Mad Honey

I listened to this as an audiobook, and while I'm sure reading the book would have been great, the voice actors brought even more vulnerability and humanity to the characters. The chapters from Lily's point of view were so honest and authentic, you could tell they were written by someone with experience on the subject matter (i.e. Jennifer Finney Boylan). This was my first book by either of the authors but definitely not my last!

4.5 ⭐️ As usual, another great book from Jodi Picoult. I love that she had a co-author for this one. First, and I know, I know... “don't judge a book by it's cover”, but this has a beautiful cover. Even without the dust jacket, the shimmery red letters on the spine, beautiful. One negative is that I felt like I could tell which sections were primarily written by Jodi vs Jennifer, though not fully a negative because it did give some differentiation between the characters. I loved this dual POV from Olivia and Lily. They were so similar and we got to watch as Olivia realized that. I also thought the beekeeping/honey info was an interesting concept. And adding Jordan MacAfee to this book, ah perfect. I loved that. Very nearly a 5 star to me, but I compare everything to 19 minutes and this one did not have a shocking end to me. I felt like I knew what was going to happen and I wanted the build up to it to be a little more. Overall, though I really enjoyed and I can't wait to see if these two work together on more.