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Den of Vipers by K.A. Knight

18 reviews

rory_drake's review against another edition

2.0

Listen...this book started out really promising. Dark romance? Heck yeah. Smut? Give it to me! But at about 90%, all I could think is, "why is this book so GD long?" The unnecessary spicy scenes. The chapters of just info dumping. The cringey descriptions. I just can't do it anymore. You could take at least 3 of the unnecessar  spicy scenes out, and I swear this book would be 200 pages shorter. And much easier to get through. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Blood, Sexual content, Torture, Sexual assault, Body horror, Kidnapping, Addiction, Alcohol, Pedophilia, Abandonment, Death, Grief, Murder, Car accident, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, Physical abuse, and Suicide

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Drug abuse, Medical content, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Suicide, Deportation, Adult/minor relationship, and Child abuse

thelongroadtosanity's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

There is a lot to be said about this book, so let me try and keep it as brief as possible. 

The spice was there, and though I heard a lot of people saying the book has the same scenes over and over again, I personally thought that they were not repetitive and had a decent variety. Just please make sure to read the trigger warnings before starting this book. 

One of the things I didn't like was the timeline in the story. It felt that things were happening faster, only to reveal that 1 week had gone by. Definitely think the timeline could have been adjusted to fit the plot a lot better. 

Speaking of which, the plot in this book is very minimal in my opinion. I could have done with more depth and more intrigue. I wanted more plot and less "I'm a badass" from Roxy. Halfway through the book it just feels like it switched directions completely and then focuses solely on her and her emotions and how she is finally accepting her role with the Vipers. I am there for the self-acceptance, but it was just constantly thrown at the reader to the point where it got very annoying towards the end. I also was NOT a fan of this epic battle/conclusion at like 65-70% of the way through the book with incredibly long and drawn out happy ending scenes. 

The writing wasn't the worst I've read, but it definitely isn't the best. Towards the end, it really started to annoy me when Roxy begins to sound like an angsty teen. I also got really tired of hearing Roxy say repetitive things like "the vipers venom is in me" and "I am a badass viper queen". Just please stop, once was enough. 

Despite these shortcomings, I do have to admit I was drawn in from the start of this. I liked the differences in the Vipers and their conflicting personalities. Their backstories were tragic (perhaps a little too tragic) but I liked how they mostly stayed in character and didn't change too terribly much after acknowledging their feelings. Towards the last 10% of the book I did mostly skim over the 'happy ending'. This book was wayyyy longer than it needed to be, and should have been stopped at 400 pages instead of about 600. (02/2024)

3 out of 5 stars 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Medical content, Body horror, Death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Gore, Stalking, Torture, and Sexual violence

booklover0804's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense slow-paced

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

1.25

What the fuck. 

After reading over 600 freaking pages of the book I'm wondering why I put myself through this kind of torture. 

The smut was fire tho- at least in the beginning. After they already had sex about a thousand times in the first 200 pages, it just got boring and that's something I never expected to say. Ever. 

If you are a masochist maybe you'll like this book but I wouldn't bet on it :

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Death

katvou's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Grief, Blood, Gun violence, Body horror, Physical abuse, Torture, Emotional abuse, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Death of parent, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Medical content, Kidnapping, Vomit, Excrement, Car accident, and Child abuse

Minor: Sexual violence, Drug use, War, Sexual assault, Child death, Bullying, Rape, and Cancer

bbygirl21's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I honestly went into this not sure if I would like it for to the amount of bad reviews and videos I saw on TikTok prior to reading this. But I actually really enjoyed this. 

And I was just reading the reviews that are on here and was shocked by what people actually didn't like and complained about compared to what I thought people wouldn't like. A lot of them talked about minimal plot and the book being too long as their reasons for not enjoying the book. Which if your going into this looking for plot I guess to others they don't think there's much of it, and to some extent I agree with them, even though I found the plot along with everything else quite enjoyable. So if you want more plot over spice then this probably isn't for you. But I thought the plot was good.

But what shocked me about the reviews the most was that people weren't mentioning the graphic sexual scenes in their reasonings for not enjoying the book. I thought those would be taken about more. But I guess it really just comes down to plot and book length for most people.

But aside from that, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I could not stop reading it. I just wanted to keep reading and see what would happen next. I was actually laughing a lot throughout this entire book. I found Diesel particularly hilarious. He's just that funny brand of crazy. I honestly don't know people hate on him so much(aside from the obvious torture and violence of his job and sex life) I found him very entertaining and enjoyable.

I love so the characters. Roxy is a badass and I love that she doesn't take anything from no one. The guys were just amazing. I loved each and every one of them. Diesel of course which I already talked about was just hilarious. I loved how crazy and obsessive he is. Kenzo was just a sweetheart most of the time. I loved how he just wanted to spoil Roxy especially knowing his and Ryder's past. 

Ryder and Garrett both frustrated me a little bit, but their behavior is slightly understandable given their rough backgrounds. It doesn't excuse them but I understand them. What Garrett went through with his ex Daphne was brutal and heartbreaking. And I couldn't help but love Garrett despite his angry outbursts and violence towards Roxy. And it's the same with Ryder. The way he's always felt the need to protect Kenzo since they were kids from their father and then all of the guys and eventually Roxy. It was bound to get to him eventually. Despite the fact that they kidnapped her, I'm happy that she was able to help them overcome their fears and allow love in. 

The chemistry in this group was just phenomenal. I love how they just gravitate to each other. And I loved the fact they ate breakfast together daily. It was just a sweet little thing that they made sure to do where everyone was together all at once.

I will say the end of the book after all the action doesn't really add much to the story plot wise. But I actually loved it. I haven't read a lot of books where there's a period after the climax of the story where we see the characters actually living life and being happy. Most books usually skip over all that detail. But I loved that there's actually several chapters of them recovering from everything and being happy or at least making progress towards being happy before there's the six month time jump at the end.

So overall, I absolutely loved this book. I definitely wouldn't recommend it to everyone. But if you really love dark gruesome stories with lots of spice this is for you. Definitely check the trigger warnings though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Torture, Violence, Cursing, Kidnapping, Death, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Vomit, Death of parent, Alcohol, Grief, Car accident, Child abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Deportation, Rape, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Alcoholism, and Cancer

readingred_campcrystallake's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Violence, Gun violence, Sexual content, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Medical content

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cait's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Murder, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Medical content, Self harm, Alcoholism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, War, Confinement, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Child abuse, Blood, Bullying, Death of parent, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Slavery, and Stalking

ells___'s review against another edition

dark hopeful medium-paced

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

3.75

So most authors would have stopped after big save our girl and burn down the whole town event, not in this book, I went almost feral seeing there was like 15% of the book left. Not having to make up a smutty-ever-after and getting to see some of the more warm and fuzzy moments was the cherry on top of this morally grey spicy mafia sundae. 

I hear a lot of “this book has no plot” with Den of Vipers. Well ya, it’s much more character driven. We have that coming of age like element with our fmc and she becomes a fiery badass and the growth of all the boys. And if you’re not happy with the plot being smut, “how dare you look at her”, and revenge; pick another book

Please remember to read the trigger warnings before diving in. The triggers in this book do extend past the bedroom/kinks. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Mental illness, Medical content, and Physical abuse

zc2's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

The overall plot kinda gave me haunting Adeline vibes. Which is the worlds biggest compliment for a book. However the last 25 percent of the book they were doing it every chapter. Kinda set me back. Like I wanted the plot back the spice was great dont get me wrong but at one point it just was a little extra if that makes sense.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Gun violence, Grief, Gore, Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Rape, Alcohol, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Body horror, Car accident, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Violence, and Physical abuse

hanmyreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

3.5

The book was kinda long for what it is. Got a little repetitive but all in all it’s an okay book if this is what you are looking for. Definitely spicy!!

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Drug use, Drug abuse, Incest, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, and Car accident

Please look up all trigger warnings before reading!