Viper's Dream

This story has really good bones, unfortunately I felt that I never got enough of Viper's inner life to get invested in him as a character or on his love for Harlem after he initially fell in love with it to get invested in the setting. I saw the things he did but it all felt clinical and it only rarely felt engaging even though a lot of tragic events happed to him. I assume the intent was to convey Viper's own sense of disconnect from his own actions but the result wasn't convincing for me.

I ended up being more invested in Yolanda whom I found to be a tragic but sweet character and Pork Chop who seemed to have a richer inner life but sadly we don't get their side of the story.

I received a review copy of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.