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If you go down to the woods today…
As the weather warms up two things are certain: your social feeds will be filled with bikini beach pictures and Love Island will return for another season. Samantha Allen’s
Patricia Wants to Cuddle is the much-needed queer antidote to the heat-induced fever of summer. Her debut novel follows the final contestants of The Catch – a The Bachelor-coded dating show – as they head to a remote island to film the final episodes. But there is an expected guest. Someone or something is catching the contestants’ eye through the forest. Is it another bachelor, is it an ape? No, it’s...
The novel flits between the perspectives of the four remaining contestants, their diligent producer and the message boards of viewers. Most aren’t sure how this season of will end, all of them can’t figure out why the beautiful island that should be a popular destination is hauntingly deserted. Some
