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Venom: A Dark Academy Reverse Harem
426 pages, Paperback
Published July 19, 2025
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Eve Newton
227 books820 followersEve is a USA Today Bestselling Author with a specialty for steamy romance with strong female leads.
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Eve also writes under the name S.E. Traynor
She lives in the UK, with her husband and five kids, so finding the time to write is short, but definitely sweet. Eve has a number of series, both completed and on the go and hopes to release some new and exciting projects, both paranormal and contemporary in the future, so stay tuned!
Facebook: http://facebook.com/groups/sinfullyde...
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AuthorEve
Eve also writes under the name S.E. Traynor
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July 26, 2025
Like, was this the worst? No. Was it my favorite? also no. Perfectly entertaining, but had some strange inconsistencies and could have benefitted from some length.
August 31, 2025
So… a little disappointed? This book started strong—action, tension, instant chemistry—I was hooked right away. But the deeper I got, the more it started to fall apart for me.
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Overall? I’d give it 3 stars. The beginning had me excited, but the pacing and lack of development really dragged it down. Not terrible, just frustrating because it could have been so much better. Still curious enough to try book two and see if the pacing improves.
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Overall? I’d give it 3 stars. The beginning had me excited, but the pacing and lack of development really dragged it down. Not terrible, just frustrating because it could have been so much better. Still curious enough to try book two and see if the pacing improves.
July 21, 2025
11% in -
From the description, I was expecting a woman that could hold her own; that was intelligent, strong, and mentally capable of holding her own in a room full of powerful men.
Instead, there is a girl who allows two men in her life to order her around (father and Viper), allows the men to call her derogatory nicknames, allows someone to threaten sexual and physical violence against her for not complying and bows down to all of their demands with only a whisper of resistance.
Oh, and of course - "good girl" makes an appearance. It's so predictable, boring and clichéd.
13% in -
With every spoken and unspoken thought from Viper, he reminds us that he doesn't see Ven as a person, just an object.
"You're not just a pretty face with a nice rack, are you wildcat?" Every interaction, he reminds her that she is powerless, a toy and reduces her down to what she is - a girl with daddy issues.
We have also met someone called Blake who sees her the same way. Not as a person, but someone who can further his empire.
DNF 20%
I've never been so disappointed in a FMC so very quickly. SHE CALLS HIM DADDY? JFC. She has zero spine.
Dumb nicknames so far:
Princess, girlie, wildcat
From the description, I was expecting a woman that could hold her own; that was intelligent, strong, and mentally capable of holding her own in a room full of powerful men.
Instead, there is a girl who allows two men in her life to order her around (father and Viper), allows the men to call her derogatory nicknames, allows someone to threaten sexual and physical violence against her for not complying and bows down to all of their demands with only a whisper of resistance.
Oh, and of course - "good girl" makes an appearance. It's so predictable, boring and clichéd.
13% in -
With every spoken and unspoken thought from Viper, he reminds us that he doesn't see Ven as a person, just an object.
"You're not just a pretty face with a nice rack, are you wildcat?" Every interaction, he reminds her that she is powerless, a toy and reduces her down to what she is - a girl with daddy issues.
We have also met someone called Blake who sees her the same way. Not as a person, but someone who can further his empire.
DNF 20%
I've never been so disappointed in a FMC so very quickly. SHE CALLS HIM DADDY? JFC. She has zero spine.
Dumb nicknames so far:
Princess, girlie, wildcat
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July 27, 2025I got to 85% and found myself doing anything other than reading it. Facebook and tiktok were more appealing in doom scrolling.
Viper has a bad attitude problem and anyone who owns a snake knows that you don't feed it daily. Plus a 7 foot snake would be eating rats not a couple of mice.
Why would Viper cover her in bruise cream and then immediately put her in the shower? That's just one thing that makes no sense, there are more.
Why does she allow him to do any of the things he does in the shower to her when she's supposed to be this independent queen of baddass's?
I got bored really quickly with the dick measuring contests and with Viper watching then taking her to shower. Blake hammers on the door rips her leather pants off, she just lets him and oh look she's wet for him already! 😂 No need for foreplay then.
I don't feel invested enough about any of the main characters to care about how this one ends.
There wasn't enough build up of anything.
Throughout it's just a list of what's going on and then right that's done on to the next within the chapter. No fall out on why half the students are in hospital with broken bones.
A couple of kids make a few phone calls and families are suddenly bankrupt, out of business and out in the cold.
Nothing makes sense!
Viper has a bad attitude problem and anyone who owns a snake knows that you don't feed it daily. Plus a 7 foot snake would be eating rats not a couple of mice.
Why would Viper cover her in bruise cream and then immediately put her in the shower? That's just one thing that makes no sense, there are more.
Why does she allow him to do any of the things he does in the shower to her when she's supposed to be this independent queen of baddass's?
I got bored really quickly with the dick measuring contests and with Viper watching then taking her to shower. Blake hammers on the door rips her leather pants off, she just lets him and oh look she's wet for him already! 😂 No need for foreplay then.
I don't feel invested enough about any of the main characters to care about how this one ends.
There wasn't enough build up of anything.
Throughout it's just a list of what's going on and then right that's done on to the next within the chapter. No fall out on why half the students are in hospital with broken bones.
A couple of kids make a few phone calls and families are suddenly bankrupt, out of business and out in the cold.
Nothing makes sense!
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October 30, 2025
Story pulls you in from the beginning with a good flow and enough twists and turns to keep you engaged
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