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Insatiable by Leigh Rivers

4.0

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I didn’t go into this one with high expectations because I didn’t like Little Stranger (which seems to be the author’s most popular book right now). But I saw so many people talking about how dark it is and wanted to give it a try and I’m glad I did. This is a dark, forbidden (twin sisters’ best friend) romance and deals with some heavy topics. Told in both flashbacks and what’s happening currently in their lives I found the enemies-to-lovers (or hate to love to hate etc.) to be on point. Was it completely believable? No. But it was done well enough, and the tension was strong. There’s also a lot of stuff going on behind the scenes that adds to the suspense of the story and those dark elements were really well written. Kade is a great morally grey hero but he’s not as awful as some I’ve read so it was easy to love him early on despite all the miscommunication and hate towards Stacey.

If you like new adult dark romance with romantic suspense (I’d like to say this is as close to a mafia romance without BEING a mafia romance) then I think you’ll enjoy this one. Just be warned that this book deals with dark themes like being drugged, being sexually assaulted while drugged, talk of pregnancy loss, physical and emotional abuse, violence, and murder.