Author: Mae. K. Knight
Genres: Dark Romance
Published: October 18, 2025
Pages: 160
Format read: Kindle
Triggers: Cannibalism, Dub-con, Murder, Mental Health Issues
Quick Thoughts: This book made my dark romance loving hard beat faster! It was such a fun read, and deliciously dark!
This book was an ARC and given to me for free.
All reviews are entirely honest and my own opinion.
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I am not a sane man.
We are fine.
My mind is chaos.
Our mind is perfect.
I am sick of being alone.
We are with you. You are never alone.
She is supposed to be the key to uniting with my brothers.
She is ours.
But she awakens strange desires within me.
She will be ours.
When it’s time to let her go, will I be able to?
We will never let her go.
How can I keep her when I can’t separate reality from fantasy?
Trust us. We will be your eyes.
All I can for certain is that my world will never be the same after kidnapping Dr. Sarah Bell.
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After reading this book, I needed to take a little break. Because gods, did this book finish me! It was such a whirl wind of emotions, going from Sarah to Zaiden and back again. Both of them were so well described and I fell in love with it from the first page!
Quite honestly, this is a book that has a very specific taste. Fate just has it, that it my taste. I love a good dark romance, with lots of death, a morally grey -or even morally black- main character, and lots of chaos. Claiming Sarah definitely delivered such a story.
Only 160 long and it still managed to paint a vivid picture of the events that were happening. It managed to convey emotions and the turmoil going on inside Zaiden’s head. As well as give Sarah an interesting personality, as an adoptive mom and nurse. Both characters were very interesting to read about, managing to keep my attention over the span of all 160 pages.
The writing style sometimes stutters a little, some scenes taking just a bit too long to be comfortable. Sometimes it jumps from one bit to another, which was a bit of a reading challenge. Luckily these moments were very few, and they quickly passed. But they were still there, and I know some people really dislike that. So I think it is still good to name this in my review.
With a Novella I never expect a lot of character development. They are generally shorter than 200 pages, some even shorter than a 100, so the room they have for plot and personalities is very limited. While this was indeed the case with Claiming Sarah as well, Mae K. Knight still found a way to bring the characters to fruition, giving them their own personalities and development.
If you’ve been reading more of my reviews, you know I love a fast-paced writing style. Claiming Sarah is one of those books that is right in between. While the writing is very casual, and the events happen really fast, some descriptions dragged on and slowed me down a little. Honestly, that is the only reason that I am giving it four stars instead of a solid five.
The darkness in this book was no joke and I really recommend taking a really good look at the trigger warning list. But I feel like I’ve been saying that about most of the books I read. I guess I have a taste for the darker side of things. This book was definitely a wild ride, making true on the promises of the trigger list. And I really enjoyed it!
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Claiming Sarah was such a fun read and I have finished it in one single sitting. Now I am definitely the type of person to read through shorter books in one go, but I think that if you’re an enjoyer of darker themes, this will be the case with most people.
Good bits
Bad bits
- Surprisingly a lot of development
- There is some plot with my smut
- It was just so deliciously dark!
- Good introduction to the series and the characters
- Writing style stutters a bit sometimes
- Some scenes drag on too long
All with all a really enjoyable book for my dark romance loving heart! It has some serious depth and I think that we’re going to delve even further into this story with every book that I read.