Toxic

Paperback Published on: 07/07/2022
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Toxic
Loved this!
This was such a wonderful story involving so many important themes, the main one was the impact of a toxic friendship but the author also explored mental h... READ MORE
Denise Gale

Synopsis

Llewella has straight-A grades, a lead in the school play, a prefect badge, a successful blog and a comfortable life. Despite this, she feels like a brown, chubby square peg at a school full of thin, white girls. She's never had a best friend. Could the new student at sixth form - glamorous, streetwise Aretha - be the one?

Llewella and Aretha get tight, quick. Before long, Llewella is following a diet Aretha has designed for her and has abandoned her own passions to dive headfirst into Aretha's world. She's determined to be the most loyal, greatest friend she can be, even when Aretha says and does things which make her feel the opposite of great. Even when the anxiety disorder she thought was cured starts to re-emerge.

Isn't that how friendships work?

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Fox & Ink Books
  • ISBN: 9781912979899
  • Number of pages: 322
  • Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm
  • Languages: English

Customer Reviews

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Toxic
A great message and a compelling read!
Natasha Devon's first YA novel is going to be a big hit, I can already tell! We meet Llewella (A.k.a. Loo - in part due to her brilliant blog about toilet ... READ MORE
Bookish Blonde
Toxic
Great book
Llewella has always felt different due to her skin colour and body shape in a school full of thin white girls. Having anxiety doesn’t help either. She is a... READ MORE
Sal B
Toxic
Toxic
As the parent of a teenage girl, I found Toxic disturbing. Poor Llewella has self esteem issues that new girl Aretha ruthlessly exploits out of jealousy. I... READ MORE
Sam Williams
Toxic
Inspiring read
This book hit me like a ton of bricks had my emotions everywhere , I've suffered with anxiety low self esteem so I could really relate to this story . Ll... READ MORE
Carla gott
Toxic
Gripping read
I was totally gripped by this book, rooting for the narrator/main character, Llewella Williams (aka Loo), all the way through. Loo had previously overcome ... READ MORE
School libby
Toxic
Very Good
This story follows Llewella (Loo) and Aretha; the former is a successful blogger and straight Grade A student, yet she has never had a best friend. Aretha,... READ MORE
Bridget East
Toxic
Amazing
I couldn't put this book down. I was mesmerised by how Natasha Devon wrote loos perspective of toxic friendship, and the realisation at the end.
Jasmine queen
Toxic
A fab YA read
A fab YA read! I found it really refreshing to read a YA book dealing with mental illness that wasn’t triggering, romanticised or overplayed. The descript... READ MORE
Stacey Bateman
Toxic
Toxic
Toxic was a good YA read about the progress of a toxic friendship and its effects on main character and narrator, Llewella (her mum's Welsh, though why she... READ MORE
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