Insatiable: ‘A frank, funny account of 21st-century lust' Independent

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So the thing about fanfiction that is and remains true, even now that it’s edging into the mainstream (lol edging), is that it is mainly porn. Then things start going bad as jealousy rears its head on a holiday and Violet sees a side of Lottie and Simon that isn’t pure fun.

It's really, really funny, and maybe it's because in the past I've been very close to the protagonist's demographic (mid-twenties, in London, badly paid, a bit lost, desperate to belong) but I found Violet to be equally exasperating and endearing. There's a moment when I'm half dozing on a lounger, and I'm just aware of Sasha tucking a strand of hair behind my ear before balancing a straw hat on my head, and something tender is stirred up inside for a second, but I shift, and it goes away. One of Violet’s new friends suggests that this isn’t an equal relationship, but she’s a plaything in a toxic relationship. she is undoubtedly naive, and sometimes pretty annoying because of it, but she felt like a real character, caught up in something bigger than her.If, however, you’re also seeking either a well-written story or a well-written piece of erotica … don’t. it was actually pretty emotional, touching on some unexpectedly dark subjects and it was interesting to see violet attempt to deal with them. As I start to stroke her sticky skin, I realise that my legs are in the air again, and someone […] has started to fuck me. Violet is quite naïve and willing to overlook this (or maybe she just doesn’t even notice) initially, but it’s easy for the reader to see the manipulation that Lottie and Simon use Violet for.

Again, I’m at my limit of books about twenty something chicks with low level admin jobs living beyond their means in major cities who go on sex adventures. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Our narrator is Violet, a 20-something working a job she doesn’t love and trying to move past a broken engagement and lost friendships. If the concept of a story about a frustrated and entitled ‘Millennial’ – in scare quotes a) because I find this generational concept inherently flawed and b) Violet, the MC, isn’t a Millennial, she’s a fucking Gen X-er – who in fleeing various responsibilities stumbles (literally) into an orgy club and proceeds to have badly-written orgies rings your bell, press on! For fifty years, she has trained to slay wyrms - but none have appeared since the Nameless One, and the younger generation.

Daisy Buchanan's writing reminds me of Dolly Alderton's style, an author I adore so within a couple of pages I knew this would be right up my street.