Deeply felt and achingly intimate, I couldn't put it down. I feel like it scoured something deep inside of me -- Annie Lord, author of Notes on Heartbreak

Seamlessly alternating between these two timelines, Villarreal-Moura writes with stunning emotional clarity about sexual identity, art and marginalization, and the ways control can masquerade as love - Bustle, Best New Books 2024

A beautiful work of fiction that dwells in the gray areas between celebrity and fan, victim and victimizer, absolution and blame - NPR

An epic unraveling of every love story trope, reclaimed as something sharp, seething, unsettling, and true -- T Kira Madden, author of Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls

A deft and touching coming of age story that resists easy answers to very thorny questions - about sexual consent and power, about fame and persona, about making and loving art -- Rumaan Alam, bestselling author of Leave the World Behind

What I'd like to know is, how is it possible that this book - with the perfect portrayal of a self-aware yet lost protagonist and a storyline that generates every emotion while making you want to throw the book across the room - is a debut? - nb. Magazine

A stunning swirl of a coming of age novel about power, manipulation, and complicity. In Tatum, Ursula Villarreal-Moura has created an eminently relatable character. Readers will connect to her love of books, her complicated relationships, and the different ways she grapples with understanding herself--in relation to class, sexuality, race, and family ties. This is the start of a brilliant career -- Megan Giddings, author of The Women Could Fly and Lakewood

A quick but consuming read, Like Happiness is elegant, complex, and altogether familiar - ELLE

Expertly written with striking intimacy and heartbreaking clarity, Like Happiness accomplishes a profound emotional electrocution that will leave you floating lighter for days -- Xochitl Gonzalez, author of Olga Dies Dreaming

Her emotionally astute novel offers a moving perspective on the different kinds of victims abusers leave in their wake. Memorable and incisive, this debut grapples elegantly with the complexity of betrayal - Kirkus Reviews

A moving portrait of the vulnerabilities of young womanhood - Today.com

Imagine writing a letter to your favourite author and not only does he write back, but you also begin a complicated relationship with him? Well that's the premise of Like Happiness. 10 years after the relat