Insatiable (The Edge of Darkness: Book 1) (The Edge of Darkness Trilogy) Paperback – August 6, 2023

(aka: I thought it was enemies-to-lovers, but it was actually trauma-and-trigger-warning-to-soulbond)So here I was… thinking I was diving into a regular enemies-to-lovers romance. Maybe some verbal sparring. A little hate-banter.WRONG.This book said “nah, you don’t need a seatbelt—you need a full body harness and maybe a therapist on speed dial.”⸻Let’s talk about the chaos:• FMC: Unbothered. Untouched. Unhinged.This girl walked into the lion’s den, looked the boogeyman in the eye, and basically said “okay… and?” Shooting gang members? No hesitation. Girl is living on a different moral plane and I respect it.• MMC: I thought he was just dark and broody. NOPE.This man has LAYERS. Trauma. Depth. Emotional implosions. I genuinely think we haven’t even scratched the surface of how unhinged he actually is. And the way his trauma was handled? Gut-wrenching. Especially that specific type of trauma you almost never see in male characters. It was so unexpected, but made so much sense once revealed.⸻Chapter 19:HOW. DID. WE. GET. HERE.I’m just trying to breathe through the aggressive yearning while they’re out here almost hooking up every other page like it’s emotional edging. The tension is a delicacy. It’s dark, volatile, and addictive.⸻Miscommunication trope normally? HARD PASS.But here? It made sense. These two are trauma twins who have no idea how to connect the dots. They’re fighting the same demons from opposite ends of the emotional spectrum. Like… they both need a hug, a nap, and maybe a demon-slaying support group.⸻My only beef?The constant rehashing of the same issues. I don’t need ten reminders about what went wrong in their relationship—I was there. I remember. I have emotional scars too. It stalled the plot a bit, and I was screaming “TELL ME SOMETHING NEW!”

⭐ Rating: 4/5⭐FIRST - Please, please check your trigger warnings before diving in because some scenes hit hard.I’m not even sure where to start… I can already tell this series is going to haunt me long after I’ve turned the final page. The emotional devastation was so real, and yet, somehow, I’m already desperate for more. Kade and Stacey’s story is one of those rare dark romances that doesn’t just lean into the darkness, it lives there. This is not a love story for the faint of heart. It’s raw, unflinching, and painfully beautiful.Watching Kade and Stacey navigate their second chance at love, after everything they’ve been through, shattered me. The dual timeline is done so flawlessly. You fall in love with their younger, softer selves and then are forced to reconcile that tenderness with the trauma and pain they carry in the present. Every flashback was like a knife to the heart, especially knowing what’s coming. The contrast between the joy of their firsts and the devastation of their now is just… agonizingly perfect.Kade Mitchell. Oh my god. I went into this expecting your typical dark romance male lead, obsessive, possessive, emotionally detached, but what I got was something entirely different. Yes, he’s morally black. Yes, he’s obsessive in a way that’s terrifying and, honestly, dangerously romantic. But there’s so much more to him. His past is so layered and tragic, and once those pieces started falling into place, I couldn’t stop crying. His vulnerability, his willingness to try to learn how to love, how to feel, just to be worthy of Stacey? I was in absolute shambles.Stacey, too, completely gutted me. At first, I was frustrated by her choices, but once her backstory came into focus, everything made sense. She’s strong in a way that doesn’t shout, it simmers. Quiet strength, deep compassion, and a heart that keeps choosing Kade even when it costs her everything. Her patience, her grace, her fierce loyalty, it made me love her so much more. She’s not just Kade’s anchor, she’s the emotional core of the entire story.This book is packed with intensity and heavy, heavy themes, deep trauma rep, morally gray choices, pain, obsession, and a kind of love that teeters dangerously between salvation and destruction. The spice is there, yes, but it’s layered in emotional desperation and history, which makes it hit even harder.If you’re craving a dark romance that’s actually dark, and a story that doesn’t pull its punches when it comes to pain, love, and the monsters we carry, this is it. I already know I won’t walk away from this series unscathed. And honestly? I don’t want to.I'm honestly so grateful I’m just now discovering this trilogy, no agonizing cliffhanger wait for me, because Voracious is already here and ready to devour! Now off I go to dive into Voracious, wish me luck, I may not come up for air!

Im broken. Completely broken. I am a huge reader of dark romance and I have thought something seriously wrong with me since I have started. I felt the feelings of other books but not to the point of having to set it down and come back. I thought I read such f'ed up stuff that I was desensitized or something. Everyone always talks about a book shattering them and i never could feel that or understood that. Never in my life has a book, story, documentary, movie made me actually feel sick to my stomach. My heart is in pieces. The torture both Kade and Stacey go through in their secret lives plus the torture of losing their baby and both feeling betrayed by one another. The pain Kade has to have by his dad being in prison! This whole book is nothing but pain trauma torture hopelessness. Ive never been so broken by a book. The amount of agony I feel knowing they are all feeling this and going through this at such a young age. Through it all i can still feel the love. Not just between Stacey and Kade but thr love Kade has for his friends and family. To put himself through this all to protect them. I need to keep reading i need to feel the hope and I need the healing. Not just them but I need to heal my own heart. Would completely 100% .10 out of 10 . Recommend this book!!!! I do BEG you to check your trigger warnings. And if any of them seem the slightest maybe not just don't read you need to keep yourself safe.