How Bad Things Can Get by Darcy Coates
A party on a remote tropical island, hundreds of fans, and an influencer with big plans—what could go wrong? Turns out, everything.

I almost bailed on this book early on. The influencer angle nearly killed it for me—I don’t get the appeal in real life, and I definitely didn’t want to read about it. But I’m so glad I pushed through. The pacing is fast, the violence is gloriously over the top, and the cult backstory hooked me hard. There's something disturbingly fascinating about people being controlled so completely they'd die for it. The tension keeps ratcheting up, and by the time it hits the explosive climax, I was all in.

Dark, twisted, and relentless—this one surprised me in the best way.