Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Den of Vipers by K.A. Knight

121 reviews

sara_locke's review against another edition

The dialogue was so poorly written, and the characters were totally unbelievable. The spice would only last about 1 page before it was on to more incoherent banter. Everyone needed therapy; not codependent and toxic kink. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Blood, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

marleyjade123's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Cursing, Violence, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Torture

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Addiction, Death of parent, and Cancer

lethridge's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Torture

Moderate: Mental illness and Kidnapping

Minor: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Abandonment, and Death of parent

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

bexxii00's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Drug use, Addiction, Blood, Death, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Rape, and Self harm

chopsie_'s review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

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

3.5

What the actual fuck. There is smut then there is this absolute unholy, demon scripture. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Death, Blood, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Torture, Gun violence, and Self harm

Uh, I need holy water

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

aannabakss's review against another edition

DNF @ 40% (some mild spoilers ahead)

The four love interest’s (Ryder, Kenzo, Garret and Diesel) suck. I would say that somewhere along the way their brains stopped developing so that’s why whenever I read their POV’s they sound like 14-15 year olds (could even argue for 13). Only this can explain why they do too much throughout the book. Am I supposed to feel sorry for an incel or a rapist or a pyromaniac. 

As for Roxy… girl stand up. It’s sad to say that I liked her character up until the point they kidnapped her. I truly wished that the four men she beat up in the beginning were the actual vipers but of course that can’t happen because as always the men are protected by plot armour. I’m tired of authors making the main character super badass and unbeatable until they come across their love interest and suddenly they’re the weakest person in the world and can’t even land a punch. It’s okay to allow the women to beat a man up. 

I’m still trying to find the redeeming qualities in the men that she says makes her love them. All the male interest’s do is scream at her, degrade her, keep her prisoner and play with her but yet I’m supposed to agree that the men truly love her. Trying to find the romance in this book is harder than trying to find where’s Wally. It’s so obvious that she’s suffering from Stockholm syndrome because how else do you fall in love with psychopaths and sociopaths who consistently treat you as a toy for their pleasure. Also are we supposed to believe that Roxy has all the power in this book but in actuality how is she supposed to fight four steroid taking, over noxious and controlling men. Let’s not even start on the level of violence the men commit that can rival actual serial killers. 

The sold to 1D by my father story’s on wattpad hit better than this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Blood, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Gun violence, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Self harm, Misogyny, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gaslighting, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment