Den of Vipers

This book has no plot.
or, I guess, I wish that the plot that is kinda, sorta here was actually worth reading about. I didn't care about the triad and I don't feel as though the main characters did either.

I care more about character than plot in any book and I wish there was a character that made reading this entire thing worth it but there wasn't. The characters weren't good, and I don't mean they weren't nice people. I mean I thought they were just awful to read from the perspective of. There isn't enough sad backstories in the world to make me care about any of them. I didn't care what happened to them, any of them could've dropped dead and I wouldn't have batted an eye.

I feel like this is meant to be a stepping stone for older YA readers to get into adult dark romance. But it's not a good introduction, in my opinion. The dialog felt a immature, too many bad one-liners and too rushed whilst also being too long. This is a long ass book, 70 chapters, the characters didn't have to be banging by chapter 17. The insta-love is so, so jarring. It went from ‘I could kill her and I wouldn't care' to ‘I hope our enemies never learn about her ‘cause it'll destroy us if anything happens to her' in a week. Like I said, this is a long book no need to rush it, jesus. If I have to read the word Vipers ever again, it'll be too soon.

The best part of the book was the sex scenes and after awhile even that wasn't enough to keep me interested...