Wants and Needs

Desperately sad and desperately entertaining ... I just knew I was going to inhale it when I read that first page. So enjoyable and well observed and the writing is just so good and moreish. I loved it

Catherine Airey, author of Confessions

Roxy Dunn is oh so good on love. The big feelings. The thinking (and overthinking). The thrills and the spills. Wants and Needs is witty, warm and seriously sexy. A story about what we desire and deserve

Chloë Ashby, author of Wet Paint

A tender novel about the pursuit of love ... Dunn writes with a perceptive frankness

Amy Twigg, author of Spoilt Creatures

Narrated by a refreshingly offbeat heroine, Wants and Needs is a thoroughly amusing coming-of-age (in your thirties) novel written with wit, honesty and tenderness

Claire Powell, author of At The Table

A funny, deeply perceptive novel about desire, commitment, and the drastic (sometimes questionable) measures we'll take to avoid ourselves. Dunn writes with an honesty and intimacy that would be scary if the book wasn't also so much fun

Morgan Dick, author of Favourite Daughter

Thoughtful, fresh and intelligent (and so wryly funny), Roxy Dunn writes so smoothly about the limitations - and liberations - of adult love with such delicacy and honesty. This is a timely novel about things that are, conversely, timeless - self-worth, desire and the deep questions of the heart

Claire Daverley, author of Talking at Night

Addictive, hilarious and moving. I was totally charmed by this sensitively-rendered and emotionally astute portrait of modern love. Roxy Dunn’s voice is so fresh, funny and human. I missed Misty the moment I closed the book

Francesca Reece, author of Voyeur

[Dunn] is so good on the mysteries of adult relationships. Newly-single Misty is dallying with dating apps and finds herself intrigued by Christopher - it’s not until she’s fallen for his charms that she realises ENM is not the name of band, but ethical non-monogamy… Can she keep her heart out of the equation?

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In this smart novel about post- break- up drift, dating apps and ethical non- monogamy Dunn writes frankly about dependency and self knowledge, drawing you in with her protagonist's messy experiment in love

The i, 2026's Biggest Books

From the author of As Young as This comes a razor-sharp tale of what happens when life doesn’t work out the way you hoped it would. At 32, Misty is back in her childhood bedroom after breaking up with her fiancé. She hits the dating apps and finds herself trying non-monogamy in an attempt to learn how to become less attached

Elle

Incredibly clever and funny

The Skinny

Such an astutely observed and charmingly witty story about the complex rollercoaster of modern love

Rosie Wilby, author of The Breakup Monologues

This book needs to be read by people who don't have it all figured out but think everyone else does ... It's an absolutely fantastic book, and I can't wait to read more by Dunn

The Bookish Drop, Substack

This hilarious novel beautifully captures the struggles of starting afresh and feeling fulfilled

The Sun

Witty and moving in equal measure

Heat

Being able to connect with readers, to make them see themselves in a character, requires considerable skill and perception of the world. Roxy Dunn does this effortlessly. Wants and Needs is a great, thought-provoking and unique read. Misty and the other characters are all very dynamic and real, making the book a new and refreshing take on love and life.

The Indiependent

Sexy, clever and provocative

Natasha Poliszczuk, Substack

Dunn’s novel asks the kind of questions that keep most of us up at night: what’s the difference between what we want and what we need? And can we learn to care – or possibly, to love – less?

Stylist

A thoughtful exploration of fresh starts, the importance of emotional honesty, and the gap between what we want and what we need

Woman's Weekly

A very thoughtful exploration of fresh starts, the importance of emotional honesty, and the gap between what we want and what we actually need

Woman Magazine