Skuse’s hit thriller book is now an Ella Purnell-led streaming series.

StarringFalloutactress Ella Purnell, theSweetpeaseries follows closely to C.J.

Skuse book the series is based on, diving into Rhiannon’s blood-fueled pastime.

Sweetpea Ella Purnell

The book opens by introducing readers to Rhiannon and her everyday life.

She has known but does nothing about the situation.

Rhiannon has an affair herself with a 19-year-old AJ.

Ella Purnell as Rhiannon in a white horse shirt in Sweetpea

who ends up getting her pregnant.

It is at this moment inSweetpeathat everything turns.

Sweetpeais now streaming on Starz with new episodes arriving every Friday at 11 p.m. ## LATEST NEWS

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