His Darkest Craving by Tiffany Roberts

Tiffany Roberts needs to make me stop falling in love with weird monsters. They're seriously putting human men to shame.

Also, I am shocked at the number of reviews criticizing this book-- which is about a horned forest lord by the way-- for not being The Domestic Abuse Survivor's Handbook of Good Decision Making. Was it stupid that Sophie fled into the woods from her abuser, in a place that has poor cell phone reception, without giving an exact address? Probably. Do we all panic and make poor decisions sometimes, especially if we're characters in a book with a plot that's gotta move?

I mean...

HIS DARKEST CRAVING is a cottagecore monster romance with a darker edge that keeps it from being too light. It has a similar vibe to I'M IN LOVE WITH MOTHMAN by Paige Lavoie and GIVEN TO THE GHOUL by Desiree M. Niccoli. I do think I liked their spider centaur romance more because it had a better balance of character development and world-building to plot, but this was still a fun read.

3 out of 5 stars