Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Den of Vipers by K.A. Knight

67 reviews

beebowbabe's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Cursing

Moderate: Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

amateur_bookworm's review against another edition

dark medium-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

3.75

My summary: 
Diesel, Ryder, Garrett, and Kenzo are The Vipers. Ryder is the front man and face of their legitimate and illegitimate companies. Garrett is the enforcer. Kenzo is the bookie. And Diesel is the assassin. They are ruthless, brutal, and sexy as hell. They run this city and nobody crosses them. When Rob racks up a debt to them that he can’t pay, he offers to sell his daughter, Roxxane, to them to cover it. Roxy has been on her own since she was 17 and is now 24–and a total badass. She owns Roxers, a dive bar in town. When the Vipers come to collect her, she knows she has no way of getting away from them. But as infuriated as Roxy is by being taken as property, she soon can’t help but be attracted to her captors. And once she realizes they’re all broken in their own way, they all find ways to help each other heal. 

My thoughts: 

If you’re going to read this book, you’re going to have to get really cool about a bunch of stuff really quickly. I imagine there is a niche for this book, however, it is not exactly *my* niche. 

I saw an out of context, smutty quote on Bookstagram and immediately downloaded it from Kindle Unlimited. And, wow, let me tell you, I did not have any idea of exactly what I was diving into with this one. 

This is a VERY dark mafia romance. The content is, well, a lot. The list of trigger warnings is very long for this book. I highly suggest anyone look through all of them before reading this book. It has tons of smut, a lot of violence, and some plot. 

I feel like I should be disgusted by this book, and I somewhat am, but I also could not stop flying through the pages. Some (most?) parts were just gross, and I don’t see how even a contortionist could’ve made some of these scenes possible, and some was just too over the top for me. “Why choose” has never been my favorite trope but this isn’t the worst that I’ve read. 

I’m actually more concerned that I’m not more concerned about this book. I absolutely do not recommend this for most people, but if this is your thing, then definitely have at it and enjoy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Vomit, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Cursing, Sexual content, Car accident, Torture, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Blood, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, and Slavery

shellind75's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Torture, Violence, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Sexism, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

Moderate: Incest

flora_fcrp's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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

3.25

The book was great.
A perfect example of men that we love in book but not in real life !

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Murder, Physical abuse, Confinement, Blood, Body horror, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Gun violence, and Gore

Minor: Sexual assault, Stalking, Panic attacks/disorders, Fire/Fire injury, Mass/school shootings, Grief, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Rape, Self harm, Trafficking, and Alcohol

catluvrr888's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Cursing, Kidnapping, Violence, Sexual content, Death, Murder, Gore, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, and Confinement

writtenmelodies's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Torture, Grief, Blood, Gore, Stalking, Child abuse, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Confinement, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Violence, and Mental illness

mel_c_bell's review against another edition

dark funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Gun violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Violence, Torture, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Gore, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Death, Bullying, and Cursing

emmydoil's review against another edition

Honestly, it was poorly written.

I've read fanfics that had better writing then this book and that was deeply upsetting since people raved about this. 

The characters were rushed in fleshing out their development, and everything felt sloppy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Addiction, Violence, Gore, Murder, Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Death, Mental illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

woodsybookworm's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I hopped on the bookstagram train and read Den of Vipers shortly after it was released. I went all in and bought it paperback, and was totally shocked by how massive this book is but I still read it in almost one sitting. There's quite a few typos and the dark nature of the characters doesn't really make them likeable per say but I can help but find it an enjoyable smutty read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Blood, Confinement, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Death, and Physical abuse

linzy2p's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Blood, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual content, Torture, Alcohol, Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence