PLOT SUMMARY:

Kinsey has the perfect job as the team lead in a remote research outpost. She loves the solitude, and the way the desert keeps her far away from the temptations teeming out in the civilian world.

When her crew discovers a mysterious specimen buried deep in the sand, Kinsey breaks quarantine and brings it into the hab. But the longer it’s inside, the more her carefully controlled life begins to unravel. Temptation has found her after all, and it can’t be ignored any longer.

One by one, Kinsey’s team realizes the thing they’re studying is in search of a new host—and one of them is the perfect candidate….

GRADE: B-

REVIEW:

This book is definitely one for the freaks—in the best possible way—as it boldly fuses horror with erotica. Imagine The Thing, but trade the Arctic ice for scorching desert sand. Kinsey’s research team stumbles upon a bizarre creature buried in the dunes and, against all common sense, brings it inside to study. That’s when the infection starts… and when the story takes its turn into unsettling, seductive territory.

Kinsey herself harbors a strange fetish: she craves the idea of being overtaken by a virus, of something alien curling its way inside her. As the infection spreads through the team, she finds herself terrifyingly close to getting exactly what she’s always fantasized about—if she’s willing to surrender to it.

It’s a weird, wild ride. I enjoyed the characters and the sheer audacity of the premise, but this is definitely not a universal crowd-pleaser. If you like your erotica served with a generous splash of body horror, this one might be right up your alley. Otherwise, consider yourself warned.

*Thank you so much to NetGalley & Macmillan Audio for the audiobook copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!

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