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Den of Vipers by K.A. Knight

50 reviews

kcxar1341's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

murphybl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

This is an extremely violent book. Reader be aware. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Alcohol, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Violence, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Sexual violence, Torture, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Cancer, Child abuse, Car accident, Confinement, and Emotional abuse

geesusbeesus's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.0

Genuinely gave this book a shot because I saw so much hype about it on TikTok. I feel like it was overhyped a little, but there were also some really good parts worth reading. I really loved how they touched on a lot of sensitive subjects, and I'll give it credit for having some laughable moments. Some of the smut scenes were decent. I'll never judge anyone for how dark they like their books, I love dark romance, so that's not why I gave it such a low rating.

The cringe level just made it really difficult to read, I almost DNFd half way throught and part of me regrets reading the rest. It was giving 2015 Wattpad vibes and not in a good way. Roxanne is very "im not like the other girls, im a badass, just one of the guys lol" and the guys' personalities were overexaggerated. It felt like it was dragged out way too long and I found myself skimming the last 200 or so pages of the book. Definitely couldve been shorter. Not to mention the ultra-unrealistic feel to it. I get it, it's fiction, but majority of this book is simply not realistic or on par with "mafia/gang". Fair warning, there's a lot - and I mean a lot - of violence and smut in this. Every other scene is either torture/maiming/murder, or smut. It's a bit over the top. 

Also, finding out how quickly this all progresses was a shocker. I was surprised at such a fast pace, I thought this took place over the span of maybe a few months. 

Going into specifics-

Spoiler

The funeral for Sam was a good idea, but it also didn't make sense because they didn't really show her developing a friendship with him like that. I loved Roxy in the beginning, but she kinda turned into a power hungry and rude person towards the end, specifically noting when they were in the casino towards the end and she treats a security guard like crap... for what reason? This one is more of a personal pet peeve but the whole play on words with Vipers thing was kinda overplayed - using venom, coiled, like a snake, the snake pit, ect. - and the overuse of the petnames gets to me too - using "love" at the beginning and end of every sentance. And the sheer amount that they maimed/killed people.. theres a club scene where, in the span of probably about 15 minutes, Roxanne runs into a guy who calls her a whore and she beats him up, then a security guard mistakes her for a dancer and Garrett beats him half to death, and then the first guys brother confronts them and Diesel kills him. Its a little overkill, pun intended.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Addiction, Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, and Violence

cait's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Murder, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Medical content, Self harm, Alcoholism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, War, Confinement, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Child abuse, Blood, Bullying, Death of parent, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Slavery, and Stalking

v01d's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Murder, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

daphne28474728928464's review against another edition

dark funny medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Blood, Physical abuse, Death, Violence, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, and Gun violence

bunandababy's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Body horror, Child abuse, Gore, Addiction, Gaslighting, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Cursing, Animal death, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, Sexual violence, and Stalking

zwe'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

3.0

A solid 3 because the writing was not great and some parts I only got thru by skimming (but they're also British which made the weirdness less weird somehow). The writing was just... honestly downright awful at points and it got a bit cringy at some parts too. Buttttttttttttt the sex was hot so it gets a few points for that. 14 year old me would've loved this book idk what that says about me but. it was enjoyable enough and pretty hot. In my mind Roxy would end up with Diesel if she ever settled down with one of them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Child abuse, Blood, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Gore, Abandonment, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Violence, Death, and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcohol, Car accident, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, and Addiction

ells___'s review against another edition

dark hopeful medium-paced

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

3.75

So most authors would have stopped after big save our girl and burn down the whole town event, not in this book, I went almost feral seeing there was like 15% of the book left. Not having to make up a smutty-ever-after and getting to see some of the more warm and fuzzy moments was the cherry on top of this morally grey spicy mafia sundae. 

I hear a lot of “this book has no plot” with Den of Vipers. Well ya, it’s much more character driven. We have that coming of age like element with our fmc and she becomes a fiery badass and the growth of all the boys. And if you’re not happy with the plot being smut, “how dare you look at her”, and revenge; pick another book

Please remember to read the trigger warnings before diving in. The triggers in this book do extend past the bedroom/kinks. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Mental illness, Medical content, and Physical abuse

maskihaan's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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

4.0

I absolutely loved this book. 1000% worth the hype. There were a few moments that really pushed past my personal comfort zone and a good number of typos in the book so I’m not going to give it 5 stars but I really loved it otherwise. Roxy is such a badass and I love the growth of all the guys and the way they all compliment each other. I was blown away by some of the timeless wisdom about life woven into the book as well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Physical abuse, Sexism, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual violence, Vomit, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual content, Abandonment, Death, Grief, Blood, Confinement, Gore, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Body horror, and Car accident