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

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Insatiable

By: Daisy Buchanan
Narrated by: Charly Clive
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'Extremely funny, touching and wonderfully refreshing on women and sexual desire' Marian Keyes

'You will be intoxicated by this witty and honest exploration of female desire' Elle

'As filthy as it is funny, you won't be able to put it down' Dolly Alderton

'Insatiable is a story about loneliness and trying to fit in, about our desire to be loved and included, how it's easy to confuse being wanted with being used. It'll draw people in with the shagging, but people will stay because they're rooting for Violet.' Evening Standard

A Grazia, Stylist, Cosmo, i paper, Red and Independent book of the year for 2021

Stuck in a dead-end job, broken-hearted, broke and estranged from her best friend: Violet's life is nothing like she thought it would be. She wants more - better friends, better sex, a better job - and she wants it now.

So, when Lottie - who looks like the woman Violet wants to be when she grows up - offers Violet the chance to join her exciting start-up, she bites. Only it soon becomes clear that Lottie and her husband Simon are not only inviting Violet into their company, they are also inviting her into their lives.

Seduced by their townhouse, their expensive candles and their Friday-night sex parties, Violet cannot tear herself away from Lottie, Simon or their friends. But is this really the more Violet yearns for? Will it grant her the satisfaction she is so desperately seeking?

Insatiable is about women and desire - lust, longing and the need to be loved. It is a story about being unable to tell whether you are running towards your future or simply running away from your past. The result is at once tender and sad, funny and hopeful.

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'This novel shines with dark humour, sharp intelligence, sizzling sex scenes, and a piercing portrayal of loneliness. Not even the most insatiable reader could ask for more.' Katherine Heiny

'Filthy, funny, and raw, Insatiable is utterly addictive' Louise O'Neill

'Come for the absolute filth and stay for the empathetic and sensitive way that Daisy Buchanan writes about all the chaos and conflict of being a young woman in a hard-edged, hard-faced world.' Red

'A piercing insight into the unreal demands modern women place on themselves and told with real humour and energy, we love this book so much' Stylist

'A raucous unravelling of female desire and bodily pleasures, in all their maddening complexity' Emma Jane Unsworth

'Few books out in the early half of the year are as flat-out entertaining as Buchanan's fizzy, filthy story of a young woman's sexual awakening.' i paper

'I'd call Insatiable Jilly Cooper for the Instagram generation, but that wouldn't do this book justice' Lauren Bravo

'Daisy brings characters to life like no other writer, pumping them full of humour, vulnerability and sexy sexy sex' Lucy Vine

'Gloriously rude and brave about the nature of women's desire' Sophia Money-Coutts

'I raced through this funny, filthy and utterly compelling debut about female sexuality, ambition and vulnerability... I'm still thinking about it long after turning the final page.' Daily Mail

'I can't believe this is a fiction debut - she writes stories like she's been doing it for fifty years' Laura Jane Williams

'Insatiable is an unashamedly filthy and yet deeply sensitive exploration of female desire, aspiration and vulnerability, and Daisy is an exciting new voice in contemporary fiction.' Hannah Beckerman

'It reminded me of Bridget Jones's Diary - if Bridget were bisexual and Daniel Cleaver were a couple who were into group sex.' Julie Cohen

'Erica Jong for the Instagram age.' Keith Stuart

'Intelligent, observant prose that gives a snap-shot of life experienced by millennial women.' Kate Sawyer

'Like going for a drink with your wisest and smuttiest friend' Jessica Moor

'Funny, filthy ... Buchanan offers astute social observation, while the development of Violet as an ardent yet vulnerable heroine to root for makes her a millennial counterpart to Jilly Cooper's Bella or Octavia.' The Sunday Times©2021 Daisy Buchanan Contemporary Fiction Literature & Fiction
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Critic reviews

You will be intoxicated by this witty and honest exploration of female desire
An escapist romp (with plenty of actual romps to boot)
Extremely funny, touching and wonderfully refreshing on women and sexual desire (Marian Keyes)
British journalist Daisy Buchanan has somehow managed to distinguish herself from the pack, with a novel that's both smoothly observant and brilliantly, giddily filthy
As filthy as it is funny, you won't be able to put it down (Dolly Alderton)
Insatiable is a story about loneliness and trying to fit in, about our desire to be loved and included, how it's easy to confuse being wanted with being used. It'll draw people in with the shagging, but people will stay because they're rooting for Violet.
Filthy, funny, and raw, Insatiable is utterly addictive (Louise O'Neill)
A piercing insight into the unreal demands modern women place on themselves and told with real humour and energy, we love this book so much
I raced through this funny, filthy and utterly compelling debut about female sexuality, ambition and vulnerability... I'm still thinking about it long after turning the final page.
A frank, funny account of 21st-century lust.
A raucous unravelling of female desire and bodily pleasures, in all their maddening complexity (Emma Jane Unsworth)
Buchanan is absolutely fearless and one only hopes that there is a sequel on the way
I'd call Insatiable Jilly Cooper for the Instagram generation, but that wouldn't do this book justice (Lauren Bravo)
Daisy brings characters to life like no other writer, pumping them full of humour, vulnerability and sexy sexy sex (Lucy Vine)
Few books out in the early half of the year are as flat-out entertaining as Buchanan's fizzy, filthy story of a young woman's sexual awakening.
Gloriously rude and brave about the nature of women's desire (Sophia Money-Coutts)
I can't believe this is a fiction debut - she writes stories like she's been doing it for fifty years (Laura Jane Williams)
Insatiable is an unashamedly filthy and yet deeply sensitive exploration of female desire, aspiration and vulnerability, and Daisy is an exciting new voice in contemporary fiction. (Hannah Beckerman)
It reminded me of Bridget Jones's Diary - if Bridget were bisexual and Daniel Cleaver were a couple who were into group sex. (Julie Cohen)
Erica Jong for the Instagram age. (Keith Stuart)
Intelligent, observant prose that gives a snap-shot of life experienced by millennial women. (Kate Sawyer)
Like going for a drink with your wisest and smuttiest friend (Jessica Moor)
Come for the absolute filth and stay for the empathetic and sensitive way that Daisy Buchanan writes about all the chaos and conflict of being a young woman in a hard-edged, hard-faced world.
Filthy and fun
Oozing with sex on every page, Buchanan's unapologetic and multi-layered portrayal of desire sizzles in all the right places
All stars
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I was hoping for something else to be honest. but this is still worth to listen the whole thing! especially if you like the steamy scenes ;)

Interesting story but doesn't seem very realistic

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Enjoyable, frothy sexy book but I found the reader so clipped and her annoying tone wasn't great (also: don't do an accent unless you can nail it. The only one she nailed was a posh RP, which is fine, but then after a while it becomes frightfully monotone and just another posh girl story. The scouse was bad and detracted away from the character of Nadia who could have made more of an impact had it have been approached differently). I really enjoyed the direction the book explores, and the different ways modern couples (or throuples) operate, but found the narrator so annoying and technically quite poor.

Refreshing bicurious Bridget Jones sexcapades

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This was well written and had some quite funny moments but I just felt that the plot was a bit week and it was a bit like watching a well acted porno film. The juicy bits were there but I just got irritated with the characters and the ending was predictable

ropey story but well written

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This book is good, the storyline wasn’t mind blowing, but it is a steamy mid 20’s crisis/coming of age book! I was recommended the book for its erotic side and I wasn’t disappointed!

Sexy!

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Not my usual book. A journey of self discovery for a young woman who feels that she has to please and apologise to everyone but herself.

Self Discovery.

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