This was def interesting. Margot seems both naive and at the same time resourceful and I'm glad she seems to find a support system. Her parents thought; her mother is terrible and what she did is a line that should never be crossed and I hope she never sees her grandchild again. Although jinx made me so so so so so so so mad..he put everyone, and himself, in jeopardy.

Thank God for Suzie.

Good book, takes on everything in a dysfunctional family and shies away from nothing. Oh and Mark can jump off a pier.

A fun sweet read! Highly recommend.

Many thanks to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for my ARC.

Margo Millet is twenty years old and a new mother after having an affair with her married English professor. She has a lot on her plate as she finds her finances dwindling and her responsibilities mounting. But Margo is determined, courageous, smart, witty, and willing to do what it takes to provide a home for herself and her son.

Margo learned at a young age that she can stand on her own. Her mother was a Hooter waitress, and her father was a married pro-wrestler who lived with his wife and children elsewhere. But now her father, Jinx, is back and they agree to help each other. Margo's quest to provide for herself and her child sees her turning to OnlyFans to make money.

Margo's Got Money Troubles was an enjoyable, endearing, witty, and touching read. I could not help but root for Margo! I appreciated how the author showed the struggles of being a single mother. Margo finds herself in interesting situations, relying on her humor, her courage, her determination, and her father.

This was a wonderful book with heart! I was not expecting to enjoy it as much as I did. I liked how the author showed that relationships can be messy, that being supportive and understanding goes a long way, that humor helps, the importance of knowing your rights, and that there is no shame in having an OnlyFans account.

After having an affair and a baby with her college professor, a young woman struggling to make ends meet finds a surprising solution: she enlists the help of her father, a former professional wrestler, and uses his advice about creating a character to launch a successful Only Fans account. This was an emotional roller coaster but managed to remain insanely funny throughout. Margot and her dad Jinx are some of my favorite characters ever. A real gem!

This book was not what I expected it would be and that was a great reading experience. Loved the characters. Will be thinking of them for a long time!

Loved it!! People are complicated, flawed and worthy of love. The humor and warmth of this novel made me not want to put it down. Highly recommend.

This story about a young single mother battling impossible odds to govern her child the best life she can is as inspiring as it is raw. I loved the main character. She was strong and determined and surprisingly mature for her age. All the characters were very real and multifaceted with flaws and foibles. I thought the plot flowed really well with the FMC really coming into her own. I appreciated the frank and honest discussion about a certain self posted sex-work website (not sure if I can name it without getting banned!) and the insight into the amount of hard work needed to make it on those platforms. Overall it was a very interesting and memorable read.

Rating: 5/5 stars

This book had me gripped from the very beginning. Margo's narration was funny while also showing the real life pressures that young adults in today's age face. The author had me rooting for Margo and Bodhi the whole time. I was also pleased with how this book explored the biases related to sex workers, and how Margo even overcame her own bias overtime. I recommend this to anyone who needs a laugh out loud, refreshing book to bring them out of a reading rut, or to just have a pleasant, quick read.

I've been trying to read this book for 15 days and feel like I'm still reading the same setup. This book is billed as humor, but the only funny part was the penises being compared to Pokemon. The rest of it was just sad. The main character doesn't seem to care about her misfortune, so I can't either.

During COVID lockdown I went through a period of reality tv binge that took me down a wrestling rabbit hole that started with Total Divas and Total Bellas which eventually leaded to watching Dark Side of the Ring, which for someone who never watched WWE or had any ties to it culminated in this vast knowledge of wrestling that was, in real life, useless. Until now anyway! The way Rufi Thorpe used wrestling as a metaphor and entrance point for building an online persona was incredible. And my COVID binge finally paid off in that I caught all the wrestling references!

While I initially found this book slow to start, the build up to the end had me really pulling for Margo! This probably wasn't something I'd immediately gravitate towards, but the characters were interesting and loveable.

Thank you to NetGalley, William Morrow, and Rupi Thorpe for the chance to read an early copy!

“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.”

Margo is in trouble. Money trouble. She just had a baby (fathered by her professor that now wants nothing to do with her) and the day cares are full, her mother is no help, and her job told her if she can’t find a sitter for her next shift she is fired. When she comes across OnlyFans she sees a way to make some quick money to care for herself and her son. How will everyone in her life feel about her new career path though?

This book was so delightfully quirky. The cast of characters was absolutely delightful in the best and worst ways, and I just could not stop reading. While many questioned Margo’s plans for taking care of her family, and at times I questioned it myself, Margo was such a good mother. I was shocked at some of the ways the book played out but I just enjoyed every second of the read! This book made ma laugh out loud several times, which is always the best sign of a great book!

4.5 stars

I'm not gonna lie - I heard this was about a new mom who started an OnlyFans account to help make ends meet, and I was...curious.

I expected to read a little bit of raunchy things, and I definitely expected to blush. I did both.

But I wasn't expecting this one to touch my heart quite like it did. With humor, quirky characters and situations, and a perfect redemption arc, I really enjoyed this book. I had a hard time putting it down and found myself putting off all other responsibilites so I could keep reading.

This is really a book about relationships, and I absolutely loved the characters - especially Margo, Jinx, and Susie. They acknowledged their flaws aand quirks, tried to overcome them to become better, and unconditionally supported each other in the meantime.

The story truly was an unexpected delight for me. It's heartwarming, funny, and entirely unique.

Margo's Got Money Troubles is a hilarious and heartwarming story of a young woman, Margo Millet, who finds herself pregnant, single and wondering how she'll provide for herself and her baby. Touching on her somewhat strained relationships with her parents, an ex-hooters waitress and an ex-professional wrestler, her college student roommates who are not too happy to be living with a baby, and the baby's father-- a professor Margo slept with and wants nothing to do with the baby. Margo does what she can to make the money to pay her rent and keep her and her son fed and clothed. There are a lot of truly laugh out loud moments, and also moments where Margo will make you pull your hair out. Overall I loved this one. Rufi Thorpe knows how to write a novel with great characters and something a little different from the rest of the books out there.

Rupi Thorpe has become an automatic pick for me. Margo has troubles that are high anxiety but the resolution of this novel is 💯

My Mom asked me the other day what I was reading, and I told her about this book. She asked me what it was about. I told her, or I tried to, at least. She looked at me like I had seven heads. She asked me what OnlyFans was. I told her that wasn’t the point. The point of this book, to me, is the way the author plays with point-of-view, and the beautiful humanity of the characters.

The way the author plays with point-of-view, with the fourth wall: brilliant. The characterizations in this book are so sharp - so spot-on, nuanced, and often funny. And I cared so, so much about the characters. I cared so much about what happened to Margo, and Jinx, and Bodhi. There were so many insights into loneliness, the nature of good-versus-evil, the role that stories play in our lives. I will be thinking about this book for a long time.

For all the single moms out there trying to make it.... this one's for you......MAYBE??? The last 25% is great!

Margo just enrolled in Fullerton College and Mark has a crush on her. But, Mark is her writing professor. After they sleep together, Margo finds out she's pregnant. Mark breaks up with her and Margo decides she's going to keep it. She had not planned on the fact that she would need to earn a living while caring for the baby. She won't ask Mark for financial help. After Bohdi is born, Margo's roommates complain about Bohdi keeping them up at night, her mom refuses to watch him, and her boss is threatening to fire Margo if she can't find proper childcare. After her roommates move out in frustration, Margo is stuck with a $3,000 rent and now is unemployed. Then, her estranged father and pro-wrestler, Jinx, shows up needing a place to live. Margo decides to allow him to live with her in exchange for childcare. To make money, Margo starts up an OnlyFans account, adapting some of Jinx's showy wrestling techniques to win fans. Before she can blink, she's making thousands. But will her internet fame come at too high a cost?

This book is not for me. I was shocked to see it described as a comedy. It isn't funny.....AT ALL. I found myself completely frustrated with Margo the entire read. She just annoyed me. And I'm not even sure I gel with this trope. The writing is irksome as it flip flops between Margo speaking in 1st and 3rd persons. Mainly though,this book goes way beyond my boundary lines for acceptable writing. Because of Margo's career choice, there is simply too much pornography language when describing each of Margo's posts and her interaction with others. There is also insertion of said language not in relation to her career choice. I just couldn't do it. I skimmed through much of the book because of this. I know. I know. I should have known based on the synopsis, what I was getting into. But I'll be honest - I didn't even know what OnlyFans was. However, there are two things I admire about Rufi Thorpe's choices: 1) the focus on Margo's challenges as a single mom and 2) the focus on the custody battle that ensues following Margo's career choice. I definitely wanted to know how it ended. Again, the last 25% is great! That's why I gave it two stars instead of one. 😬

Thank you NetGalley, Rufi Thorpe, and William Morrow for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Margo was full of the naiveté of her youth when she thought things would work out fine and rapidly faced a lot of problems. She was an easy to like MC with a good work ethic. Her unconventional solution to her money issues and how she made it work for herself and her family was written very well. I also loved the found family aspect in this one. While taking a humorous approach, the novel also touched on some interesting points on how creating a certain type of content may lead to unexpected consequences and perceptions.

Thank you so much to Willam Morrow for the ARC!

3.5/5 - This was an interesting, complicated book. Margo was a flawed character who made many decisions that I would not have, but she’s still incredibly sympathetic. The depiction of someone who loves their child but does not have any support physically, financially, or emotionally is heartbreaking and is so real for too many women.

I liked Margo’s developing relationships with Jinx and Suzie and thought they could have been explored even more. I didn’t love the inclusions of KC and Rose, however. I understand their necessity plotwise, but didn’t feel they added much or were developed all that well.

The way this book is written is so interesting and if I was more intellectual, I could write a whole essay about why the author chose to use first person in this section and third person in another. But I’m not, so I’ll just say it was interesting and I think they chose to use third person whenever Margo felt she needed to distance herself from the story.

Overall, this is a complicated story and I didn’t always find it very enjoyable, but I did find it compelling. I read this book in one day which is something that I don’t typically do anymore.

Note: I received this book free from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you to William Morrow and NetGalley for the ARC! #MargotsGotMoneyTroubles #NetGalley

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!

Margo, the main character in this book, has an affair with her jerky English professor because he's kind of pushing for it and she's a little curious. When she gets pregnant- at the age of 19-he breaks up with her, and she has almost no support from her unreliable single mom. Her father, who has only been nominally involved with Margo, is a retired former wrestling star who has been managing other wrestlers- and he is also a FANTASTIC character, both awe-inspiring and goofy. Margo rather thoughtlessly decides to continue the pregnancy, and when the baby arrives, she finds that she both loves him madly and has no knowledge or ability to take care of him or to support the two of them. Finally, for the first time, her father becomes an important figure in her life, and Margo starts her own business- as an OnlyFans star. And a little weird community forms around her. Margot takes an unusual, but nevertheless meaningful path to self knowledge, and to being an artist. She becomes the author of her own story. That's what this book is about, becoming the author of your own story, and it’s so satisfying.