Not a fanFruit Fly, Josh Silver, three stars. ... Most disappointing though, I'm going to say Fruit Loops just because of the way that people have been hyping this up this year. I don't get it.
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Fruit Fly (2026)
Others: Mixed Mallory Maddox is buried under seven years of writer’s block. With her status as a literary sensation fizzling, she’ll do anything she can to resurrect her career. Inspiration needs to strike—and fast. Enter Leo. He’s a struggling addict sleeping under bridges and trading sex for survival. He’s vulnerable. He’s enigmatic. He’s exactly what Mallory has been looking for. Mallory needs Leo if she wants another bestseller. The world needs Leo’s story right now, and Mallory believes she deserves to tell it. Really, it’s her story—she’s the one who wrote it, after all. But as secrets threaten to unravel more than just her career, Mallory must decide how far she will go to pen the perfect story.
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Genres: thriller, literary fiction
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Loved itIt is absolutely genius, I think. It's very funny. It's so bingeable.