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Den of Vipers by K.A. Knight

210 reviews

rosieraggz's review against another edition

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dark funny tense medium-paced
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5


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beckyremillard's review against another edition

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dark 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

4.0

This book is definitely dark - read trigger warnings. 

I have mixed feelings. Overall I think I liked it? Definitely dark and definitely dragged on in parts, but I’ll give it 4/5 stars. 

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bexxii00's review against another edition

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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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katreads6's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

1.0

There were parts where I  enjoyed this book but it definitely dragged on. Super spicy parts, I really love spicy books but it felt like that’s all the book was - to the point I’d skim through it. It was repetitive and every chapter (I think there was like 70 chapters) had a spicy scene that was the same as the last time she slept with that person. Jen I was halfway through and saw it was only A WEEK she’s been there… and she’s loving them? Please. Roxy bothered me a lot. She was really irritating and cringey, the best way I could describe it was she had the pick me energy and it was annoying. Ryder was definitely my number one but everytime I got to his POV it was like 5 minutes long and everyone else’s was like 15-20. As much as I LOVE a spicy, f’ed up dark romance, I almost looked forward to parts where they were just existing and having fun together and for once NOT having sex. I truly don’t know how I made it through this book I remember towards the end I was rolling my eyes and huffing and puffing because there was still like 80 pages to go. I wanted to DNF it but I was so close to the end I sucked it up and I’m mad I spent my time reading this book. It was on my TBR for awhile and I kinda wish I kept it there lol. It also didn’t need to be this long of a book… it felt like writing a paper and having to reach a certain character limit because it was repetitive. Ugh honestly save your time and sanity and don’t read this, or do but the reviews mentioning the same things were right and I wish I read them before hand. So if you read it, good luck

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catluvrr888's review against another edition

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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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writtenmelodies's review against another edition

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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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nailahm's review against another edition

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dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5


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aannabakss's review against another edition

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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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jessanicolesingh's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny 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

4.0

This reverse harem was unsurprisingly SPICY!

This book contains a hostage/enemies-to-lover(s) trope and mafia/gang storyline, and definitely had more gore than the other dark romances I’ve read. I thoroughly enjoyed it, but felt it was a bit too lengthy. Some parts felt a little unnecessary, and the ending was a little too cheesy in my opinion.

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mayana27's review against another edition

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

3.75


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