Inked in Darkness

by Phoebe Farrow

"Do you want to read about an unhinged, mentally unwell MMC with a breeding kink? Then read this book now." - Goodreads Review

Stone
Monotony and forever were foreign concepts to me. Unfathomable and completely out of reach… until the day my little dark raincloud came pouring into my life.
Sure, she came with a clingy ex and a trauma riddled past, but none of that could overshadow the magnificence that is Vanna Taylor.
The moment I laid eyes on her, I suddenly knew what forever meant and I would stop at nothing to have it with her.

Vanna
My life was finally considered normal. I had a decent job, lived with my best friend, and was slowly climbing out of the deep dark trenches of my past.
Then, my best friend gets pregnant, leaving me to find someone to pay the other half of the rent. It just so happens; her boyfriend’s roommate is also in need of a place to live.
Enter Stone Carter. The playful tattoo artist that branded me the night we met. Now, months later, he’s moving in… not just into my apartment, but perhaps that cold little thing in my chest that barely beats.

Genres: Amazon

336 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 31, 2026

Reviews

[Wendy Marie (myrisingphoenixera.reads) · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5⭐️
4🌶️
🔥Dark Romance
🔥Roommates to Lovers
🔥Obsessive MMC
🔥Grumpy/Sunshine
🔥F0rced Engagement
🔥Br33ding K!nk
🔥Touch Her & ☠️
🔥Dual First Person POV

I don’t think you’re ready for the unapologetically unhinged proud red flag waving Stone. When he meets Varna he goes from interested to ferally obsessed in 0.2 seconds. Does he take things to far to get Vanna? Yes. Is he sane? No. He has zero boundaries when it comes to her. Vanna needs a roommate when her best friend announces she’s pregnant and moving in with her boyfriend. As it turns out, the boyfriend’s roommate needs to find a new place and that’s none other than Stone. He pushes his way into her life at every turn. There is great humor to offset the emotionally heavy topics. Stone and Vanna are unique main characters, you’ll hate and love them throughout the story. Phoebe doesn’t hold back in her blunt portrayal of mental illness, the reality of feeling empty and the struggle to hold on everyday. These two have spent years building up walls and defenses against getting hurt again. Vanna attempts to keep Stone at arms length but he bulldozes his way into her life and does everything he can think of to get her to fall in love with him. Stone is deranged but surprisingly sweet. This will have you feeling all the feels and questioning your morals. The spice is fire. Focuses heavily on their physical chemistry, featuring explicit, high-intensity, and very kinky scenes. It adds to and drives thier emotional relationship.

🚩Be sure to read the author’s note and content warnings before reading.

Plot: 4
Engaging: 5
Character: 5

Thank you Phoebe Farrow for the gifted advanced copy.

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A Few Favorite Quotes:
“She’s a disaster waiting to happen, but the more time I spend with her, the more I’m buying into everything she is.”

“Perhaps she’s as crazy as I am and I’m f * € k !ng feral for this woman.”

“You can leave now.” Vanna snipes. “Nah, I’d like to see your face when you fake the 0rg@sm he tries to give you.”

“Vanna you’re worth the world to me.”

“You want to f * € k someone, then f * € k me.” “Pass.”

“You’re mine. I’ve tried so hard to ease you into it, but you can be so stubborn. You need to get it through your head though. You. Are. Mine. Do you understand?”
“No, I don’t think I do, Stone.”
A feral smirk appears as his eyes cloud over with a film of mania. “You will.”

“Frantically, my conscience flails, desperate to cling to sanity while he drags me further into the depths of this psychotic game.”

“There’s something unhinged about Stone that, if given the freedom, he’d drown me in his riptide. There’d be no surviving him.”

“It feels freeing to let go; to not care so much. He’s lowered my walls until I can finally see over them and what I see is Stone waiting.”

“Darkness, a life with me will be a life you’ll never second guess.”

[Lemon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Plot: 5/5 • Spice: 5/5 ———-> I loved every thing about this. Stone is a god damn psycho. He sees Vanna at a party. And it is insta-love. He hasn’t even met her. She happens to be his best friend’s girlfriend’s best friend. A match made in hell. She wants absolutely nothing to do with him. He has to wooooorrrkkkk for her.


Vanna is reserved on everything. She hasn’t had an easy life, even bouncing around foster care when she was younger. She has also had her heart broken from her cheating ex, who still tries to wiggle his way into her heart.


Stone fulfills all of Vannas fantasies. A break away from the vanilla she was having with her ex. She even gets to peg Stone. Eventually 😉


Stone, the psycho that he is, tampers with his best friends condoms so he eventually knows up his girlfriend. Meaning she has to move out of Vannas apartment and in with him. Well, Stone now moves in with Vanna. He knew she’d fall eventually.


There’s so much good smut in here. All the fantasies she wanted. MM, FF, MF, fucking her on top of her ex boyfriend. I loved all of it.


Stone may be a birth control tampering, overbearing, touch her and die, OOT man, but I really fucking liked his character. He fell for Vanna and would do absolutely everything and anything for her.

[Tara S · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book had all the things that I craved! It has the perfect amount of humor. The spice level between Stone and Vanna was enough to make you need a fire extinguisher! I was completely consumed with this book, and I absolutely could not put it down!

I cannot thank Phoebe Farrow enough for allowing me to be an ARC reader! For giving me a first look into this book, I will definitely endulge in more of her books!

[Yellowwolfe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hey darkness

Okay so first I just want to say that the writing in this was so well done! The transitions, the descriptions, the spice, the whole flow of the book was perfect. So much happenes that I wasn't expecting and thats rare. The build up towards the end just kept pulling me and i knew in my bones the drops was coming! Ripped my heart out made me cry twice ( was on my period ) but then! But then you put it back together even stronger just the way my dark romance heart loves!!

The MMC (Stone) is dangerous, obsessed and a little crazy within his obsession taking things a little to far sometimes but somehow is so sweet, funny and respectful. And his patience is applauded. I found my self constantly giggling over this man.
The FMC (Vanna) is exactly her nickname.. darkness. leading out to her ascetic, her mood and her past but who could blame her. Its hard for a flower to bloom when its have been deprived of water. The growth, the freedom and the power she learns to have is beautiful and soul touching.

I would say Inked in darkness could be a good intro to dark romance. Its Dark in ways that I feel like alot of souls can relate to with concepts relating to depression, trauma, and boundaries. The spice was definitely spicy but also experimental in ways that I feel are natural and real. I connected to this stroy in multiple ways so I fell in love. 5 stars all day.

Favorite quote. "Just that, you know how to make a man beg for his life. I mean fuck, vanna, id hand it over in a heartbeat if its what you wanted. I'd miss you, but I'd die to see you happy"

[darkreadswithnalieee · Rating 5 out of 5]

From the very first page, Inked in Darkness makes it painfully clear that this is not a safe, soft, or morally clean romance. This book is dark, obsessive, disturbing, erotic, and emotionally raw—and it fully owns that.
The story opens in Stone’s POV, and honestly? Chapter one alone feels illegal. Stone is a tattoo artist who accidentally kills a man to save a mafia don—and instead of spiraling into guilt, it awakens something deeply broken inside him. His narration is addictive, self-aware, and terrifying. He knows he’s unwell. He knows he’s dangerous. And he does not care.
Enter Vanna—aka Darkness. She’s damaged, guarded, struggling with self-harm, trauma, and a past that refuses to let go. Their connection is immediate, intense, and volatile. The chemistry isn’t sweet—it’s predatory, magnetic, and unbalanced. Stone doesn’t fall in love in a normal way; he obsesses, stalks, manipulates, and claims.
The dual POV works perfectly here. Vanna’s chapters are heavy, emotional, and painful. Her self-harm, abusive past, and complicated relationship with her mother are written in a way that feels raw rather than romanticized. Watching her eventually choose therapy and begin confronting her trauma is one of the strongest parts of the book. Her growth feels earned.
Stone, on the other hand, is a walking red flag factory 🚩
He:
• stalks her digitally and physically
•sabotages birth control
•manipulates situations to keep her close
•kills for her
•lies without remorse
•believes ownership = love
And yet… somehow… you still understand him. Not excuse him—but understand him. His grief over his sister, his inherited mental illness, and his complete lack of emotional regulation make him horrifying and fascinating at the same time.
The fake engagement trope, forced proximity, roommates-to-obsession dynamic, and constant power struggle between them keeps the tension sky-high. The banter is sharp, the pacing is relentless, and the spice is explicit, feral, and plentiful 🥵🔥
This book does not pretend Stone is a good man. It doesn’t soften his darkness. And that’s exactly why it works.
By the end, the emotional payoff is surprisingly satisfying. After all the chaos, violence, obsession, and pain, the ending feels deserved—earned through suffering, growth, and acceptance of who they both are.

[Bratty · Rating 5 out of 5]

I received this as an ARC read from the author & is my own opinion of my read through.

I was thrilled to receive a chance to arc read this! First & foremost this was my first ever read from this author so I really wasn't sure what to expect but I was intrigued by the posts I had seen advertising the book. I'm so glad I decided to throw my name in & got a chance to read this. It is beautifully written, there a few grammatical errors here & there but nothing a bit of extra editing can't fix. It didn't distract from my reading or mood so I really didn't study over it. This read isn't for the faint of heart, so definitely check your TW.

I laughed, I sobbed & I squealed through this whole book. It was a rollercoaster of emotions & it was absolutely beautiful. It took everything in me to put it down when I need to be at an appt & then to go to sleep. Lol The way she wrote the struggles of mental illness into the story absolutely wrecked me, it was like she was speaking every thought I've had before. My heartached for both Vanna & Stone for different reasons & at different times. Vanna was a wonderful character, her struggles, her attitude, her kindness & even her darkness. I hurt for her, I was happy for her & at times I was enraged for her. I loved watching her growth & I was so thrilled for her by the end. Stone was absolutely unhinged lol & I loved every second. Yes he was questionable, yes he manipulated, yes he was unhealthy too at times, but the way he loved Vanna through it all was heartwarming. I think in some way they both found ways to heal each other. The way he cared for her, was there for her & even against his own heart he was willing to step back for her.

“I looked at her and saw a future. I saw everything I wanted to be.” 🥹🖤

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“He’s a blistering ball of energy and starlight and I’m the vast darkness of night, empty and quiet of all things good.”

[Rawrplatypus · Rating 3 out of 5]

I received this book from the author as an ARC read.

Inked in Darkness by Phoebe Farrow has a nice amount of spice to it. I am rating it a little higher than I initially was going to because I do like the amount of spice. I am a really big fan of scenes that have multiple participants (3+) and there are several of them in this book.

As for the characters, I absolutely loved Vanna and the growth that we see in her through out the story. It was nice to see her find her voice and work on stopping her destructive behaviors. I had a really hard time connecting with Stone, but I did appreciate the lengths that he would take to protect Vanna. It was nice to see growth in Stone's character, but I think I would have liked to see a little more. Maybe the baby will help with that down the road if there is another book. There were several moments in the story were it felt like they both had the impulse control of teenagers and with them already being passed college age I think that affected how I felt about them a little bit.

There were two moments in the story that almost made me stop reading, but I did push through and finish the entire book.

1. Is when Stone switches Vanna's birth control with the ones that Hunter brings. I think it didn't really fit Stone's character to trust anything Hunter would give him, let alone something that would be put in Vanna's body. It is also written that the birth control already in the drawer was missing one, but it doesn't mention Stone removing one in the fakes to make it match. I think this was a little bit of an oversight. That is something I feel that anyone taking birth control would notice.

2. The whole part where Tony thinks that Vanna is his daughter so he decides to steal some of her DNA so that he can run a paternity test. As much as I love that Vanna found out that she did in fact have a father, it is never really mentioned on how he steals that DNA. Does he use hair? Is it saliva from a cup she uses when she's at work? It just really bothered me not having an answer to that. It made that part of the story feel very flat.

One other thing that I noticed is that every time Stone would massage Vanna it read messaged or message instead. I know that this was an ARC read and that there can be mistakes like that, so this didn't affect my rating, but I thought that I would point that out.

[Rope Bound Reader · Rating 5 out of 5]

Honestly, unhinged. In all the best ways.

Is Stone likely a psychopath? Sure. Does Vanna have issues? Heck yeah. Do I love them? Abso-freaking-lutely!

I was just as obsessed as Stone from the start - okay, maybe not AS obsessed but pretty close. I was hooked and wanted to see how this train wreck of merry boundary breaking would unfold.

As expected, there were crashes and derailment. There are some extremely heavy topics and scenes covered throughout. Consider this your reminder to check trigger warnings and read responsibly for your mental health.

Personally, I thought the heavy stuff was navigated really well. Was it always the healthiest coping mechanism? Or most legal? Nah. But it was real for how messed up people can be, and it was real for the healing they found with each other. I found it cathartic in a way I didn't know I needed right now.

Not to mention that Stone would crawl over hot coals for our girl Vanna - or ya know, try some spicy new things. And we love a dedicated and open-minded man 😉

[Addie · Rating 2 out of 5]

You know those men in romance books who’d take a bullet for the girl they love? 💔 Yeah… Stone is the kind who’d shove her in front of the bullet so he could play the devastated hero afterward while “taking care” of her. And honestly? That’s horrifying 😬 This book was straight-up emotional whiplash 🎢 I’ll give the author credit: the writing style is addictive, easy to binge, and I flew through it fast. But the plot? Absolutely not for me

Stone isn’t romantic. He’s manipulative, obsessive, and borderline unhinged. He doesn’t love Vanna in a healthy way — he wants to possess her. Instead of building trust or emotional connection, he lies, pressures, gaslights, and constantly pushes her into situations she clearly isn’t comfortable with. And somehow the book frames this as intense romance??? No babe, this is psychological warfare 💀 The chemistry was non-existent because Stone treats her like an object he needs to own, while Vanna spends most of the story emotionally cornered and exhausted. Everything between them felt forced

The fake engagement storyline made me furious 😭 Stone lies to his mother that he and Vanna are engaged without asking her first, then guilt-trips her into playing along because telling the truth would “break his mother’s heart.” Absolute jerk behavior. After days of forcing Vanna into this fake fiancée role — discussing marriage, children, and rings while knowing she’s mentally unstable — Vanna starts spiraling. And Stone’s reaction? He punishes her with silence and cruelty What makes this worse is that Vanna is deeply traumatized. She self-harms, survived an abusive childhood, and has an abusive ex. Stone knows all of this, understands how dangerous mental instability can become because his own sister died by suicide, and STILL keeps pushing Vanna harder. At some points it genuinely felt like he wanted to destroy her mentally

And don’t even get me started on the birth control tampering storyline 🚩🚩🚩 Her ex gives Stone the idea to sabotage her birth control… and Stone actually does it. He swaps her pills and gives her fake Plan B. This man is secretly trying to impregnate a mentally unstable woman who recently self-harmed and nearly ended her life But sure, let’s call this romance 🤡 While secretly trying to get her pregnant, he’s ALSO constantly pushing the “we need a baby” narrative until she gives in, even after she admits she’s terrified of passing down her mental illness:

“We don’t have a baby, Stone and how can you deny that the kid would have the mental stability of Dahmer?”

“Wow. You’re comparing our innocent child to a cannibal... have you ever even met a baby before?”

She scoffs, “Yeah. Plenty, but ours would have us as parents.”

“Vanna.” I tug her shoulder until she’s on her back, facing me again. “We would be great parents because we want to be. We don’t have to let ourselves get in the way of that.”

Meanwhile Vanna is literally telling him this:

“I’m sick.” She says quietly.

“Did you get your period?”

She shakes her head, “Not yet, but I don’t mean physically, Stone. I’m sick in the head. Like your sister and I don’t see how you can look at me and envision a future when I’m bound to end up like her.”

And his reaction? Compassion? Concern? Therapy? Nope He gets offended and turns himself into the victim 😒

“For some reason, I can’t even comprehend the fact that she actually just said that to me. That she could knowingly hand me the same heartache my sister had. My chest throbs as my heart bruises my sternum and my lungs go on strike.”

The blindfold scene was where I wanted to throw this book across the room 🚩 Stone pretends to be her ex during a blindfolded hookup setup. Vanna believes she’s sleeping with someone else. Stone says nothing, sleeps with her, finishes inside her, and afterward lets her keep believing it was the ex That is not romance. That is violation

The side characters somehow made everything worse 😵‍💫 Vanna’s “best friend” keeps pushing them together while acting smug and manipulative. Her biological father casually drops a DNA test on her, and her mother emotionally destroys her so badly that Vanna spirals into self-harm again This story felt like trauma piled on trauma piled on trauma

The final straw for me was when Vanna finds out Stone murdered her mother She kicks him out and cuts contact for a month. Does Stone reflect or go to therapy? No He gets blackout drunk and starts messing around with random girls out of spite 🍻

“This distraction?” I chuckle to myself as I loop a finger inside the hem of her skirt to keep her on my lap... I don’t bother asking her name... “Am I gunna break your best friend’s heart? Oh, wait she doesn’t fucking have one, right?”

And even when Vanna walks in and sees all this, he STILL keeps going. He kisses the girl, invites Vanna to join them, lets the girl go down on him… And the narrative treats this like tragic proof of love because he can’t perform properly 🙃

I finished this feeling exhausted Not devastated in a good dark-romance way. Just exhausted This book constantly uses mental illness, manipulation, reproductive coercion, abuse, and self-harm as shock value while still trying to sell the relationship as romantic. It left a genuinely awful taste in my mouth. If you love extremely toxic, chaotic, psychologically disturbing relationships, maybe this will work for you. But for me? It felt less like romance and more like watching two people slowly destroy each other while everyone around them cheers it on 🫠

TW: birth control tampering, reproductive coercion, manipulation, gaslighting, self-harm, suicidal ideation, abusive relationships, non-con/dub-con, violence, abusive parents, toxic dependency, cheating vibes, MM/FF/group sex, death of side characters.

[books.n.ash · Rating 2 out of 5]

Overall this was a good book. It just didn’t have a clear enough direction for me. To be, it reads like the author had a list of themes and tropes and just wanted to force as many as possible into one story without fully fleshing a few out and having a good direction.

There’s childhood trauma, an addict mother, insta love/obsession, mafia ties, birth control tampering, forced proximity/roommates, enemies-ish to lovers, love triangle, sharing, sexual assault, m*rder, self harm, s*icide, mental health struggles, fake dating/engagement stalking, surprise parent reappearance, breeding kink, cheating .

There was just a lot. I feel like if just a few of these were fleshed out better it would have made the story better.

A lot of the scenes that are being called dub-con is actually also consider non-con, there’s a clear no from the Fmc and the MMC does it anyways. Just because she ends up enjoying it, doesn’t make it consensual.

Overall, I think the story has meat and could be great, it’s just not there.

[Aditi Mudaliar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Inked in Darkness by Phoebe Farrow
Spice level: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
When I chose this book, I expected to read about a tattooed bad boy falling for a girl who deserves far better.
Phoebe promised dark romance. She delivered so much more. Vanna and Stone are not normal characters; they compel you to hate them even when you're zealously rooting for them.
Phoebe doesn't romanticize the theme of mental illness; she bluntly shows the reality of feeling so empty inside that any form of affection feels foreign.
We realise that the person who acts defensive all the time has spent years, if not decades, building wall upon wall to protect themselves from the one time they chose to trust. That, trust was a dangerous decision, and punishing themselves into crippling loneliness is better than betrayal.
Stone and Vanna start off as two obsessed people. Their curiosity turns into trust, turns into safety.
They pick each other up from their darkest times, becoming the other's safe haven. Even when one's demons threaten to drown them, the other gently helps them emerge from their despair.
Just like any other couple, they have their fair share of conflicts, but the one thing I personally love the most about them is that they never give up, never lose hope.
They lust just as fiercely, making their dynamic memorable.
I loved seeing their role in helping each other heal from their past. Their playful banter slowly transitioned into fragile affection as the pages flew by.
I recommend this book to those who wish to find the rare gems of the dark romance genre. I hope you find this book when you need it the most, and always remember that it's never too late to start healing.

[Pippie Starr · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’m honestly not sure what to make of this read. I think I would sum it up as cute but deranged. Easy to read and mostly amusing. It started out kinky and quirky, switched to dark (mental health trigger warning), then moved into complicated, with a happy ending. Even though some of the kinks in this book are not my cup of tea, I still found the book entertaining and am glad I read it.

Our MMC is a gorgeous tattooed “Adonis” and our FMC is a gothic goddess. Their briefly “enemies” with benefits, but a fake engagement leads to more. The MMC does things that should be frowned upon but the FMC allows it. It feels like it should feed into the abuse she has already endured in her life, and makes me wonder if the MMC is any better than the people in her past. But a safe word causes distance and ultimately clarity.

I agree there is no timeframe on love and enjoy how the author embraces that. Sometimes you just know who you wanna spend your life with and it should be someone who can meet all your needs.

[OooLaLa Reads · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ink, Obsession, and Chaos

Ohhh Besties... "Inked In Darkness" by Phoebe Farrow is not for the faint of heart… and I devoured this in one sitting.😏

Stone is not just unhinged... he is utterly beyond unhinged. The man is obsessed, possessive, feral, and fully committed to the “upset her & d!e” lifestyle. And his BC tampering and br€€ding kink? Whew. It’s loud and proud.

Vanna, our black cat queen, is climbing out of a trauma-filled past when forced proximity drops her into roommate chaos with a grumpy, tattooed menace who decides she’s his forever. Add in a forced engagement twist, and explicit polyam scenes (MF, MFM, FF, MMFM)... yeaaaa this book does not hold back.👀

It’s dark. It’s spicy. It’s messy in the best way. If you love obsessed MMC energy and morally grey chaos, run... don’t walk to add to your TBR!😉

My Ratings:  ⭐ 4.5/5  ▪︎  🥵 4/5

🥀 For my rating scale breakdown, head over to my Goodreads &/or Amazon profile! 🖤

[SmutosaurusRex]

Get ready for an emotional dark romance with all the spice.

After begrudgingly becoming roommates, drinks are poured. Boundaries are pushed. Lines are crossed. Stone Carter is unapologetically insane and unhinged. He’ll stop at nothing to make Vanna Taylor his, even after her past catches up to her and secrets are spilled.

I couldn’t put it down. The banter was amazing. The spice was spicing (page 20 had me in a chokehold. Read it. Thank me later.) Overall, 4 out of 5 stars for me. Loved it and will reread again. I can’t wait to read more of Phoebe’s work.

Inked in Darkness does contain some darker topics like self-harm and mentions of suicide. These topics hit home for me a lot. I thought it was done in a harsh but beautiful way and done so with respect. Please read the full list of triggers.

[Jomy · Rating 5 out of 5]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Inked in Darkness by Phoebe Farrow is a gripping blend of intensity, mystery, and dark romance that pulled me in and didn’t let go. The world feels alluring and dangerous all at once, and every scene is charged with tension that keeps you fully engaged. The emotional depth between the characters adds weight to every choice they make, and the raw, unfiltered energy throughout makes this book incredibly immersive.

The dynamic between the leads is addictive — complicated, magnetic, and layered with secrets and unresolved pain. The pacing keeps you turning pages, and the story doesn’t hold back on the darker elements that make it stand out in the genre. There’s a relentless pull to the narrative that had me locked in from start to finish, and the way the romance and conflict intertwine gives this one serious replay value in my head

[Kirstin · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love this book! If you like a dark romance with a questionable MMC who has a major breeding kink and isn't the biggest on consent because they have a safe word to use, this book is for you. Going into this book I did not realize that it was going to be so sex forward of a book but knowing the two characters the way you end up doing by the end of the book it makes sense why is it such an important part of the story. This book does bring up a lot of triggers so make sure you read the trigger warning list for the book before picking it up as to protect your own mental health!!! These characters will always have a special place in my heart and they may just have a special place in yours if you enjoy a dark romance with a 5 star spice rating and a very unhinged morally grey MMC!

[Amanda · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an amazing book. This is something I read in one day. I wouldn’t put it down. They way this is something that can literally make you feel all the feels make me question like if this is my life instead of having to go through things as a child like some of the things that the FMC went through feels like I went through to them as well. The way the words are used the imagery the way they can literally be felt is something that is amazing. The way that you would think that there is something that is going to happen and then it completely goes another way is something that I am grateful for. I am grateful that I got to read this book.

[Brooke]

if your into fast paced dark romance with morally gray characters and plenty of spice this is absolutely the book for you!

I am thankful for the opportunity to read but i choose to dnf this book as i dont think i was a good fit for this particular arc. not because it was bad, the book is really well written. the charcters were distinct and discripted perfectly.

the reasons i didnt finish are more preference based. i enjoy slow burns with high built up tension, and im not a fan of breeding trope but can usually read it despite that. however it was really heavy on it in this book. switching birthcontrols?? no thank you

[Syn Daye · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hot and steamy right from the start

The simmering attraction between these two makes the pages ignite while you're turning them.
Lots of trauma, plenty of baggage, a dose of obsession, coupled with a love and passion that will not die.
Stone and Vanna were made for each other. His demons totally get her demons, and while neither are perfect, they are perfect for each other.
This is honestly an excellent read and I loved it.
Yet another that Phobe knocked out of the park.

[Wendy Michelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

ARC Review: I devoured this book! I was hooked from the 1st chapter. Stone & Vanna are the definition of toxic in the beginning but Stone is determined to make her his. He’s possessive in unhealthy ways but it’s also hot AF. I loved watching their story unfold. You definitely need to add this one to your TBR.

[Victoria Lawson · Rating 5 out of 5]

ARC review of Inked in Darkness by Phoebe Farrow.

This was such a great dark and spicy read. I loved how morally black the MMC is and how he would go to the ends of the earth and back again for the tragically damaged and moody FMC.

I received this as an advanced reader copy and am truly grateful to have been giving this opportunity.

[Heidi Lauper · Rating 4 out of 5]

Stone and Vanna's story is the ultimate rollercoaster with so, so many highs and lows. It is spicy and trigger warnings should be taken note of!
They both come with such complex family backgrounds that add a lot to the plot.
Found family, obsessive MMC, grumpy FMC- lots of tropes to appeal!
Thanks for the ARC, all thoughts are my own.

[Lara Bruni · Rating 5 out of 5]

Unhinged. That's Stone. But holy crap do I love him! The lengths he will go to get what he wants, and what he wants is Vanna. I loved this book! Twisted and super spicy, I was on the edge of my bed from beginning to end!

[Lil Paige Ternah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thank you for the ARC!

Loved this! Loved that! Loved how relatable FMC was. Their relationship was energetic and fun. I think I was expecting something darker but I didn't enjoy it any less.

5/5📜
5/5🌶️
5/5 🔪

[Tricia Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

My oh my! This book was hot and heavy! The kinks? Yes please! I absolutely loved the banter in the book between Vanna and Stone! It’s like a Grumpy/Sunshine reverse lol! I highly recommend! It’s beautifully written! Author has been amazing! Would read more of her books!
Rating 5⭐️
Spicy 5🌶️

[Jessica Probst · Rating 5 out of 5]

Do you want to read about an unhinged, mentally unwell MMC, with a breeding Kink? Then read this book now.

[Lovelettelore · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tropes:
💍 Fake engagement
🚪 Forced proximity
😈 Unhinged MMC
🛡️ Protective & possessive MMC
🖤 Obsessive MMC
🌑 Morally black MMC
🧠 Mental health rep FMC

I loved it. I love me some unhinged MMC.

[couchpotata · Rating 4 out of 5]

tropes: tattoo artist MMC, ex boyfriend drama, MMFM MFM scenes, mental health rep
spice level: 🌶️🌶️🌶️

full on rollercoaster in the best way, solid character building, love both Stone's and Vanna's carefree and free spirited energy. there's a LOT of hot and creative spicy scenes, which balanced pretty well with the actual plot. if you're not a fan of OM drama, this one's not it. also, that 1 group scene, and the part involving the ex lowkey threw me off a bit.