If Emily Henry’s
Beach Read
and Sally Thorne’s
The Hating Game
were to have a book baby, it would be
Good for You
by Camille Pagán. When Camille and I first chatted about
Good for You
, long before she sent over the first draft of this masterpiece, it was meant to be a lighthearted romantic novel—which in some ways, it is—but Camille has delivered so much more, and I’m so grateful for that.
When you first open the book you might notice that it starts off with a trigger warning, something which was discussed ad nauseam as we didn’t want to accidentally turn off would-be readers with a depressing warning. However, Camille knew that the topics touched on in
Good for You
—childhood abuse, death of a loved one, grief, PTSD—would need a full disclosure right off the bat. And I agree. Despite the sometimes-difficult subject matter, readers, this is at its core a heartwarming novel. Full of hope, love, laughter, and forgiveness. Full of real-life emotions and circumstances but with the tinge of whimsical that makes fiction so much more enjoyable to devour.
As you peel back the layers of goodness in
Good for You
, don’t be surprised if, much like I did, you shed a tear or two as Camille takes you on an emotional journey. A good old-fashioned enemies-to-lovers trope, the redemption of a well-intentioned workaholic heroine, the reveal of what trauma can do to the human body and to the psyche itself—all rolled into an unputdownable, compulsively readable romp of a novel. Perfection.
—Maria Gomez, Editor