Mad Honey By Jodi Picoult: Either You’ll Love The Twist Or Hate It 

By Mariam Nooristani

Mad Honey 🔗

Mad Honey begins as a carefully crafted narrative, with an endearing mother and son relationship. It quickly pulls the reader into Picoult’s world of transforming relationships, and the challenges and strength needed to navigate them. 

Mad Honey is a contemporary themed narrative about a single mom and Beekeeper named Olivia McAfee. Olivia is a devoted mother, and as her son slowly pulls away into adulthood Oliva seeks refuge in her beekeeping. After a turbulent marriage and divorce Olivia returns home to the small town that she grew up in with her son Asher. 

As Oliva struggles with her past and the unknowns of the future ahead, her son Asher, a high school student falls in love with a girl named Lily. The story has different POV’s so you get a peek into everyone’s thoughts. After getting about half way through the story a big twist that changes the trajectory of the novel, but the beekeeping themes and honey keep the story grounded and sweet.

Without spoiling the book, it’s really a story of a boy who falls in love with a girl and things get complicated.

Begin with Mad Honey 🔗