Honey: Pre-order the most anticipated debut novel of Summer 2024 (Hardback) - Isabel Banta

She quickly finds herself in the orbits of fellow rising stars Gwen Morris, a driven singer-dancer, and Wes Kingston, a member of the biggest boy band in the world. As Amber embarks on her solo career and her fame intensifies, she increasingly finds herself reduced to a body, a voice, an object.

I didn't like to perform. I liked to be loved.

'Like Daisy Jones soaked in Britney Spears' Curious' HOLLY BOURNE

It is 1997, and Amber Young has received a life-changing call. It's a chance thousands of girls would die for: the opportunity to join a girl group and escape her small town. She quickly finds herself in the orbits of fellow rising stars Gwen Morris, a driven singer-dancer, and Wes Kingston, a member of the biggest boy band in the world.

As Amber embarks on her solo career and her fame intensifies, she increasingly finds herself reduced to a body, a voice, an object. Surrounded by the wrong kind of people and driven by a desire for recognition and success, for love and sex, for agency and connection, Amber comes of age at a time when the kaleidoscope of public opinion can distort everything, and one mistake can shatter a career.

About the Author

Isabel Banta is a writer, book publicist, and indie bookseller based in Brooklyn. She graduated from the University of Virginia. Honey is her debut novel.