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- Content warnings: Stalking, Murder, Violence, Kidnapping, Captivity, Toxic relationships, Sexual content, Somnophilia, Weapon play (CW), Blood, Abuse, Coercive control
Sweet Venom
by Rina Kent
Book 2 in Vipers
It is pure Rina Kent dark romance bait: hockey star menace, witness-to-murder stakes, stalking obsession, and a heroine dragged into a secret world she cannot outrun.
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storykind_community 3.5/5 2 ratings
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Length454 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice5/5 · Dark / taboo style
PacingFast
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Enemies to lovers
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Instant attraction
- High
- Dark / taboo style
- Feral brain activated
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- Predator x prey
- Possessive / claiming
- Addictive read
- Possessive love interest
- Rough / primal
- Tension finally satisfied
- Obsessive love interest
- Intense / passionate
- Book hangover incoming
- Morally gray love interest (LI)
- Kink-heavy / BDSM focus
- Love/hate tension
- Push and pull
Fantasy promise
- Dark romance
- Sports world / training facility
- Contemporary
- Stalker romance
- Academy / campus
- Sports romance
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- Big city / metropolis
- Captive romance
- Touch her and die
- Forced proximity
- Revenge romance
- College romance
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Fast
- Dark
- Seductive
- Edgy
- Intense
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- Fast-paced
- Dangerous
- Steamy
- Unhinged
- Suspenseful
- Protect at all costs
- Morally complex
- Page turner
- No one is safe
- Series binge material
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Different because
Medium pacing rather than Fast. A longer read (792 vs 454 pages).
Book details
- Length
- 454 pages
- Publisher
- Sourcebooks Bloom Books
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book