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Den of Vipers by K.A. Knight

31 reviews

bunandababy's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Body horror, Child abuse, Gore, Addiction, Gaslighting, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Cursing, Animal death, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, Sexual violence, and Stalking

svjak's review against another edition

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

2.75

I have... a lot of conflicted feelings.

First off - idk why the author decided to name all the characters some buff hotrod dudebro names but they sound like the names of generic biker gang characters. Ryder, Garret, Kenzo, Diesel, Roxy... c'mon lol. I'm not one to be super picky on names because it's so subjective but these were bad even by my very low standards. To the point it almost pulls you out of the story sometimes with their sexy one-liner phrases and these names.

Second - if I never hear another mc ever say 'they were afraid because they all knew what they were. they were vipers. and they were dangerous' ever again I am telling you it will be too soon. If you tossed out all of the repetitive mentions of how badass and dangerous these men were - how nobody messed with the vipers because they've got fangs, how they were so feared and notorious nobody touched what was theirs and they bite back harder - I swear you'd be cutting out half the book. It got SO REPETITIVE I just started skimming pieces because there would be several paragraph explanations of people's reaction to them followed by a monologue of why they're scared and/or why they should be. It got to be a bit too much.

Third - the author does have a tendency to show-not-tell and at times it gets very very old.

However... lets not pretend I picked this book up for it's masterful prose. The book was spicy. But in a surprisingly depraved and dark way. I picked up the book expecting a dark romance and a dark romance I got. It was almost like a buffet of every kind of 'not good for you' relationship there is mashed into one book. Each one of the 'brothers' (not actually brothers) filled one of those stereotypical roles had had a very different relationship dynamic with the mc.

I will probably never reread this book, but I can't say I didn't enjoy reading it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Body horror, Car accident, Abandonment, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Stalking, Torture, Violence, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

I'm not even going to try to go into depth on each one of those but I need you to know that if you want to read this book that it is DARK. The MC is kidnapped and held against her will. She experiences what I would call stockholm syndrome and falls in love with her captors after they abuse/sexually assault her. There are graphic depictions of torture, toxic relationships, violence, and emotional abuse both in and outside of the proverbial bedroom. Take these TW's seriously. This is not your average 'dark romance.'

rza1002's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring sad 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

5.0

Honestly this is my second go around for this book and it was just as good as the first time I read it! Once again, I couldn't put it down. The characters were incredible. My favorite guy was definitely Diesel, but my favorite character of all was Roxy! My goodness is she a badass bitch. I loved that she was the whole time. Never letting her demons make her any less. This will always be a 5 ⭐ in my opinion. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Abandonment, and Child abuse

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Death of parent

slvt4b00ks's review against another edition

I just wanted it to end but there were like 30 more pages of sex scenes and I just couldn’t do it. This book should have only been 300 pages as it only took place within the span of a week. While the author makes a point to have Roxy explicitly say she likes all the abusive and Stockholm syndrome-y shit they do to her, I can’t get past it. It’s one thing to role play and have rough sex, it’s another thing entirely to read about it happening to someone else without them talking about hard and soft limits or safe words. Like are we the reader to assume that Roxy has absolutely no limit for pain as pleasure, or that she just coincidentally met these 4 insane assholes who coincidentally have the same exact kinks as her? I think I would have found it slightly more bearable if the author had one of the guys cross a limit for her and then there were consequences to that and they talked about it. The only person who’s line gets crossed as far as sex is concerned is garret, because he was traumatized by a woman. Roxy was beat by her father and yet these bastards are constantly slamming her up against walls and cutting her and choking her until she can’t breathe. You can’t tell me that wouldn’t have triggered a flashback. You can’t. This is just another instance where women are painted to be objects for a man’s pleasure and never the other way around. I fucking hated this book. I wish I could chuck it at K.A. knights head. For legal reasons that’s a joke but this book sucked. If you have sexual trauma DONT READ IT.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, Rape, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Cursing, Biphobia, Torture, Stalking, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Violence, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Gore, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Alcohol, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Gun violence, Grief, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, and Abandonment

golden_like_dior's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Vomit, Abandonment, Addiction, Blood, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Stalking, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Violence, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, and Torture

bookfan1414's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, Toxic friendship, Violence, Blood, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

ebonyyskyy's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

4.5

Okay but like, why was this so mf good. Iike this was SO good. I can’t. I’m so shocked. I don’t know why I assume the writing would be bad and the story would be shit. This is a book book. Yeah there’s a lot of smut but its SO good. I’d rate it 5 starts but then it would be with all my other 5 star books and… that’s a bit embarrassing.

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Content Warnings

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

canascorner's review against another edition

dark medium-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? Yes

3.0

I picked up the book solely for the smut but I surprisingly enjoyed the plot. The main characters were all weirdly crazy and broken in their own way. The smut was decent but got repetitive. The lead up to the sex with each partner was pretty much the same. This book would have been 5 stars if it was about 200-300 pages shorter. The middle of the book became fluff, random killing because the could and the same sex in places. This book is full or kink-play and can be very triggering. Check to make sure it is safe for you before you read it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Kidnapping, Torture, Gun violence, Car accident, Blood, Murder, Body horror, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Stalking

Minor: Addiction and Alcoholism

There is gun and knife play in the midst of consensual sex. There isn't an option to add those as CW/TW but those could really be triggering.

brookey8888's review against another edition

dark funny medium-paced

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

4.75

Look was this messed up? Yes. Did I enjoy it? Yes 🙈 I honestly really liked Roxy as a main character she made me laugh. I liked all the guys (Ryder was my least favorite, he bored me). I do wish there was a little more Kenzo and Garrett because I loved them. D was something he made me laugh though. I do have to say the writing wasn’t very good especially during Ryders pov which is maybe why I didn’t like him as much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

katastrophi's review against another edition

funny slow-paced

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

0.25

I didn't even want it in my read history. But I read it. So here it is. If you find that you must read this book it's best taken in reading out loud with a friend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, Abandonment, Chronic illness, Confinement, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, Torture, and War