Reviews

Darling Venom by Parker S. Huntington

katielenherr's review

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

dumplingsz's review against another edition

3.0

aside from that excruciating gyno scene (I cannot emphasize enough how much I HATED that) and the repetitiveness towards the end, this book was okay

becjus's review

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

eeeeisreading's review against another edition

5.0

Finished reading: March 28, 2022
Writing this review on: April 19, 2022

I swear to all things above the cover gives off a very different genre than it actually is. It screams smut and hot as hell sex and hero. Though the book is not without those, of course.

However, it is so much more than that!

I came thinking that the book is:
✔️ Ex-Lover/ Friend’s Brother
✔️ Smut

But what I got was:
✔️ Bucket of tears
✔️ Heartache
✔️ Sadness
✔️ Smut
✔️ Ex-Lover/ Friend’s Brother

If I’m still not scarred by this book, I would’ve picked it up already for a second read. But, alas, I still cry thinking about this book.

I’m all for the romance, the tension, between the H and h; but Kellan has my heart, truly. That is without saying Tate is not a perfect book boyf, he is, just that Kellan has a way with words and he is forever sealed in my heart.

And that plot twist at the end? I guessed it way WAAAY before, but I still can’t believe it.

Read this, I beg you. Just prepare tissues, this is a heavy book unlike what the cover suggests

morbennett508's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

tealeavesandfoxes's review

Kellen died and his had no interest in reading about Tate. 
Read a detailed review on the book and just couldn’t bring myself to read anymore. If Kellen hadn’t died I would have been more inclined to finish.

tangochick6969's review against another edition

5.0

⭐ 4.5 stars - rounded up ⭐

BR with my darling hala ☁️

❝She tasted like sweet venom.
Warm and cottony and dreamlike.
Deadly toxic.
Gorgeously addictive.❞

I've just been patiently waiting for more people to read this book so I could then finally write a spoiler-filled review, so this is your warning people if you haven't read this yet then stop reading now.

barbaramcrn's review against another edition

5.0

Wonderful Read

Angst fuels this story between Charlotte & Kellan, & later, his brother Tate. Charlie is “Venom” a character in Kellan’s book that heals & unites the Marchetti men.

ccbdes's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide

tpahnke's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide