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Den of Vipers by K.A. Knight

37 reviews

amirez1043's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Torture, Sexual violence, and Trafficking

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

autumnalcreature's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Cursing, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Violence, Stalking, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

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

zc2's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The overall plot kinda gave me haunting Adeline vibes. Which is the worlds biggest compliment for a book. However the last 25 percent of the book they were doing it every chapter. Kinda set me back. Like I wanted the plot back the spice was great dont get me wrong but at one point it just was a little extra if that makes sense.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Gun violence, Grief, Gore, Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Rape, Alcohol, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Body horror, Car accident, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Violence, and Physical abuse

ky001113's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-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

5.0

This book is intensely dark and not for the faint of heart. It has some of the darkest themes I have seen in a book in a long time. Please please read the content warnings and make sure this is a book for you.

But overall, this book is very well written with an interesting plot and constantly evolving characters!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death of parent, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Grief, Murder, Self harm, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Cursing, Torture, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Drug use, Mental illness, Drug abuse, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Deportation, Incest, Infidelity, Addiction, Cancer, Pedophilia, Rape, and Vomit

prasi's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

2.75

I have... a lot of conflicted feelings.

First off - idk why the author decided to name all the characters some buff hotrod dudebro names but they sound like the names of generic biker gang characters. Ryder, Garret, Kenzo, Diesel, Roxy... c'mon lol. I'm not one to be super picky on names because it's so subjective but these were bad even by my very low standards. To the point it almost pulls you out of the story sometimes with their sexy one-liner phrases and these names.

Second - if I never hear another mc ever say 'they were afraid because they all knew what they were. they were vipers. and they were dangerous' ever again I am telling you it will be too soon. If you tossed out all of the repetitive mentions of how badass and dangerous these men were - how nobody messed with the vipers because they've got fangs, how they were so feared and notorious nobody touched what was theirs and they bite back harder - I swear you'd be cutting out half the book. It got SO REPETITIVE I just started skimming pieces because there would be several paragraph explanations of people's reaction to them followed by a monologue of why they're scared and/or why they should be. It got to be a bit too much.

Third - the author does have a tendency to show-not-tell and at times it gets very very old.

However... lets not pretend I picked this book up for it's masterful prose. The book was spicy. But in a surprisingly depraved and dark way. I picked up the book expecting a dark romance and a dark romance I got. It was almost like a buffet of every kind of 'not good for you' relationship there is mashed into one book. Each one of the 'brothers' (not actually brothers) filled one of those stereotypical roles had had a very different relationship dynamic with the mc.

I will probably never reread this book, but I can't say I didn't enjoy reading it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Body horror, Car accident, Abandonment, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Stalking, Torture, Violence, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

I'm not even going to try to go into depth on each one of those but I need you to know that if you want to read this book that it is DARK. The MC is kidnapped and held against her will. She experiences what I would call stockholm syndrome and falls in love with her captors after they abuse/sexually assault her. There are graphic depictions of torture, toxic relationships, violence, and emotional abuse both in and outside of the proverbial bedroom. Take these TW's seriously. This is not your average 'dark romance.'

juhpiter_'s review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Gun violence, Torture, Murder, Blood, Sexual content, and Kidnapping

zozobacon's review against another edition

This is the worst book I've ever read. It reads like a poorly written wattpad fan fiction. I have seriously read better on that app. Not even the smut scenes could save this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Blood, Violence, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, and Child abuse

Moderate: Rape

highlady_of_the_autumncourt's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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? No

2.5

I got this book because of all the gossip on booktok, and I had to experience what everyone was talking about.
Story was kinda interesting, but the writing was meh. I loved Ryder and Kenzo anytime they came up (I gotta fall for a broody leader and a cocky womanizer). Garrett was okay. I didn't feel too connected with him during the story much. Felt like he was just kinda...there amongst everything until the end. Diesel was very hard to like. He felt pretty cringe to me, like a wanna-be Joker/Deadpool type character. I would enjoy the story more if he wasn't in it, in my opinion. 
The ending was killing me cause the main story finished but then there were like 80 pages left to read and it felt like oh my god, when is this going to just end already?! 
Overall okay read. Some of the spice scenes were actually kinda hot, but some (mostly the ones with Diesel) were....interesting...but it wasn't my thing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Violence, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping