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Darling Venom by Parker S. Huntington

26 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

meowrie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-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

This was my first Parker S. Huntington book, and I went in blind. This is billed as a romance, and a love story, and I don't really think it's either one. It's hard to describe. Romances have HEA and the character I resonated with most didn't get a HEA. Or did they? Depends on how you feel, I guess. 

I want to make this vague on purpose. Go into this blind so you get the emotions and the full experience. It hits you hard sometimes. I'm not a crier, but if I was, I would probably cry during this book. 

I pretty much liked all the characters. Even Terry. Until about one minute left in the book. That final reveal broke my heart. Kellan really had nobody in his life, did he? 

The narration was flawless. Jacob Morgan was a perfect Kellan. Absolutely perfect. Sebastian York and Ava Erickson are fabulous as well. This all star cast plays these sad, broken characters beautifully. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infertility, Miscarriage, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

sienasummerrreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense slow-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? N/A

4.0

Going in blind was the best decision as I had no idea what to expect, except for a few tropes. This is raw, deep and emotional with a grief and healing journey all these characters go on. I don’t want to give too much away but it was heartbreaking at the start, watching a character's legacy piece together broken parts was just beautiful to read. The medical appointment scene had me screaming. The spice was intimate and the Audiobook narration was fantastic highly recommend it. I will say it’s a little long and a big factor in having this on my TBR it could more than likely make me cry. I love a good cry but I didn’t in this. I can understand why people do but I just felt sad for everyone involved. 

If you love: 

🔹Enemies To Lovers 
🔹Best Friends Brother 
🔹Age Gap (12yrs)
🔹A Broken Love Story 
🔹Healing Journey 
🔹Intimate Spice 

Genre/Type: Romance 18+
APK: Kindle / Audiobook
Pages: 712 
Audiobook Length: 15hrs 1min
Narrators: Sebastian York, Jacob Morgan and Ava Erickson - Dual 
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟
Spice: 🌶️.5
Series or Stand Alone: Stand Alone 
Tropes or Themes: Enemies To Lovers, Best Friends Brother,  Age Gap (12yrs), Love After Loss, Slow Burn, MMC Obgyn Doctor, FMC Assistant, Jealousy, Letters, Healing Journey, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Cursing, Mental Health, Suicide, Suicidal Thoughts and Grief 
Mentions: Death Of Parents, Depression and Drugs. 
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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

dmaried0424's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-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

3.75

I am not going lie. At around chapter 8, I came here to say that I was not going to finish this book, that I hated this book, that I could not understand why there were so many good reviews but then I kept reading and suddenly I couldn’t stop. When I say this book caught me, made me fall, broke my heart, then made me fall in love all over again I mean it. This being said the book could’ve easily been shorter and the story line would’ve been just as good I found myself skim reading at some points because certain parts were just filler but the overall storyline is what really kept me going.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Infertility, Miscarriage, Medical content, and Fire/Fire injury

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

gottbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

This book illustrates trauma and mental health. I would liken it to 13 Reasons Why only I think this might be more impactful. Heartbreaking and tear jerking but it helps you feel the loss and the closure the characters are desperate to find. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

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

not_quimby's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship

kittens_say_meoww's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense medium-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

4.75

Where to begin, maybe by addressing the very few things I didn’t like. This book is…devastating. I cried often. It’s so well done and not at all what I expected. I will be buying a physical copy to cherish. The biggest cons are the HEA epilogue and the marketing both of which come off as cheap and inauthentic. This is marketed as romance and I suppose it technically is. However, it’s more apt to say it’s about grief, and flawed humans, and complexity of the human experience. It’s a book within a book. Why this story is marketed as dark romance is beyond me. It’s not “spicy” as it’s marketed and intimate scenes (albeit one) seem pretty authentic to everyday life. The cover(s) don’t represent the story, at all. It doesn’t even match the description of any of the characters. Moving on, some reviews mention the length of this book. And I can see that for a “best friends brother romance” it would seem long. But, as I’ve said that’s not actually a good description of the book in the first place. That being said, it feels like the ending was rushed. Without spoiling, it’s the classic everything sucks and is pulled together in the last chapter and the bow is the HEA 5 page epilogue. I hate thattt and in this particular story it cheapened it. Some of the angst in the middle (particularly as it pertains to Terri) could have been cut out to give more attention to a more authentic ending that honored all that the main characters had been through. All in all, I loved this book and it will be hard to move away from. I desperately wish I knew someone that had read it so I could talk about it with them. Best of luck, it won’t be what you expect it to be if tiktok sent you to it. Please realize it’s a messy, devastating, not overly exaggerated story of broken families and trauma and death. Even though it betrays some plot points, please  check triggers if you’re sensitive to almost anything. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail