Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Den of Vipers by K.A. Knight

81 reviews

deedee1990's review

dark medium-paced

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

3.75

So bad it’s good! Very long and can be a bit repetitive but I couldn’t help but love a few of the characters.. in a f***ed up kinda way 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Car accident, Death of parent, Addiction, and Child 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

allietayok's review against another edition

dark tense

• 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

1.0

I read this book from a ton of recommendations from booktok/bookstagram/other book groups and it was so bad. My goal was to not DNF any books this year and it was only February and I wanted to DNF this. Not my cup of tea at all. I ended up finishing it out of spite so I could make sure I was properly complaining about how awful it was and wasn’t missing some great part based on how many people recommend this book. 

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Content Warnings

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

leahturner26's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

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.'

emilyg213's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Murder, Rape, Torture, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Kidnapping, and Mental illness

Some seriously heavy themes are tackled with a light hearted narrative style. The worst of the triggers are depicted early in the book to give the reader an easy out if it's too much. Easy to read smut with a casual polyam twist

jane_austyn's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Abandonment, Incest, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Physical abuse

kayken24's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

1.0

i could feel myself getting dumber and dumber with every page turn

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Rape, Gore, Death, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Blood, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Incest, Car accident, and Body horror

darkangel95'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

5.0

So sexy and spicy. Super hot. 🥵

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Body horror, and Cursing

molly_davis's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

0.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, Torture, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Murder, Kidnapping, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Domestic abuse, and Confinement