Right off the bat, 'Insatiable' grabbed me with a voice that feels like someone whispering secrets in a crowded room. The novel centers on Mira Hale, a woman who seems ordinary at first—a hairdresser in a coastal town with a small
Circle of Friends—but who harbors a compulsion that reshapes every relationship around her.
the plot kicks into motion when a traumatic family revelation exposes the root of Mira's appetite: it's not just physical hunger, it's a craving for control, validation, and the kind of affection she never received growing up.
From there the story moves through a tense, often morally ambiguous arc. Mira lures a cast of people into her orbit—an earnest journalist, a skeptical ex, and a charismatic stranger—using charm that blurs into manipulation. Scenes flip between tender domestic moments and darker episodes where her need to be seen leads to escalation: betrayed friendships, a public scandal, and a reckoning with the consequences of crossing lines. The climax is less a neat resolution and more a raw exposure; the novel forces Mira to face what she’s
sacrificed for her cravings and whether self-preservation will finally become self-awareness. I loved how the ending stays imperfect and human,
leaving me thinking about how hunger can be both a symptom and a story, and how
redemption, if it comes, is rarely clean.