Tryst Six Venom
TRYST SIX
VENOM
PENELOPE DOUGLAS
Print, Paperback
Sapphic Dark Contemporary Romance
Summary
Away games, back seats, and the locker room after hours….Get ready!
Clay Collins appears to be the perfect Marymount girl. She is polished, disciplined, admired, and always in control. Raised within the strict expectations of her Catholic school, Clay carefully maintains the image everyone expects from her. But beneath the surface, she is hiding desires and secrets that could destroy everything if they were ever exposed.
What Clay truly wants is something she has been taught she should never have, and she keeps those feelings buried behind closed doors, hidden hallways, and stolen moments where no one can see the truth about who she really is.
Olivia is everything Clay has been warned about. Bold, unapologetic, and from the wrong side of town, Olivia has spent years enduring judgment from Clay and the privileged girls at Marymount. Focused on graduating and building a better future for herself, Olivia has no patience for Clay’s games or the carefully crafted image she hides behind.
But when the tension between them begins to crack through years of resentment, rivalry, and attraction, both women are forced to confront feelings neither of them can ignore. As secrets unravel and boundaries blur, Clay and Olivia find themselves pulled into an intense and dangerous connection that threatens to change both of their lives forever.
Synopsis adapted from Goodreads.
Tasty Thoughts
I've read this book a couple of times now and I'm still just like - on the floor - each time I've read it.
The Title of this book grabbed me and would not let go. What trope is this?! Well, let's see, this is a sapphic; queer; bully; enemies to lovers; sports; dark romance and it's STEAMY. Whew. This is the first (and only) Penelope Douglas book I've read, as I primarily read sapphic romances. With that being said, Douglas' books aren't new to me, I've seen them around and have many dear friends who love their writing so when I saw that they had an f/f coming out, I was really excited.
This book knocked me on my ass. It was so freaking good, not to mention, I love love loooove how long it is. Douglas' character development was absolutely stellar. The hatred between Clay and Liv was so deep, deep enough for the line to become blurred, and left me as the reader panting and sweating like I was in the Florida heat. The tension between the two, the lust, the anger, the pining - mother of all things steam - it sits on you like summer humidity. You can legit FEEL it through the pages.
There's so much in this book - it's almost 600 pages- and I went into this blind, just knowing it was a Douglas f/f story. I really loved so much about this story. The darkness in it was completely gripping. It kept me on the edge of my seat and the pages turning. There are a lot of ups and downs in this book and it's not a light read. If you're looking for something kind of twisted, dark and steamy - get this. get it and read it because it will become a re-read for whenever you're feeling a little villainous.
I'll just leave this at the end. The shower / bath tub scene altered my brain chemistry. There. I said it.
OMG. Read this book for that scene alone. You're welcome.
Originally posted on Goodreads
Why You’ll Love It
Steamy shower
Rivals
Verbal sparing
Locker room trysts
Teammates
Is it hate, though?
