3.5 stars

I received a free digital copy of this book from the publishers/author via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Beth, Ruby and Lauren are all women who from the outside could possibly have it all. Good jobs, comfortable lives and in Lauren's case, a very successful social media career. However, each women is suffering; Ruby from a condition causing excess body hair that she's allowed to rule her life, Beth's husband doesn't appear to fancy her anymore and Lauren is struggling with anxiety yet is being told to hide it.

This book is comedic in nature, with some real laugh-out-loud moments but also covers some important topics such as PCOS, female sexuality and sensuality as well as hiding real females and struggles behind the perfect Instagram grid. I did like each woman (though this book mostly follows Beth and Ruby - we didn't get a true look at Lauren until the end), and though Ruby is a slightly unlikeable person because of her fears and struggles with her body hair, I also admired her attitude sometimes to say exactly what she was thinking, and not put up with anyone's bullsh*t.

There were some parts of the book that appeared a bit over the top but I also think this is partly Dawn O'Porter's style. She likes to go there and isn't afraid to put her characters in crazy situations. I did think some of Ruby's descriptions about her hair were very extreme and I wonder how that could effect someone else suffering from excess hair due to PCOS and if it could help or trigger them.

I did enjoy the book and I liked the occasional laughs it gave me. I will continue to read Dawn O'Porter's books as I love just seeing where she'll dare to go with her characters, and her books are always entertaining.