So quirky and fun. I liked this SOOOOO much better than her last - my expectations were low going in but I was pleasantly surprised. If you like quirky characters and story, with a strong sense of found family, I would definitely give this one a try. 4 -4.5 stars

Three and a half stars.

Thank you publisher William Morrow for the ARC of Margo's Got Money
Problems by Rufi Thorpe which will be available in bookstores on June
11, 2024.

The novel starts out with your typical college student living the college life.  She is trying to decide what she wants from her college experience and what she wants to do with her life.  However, this is
not your standard "campus novel". To be honest, I nearly quit this book because of an unexpected turn.- I had not read the synopsis of the book. However, Margo is so endearing and creative that I simply
had to continue. I really enjoyed her methods and ideas to solving problems.  Her interactions with her dad range from her role as child and then role as needing to be a parent to her parent.  Furthermore,
her dad seems to be happy to have a second chance at caring for his
daughter and now grandchild which he had missed out on with Margo during her childhood. I ended up enjoying the book and would certainly recommend you read it too!

#MargosGotMoneyTroubles #NetGalley

I’ll be very honest, based on the description of this book, I was not expecting to cry. And yet, each day I read this book, I CRIED. Margo is a character that you just can’t help but root for. Her naivety and cluelessness at the beginning was a little frightening, but my god, the way she hustles and fights not only for her son, but herself was incredible. She is not a character I’ll soon forget. It’s not all emotional, there was some great humor in here as well. Jinx was such a complicated character, but I absolutely loved him. I thought this book also brought up some great conversations about sex work and positivity, relationship dynamics and the struggles of parenthood. I’ll be thinking about this book for a good long while.
CW: drug addiction, toxic relationships, drug use, descriptions of childbirth, infidelity, vomit, sexism

Thank you to NetGalley and Williams Morrow for an advanced digital reader’s copy in exchange for an honest review.

Much thanks to NetGalley and William Morrow/HarperCollins Publiishing for the ARC of "Margo's Got Money Troubles" in exchange for an honest review.
The best way to fully enjoy this young woman's journey through the perils and pitfalls of adulthood is avoid reading any detailed plot descriptions. Get comfortable, settle in and let author Rufi Thorpe guide you through the sometimes hilarious, sometimes heart aching calamities of 20 year olf Margo MIllet - ex junior college student, ex lover of her married college professor, and now harried, exhausted and unemployed mom of the resulting baby boy.
Margo, a good soul possessed of an inventive, creative mind, chose to have her prof's child against everyone's common sense advice. Though she loves her baby fiercely, she's faced with the daunting task of caring for her son and figuring out how in the world she'll make a living to feed, clothe and shelter them both. Money troubles indeed.
And here's where I don't want to elaborate on the most unlikely avenue Margo takes to assure herself financial success and stability, taking her on a bumpy and at time laugh out loud path to discovery of her own abilities, her sense of self-worth......and even love.
Helping and/or hindering her along the way are her gambling-addicted mother, her wayward retired pro-wrestler dad, her up=for=anything roommate Suzie and a couple of oddball internet personalities. You find yourself cheering on Margo as she navigates countless bumps-in=the-road thrown at her while attending to breast feeding, sleep deprivation, full diapers..... not to mention figuring out who and what she wants to be in life.
While I've read more than a few books this year that took aim at the entitlement and arrogance of the male patriarchy, none of them accomplished this task with as much sharp wit, cleverness and sheer bravado as Rufi Thorpe's Margo. One of the best fun reads of the year.

thank you netgalley for the free e-arc. i don't understand why this was marketed as funny/comedic. where is the funny and the laughs?? i also thought it was written very YA-y. i get that she's using onlyfans but what's up with all the vulgar language to describe things that could have just be simply stated? i thought this could have been done a better, tastful way.

I have loved Rufi Thorpe for years, and I think this will be her breakout hit! This should be in the hands of everyone this summer. This is so much more than the "OF book". Margo starts at a junior college knowing, based on her parents, she is pretty much on her own and needs to figure out how to make a living. She engages in a brief relationship with what we as the reader can understand is a predatory and manipulative English professor. Margo ends up pregnant and that need to make a living became more much urgent, so yes, she starts an OF. This book follows her journey to make this money. But its really about her relationships, her finding herself and her own place in world that seemingly doesn't want her or expect much from her. It's about power and enpowerment in our current climate, and I could not put it own. It's entirely accessible and devour-able...the ideal summer read.

What made this such a win for me is how tender and warm so much of this was in so many unexpected ways. It can make you both laugh and cry in the most raw and weird in the BEST way. A total singular reading experience.

I enjoyed Margo’s Got Money Problems so much more than I was expecting. I think it takes tremendous skill to make such complicated and flawed characters so likeable, even at their worst, I found myself rooting for them. I was expecting the changing point of views to be confusing, but it was done so seamlessly I think it ended up making the story even more engaging.

4.5 🌟 *rounded up*

This book definitely surprised me. It was so much more than I thought it would be. It was about the judgements we make against other humans- who deserves a good life, what makes a good person. It addresses complex issues (drugs, unwanted pregnancy, sex work, etc) in a light way with a little bit of humor, but also in a way that forces you to think about any preconceived notions you may have about unconventional societal life choices.

I loved this book and its unique plot line and I’m so excited Apple TV has picked it up!

Thank you NetGalley for the eARC!

Rufi Thorpe writes such wonderfully flawed characters and I love it. This concept of Margo and Bodhi, her pro-wrestling dad, and her OnlyFans account was so strange and fun and oddly heartwarming through and through. Thank you to NetGalley for the early release!

This was fun and insane in the best way. Single young mom, Onlyfans, shitty mother, overly religious step dad, pro wrestling ex addict dad. What could go wrong?

Margo's Got Money Troubles had a unique story, interesting characters, and a lot of heart. I was rooting for Margo from the very first page. It was a delight to watch her transform over the course of the story. I think some storylines could have been condescend or removed altogether (Becca, Kenny) in favor of delving a little deeper into others (Suzie, JB), and the ending was a little too neatly wrapped for my liking.

Margo's Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe is a bold, laugh-out-loud funny, and heartwarming tale that follows a young woman as she navigates the challenges of adulthood, new motherhood, and financial struggles in today's digital age. This fast-paced story kept me eagerly turning the pages all night long.

I really really liked this. It felt very human in a way that was both heartbreaking, and comforting. Somehow simultaneously. It is also one of the rare books that made me laugh out loud!

I did feel like it dragged a bit in the first half, and there were a lot of details to the point where I wasn't quite sure what was the the most important aspect of the story for me to be focusing on. But didn't notice this in the second half!

Margo’s Got Money Troubles is a unique take on the single girl raising a baby on her own trope. Margo is funny and relatable as she navigates new motherhood and life in general. With only her father as a consistent person to rely on, we follow Margo’s journey through motherhood, relationships, and life. If you are looking for a fresh new voice in fiction, Rufi Thorpe is it.

Thoroughly enjoyed this book. It wasn’t what I was expecting and I liked that! I loved Margo and the way she thought and how she did what she needed to do to take care of herself and her son.

Definitely recommend!

Margo is just starting out in life, attending college and trying to set herself up for success, when she finds herself in a very bad situation- 19 and pregnant. Knocked up by her married college professor, Margo doesn’t know what to do besides the fact that she has to keep the baby because it’s the “right thing to do.” Through lots of trial and error, by the end, Margo figures out exactly who she wants to be, and what she needs to do, to live a life worth living.

Told entirely through Margo’s perspective, you meet a whole group of flawed characters that are all somehow still lovable, and are all just trying to do the best they can.

I highly recommend this book, it was so laugh out loud funny, while also at the same time making you question why some things are considered “right” and some “wrong” in todays society.

Thank you to NetGalley and William Morrow for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

I really enjoyed this! There was some really great humor I wasn’t expecting, although I went in with zero expectations. I personally have stopped going into a book with high expectations and I’m finding I’m sooo much more pleasantly surprised!

3.5-4.0 stars…

I’ve said before I love when one of my book clubs overlaps with a NetGalley ARC, and Margo’s Got Money Troubles was one of the June BOTM selections, so thank you NetGalley and William Morrow for my copy in exchange for an honest review.

This book is so wacky and unexpected…they basically give you the entire plot of the book in the summary blurb, and yet it still won’t prepare you for the story that unfolds. It does not do this book justice to call it just an Only Fans story. Margo, her parents, roommates, friends, teachers, and “support system” of lawyers, medical professionals and others are a wildly unique cast of characters who routinely outdo one another in letting Margot down. It is often hard to remember Margo is a 20-year old new mom who routinely holds her own as the adults around her behave in seriously disappointing ways.

The content is off the wall…Only Fans, influencer lifestyle, professional wrestling, fame, money, power dynamics, custody battles, and family drama are all in play. Yet somehow this mess is a tightly woven, fast-paced read. Ultimately, I couldn’t put it down, but I’m certain it isn’t for everyone. Hope this review helps you decide!

Thank you so much to netgalley and the publisher for the arc of this book in exchange for an honest review!

Unfortunately, this book was not for me. I’m not a big fan of the writing style of this one. It felt very choppy at times but then long winded at other times. I hated how the POV kept changing throughout, it just drove me a little nuts.

I feel like this book was trying too hard to be funny and it just wasn’t for me.

I hope others love this one but it wasn’t for me.

Thank you to NetGalley, William Morrow and the author for the advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review.

I went into this book expecting a quirky, campy, sexy good time. It was all those things - but also so much more. The writing was funny and engaging from the first page. There were clever switches from first to third person POV and even breaking the fourth wall to create a sense of intimacy with the reader. I knew the story would explore the intricacies and legitimacy of sex work from the description but there were surprisingly deeper themes: family, class, addiction, power dynamics, and parasocial relationships just to name a few. Each character stole my heart despite their very human flaws. Margo may have created a persona that made her clients fall in love but Rufi Thorpe had the same effect on me. I didn’t want this book to end…I need an epilogue STAT! The ending was much more powerful and heartwarming than I had anticipated. I am beyond excited to see the Apple TV+ adaptation when it is released.

If you enjoy a morally gray heroine you can’t help but root for, look no further than Margo Millet.