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Darling Venom by Parker S. Huntington

41 reviews

kc_louisa's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-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

This book is so full of emotion and that ending omg I loved every second this book is amazing and I wish there was more 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

greenteagrammie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Hardest book I  have ever read. Could not put it down.
Stayed with me for weeks.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Abandonment

taylanareader17's review against another edition

dark emotional sad

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Grief

Moderate: Drug use, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

maddybirdsall's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

This book was super emotional, heart wrenching, beautiful, dark, heavy and amazing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Mental illness

dlsmk's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Alcohol

lisa07xie's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad slow-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

This book destroyed me! I have never cried so early in a book or related to a book more! I don't know if this makes sense but this book helped me a lot somehow it was so healing to read and sometimes I broke down and I was really scared that they wouldn't end up together but they did and I loved it! I have never felt something like this after reading a book and I don't know what it is that I feel but omg this book it deserves more fame I LOVE IT!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

_koreen_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional funny inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

This book destroys you, it clutches onto your heart and rips it out. Shredding it into millions of  pieces,  only to tape the edges back together by the end .  

Such a heartbreaking, raw, beautiful, love story within another love story. 
I cried three times so be warned lol 

By far one of my favorite reads ❤️  My heart left a piece of itself within this book and I frankly don’t ever want it back . 

5✨❤️😭

Favorite quote : 
“I realized, with depressing clarity, that she wasn’t the venom at all. She was the antidote. But the quantities were all off.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Stalking

rubellaface's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-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

4.75

I read this novel without really reading the synopsis. I just knew I liked books by this author. And my god, while I wouldn't recommend doing that if you're faint of heart, this novel gut punched me. Haymaker to the heart. I was not okay. 

Then together with our FMC, we learned to grieve and heal and try to make the best of things. 

The author has a magical way with words, and having a novel within a novel takes the reader on a journey through the neuroses of being a writer and the power words have within and without the author's intention. 

And somewhere along the way we also get to fall in love with older brother Tate-- a man we've been groomed to hate from the beginning and an OBGYN who made me regret for a split second choosing to have only female gynos in my life. But like all main characters in a Parker S Huntington novel, there's more to him than meets the eye, and like all of us, he's a little broken inside too. 

I loved this novel. I loved Tate and Charlie. I still love Kellan. And I'm going to look closer at those I love and check in more. Just in case. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Classism

Minor: Sexism, Vomit, and Stalking

bonnie_1's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-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

4.0

I haven't had a 5 star read so far this year but Darling Venom completely just changed that. This book has a trope that through me off in the beginning but as the book progressed I ended up rooting for the two love interests. I never thought I'd be a fan of a slow burn romance book but here we are. The character development in this is amazing and the relationships formed are also amazing. I feel like these characters are real and that if I go to New York one day I'd literally see them on the street but unfortunately they're fictional (dies internally). 
Parker S. Huntington is such a talented writer and I'm a sucker for good writing. This book is definitely not for everyone but I, ladies and gentlemen, love and adore it. Please do look up trigger warnings if you plan on picking this up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Alcohol

readwithyesi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail