Sunstruck

Reviews / Votes

This summer's hottest read * Sunday Times Style * Sticky and pacy with an undercurrent of unease, you won't want to put it down * British Vogue * Rich and complex * DAZED * A heartbreaking but necessary portrayal of identity and belonging in modern day Britain. It's the perfect beach read * Tatler * The book of the summer . . . a pacy page-turner and a timely piece of social commentary * AnOther Magazine * Richly evoked and quietly furious, building from its Saltburn-like beginnings into a roar about the state of modern Britain that never loses sight of the questions around family, friendship and belonging at its emotional core * Marie Claire * There's plenty of plot; the novel's brisk pacing, together with its shrewd blend of emotional sincerity, brooding intrigue and political overtones, make for a lively beach read * Guardian * [A] dark, intoxicating debut . . . A thoughtful meditation on class, race and queerness * Mail on Sunday * Sticky, twisting and dangerous: Sunstruck compels, unravelling the fraught strings that keep the elite class together and asking if an outsider can ever truly belong in their fold -- Rebecca K Reilly Hunter's debut skilfully follows the journey of an aspiring Black musician drawn into a world of privilege and excess. Beautifully written and well-paced . . . builds tension as it approaches an exciting revelation -- Jacqueline Crooks