Book Review - Good For You by Lucy Vine

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Title: Good For You

Author: Lucy Vine

Format reviewed: Ebook

Source: Netgalley

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Publication Date: 4th June 2026

Rating: 5 Stars

Liv’s furious – but you’d never know. As morning TV’s go-to relationship therapist, she’s built herself a no-nonsense, easy-breezy reputation.

But when she’s caught on video having a tiramisu-fuelled meltdown, she goes viral for all the wrong reasons. Suddenly everyone knows that the woman whose mantra is ‘keep calm and carry a condom’ can’t keep her cool.

Her boss gives her an ultimatum: anger management or unemployment. It should be simple, just six sessions stand between Liv and her old life. The problem is her therapist, Edward, who's insufferably perceptive and, worse still . . . devastatingly hot.

When you kick off a book with a viral video that is absolutely hilarious as a reader, but potentially career destroying for Liv (who is starring in the video, without her realising), you know you are in for a fun time between the pages of this one. 

And on the whole this book is a great deal of fun, there is Liv and Sam her bestie who are determined to do many not overly smart things while Liv is recovering from the viral break up video.  

But at the same time, there is a lot of very important things said in this novel, from Liv and other prominent female characters that really resonate, and are oh so true.  There are rants about men, there is plenty of rage (and some therapy about anger), but there is also the overall idea that women are just treated like rubbish from men still, and this is a quarter of the way into the 21st Century.  

This is a book full to the brim of trying to bolster women, but at the same time there is a lot on mental health too.  Well Liv is a therapist, and she is told she has to have some therapy if she wants to hold onto her TV job as a result of the viral video.   

I hadn't read the blurb, I was reading this purely because I know I tend to love a Lucy Vine book, so it took a while for me to realise who the most likely new love interest for Liv would be, and even then, I was thinking, no that can't happen.... you will need to read it yourself to find out who I'm talking about and if they do get together - something I was not convinced would happen. 

I loved every word of this book and I am loving Lucy Vine more and more and more with every book of hers that I read.  Bring on the next one! 

Thank you to Simon & Schuster and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.