Review: Ven by K. Webster & Ker Dukey

A Bibliophile Confesses
Jul 6, 2018
2 min read

Ven is the second book in The V Games series, and centers around Veniamin Vetrov and Diana Volkov.

It took me longer than expected to get through this book, not because it wasn't engaging and well-written, but because the hero does some, ahem, questionable things. A warning beforehand- this book is not for everyone. Heck, if you like dark romance, this book still might not be for you.

That being said, I HATED VEN. He was a douche and in some cases I JUST WANTED HIM TO DIE. And then I wanted Diana to bathe in his blood. Too much? Well, read the book and then talk to me.

Both the authors stepped up the depravity in this one. While we glimpsed what the characters were capable of in the first one, Vlad was decidedly vanilla compared to this one. I hated Vlad too, seeing him through Diana's eyes. Basically most of the male characters pissed me off.

What kept me reading was Diana. I was always rooting for that girl. I was rooting for her to kill those motherfuckers. I was rooting for her to come back with a vengeance. She did so much to protect her little sister, only to have her snatched up by Vlad. She did so much for love only to have it taken away cruelly. She was a victim for alot of the book, which is something the male protagonists don't fucking understand, or care about. But it was when Diana became the aggressor that she really shone. She was strong as any man, and she didn't need Ven.

We actually get to see what happens in the V Games in this one. But as much as the killing and raping is hard to read, it was harder to read about the people sitting outside the V Games. The people who so casually name a price on someone's head, and have then murdered while they watch and clutch their fat wallets. K. Webster and Ker Dukey really are the best in the business of portraying characters which make you question your sanity. They make you uncomfortable, but you keep on reading because you JUST. CAN'T. STOP.

I am so scared to read the next one.

4 stars for this one.