Reviews tagging 'Death'

Twisted Kingdom by Rina Kent

10 reviews

marygg3's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Now, this one I really liked.

Elsa is still annoying sometimes, and the amount of delulu it takes to read her POV is astounding, but I still liked it.

The writing is not the best and the grammatical erros are sometimes distracting, but I still liked it.

The romance was truly romancing, the smut was smutting and the plot was plotting, so I'm good.

Plus the father-daugher interactions always make me fold and I loved seeing Elsa enjoy her father. I wish we'd seen more of that with her uncle too, though.

I am also very hooked on whatever the hell is going on with Xander and Kim, so I'm gonna rush through the next one. I do think these kinds of books are better as standalones per couple (which is probably why I had a harder time with this one playing across a whole trilogy), so I'm eager to see the stories of our other characters unfold.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Kidnapping

skunx666's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Aiden and Elsa's story had me loudly screaming/gasping, tears were shed, and I got butterflies gushing about them. 

So far, their story is my holy grail. But things can change since this is only number 2 in the Rinaverse.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

chi__'s review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Pregnancy

rinabinawu's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, and Murder

booklloveer101's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Blood, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

rachelmginger's review against another edition

dark sad tense

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

jen1804's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

This book was okay. Similarly to the book prior, Steel Princess, I enjoyed the plot and the mysterious elements of the narrative. The constant back and forth over these three books between Elsa deciding she likes Aiden and then deciding she doesn’t again is just too much. The smut in this is down right inappropriate at times and really not for me, sorry. I also just don’t find myself in love with Elsa and Aiden as a couple, so the romance elements of it just don’t hit where they should. There were for sure some romantic moments which I loved, like the back story behind the arrow tattoos for example, but just overall not enough. I did like the gradual reveal of Elsa’s memories and just how much her past trauma is interwoven with Aiden’s though.
I’m not sure whether I’ll read the remainder of the Royal Elite series or not, I know the rest of the books all now centre around different characters/couples which could be interesting, so we’ll see.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Sexual assault, and Murder

rabbitsdolly's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, and Grief

culzean's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

andeng's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail