A review by lanaekirby
Darling Venom by Parker S. Huntington

3.0

This book was, for me, on the cusp of being a really good book but slightly missed the mark. The plot was great, absolutely heartbreaking, but showing how grief isn't brief or something that is the same for everyone. I was immediately drawn to the characters. Their tragic histories and how they were still working to get thru them. It's a slow slow burn enemies to lovers romance story. And boy do you root for them. But I found their conflict just dragggeddddd on I understood the lies and hesitancy to be truthful to each other, but by about just past halfway I'm like ok seriously, how long are we going to draw this out? It became slightly redundant with "I need to tell them" "they'll never look at me the same if they know" blah blah. Also, there is one questionably unethical scene that did give me ick factor. I tend to put blinders on when reading books and red flags in real like but in a book I'm like YES. But the one scene was a little much for me. But all in all, it was a great read and I enjoyed it