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mayana27's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- 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
Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual violence, and Murder
mayday27's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Child abuse
notamouse's review
1.5
Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
lee_nuhh's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Throw me to the wolves and I will come back leading the pack.... never underestimate a woman, because those seen as weak have a lot less to lose than those with everything.
Sorry pals... this book did *not* have to be this long. I was really enjoying the plot at the beginning, which then completely dropped out for sex on top of sex on top of sex--fine, but at least make it relevant or make it move the plot along, because overall, I did like the story arc.
Diesel & Roxy gave me Joker & Harley Quinn vibes, the whole Viper setup was cool, but it could've been 100 pages shorter and been great.
Some small editing and formatting mistakes were annoying as well (typos, double printed sentences, etc.)
Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
krhart's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Diesel, Ryder, Enzo and Garrett are the Vipers. They rule the city. Money and power oozes off of them. They take Roxy and don't look back.
All scarred in their own way, Roxy burrows into their hearts and they hers. She becomes powerful and a Viper with hen men.
I chuckled, squirmed and loved it.
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, and Blood
Moderate: Kidnapping
andreaaaoid's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent
poupimali's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Let me get this straight:
- it is dark, twisted and gore
- why choose
- incredible strong sassy bitter big mouth FMC (one of my favorite SO FAR)
- 4 Vipers (mafia):
Diesel the unhinged
Kenzo the sweet and calculated
Ryder the icy leader
Garrett the tortured enforcer
And you can say what ever you want but Diesel is the most interesting character I’ve ever read.
I laughed , I cringed, I pulled some tears (yes).
It was amazing.
Obviously read the TW because it is clearly NOT for everyone
Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
thelongroadtosanity's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
The spice was there, and though I heard a lot of people saying the book has the same scenes over and over again, I personally thought that they were not repetitive and had a decent variety. Just please make sure to read the trigger warnings before starting this book.
One of the things I didn't like was the timeline in the story. It felt that things were happening faster, only to reveal that 1 week had gone by. Definitely think the timeline could have been adjusted to fit the plot a lot better.
Speaking of which, the plot in this book is very minimal in my opinion. I could have done with more depth and more intrigue. I wanted more plot and less "I'm a badass" from Roxy. Halfway through the book it just feels like it switched directions completely and then focuses solely on her and her emotions and how she is finally accepting her role with the Vipers. I am there for the self-acceptance, but it was just constantly thrown at the reader to the point where it got very annoying towards the end. I also was NOT a fan of this epic battle/conclusion at like 65-70% of the way through the book with incredibly long and drawn out happy ending scenes.
The writing wasn't the worst I've read, but it definitely isn't the best. Towards the end, it really started to annoy me when Roxy begins to sound like an angsty teen. I also got really tired of hearing Roxy say repetitive things like "the vipers venom is in me" and "I am a badass viper queen". Just please stop, once was enough.
Despite these shortcomings, I do have to admit I was drawn in from the start of this. I liked the differences in the Vipers and their conflicting personalities. Their backstories were tragic (perhaps a little too tragic) but I liked how they mostly stayed in character and didn't change too terribly much after acknowledging their feelings. Towards the last 10% of the book I did mostly skim over the 'happy ending'. This book was wayyyy longer than it needed to be, and should have been stopped at 400 pages instead of about 600. (02/2024)
3 out of 5 stars
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
booklover0804's review against another edition
- 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
1.25
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
mel_c_bell's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
5.0
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail