Beautiful Venom

Wow, just wow! This book is a must-read—HOOKED! Rina Kent’s BEAUTIFUL VENOM consumed me. It’s a dark hockey romance filled with raw emotions and unexpected twists. I was taken on a wild rollercoaster ride of action, suspense, betrayal, and off-the-charts heat. Kane Davenport and Dahlia Thorne’s love story is bittersweet and absolutely captivating.Kane and Dahlia's story is full of surprises and unexpected revelations. Kane is the captain of the Vipers Hockey team at Graystone University and part of a secret society, while Dahlia is a senior on a scholarship determined to find out who put her foster sister into a coma. She's driven by a desire for revenge and is a force to be reckoned with. Despite their different worlds, Kane and Dahlia share a sizzling chemistry that defies tradition. However, after a shocking incident, Dahlia questions Kane's motives, leading them both into a web of secrets and betrayal. As their masks slip, they face numerous challenges that could tear them apart. Will they overcome the pain together? This gripping story is filled with twists and turns—highly recommended! I can't wait for the next book!

Spice: 🌶🌶🌶🌶Tropes: Enemies to lovers | secret society | college romance | revenge | hockeyBeautiful Venom is book 1 in Rina Kent's newest series Vipers. This book follows Dahlia and Kane's story. If you've read Kiss the Villain, you would have caught Kane's cameo and who he is related to. I love Dahlia's character! She is one of my favorite Rina FMCs! She has a backbone - she knows what she wants and isn't afraid to fight for it. While Kane is a walking red flag, he is a lot tamer compared to Rina's other MMC; which I love. He is definitely a product of his environment growing up. I love his friendship with Jude and Preston! I also love how he can be vulnerable with Dahlia.Favorite scenes:▪️The club scene and what happened in the parking lot!▪️Their road trip to Maine - it is the most wholesome and sweetest moment in the whole book.▪️Their first kiss - Kane has an aversion with kissing but got obsessed with kissing Dahlia.▪️Kane saving Dahlia in the basement.

I have yet to read a Rina Kent book I haven’t loved. The formula works for me, okay?I like that Dahlia is tough and loud and easily dominated by Kane. I like that she fights him and that she even plays dirty when she needs to. I loved that she was forced to be honest with herself about what she liked during spicy times as well. That is always so well written and has me shifting in my seat.Kane was an amazing MMC as well. He was overbearing and under developed emotionally. From his childhood and from his desire for control and power. Meow. Again, idc. Something about a man tapping into the primal, nature based side is just unbearably hot to me.I am SO excited for Violet and Jude, and feeling itchy thinking about Preston and Marcus. Itchy I say.

🥀 enemies to lovers🖤 secret society🥀 revenge plan🖤 hockey mmc⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️“Dahlia Thorne has just piqued my interest, and that might be the worst mistake of her life.”“Dahlia Thorne is a mistake that should’ve never happened. I was greedy for the first time in my life, and if there’s something I know about greed, it’s that you always pay. In blood.”Seems I’m part of the small collective that couldn’t put this down!!! Rina Kent knows how to do dark romance better than anyone and this was no exception.Kane Davenport is depraved, controlling, and everything an unhinged mmc should be. His meticulously and precisely laid plans made him an effortless leader, until Dahlia ruined everything [for the better].Dahlia Thorne, what an icon!! She knew what she wanted and she wouldn’t stop at anything the avenger her sister, but can she keep ruining Kane’s plans after falling for him?What a messy, hot, and mysterious story this ended up being! Not that I expected much less, but I am dying to know what really happened to Violet. This book setup the next stories perfectly and I’m itching to get my hands on them. 2 epilogues is my favorite and then the glimpse of Kayden & Gareth, thank you RK🧎‍♀️

Even though its set in the same world as Rina's other books, it feels new. The short cameo from Hayden and Gareth was perfect.The actual story was amazing, as always. Enough mystery and intrigue to keep you guessing until the end. Kane is as psychotic and screwed up as you'd expect one of Rina's "heroes" to be, but also layered with depth and pain that still makes you root for him.My one ding... Dahlia. For the most part, she is strong, fierce, and a force to be reckoned with. But... She's also pretty self fun loved and oblivious to her own hypocrisy. (Mild spoiler ..... ). She spens the entire bok lying and on her own mission, but then when she learns she's also been lied to, she completely forgets her own sins and demands apologies and "Never lie to me again" type promises. It definitely dampened the end for me.But - please, please judge for yourself and read this book! You do not need to read anything else prior to this (Kiss the Villain does provide an excellent prologue however into the world this trilogy takes place in).