I enjoyed this book: 1) As a parent who loves her children wholeheartedly and what I hope is unconditionally….but who has been in a position to wonder if I am being blinded by this deep love. 2) because of the incredibly cool lessons about the life of bees….I have never heard about “mad honey”. 3) but especially as a human being wanting to understand and listen to the heart of the matter when it comes to transgender people. I have people in my life living in varying realms of the spectrum of gender identity and my eyes and HEART were opened to many truths I have wondered about. This book will live in my consciousness for a long time and I will recommend to people I know as a way to open more hearts…or to support readers whose hearts are already open and raw and may find recognition and support within the pages.

I absolutely love a mystery and the way this one is written from multiple voices made it one of the best mysteries I’ve ever read. I love everything I’ve ever read by Boylan. And now I want to read more from Picoult.

Excellent Book! Expected nothing less.

This is the first book that gave me a surprise I wasn’t expecting. I loved it.

Terrible story, I knew immediately who done it, and the story dragged on and on. Like they had to check alllll the PC boxes.

Mad honey fell a bit flat for me! I appreciated the perspective of Lily and all that her character stands for. The point of view here was refreshing and at times eye opening. Where I struggled was with the over arching murder plot line. Many times the story points did not line up or the narration was so jumpy it became difficult to follow. I did like the cute quips about beekeeping and the nature of honey. In the end I am falling right in the middle on my rating for this one.

It was disturbing to read about teenagers sex lives and then to layer on the trans narrative.

Misled by book description. Used as a vehicle to push a special interest agenda.

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i did enjoy this book, however (slight spoiler) i did feel like several cool characters where only there just to educate the readers on being transgender, when i think they could have been much more than that. i was a little bored in the last couple of chapters. regardless, it is worth the read.