Publication Date: April 15, 2025
Eleanor Pilcher is electric in her witty, funny, and heartfelt women’s fiction debut, following polar opposite best friends Beth and Serena. When demisexual Beth decides she’s done with being a virgin and enlists Serena’s help, her new personal journey just might be the thing to end their friendship for good.
Serena and Beth are best friends who couldn’t be more different—Beth is an avowed demisexual, who lacks confidence in her career and in her chances at a happy relationship due to her sexual orientation. Serena is a free spirit who oozes with confidence, both in her job and her sexual proclivities. And yet, since the moment they met, they knew they were platonic soulmates.
So, when Beth decides that she officially wants to take charge of her sex life and explore the things that scare her the most, Serena is more than happy to help. Speed-dating, sex therapy, tantra, a perplexed but ultimately very nice escort—it’s all on Beth’s Sexual Odyssey List.
But when Beth’s crush from her old job comes back and Serena’s favorite friend-with-benefits pushes for more than just sex, it throws their whole world into a tailspin. And suddenly, this sexual odyssey is more than a fun gag. It’ll set them down a course that’ll make them so much closer—or end their friendship for good.
A cross between chick-lit and romance, with dry British humor, author Eleanor Pilcher serves up an entertaining and amusing novel in That’s What She Said.
While I don’t understand what a Demisexual or a Pan sexual is, it doesn’t mean I can’t understand some basic human feelings that most of us experience, particularly when we’re young.
I never felt so out of touch with a generation as when I was reading this book, and boy, did that scare me and make me feel old. I looked for ways to connect that I did understand.
I understood friendships, relationships (sexual and non-sexual), casual and non-casual sex. Humor, even British humor, which takes me an extra second to get because I’m an American. I also understand romance and happy endings.
Though I may have some old-fashioned ideals, I truly enjoyed this light, amusing read. It’s good to spice things up and add a little flavor to our lives. I tend to be stodgy.
This book is geared more for younger readers, but older generations can also enjoy it. I know I did!
That’s What She Said is a delightful, humorous, enjoyable read for adults of all ages!
Eleanor Pilcher is a published author of commercial fiction and an award-winning marketer in the publishing industry, based in London. She is also a freelance journalist, public speaker and founder of #MarketYourMarketing. You’ll find her on TikTok @eleanorpilcher or writing in a café.
