A review by laur_mere
The Queen Serpent by A.L. Maruga

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

4.0

🖤🖤🖤🖤🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

“Her skin calls to me to paint it red with the print of my hands. To leave all of my fingerprints across that porcelain surface, and to carve my name into her flesh so all who admire it, can see that she is mine. My property. My wh**e. My doll to play with.”

“This is the true him, the monster that lurks leashed inside a cage that he tries to contain…. My monster, my savage, my heart’s fucking desire.”

This is a DARK mafia romance y’all, that said it is also so f***ing HOT! Diego is completely obsessed, unhinged, and dangerous AF… basically a walking red flag MMC that can only be hot if he’s fictional. Issy is so very broken in so many ways, my heart broke for her, but I loved seeing her evolve and find herself and her strength. 

AL Maruga is so freaking talented, her writing feels so completely immersive, almost all consuming, and so beautiful. I have not read the Casbury series and I do wish that I did, clearly I need to backtrack and check it out. My only complaint was that the beginning was a little bit slow, but damn if I didn’t enjoy the ride!