Wants and Needs

Thoughtful, fresh and intelligent (and so wryly funny), Roxy Dunn writes so smoothly about the limitations - and liberations - of adult love with such delicacy and honesty. This is a timely novel about things that are, conversely, timeless - self-worth, desire and the deep questions of the heart * Claire Daverley, author of Talking at Night *
Narrated by a refreshingly offbeat heroine, Wants and Needs is a thoroughly amusing coming-of-age (in your thirties) novel written with wit, honesty and tenderness * Claire Powell, author of At The Table *
Desperately sad and desperately entertaining ... I just knew I was going to inhale it when I read that first page. So enjoyable and well observed and the writing is just so good and moreish. I loved it * Catherine Airey, author of Confessions *
Roxy Dunn is oh so good on love. The big feelings. The thinking (and overthinking). The thrills and the spills. Wants and Needs is witty, warm and seriously sexy. A story about what we desire and deserve * Chloë Ashby, author of Wet Paint *
A funny, deeply perceptive novel about desire, commitment, and the drastic (sometimes questionable) measures we'll take to avoid ourselves. Dunn writes with an honesty and intimacy that would be scary if the book wasn't also so much fun * Morgan Dick, author of Favourite Daughter *
A tender novel about the pursuit of love ... Dunn writes with a perceptive frankness * Amy Twigg, author of Spoilt Creatures *
Addictive, hilarious and moving. I was totally charmed by this sensitively-rendered and emotionally astute portrait of modern love. Roxy Dunn’s voice is so fresh, funny and human. I missed Misty the moment I closed the book * Francesca Reece, author of Voyeur *
[Dunn] is so good on the mysteries of adult relationships. Newly-single Misty is dallying with dating apps and finds herself intrigued by Christopher - it’s not until she’s fallen for his charms that she realises ENM is not the name of band, but ethical non-monogamy… Can she keep her heart out of the equation? * Book(ish) – Good things, good intentions and good books for 2026 *
In this smart novel about post- break- up drift, dating apps and ethical non- monogamy Dunn writes frankly about dependency and self knowledge, drawing you in with her protagonist's messy experiment in love * The i, 2026's Biggest Books *
From the author of As Young as This comes a razor-sharp tale of what happens when life doesn’t work out the way you hoped it would. At 32, Misty is back in her childhood bedroom after breaking up with her fiancé. She hits the dating apps and finds herself trying non-monogamy in an attempt to learn how to become less attached * Elle *