Den of Vipers: A Dark Romance (Deluxe Edition)
New York Times Bestseller and Best of #BookTok: Caught between four dangerous men, one woman indulges her hidden desires, in this deliciously dark reverse-harem romance.
The Vipers run this town and everyone in it. They make deals as sordid as their business--and they have no mercy. They're a mafia family only an idiot would mess with, so of course my estranged, abusive father did just that. Then he sold me off to them to cover his debts.
Now, trapped in their penthouse, they say I'm their toy to play with and discard whenever they see fit. But the Vipers have no idea who they're dealing with. I intend to take advantage of the hunger in their eyes.
As their scarred, blood-stained hands roam my body, I'm getting under their skin, turning their desires into an addiction they won't be able to shake. What's more? I'm indulging my own dark fantasies, ones I've never been able to satisfy. . . until now.
Ryder, Garrett, Kenzo, and Diesel think they're in control. They think that I'm their prey. But this girl? She has fangs too.
This deluxe edition features sprayed edges with stenciled artwork, a signed letter from the author, and five bonus scenes.
Intended for adult readers, bestselling author K.A. Knight's Den of Vipers is a polyamorous, reverse-harem standalone romance with graphic sex scenes, violence, and references to abuse and assault.
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A well-written, fun, thrilling dark RH! But Iâm concerned about the POC representation
This is my first KA Knight book, and I came across it because itâs consistently recommended in one of my facebook groups. Itâs captivating and the authorâs storytelling is powerful. The characters are strong and really well defined. The steamy bits of the book are super hot (and not always for the faint of heart, so be warned and check if there are content warnings or trigger warnings because I didnât double check.) But thereâs one thing that bothered me and itâs that the âbad guysâ of the book were the only persons of colour in the entire story.
They are described only as Asian, so no specific Asian group is isolated, however, you can piece it together as you go through because in one scene, retribution is carried out in the antagonistsâ home country of China. I found it unsettling that almost no one else in the book is described with any other racial identifiers and that there wasnât any identifiably âgoodâ characters that were specifically identified as POCs.
Iâve just torn through this book in the last 3 days because I was really engrossed in the storytelling, and the only other POC representation I recall being specified is a âChinese womanâ who works in the gambling hall. She was only briefly mentioned and this appears to be the only âneutralâ or not-bad character of Asian description mentioned, but even within this setting, I feel this falls to a bit of a stereotype. I should mention I myself am Asian, so maybe this is all a bit of a sensitive spot for me, but I just didnât think these details were necessary to the whole of the story - especially when they are they only racial group mentioned at all - as bringing it up makes this one glaringly bright area wherein I thought the author could have done better and been more mindful of representing people of color.
Finally, there is also mention that members/associates/family of the bad guys are illegals so the heroes, as part part of their retribution plan, have them deported. Combined with the other details given, it makes me concerned that the bad guys are portrayed as illegal Asian immigrants⌠itâs just overall a really uncomfortable representation especially when considering literally NO OTHER CHARACTER in the book is racially identified. And considering this book has some graphic depictions of rough sexual interactions, this representation is the thing that made me uncomfortable. So, despite the fact that I would love to give this book a 5* review, itâs this potentially harmful/painful representation (with no good counter-representation or a good reason for the bad guys to be described as such) that prevents me from doing so.
Aside from this, itâs still a really good story, but I thought I ought to mention it for any others that might find this aspect uncomfortable.
This is my first KA Knight book, and I came across it because itâs consistently recommended in one of my facebook groups. Itâs captivating and the authorâs storytelling is powerful. The characters are strong and really well defined. The steamy bits of the book are super hot (and not always for the faint of heart, so be warned and check if there are content warnings or trigger warnings because I didnât double check.) But thereâs one thing that bothered me and itâs that the âbad guysâ of the book were the only persons of colour in the entire story.
They are described only as Asian, so no specific Asian group is isolated, however, you can piece it together as you go through because in one scene, retribution is carried out in the antagonistsâ home country of China. I found it unsettling that almost no one else in the book is described with any other racial identifiers and that there wasnât any identifiably âgoodâ characters that were specifically identified as POCs.
Iâve just torn through this book in the last 3 days because I was really engrossed in the storytelling, and the only other POC representation I recall being specified is a âChinese womanâ who works in the gambling hall. She was only briefly mentioned and this appears to be the only âneutralâ or not-bad character of Asian description mentioned, but even within this setting, I feel this falls to a bit of a stereotype. I should mention I myself am Asian, so maybe this is all a bit of a sensitive spot for me, but I just didnât think these details were necessary to the whole of the story - especially when they are they only racial group mentioned at all - as bringing it up makes this one glaringly bright area wherein I thought the author could have done better and been more mindful of representing people of color.
Finally, there is also mention that members/associates/family of the bad guys are illegals so the heroes, as part part of their retribution plan, have them deported. Combined with the other details given, it makes me concerned that the bad guys are portrayed as illegal Asian immigrants⌠itâs just overall a really uncomfortable representation especially when considering literally NO OTHER CHARACTER in the book is racially identified. And considering this book has some graphic depictions of rough sexual interactions, this representation is the thing that made me uncomfortable. So, despite the fact that I would love to give this book a 5* review, itâs this potentially harmful/painful representation (with no good counter-representation or a good reason for the bad guys to be described as such) that prevents me from doing so.
Aside from this, itâs still a really good story, but I thought I ought to mention it for any others that might find this aspect uncomfortable.
This was one of the worst books I have ever read.
I feel like the plot couldâve been good enough if the writing didnât suck so much. The adult content was super spicy, but it was just so tacky.
Roxy annoyed me. Her speeches to the Vipers were awful âwho did this to youâ âyou have to open upâ âIâm in pain tooâ.
Then there was Garrett- disfigured and broken hearted, Ryder- the leader and responsible one, Diesel- the psychopath and Kenzo- who maybe is the romantic one? Idk. They probably couldâve done without Kenzoâs character completely and just given his personality to Ryder.
Whatever. Idc.
2âď¸âď¸âs is generous. Iâm rounding up. This was def 1.5 for me.