This is one book you need to add to your October reading list

Where do you even begin and how do you find a book that will grab your attention enough for you to keep turning the pages?

I've found myself picking up books and only reading a few chapters before tiring of the story, but I think I've finally found one that will help me out of my reading slump.

Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors has gripped me from the very first page and it's a breath of fresh air.

It's one of those books that you'll think about during work, on the bus, and when you're doing the weekly shop.

It gets stuck in your mind and that's because the characters are so complex and real. They feel like people you already know and that's why the novel is so enjoyable.

The story follows 24-year-old British painter Cleo who escapes from England to New York and is still finding her place in the sleepless city.

A few months before her student visa ends, Cleo meets Frank. He's twenty years older and a self-made success, Frank's life is full of all the excesses Cleo lacks.

The novel follows the pair as their relationship deepens and they face the reality of marrying someone they barely know.

Read the full synopsis below:

Twenty-four-year-old British painter Cleo has escaped from England to New York and is still finding her place in the sleepless city when, a few months before her student visa ends, she meets Frank. Twenty years older and a self-made success, Frank's life is full of all the excesses Cleo's lacks. He offers her the chance to be happy, the freedom to paint, and the opportunity to apply for a Green Card. But their impulsive marriage irreversibly changes both their lives, and the lives of those close to them, in ways they never could've predicted.

Each compulsively readable chapter explores the lives of Cleo, Frank, and an unforgettable cast of their closest friends and family as they grow up and grow older. Whether it's Cleo's best friend struggling to embrace his gender queerness in the wake of Cleo's marriage, or Frank's financially dependent sister arranging sugar daddy dates to support herself after being cut off, or Cleo and Frank themselves as they discover the trials of marriage and mental illness, each character is as absorbing, and painfully relatable, as the last.

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