I loved Carty-Williams' debut Queenie, so I was really excited to dig into her latest.

Dimple Pennington is an overly sensitive, 30-ish Black woman living in London and attempting to make a career as an influencer. Her father, Jamaican playboy Cyril Pennington, has spent most of his life trolling for women, which is why Dimple has four half brothers and sisters, raised by three different mothers. When Dimple goes through a bad breakup with her abusive boyfriend Kyron and a shocking event occurs, she reaches out to her estranged siblings for help. And, let the fun and family drama begin!

Carty-Williams is an expert at fleshing out larger-than-life, flawed characters. Like Queenie, all the Pennington siblings are vividly drawn, each a relatable mix of attitudes, foibles, heart, and personality. Abandoned by their father, the five siblings bond--through an at-times twisted timeline of events--to realize they have more alike then they thought. And, like with any true-to-life family, their journey from tenuous to whole is not easy or smooth, but, in Carty-Williams's deft hands, humorous and enjoyable.

The complex characters and their compelling relationships propped up some of the more unbelievable and outlandish plot points. And, a few times, Dimple seemed too ridiculous to be believable. Yet Carty-Williams quickly course-corrected and pulled me back into rooting for this lovable, emotional girl.

As seems to be my go-to nowadays, I listened to parts of this audiobook while also reading the hardcover. The narrator, @daniellevitalis, was astonishingly good! She did a fab job bringing out the humor of the tense situations and the differences between the siblings' personalities. She was especially effective as the voice of Dimple.

If you like messy family dramas flavored with dashes of social commentary and real-life relationship issues, I think you'd enjoy this book.