Book Review: Tempting Venom By Rina Kent

Tempting Venom By Rina Kent


Tempting Venom by Rina Kent - Book 3 in the Vipers Series

Tropes: Dark MM Romance, Hockey Romance, Rivals to Lovers, Enemies to Lovers, Secret Relationship, Dark College Romance, Morally Grey MMCs, Touch Him and You Die, Vipers Universe, Standalone

Summary:

Tempting Venom is the third book in Rina Kent's Vipers series and her most nail-biting MM release yet. It's a male x male college romance that can technically be read on its own, but for the full weight of this world you'll want Beautiful Venom and Sweet Venom under your belt first.

Preston Armstrong is the most depraved bastard you will ever meet, and he'd be the first to tell you. He takes what he wants, ruins what he doesn't, and lives exactly how he pleases, right up until he crashes into the force of nature that is Marcus Osborn.

Marcus is the captain of the rival hockey team, the perpetual thorn in Preston's side, a migraine in human form and the one person who refuses to play by his rules. He's Preston's brand of heartless and just as deranged. So Preston sets out to crush him, his career, and his infuriatingly gorgeous face, only for Marcus to hit back with equal force and turn the whole thing into a violent, addictive dance neither of them can walk away from.

They were supposed to annihilate each other. Instead they spark a fire that threatens to devour everything in its path. In this battle of two unhinged souls, their bodies become collateral damage, and neither of them expected their stone-cold hearts to get involved. Vicious, obsessive, and unbearably tense, this is Rina Kent writing rivals at their most feral.

 

BOOK REVIEW

I absolutely love MM romance and Rina Kent seriously writes some of the best. I was instantly hooked on this book and Preston completely stole my heart I looove him!

Him and Marcus together were absolute perfection. The push and pull between them had me completely invested, and I loved how Marcus was instantly obsessed with Preston.Their chemistry was off the charts, and I ate up every single moment. This book had me smiling, swooning, and feeling everything the characters were feeling.

I don't know what Rina Kent puts in her books, but they're honestly addictive. I even found myself strangely loving Preston's crazy side, and I really admired how open and honest Marcus was about his feelings. My only complaint is that Sweet Venom kind of spoils a major plot point from Tempting Venom, which took away some of the surprise for me. Other than that, I absolutely loved this book and couldn't put it down.

“No one ever steps between me and chaos. Especially not some Stantonville rat who crawled out of the gutter and decided to grow cheekbones sharp enough to commit crimes with.”

If God of Fury and Hunt the Villain proved Rina Kent can write MM better than almost anyone, Tempting Venom is the receipt. Preston and Marcus are two unhinged, equally matched disasters whose rivalry runs so hot it was only ever going to end one way. Dark, violent, and impossible to put down, this is a must-read for the Vipers girlies and anyone who lives for dark MM hockey romance.