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King of Greed by Ana Huang

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beckyyreadss's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted sad medium-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

3.0

I read this because I enjoyed the Twisted series and liked the introduction of Davenports in King of Wrath. I was intrigued with how Ana was going to do this story with a broken love and a divorce, but besides the couple already being together at the start of the book, nothing was different. It was all copy and paste again.

This book has two points of view. The first is Dominic Davenport and he is powerful, brilliant and ambitious. He has clawed his way up from nothing to become the King of Wall Street. He has everything – a beautiful home, a beautiful wife, and more money than he could spend in a lifetime. But no matter how much he accumulates, he’s never satisfied. In his endless quest for more, he drives away the only person who saw him as enough. It isn’t until she's gone that he realizes there may be more to life than riches and glory, but by then, it may be too late. The second point of view is Alessandra Davenport, and she is kind, intelligent, thoughtful and has played the role of a trophy wife for years. She has stood by her husband while he has built an empire, but now that they’ve reached the top, she realises he’s no longer than man she fell in love with. When it becomes clear that she will always come second to his work, she finally takes charge of her life and puts herself first – even if it means leaving the only man she’s ever loved. But what she didn’t count on was his refusal to let her go or for him to fight for their marriage, no matter what it takes.

I enjoyed the characters in the book, and I love that they introduce the next book with Sloane and Xavier, and you can see the tension building between themselves. I liked the friendship groups that are forming with the ladies and the men like with the twisted series. I loved the ladies supporting each other and you can see the fact that they care about each other especially with them trying not to tell the men their secrets, but they end up doing it and then the men finding out. I liked that went Dante went AWOL again, Isabella, Sloane and Vivian turned to the men and was like where the hell is he?

The issues that are arising is that this story felt very generic and bland and predictable. I just wanted something to different to be done and to stop the petty third-act breakup and the miscommunication, it’s not needed. These men run businesses and deal with the mafia, yet they cannot communication with their “love of their lives”. These stories are starting to blend together, and nothing is separating the characters and it’s just getting a bit meh. This story just reminded me of Twisted Love because just like Twisted Love, he gets in major trouble, tries to grovel for his wife, screws up again, but it wasn’t his fault, finds something to get her to forgive him, and the bad guy is gone but not gone. I felt like Roman came into the book too late, and was gone too quickly without an actual ending? Is he dead? Is he safe? Where the hell is he?

The only different with this book is that Christian Harper didn’t fix the main issue in this book, he just updated his security system at the end. I fear how the next book is going but we shall see.

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dlsmk's review against another edition

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4.25

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witcheep's review against another edition

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emotional reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

In the Kings of Sin series so far, this book relies most on the characters and vibes, less on the plot besides the romance. At times it feels like nothing at all is happening, but still the book remains interesting for the internal turmoil the divorce shocks both parties in. If you're not invested in Alessandra' and Dominic's relationship, however, the book won't have much appeal at all.

For the sequels, I wish we'll get a book focusing on Roman, or at least more glimpses at him: his mysterious employment situation and the danger he might be in picqued my interest big time!

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karinreadsalot's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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hanschub's review against another edition

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emotional reflective 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

4.5

some things were a bit predictable but this series…oh my god. i expected more groveling from dom, although i am very glad him and ále got their hea :)

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karlapardo's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful sad tense medium-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

3.75

Ok this is my least favorite of the series. This one just didn't hit as hard as the others. That doesn't mean that I didn't like it but it just didn't click with me. I struggled a bit with the story and especially with Dominic. That man pissed me off so many times. What I did LOVE about the book was Alessandra. She is everything and anything a strong FMC shoukd be. She is a powerful, independent, stubborn, confident, strong, witty, and bad**s woman and business woman that just deserves so much love from the audience. Watching her growth and her being able to learn that she has to put herself first was just *cheff's kiss*. Dominic..... I struggled with him a bit. At the end you can see him being very caring, loving, and thoughful but I needed more from him. Now, flashback Dominic I loved but current Dominic not so much and I think it was because they contradicted each other so much personality wise which made me doubt how the hell he changed so much. Readers can tell that he loves Ale so much but at the same time it is so frustrating because you can see that in the flashbacks but when it moves to current times it's like he forgot (he got used to her being there) that he didn't appreciate it and it was so annoying. The groveling, it didn't hit as hard as maybe Dante's or Kai's BUT that type of groveling doesn't fit Dominic so I get why it was a different type of groveling that the rest. He knows Ale so well and he used that to his advantage which in my opinion was a great addition to the plot and the groveling. His groveling wasn't about doing big gestures or some extravagant declarations because that wasn't what their marriage was lacking in, he just needed to show her that he could put her first above all and that's what he did and that's how he groveled. Their connection was always incredibly strong as well as their love, it was just something of attention (which is completely valid on Ale's side). Throughout the book I was rooting more for Ale than Dominic, but I was glad that they ended in a happy way. The book was just lacking something (i dont know what) that I think would have made it a bit more entertaining because in some points it felt flat or boring. Maybe making the book shorter would have helped move things along more smoothly but that's just my opinion. Overall, I liked the book just not like the others in the series. Would I read it again? Yes

Memorable Quotes

"Where is my wife?"
"We'd been married exactly one week, two days, and twelve hours, and I still couldn't believe she was mine."
"Without her, there was no me."
"But there was beautiful, and there was her."
"I might not have expressed it as often as I should've, but she'd always been the sun keeping my world in orbit."
"You matter," I said. "Always"
"You broke my heart, and you weren't even there to witness it." (BROKE ME)
“You touch a single strand of hair on her head,” I said softly. “And there won’t be a place on earth where I won’t hunt you down and kill you so slowly you’ll be begging for death.”
“I loved you so much I lost myself.”
"I'd spent my life building an empire, but in that moment, I would've happily dismantled the entire fucking thing if it meant making her smile instead of cry."

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lisa07xie's review against another edition

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emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I loved it!! Somehow I love Dominic but some part of me just can't forgive him... But I love his character development and I am so happy because we had quite a few scenes with characters from the other books (Jules&Josh,Vivian&Dante,Kai&Isabella) and I love that they have babies and I need more baby scenes I need to see more of Josephine/Josie♡♡♡ And the dark element with Roman. It was so good I think I fell in love with Roman♡♡♡

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