Sometimes it feels as though a novel was written just for you. Not just a story in your genre. Not just a book that has the tropes you’re into. Not just something by one of your favorite writers.
No, I’m talking about a book that ticks so many of your literary boxes it feels like the author checked in with you before they were done revising.
I was reminded of this phenomenon while reading The Favorites by Layne Fargo, a contemporary retelling of Wuthering Heights set in the world of elite...