A mission to a planet that ended in tragedy years ago... and now a new team tries the same mission to find out what happened.... but what awaits them is deadly plants, temptation... and a planet's secret that will consume them all. Jill is on a team sent to survey the Planet, on the same mission that her own mother went on all those years ago and came back as the only survivor... and no one knows what happened to the rest of the team and why only Jill's mother survived. Jill is a botanist searching for answers... with a bone deep connection to the planet... she knows that the Planet is home and her obsession has lead her on this new mission. Yet along for the mission is the one man she is forbidden from being with, the one man she can't resist... who just happens to also be the team leader, Ben. Its forbidden for members to be in relationships with one another, and yet Ben and Jill cannot seem to resist one another. But something more sinister is on the Planet, something is invading their minds, twisting their senses... and only Jill seems to immune to it... and she'll have to find a way to escape the Planet before it's too late and history repeats itself and her team dies. This was such a fantastic sci-fi horror read a dash of spice and romance. I love a bit of plant horror and this absolutely lived up to it. The romance was also a fun part of the read. This book is for all my horror space girlies, for the people who love some plant horror with a touch of romance and spice... please do pick up this book. I had a fantastic time reading it and would absolutely recommend it! You could say... it swallowed me whole.

Release Date: January 28,2025

Publication/Blog: Ash and Books (ash-and-books.tumblr.com)

*Thanks Rose & Moth Books and Meg Smitherman for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*