Den of Vipers

By: K.A. Knight

Narrated by: Cornell Collins, Hollie Jackson

Length: 19 hrs and 19 mins

Publisher's Summary

They run this town and everyone in it.

Ryder, Garrett, Kenzo, and Diesel - The Vipers. Their deals are as sordid as their business, and their reputation is enough to bring a grown man to his knees, forcing him to beg for mercy. They are not people you mess with, yet my dad did. The old man ran up a debt with them and then sold me to cover his losses.

Yes, sold me.

They own me now. I’m theirs in every sense of the word. But I’ve never been meek and compliant. These men, they look at me with longing. Their scarred, blood-stained hands holding me tight. They want everything I am, everything I have to give, and won’t stop until they get just that. They can own my body, but they will never have my heart.

The Vipers? I’m going to make them regret the day they took me.

This girl? She bites, too.

This is a reverse-harem romance. It contains scenes and references to abuse, assault, violence, and sex.

©2021 K.A. Knight (P)2021 Podium Audio

Shrek

The book probably would have been better if Shrek wasnt the narrator. He sounded like a dirty old man and it made me so uncomfortable. The female narrator rocked. I wish I would read this instead of listened. The Male narrator ruined this book.

Creepy Narration-Monotonous "spicy" scenes-no plot

I don't even know where to start. This was recommended as "spicy" on Tiktok. Ya'll. I could not even finish this book. I even gave myself a break and tried two more times. This book is essentially just LOTS of triggering sexual situations (sometimes sadistic IMO) over and over to the point of monotony. I like spice, but I like it mixed in with a killer story with an actual plot. Halfway through the book, which is as far as I could force myself to get, it is essentially 95% ridiculous sex scenes, and 5% pointless "story." I really want to just help all these characters get scheduled for some intense therapy. I know some love this, but it just isn't my jam.
I will throw in that most people that recommended this book read physical copies, so maybe it is because of the creepy old man and his terrible narration (especially Diesel's voice). Weird, just weird.

Dark and dangerously good

This book is dark and dangerously good. I love that Roxy is just as badass as the Viper brothers. She's not a damsel in distress waiting to be rescued, She goes in punching and she punches hard. The Viper brothers are all possessive male who protects what's theirs and Roxy belongs to them in every sense of the word. Being trap in their world, Roxy gets to know each brother and their demons just as they get to know hers. Through it all, she thought she could escape their grasp but instead, they fall for each other deeper.

I love the multiple POV's. Getting to all their perspective allows you to understand their actions and emotions. I love Hollie Jackson's narrating. She's awesome! I've listened to her other audiobooks and she never fails. Cornell Collins does a great job, but I don't think he's a good fit for this book. I know several male narrators that would have been a better fit.

Darkness: 5/5
Steam/Heat: 5/5
HEA: Yes
Cheating: No

Wrong Voices

I read some reviews and see I’m the only one who have a problem with the voices lol. I wasn’t expecting the strong accents and they both sound like they are in their mid forties. I’m just happy I read the book before the audio because I would have never gave this story a chance.

Best ever

I’ve been obsessed with the book so long that finally having this in audio is such a freaking amazing win! Absolutely well done. Next step? Crawl into the book. I’m working on it.

Even better on audio

Her father sold her to pay a debt. They expected to collect her, use her up, and either toss her or kill her. She turned out to be more than they expected, more than they ever dreamed of. They were monsters. She was their equal.

Violence is not for me. V is for viper. Viper = violence. I love a good guy. There are no heroes to be found. I like rough sex but not assaults. Assaulting one another is foreplay to this group. So, obviously, this book is not for me. Except, it was. I gasped, I giggled, and I couldn't put it down. The characters possessed me. There was no redemption, instead, there was acceptance. They lived life on their own terms. They were willing to burn everything down for one another. There was a destructive beauty to each one of these characters. and together they were catastrophic. Diesel was certifiable, the other men were on the edge as well but hid their lunacy better. Roxy met each one with her own matching brand of crazy. No one compromised. There was loyalty, love, and sheer madness. It was dark, it was shocking, it was entertaining.

This was my second time with this book. The first time I read it; this time I listened. I enjoyed it, even more, this time. The audio brought the story to life in a way I didn't experience the first time. Can we talk about those thick accents? BRILLIANT. Hollie Jackson as Roxy and Cornell Collins as the men were superb. Their voices thrilled, captivated, and seduced me.

Worst

These were the worst unsexiest voices ever. I read the book and loved it but can not listen to lease voices. So sad I wasted a credit on it.

Not worth the credit or time.

I struggled to finish. I would not recommend it unless you like listening to porn for the entire book. Writer could have actually enhanced the story and sprinkle in the sex.

Hot 🔥

absolutely amazing, crazy dirty with a good story to go with it, I just couldn't stop listening to it!

Amazing

One of my favorite reads of 2020 and the audiobook is just as good 🖤 I can’t wait to read more from this world

the narrators are horrendous

I'm English so listening to these voice actors is particularly painful for me, I cannot deal with the terrible voice actors so I can't even finish it, they sound like cockneys in their early 60s and that's being nice, I feel like the voice actors watched Oliver twist for reference of an English accent and were like "yeah, I could do that" no one speaks like this in the UK unless you're a born and bred cockney and even then to sound remotely like this you would have had to have been alive during WW1. why couldn't you hire actual British voice actors to narrate this if this is where its set because the narrators are clearly not British and seem to know nothing about the accents or dialects. they've done these accents in the most insultingly stereotypical way they possibly could, and now it's forever ruined this book for me and it's a shame because this book could have been really really good. my suggestion is audible or whoever it produces these audiobooks need to re record this book and do it justice because with better voice actors this book could be so good.

Dreadful narration!

I would love to let you know about the story but I cannot as I got to chapter 10 and stopped listening. I am unsure where the characters are supposed to be from, America, Australia, England, but the accents were diabolical. I honestly thought it was a joke. It ruined the whole story, I could not listen to the story because I spent the whole time listening to the mis-pronunciation of every other word.
Had such high hopes, but sadly did not deliver.
Do not waste your money!

Poor voice acting

Unfortunately, the voice acting really let's this book down. Its a shame as the book is a great stand alone story. I cannot work out what the accents are supposed to be, it jumps from a Cockney British accent to Australian to American. It almost sounds like the actors have tried to do a 'chavvy' British accent but not quite managed it. I thought the book was set in America due to the dive bar and the way the book was written (not that it ever states where the book is set) so the accents really throw it off. However I guess this is down to interpretation of the story.

Awful accents

Please re-record this with actual British people, these are the worst accents I’ve ever heard. Impossible to listen to.

Please re-record

I’m British so this is awful to listen to. I had to give up. I’ve read the book so thought it would be a good idea to listen as well but they just sound like creepy old cockney men. I don’t get an image of a sexy guy, I get an image of Bob Hoskins or Fagin from Oliver! No offence but the voice acting needs to be done by an English person/people. I’m not entirely sure whether they’re from the US, Australia or England...it’s a shame because the storyline is good and funny.

Brilliant book, truly awful audio

I’m british and this audiobook is a travesty. We don’t sound like this EVER! I’ve met people from all over the country and have never, not ever met anyone whose accent sounds like anyone in this book!!

The performances are terrible, somehow the actors have managed to ruin a fantastic book. Most the time it doesn’t sound like they even glanced at the text before they read it having zero clue about who the characters were or how they interacted.

Also everyone sounds middle aged! Weird!

I’m so upset that such a good book has been destroyed by a terrible selection of narrator

Better reading it then listening to the audiobook

I can’t listen to this, I’m literally imagining the guys to be in their 60s and roxy to be in her late 30s with the voices. The dialect reminds me of watching Eastenders. I’m so disappointed and I’ve heard many much good reviews about the book; I’m just going to have to start reading it on my kindle.

Accents weirded me out

Story was good but when I started listening on audible the accents just threw me. Set in New York but accents were cockney, Scottish and Australian 🤷🏼‍♀️. Made it hard to listen so I had to speed it up and power through.

Accents are terrible. Very difficult to listen to

Accents are terrible. Very difficult to listen to. I tried to push through but it grated on me too much

Omg love this book

The two people who read this book did a really great job I absolutely loved it