adored The Knockout Queen by Rufi Thorpe so I was incredibly excited to get this ebook ARC. Margo’s Got Money Troubles is such a wonderful, nuanced book about early motherhood and complicated parental relationships. Margo is 19/20 and becomes pregnant by her married English professor. She decides to keep the baby, but the father has exited her life. Soon after her son, Bodhi, is born, Margo’s distant father shows up on her doorstep needing a place to stay.

Her father, Jinx, is a former professional wrestler and has his own family separate from Margo’s. They have never been close as he focused on other commitments, mainly his wrestling career and his wife and children. Soon after having Bodhi, Margo realizes her options for working and her future are severely limited. She decides to start an OnlyFans page and through hard work and ingenuity, it begins to take off. Even so, things are not so simple. When her family and friends find out what she’s doing, there is a backlash.

Thorpe provides a nuanced look at how our culture still perceives sex work. Is the assumed degradation of posting photos/videos actually worse than working at degrading service jobs? She also depicts the difficulty of being a young single mother with limited resources. Margo feels having her baby is the right thing to do, but she’s given so little in terms of what’s needed to care for her child. Though Jinx is finally there for Margo and very helpful with Bodhi, he’s battling his own demons. What do we owe our family? Especially when it may jeopardize the wellbeing of our children? I really adored this funny, sometimes heartbreaking story about a young mother trying to figure things out.

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for providing this ARC. All thoughts are my own.

This book is an absolutely wonderful refreshing read. It gives an amazing look into the lengths that we would go to for our kids.

This story centers around Margo who is 19 years old and has an affair with her college professor. Needless to say she becomes pregnant and things start to go sideways.

I was rooting for Margo the entire time. She is so young but doesn’t let anything get in her way for long. She makes mistakes and really learns a lot about herself. I enjoyed the changed from first to third person narrator throughout the story. For me it made it much more real. Kind of like I was talking to a friend.

I’m excited to hear it’s been picked up by Apple TV, I think it would translate very well! I also think this is a great book club pick!

Thank you to NetGalley and Rufi Thorpe for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

I really wanted to love this book, but the hype didn’t pan out for me. Margo’s level of naivety about literally everything didn’t make sense to me and honestly distracted me throughout the story. You’re telling me the only daughter of a poor, narcissistic single mother and a famous absent father with a whole other family has no idea she’ll need money and childcare to live? Like, check please, I’m out 🥱 I did find the intersection of OnlyFans and TikTok interesting, but also next-level cringey. This one wasn’t for me—maybe more for the Gen Z girlies.

Thank you to William Morrow and NetGalley for an advanced readers copy of this book.

I wasn't sure what to expect with this novel, but overall I enjoyed it. Margo is a young adult who finds herself pregnant after having an affair with her married English professor. She thinks about abortion but decides it's not for her. Raised by a single mom herself, Margo was also the result of an affair with a married man, a former pro wrestler called Jinx.

Fired from her waitressing job and abandonned by 2 of her roommates due to her new baby, Margo finds herself at a crossroads. She turned to OnlyFans to try to make some money based on the offhand remark of her father, who has retired from the wrestling world and has moved into her apartment after finishing rehab.

Margo's Got Money Troubles is a fun and entertaining novel by Rufi Thorpe. It switches voices from Margo's 1st person narrative to 3rd person narrative, which was confusing at first but I got used to it.

This is definitely a situation where I should’ve paid better attention before clicking read now. This book is not for me, from the crude baby shower to the OnlyFans content. So glad people are loving it, but it’s absolutely not a book for me.

"Margo’s Got Money Troubles" was a delightful surprise! Even though I read the synopsis, I had no idea what I was getting into, but almost as soon as I started, I couldn’t put it down.

The story follows Margo, who becomes pregnant after an affair with her college professor. Choosing to keep the baby, she quickly learns that life is not kind to young, unprepared, unwed mothers. When she loses her job due to a lack of childcare, Margo opens an OnlyFans account, which turns into a surprising success. She also reconnects with her father, whom she barely knew as a child, and it starts to seem like maybe life won’t be so bad. That is, until the baby’s father comes back into the picture.

Although the premise seems heavy, "Margo’s Got Money Troubles" is a funny and witty take on a young mother down on her luck. Author Rufi Thorpe has crafted an engaging novel that reminds us that life isn’t always fair, but that doesn’t mean we should stop trying. This was my first introduction to the author, and I can't wait to read more.

I definitely recommend trying "Margo's Got Money Troubles"—you won't be disappointed!

Thank you to NetGalley and William Morrow for this advanced readers copy in exchange for an honest and thoughtful review.