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  • Published: 15 June 2017
  • ISBN: 9781405928809
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 400

Mad

The first book in an addictive, shocking and hilariously funny series




The first in the sexy, shocking and compulsively readable Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know trilogy

Alvie's heart is in the wrong place. Perhaps that's why nothing in her life has ever gone right. Until now... She can finally abandon her fruitless three-way relationship with Tinder and Twitter when fate gives her the chance to steal her identical twin's perfect life. It's just a shame Beth had to die.

So begin seven days of sex, violence and unapologetic selfies - one wild week that will see Alvie break every rule in the book. It might be madness, but rules are meant to be broken...right?

  • Published: 15 June 2017
  • ISBN: 9781405928809
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 400

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Praise for Mad

A page-turner, compelling and delightfully crazy. I can't wait for books two and three

NetGalley Reviewer

Chloé Esposito has broken the mould. The unconventional heroine and plot breaks so many conventions leading to an enjoyable, fast-paced read, which manages to be well-written and funny. It is perfect for the beach or a long journey

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Absolutely loved this book, a real page turner and I didn't want to come to the end

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Whoa! Yeah I started my review like that . . . but that's what this book is whoooaaa! it truly is M.A.D. . . . Mental Addictive

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Insane for all the right reasons - once you meet Alvie Knightly you won't want to turn your back on her, no way!

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This novel cracks along with frenetic, addictive style, beautifully descriptive in hot and heavy fashion . . . highly recommended

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100% MAD about this book

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Mad is certainly mad! I was hooked on our hero, Alvie

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Mad is deliciously over-the-top, with a protagonist you'll never forget and an ending that promises more chaos to come

Bookpage

Pure, unadulterated entertainment. There is nothing Chloé Esposito's Alvie won't do. Strap in for a fun, fast and fresh read

Ali Land, author of Sunday Times bestseller Good Me Bad Me

If you loved [Paula Hawkins'] Into the Water, try Mad

Red

Using Sicily as a backdrop with its gorgeous architecture, villas and sexy men, Esposito pens an unforgettable summer debut headed by a no-holds-barred protagonist

Library Journal

Gone Girl plus . . . Esposito has added a dollop of Bridget Jones to the mix

Telegraph

Chloe [has] a fantastic natural vibrancy and humour in her work

Richard Skinner, Director of Fiction at the Faber Academy

Raunchy, fun

Guardian

This summer's raciest read . . . The must-have beach read for millennials this summer

Telegraph

What readers are saying about Mad

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So begins this caper that has Alvina up to her neck in designer labels, hot sex and trouble . . . outrageous - it kept me reading

Daily Mail

A summer read to make you hotter than the weather outside . . . you'd be mad not to find room for this in your case

Sun

Trust us when we say that you won't ever have encountered a character quite like Alvie Knightly - the often-drunk, sex-mad, always-sassy heroine . . . A brilliantly bonkers read

Heat

Allergic to chick lit? Meet Alvie Knightly . . . Insane as its title promises

Mail on Sunday

Chloe Esposito introduces a compelling and uncensored antiheroine

US Weekly

I just read Mad in one go. I bloody LOVED it. Like Gone Girl, if Amy Schumer had written it. SUCH fun

Bryony Gordon, bestselling author of Mad Girl

She's an evil hot mess is what she is, and I kinda like it!

Sarah Knight, bestselling author of The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F**k

The white-hot debut

Glamour

Sizzlingly glamorous

Guardian

A fast-paced tale of sex, lies and murder . . . Sex and the City dialled up several notches

Stylist

Like The Devil Wears Prada - fast-paced, but funnier and more readable

Independent, 10 Best Debut Novels by Women Authors

One of the most compelling and hilarious characters we've come across in a long time. Warning: this brilliant and dark book is not for the faint-hearted

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