Sweet Venom: A Dark College Hockey Romance (Vipers Book 2)

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"Okay listen. This book should have been lower for me, but I cannot deny one thing: I was entertained the entire time.I was hooked. I kept reading. I needed to know what was going to happen next. And yes, it was hot.I absolutely adored Jude. I do not care that some people are calling him a typical “bad boy” character or saying he wasn’t anything special. I was gone for him. The things this man said are living rent-free in my head on a loop. He was confident, sharp, unhinged in the best way, and honestly felt like the strongest part of the book for me.Now Violet… whew. I’m going to be honest, I disliked her for about 90 percent of the story. As an FMC, she just did not work for me. I struggled with her choices, her reactions, and her overall presence. I also really didn’t love how Dahlia felt like a completely different character compared to who we met in book one. That disconnect pulled me out more than once.Preston, though? Preston absolutely carried large chunks of this book. And I am already feral over the idea of his book with Marcus. That story is going to ruin my life, and I am not even pretending otherwise.The funny thing is, the more I talk about what didn’t work for me, the more it sounds like I didn’t enjoy this book. But that’s not true. I did enjoy it. It made me feel things. I was invested. I was curious. I was entertained from start to finish.So no, it wasn’t perfect. It wasn’t amazing. But it delivered on tension, obsession, and heat, and sometimes that’s enough.And honestly? Jude alone almost pushed this higher for me."