{"id":1281,"date":"2024-07-24T14:21:59","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T13:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vervebooks.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1281"},"modified":"2024-07-25T09:42:47","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T08:42:47","slug":"brat-books-for-a-brat-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vervebooks.co.uk\/blog\/brat-books-for-a-brat-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"brat books for a brat summer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Like you, we’ve been OBSESSED with bumpin’ brat<\/em><\/a> by Charli XCX so we simply had to bring you a list of brat books for a so Julia summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stargazer <\/em>by Laurie Petrou<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s so confusing sometimes to be a girl \u2013 and Stargazer <\/em>shows what happens when you don\u2019t work it out on the remix. TikTok is in agreement<\/a>: Stargazer <\/em>IS brat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Down the Drain<\/em> by Julia Fox<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Girls <\/em>by Emma Cline<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Set in 1969, this novel follows one teenage girl\u2019s rebellious summer \u2013 a summer that leads her into the Manson family\u2019s ranch and impacts the rest of her life. Sexy, rotten, brat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sugar, Baby<\/em> by Celine Saintclare<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Set between London, Paris and Miami, described by Elle <\/em>as a book that\u2019s \u2018chaotic, darkly funny and keeps you on your toes’ \u2013 need I say more?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You Made a Fool of Death with your Beauty<\/em> by Akwaeke Emezi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Picture this: the hot, wealthy man you\u2019re dating whisks you away on an island holiday so you can meet his family. The holiday sizzles with romance and you can finally see yourself falling in love \u2013 with his dad. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This book is the definition of ‘when you’re looking in the mirror, you’re just looking at me’. YMAFODWYB is a fun, sexy read about a messy love triangle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Nude<\/em> by C. Michelle Lindley<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘Don’t know if it’s real or I’m spiralling’ was written directly after Queen Charlie XCX read The Nude<\/em> \u2013 look it up (don’t actually). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s 1999, and a professional art historian brat flies to a Greek island to acquire a rare nude sculpture. It\u2019s a work trip full of food, alcohol, prescription pills and a complicated love affair with her translator and his wife, not to mention protests by locals who don\u2019t want the sculpture to leave the island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I’m A Fan <\/em>by Sheena Patel<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A book for the brats who can\u2019t stop stalking their latest love interest on social media. Is everything romantic, or is it an unhealthy obsession?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Like you, we’ve been OBSESSED with bumpin’ brat by Charli XCX so we simply had to bring you a list of brat books for a so Julia summer. Stargazer by Laurie Petrou It\u2019s so confusing sometimes to be a girl \u2013 and Stargazer shows what happens when you don\u2019t work it out on the remix. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[25,100,99,102,29,66,101,18,14,27,62],"class_list":["post-1281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised","tag-2024-reads","tag-brat-summer","tag-charli-xcx","tag-julia-fox","tag-lgbtqia-reads","tag-literary-fiction","tag-pop-music","tag-reading-recommendations","tag-sapphic-reads","tag-tbr-list","tag-verve-books"],"a3_pvc":{"activated":false,"total_views":0,"today_views":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vervebooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vervebooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vervebooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vervebooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vervebooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1281"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vervebooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1292,"href":"https:\/\/vervebooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1281\/revisions\/1292"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vervebooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vervebooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vervebooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vervebooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}