Reviewed by True

 

TITLE: Love Among Reptiles

AUTHOR: K.A. Merikan

PUBLISHER: Acerbi & Villani

LENGTH: 394 pages

RELEASE DATE: March 10, 2023

BLURB:

He’s a monster with sharp teeth, but I’m the snake he won’t see coming.

Miguel. Tormented. Lethal. Dead inside.

There is only one reason Miguel became the bodyguard of a cartel boss’s son. So that one day he can take revenge and put a bullet between his father’s eyes. To do that, he needs to keep his secrets close and play a double game with the outrageous Nero Moreno.

And there has never been a more infuriating demon of a man than Nero. From his filed teeth and green hair to the gaudy gold necklaces and a diamond-studded AK-47, he is narco excess personified and everything Miguel despises.

The fact that Nero hits on Miguel every chance he gets is just another burden, because Miguel decided long ago that there is no room for love in his black heart.

Nero. Slutty. Deadly. Lives to spite the world.

No one refuses Nero Moreno. When he sets his sights on a man, sooner or later, his mark surrenders. With the endless buffet of flesh available to him, he shouldn’t care about rejection, but every time his insanely hot bodyguard gives him the cold shoulder, Nero is more set on seduction.

He can see a spark of interest behind the dead black eyes. What does Miguel hide under his tattooed skin and expressionless face? Why won’t he let Nero touch him? Is his heart really made of stone, or does it hold a soul gentler than Miguel would like to admit?

Nero will not rest until he finds out.

When their goals collide, blood follows bullets, and it turns out nothing is as it seems.

***

“It’s just a kiss. What could it possibly mean?”

Everything. It could mean everything.

***

Gritty, dark, and intense, “Love Among Reptiles” is a dark enemies-to-lovers M/M romance novel set in the world of cartels. Prepare for brutality, heated arguments, slow burn pining, and scorching hot, emotional, explicit scenes.

 

REVIEW:

Nero is the heir of the largest cartel in South America. Miguel is his bodyguard, and Miguel has only one purpose in life… eliminate Nero’s father from the world. Revenge is what Miguel lives for, the rest doesn’t matter because he’s already dead inside. After he fulfilled his task, he finally can finish himself.

“Not having sex was easier than dealing with any fallout it might cause”

That’s Miguel’s life, the opposite of Nero who can’t live a day without getting his ass pounded.
Nero’s life exists about partying and sex.
He’s lethal with his filed teeth, he’s vicious with a baseball bat. Imagine the sound when it hits a skull.

While Miguel is his bodyguard, Nero didn’t expect him to really save his life. That shifted something in Nero.
They are more alike than Miguel could ever have guessed.

They got dangerous men on their heels, and more than once they’d just escaped, but they also got captured, imagine what happens in dark rooms… *shudder*.
Miguel is a man who wants to keep his word, keeping Nero safe, with bullets flying around, both men are getting closer, emotionally, and physically, Miguel is different from all the men Nero had before.

Nero and Miguel are both traumatized by their past, behind the charades you find two guys who are afraid to dream and even dear to want more from life, than the shitshow their currently living, away from Colombia. Who knows maybe dreams come true.

My goodness, what an eventful journey, so many things to experience, there’s danger and blood, vicious men, and between all this violence, there are even some moments to relax and time to watch something grow between Miguel and Nero.
It’s all super thrillingly written, I was on high alert all the time, the turns in this story were unexpected and I love that in a read.
It’s a raw, tough, intense, brutal, violent story, keep the trigger warnings in mind.
A large read 117K full of triggering events, strongly written, endlessly captivating, not one dull second, sexy at times, yes even emotional, but above all, it was a tough, vicious, dark story to digest. I enjoyed it very much!

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