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The Favourites
- Author
- Layne Fargo
- Narrator
- various
- Publisher
- Random House
- Publish Date
- 16 January 2025
- Run Time
- 14 hours 40 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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Brought to you by Penguin.
BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick.
Everyone thinks Heath Rocha was my first love. He wasn't. My first love was figure skating.
Katarina Shaw has always known she’s destined to become an Olympic skater. When she meets Heath Rocha, a lonely kid stuck in the foster care system, their instant connection makes them a formidable duo on the ice. Clinging to skating – and each other – to escape their turbulent lives, Kat and Heath go from childhood sweethearts to champion ice dancers, captivating fans with their scorching chemistry, rebellious style and rollercoaster relationship.
Until, at the Olympic Games, as the world holds its breath, a shocking incident instantly destroys their partnership.
Ten years later, an unauthorised tell-all documentary reignites the public obsession with Shaw and Rocha. If Kat wants to own her story, she must break her silence. As Kat’s account of her dramatic rise and fall alternates with scandalous interviews from the film, The Favourites spins into a dance between passion, ambition and what it truly means to win.
Sensational rumours have haunted Kat and Heath’s every step for years, but the truth may be even more outrageous than the headlines.
‘Part Wuthering Heights and part Daisy Jones and the Six . . . As brilliantly choreographed as a gold-medal performance’ JODI PICOULT
© Layne Fargo 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025
Critics Review
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Perfect if you’re a fan of Daisy Jones and the Six
Cosmopolitan
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Brilliant… will keep you guessing until its very last page
Jodi Picoult
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A delight - I was completely hooked
Sophie Cousens
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Scorching
Heat
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'Intense'
Mail on Sunday
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Heart-wrenching, epic and passionate
People Magazine
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'The Favourites is a true literary triple axel- a smart and nuanced retelling of a classic, a tense sports drama, and a perfectly twisted romance.'
Rachel Hawkins, author of The Wife Upstairs
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‘A glittery compulsive whirl of a book, filled with spite and love and sequins and ambition’
Holly Gramazio, author of The Husbands
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'An addictive read... as shimmering and lethal as ice-dancing itself.'
Emma Brodie, author of Songs in Ursa Major
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This is an unputdownable book, with a lot to say about competition, ambition, love and obsession
Roxane Gay (on Goodreads)
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Details
- Author
- Layne Fargo
- Narrator
- various
- Duration
- 14 hours 40 minutes
- Release Date
- 16 January 2025
- ISBN
- 9781529942415
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Random House
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Modern and Contemporary romance, Sports fiction, Fiction: pastiche, Figure skating
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick.Everyone thinks Heath Rocha was my first love. He wasn't. My first love was figure skating.Katarina Shaw has always known she’s destined to become an Olympic skater. When she meets Heath Rocha, a lonely kid stuck in the foster care system, their instant connection makes them a formidable duo on the ice. Clinging to skating – and each other – to escape their turbulent lives, Kat and Heath go from childhood sweethearts to champion ice dancers, captivating fans with their scorching chemistry, rebellious style and rollercoaster relationship.Until, at the Olympic Games, as the world holds its breath, a shocking incident instantly destroys their partnership.Ten years later, an unauthorised tell-all documentary reignites the public obsession with Shaw and Rocha. If Kat wants to own her story, she must break her silence. As Kat’s account of her dramatic rise and fall alternates with scandalous interviews from the film, The Favourites spins into a dance between passion, ambition and what it truly means to win.Sensational rumours have haunted Kat and Heath’s every step for years, but the truth may be even more outrageous than the headlines.‘Part Wuthering Heights and part Daisy Jones and the Six . . . As brilliantly choreographed as a gold-medal performance’ JODI PICOULT© Layne Fargo 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025
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