Insatiable

'Extremely funny, touching and wonderfully refreshing on women and sexual desire' Marian Keyes

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

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.

“You will be intoxicated by this witty and honest exploration of female desire - ElleBritish journalist Daisy Buchanan has somehow managed to distinguish herself from the pack, with a novel that's both smoothly observant and brilliantly, giddily filthy - Irish Times 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 StandardFilthy, funny, and raw, Insatiable is utterly addictiveA piercing insight into the unreal demands modern women place on themselves and told with real humour and energy, we love this book so much - StylistI 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 MailA raucous unravelling of female desire and bodily pleasures, in all their maddening complexityI'd call Insatiable Jilly Cooper for the Instagram generation, but that wouldn't do this book justice”

You will be intoxicated by this witty and honest exploration of female desire Elle
An escapist romp (with plenty of actual romps to boot) Cosmopolitan
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 Irish Times
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
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 Stylist
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
A frank, funny account of 21st-century lust. Independent
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 The Gloss
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. i paper
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. Red
Filthy and fun Bella
Oozing with sex on every page, Buchanan's unapologetic and multi-layered portrayal of desire sizzles in all the right places Heat
Buchanan is an engaging, observant writer who portrays Violet's chaotic life with verve and insight. When we finally get to go on a holiday again, this would be an ideal read for the sunlounger. Sunday Express
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
The perfect summer romp Irish Daily Mail
Alluring and extremely filthy ... endlessly entertaining this is a shrewd commentary on ambition and young womanhood that also reads as a rollicking page-turner. You may blush. You will certainly love it. Independent

Daisy Buchanan is an award-winning journalist, author and broadcaster. Her books include the novels Insatiable (longlisted for the CWIP prize), Careering (as heard on BBC Sounds) and Limelight, and the non-fiction titles How to Be a Grown Up and The Sisterhood. She hosts the Daisy Is... podcast series, and the chart-topping podcast You're Booked, where she interviews legendary writers from all over the world about how their reading habits shape their work. You can also hear her on beloved podcasts including Comfort Blanket, Cuddle Club and Crushed. Daisy has appeared on a number of TV and radio shows including Woman's Hour, The Today Programme, Soul Music, A Good Read, This Morning and Good Morning Britain. She is a TEDx speaker and has guest presented the Booker Prize for BBC News. Her newest novel Pity Party is published in July 2024.

You can find Daisy on X @NotRollergirl and Instagram @thedaisybee.

'Extremely funny, touching and wonderfully refreshing on women and sexual desire' Marian Keyes 'As filthy as it is funny, you won't be able to put it down' Dolly Alderton 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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