REVIEW: Crave (Pretty Poison #1) by C.F. White

Razor is second in command in East London’s drug trade… not because he wanted to be, but because it’s where he ended up. Once he was in – there was too much to sacrifice to find an exit. His mother… his little sister…his baby niece are the family he has, and he can’t risk their safety. He’s already got heart-breaking loss in his past that he struggles to deal with.

Then Razor meets Tristan Hale-Fitzroy. Tristan might as well be from the moon. He’s posh and educated; he’s had a path set out for him since the day he was born. Anything in Tristan’s life can be solved with money or with a wave of his powerful father’s hand.

Both men are trapped in their own way; tied to a path that is leading them somewhere they don’t want to go. Razor is moving up in the drug business and Tristan’s family want him locked into a career in law like all the men in his family.

C.F. White is a fantastic writer – one of my favourite authors, but her sweet spot is dark romance – the kind of romance that is intricate, thoughtful, edgy and thoroughly engaging. (or obsessions worthy) There is always a great story, a solid plot to prop up the perfectly tweaked romance and this book is no exception.

The difference between Tristan and Razor are epic, but at the same time, White manages to write them in a way that brings out things they have in common. There are two leads in this book, and they are both battling their way out from under the weight of where history and family have driven them. Both men are wanting something other, something more, something different. Maybe they are that for each other. Maybe they are going to be the death of each other as their lives collide.

The sparks fly when Razor and Tristan first encounter one another but the relationship transitions quickly from sexual to something far more dangerous for both men. What if they have feelings for one another? What if they become important in some way? I have already had tears in my eyes reading book one, so I know I’m in for an emotional roller coaster.

White has promised 3 books in the Pretty Poison series – and if book one is any indication of how things are going to go. I am so here for it.

If you read White’s “To Love a Psycho” series – you should hop on this one!