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Red Thorns by Rina Kent

10 reviews

cinderellaeyes's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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gracelyn's review against another edition

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3.0

⋆ ⁎ ★° ⁀ ➷ 3 steamy

“I don't want to witness the moment when the perfect star actually shows to the world that he's not so perfect after all.”

I don’t know how to feel about this book. Some parts, I loved, some felt unnecessary and dragged out. Did I like this book? Not sure. Did I like the characters? Yes. I enjoyed Sebastian Weaver over Naomi “Nao” Chester. I felt that Naomi probably has more depth to her, but I felt like I didn’t get to know her and I didn’t know who she was really. I felt that we explored more about Sebastian characters. However, there are many things that wasn’t explained about Sebastian. I am hoping however that I see more of their emotional connection in the second book, rather than their physical.

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Non-con/dub-con, rape fantasy

Tropes:

Toxic relationship
”The Bet”
Bad boy x Anti-social girl

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mrsgames2u's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

Whoa. If consensual rape fantasy is a trigger for you, do. not. read. this.

It’s an interesting dynamic to read about. Sebastian is like many of Kent’s antisocial MMCs but he met his match in Naomi Chester. Her traumatic past has led her to only accept rough sexual encounters with Sebastian which fits his dominant violent personality. Unfortunately, Naomi discovers Sebastian’s secret that ruins it all and men from her mothers past have finally caught up with her.

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molslibrary's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

wow, it's hard to find characters who make me personally feel seen but that's how it felt with naomi. i loved her so much and i loved how, even when she developed feelings for Sebastian, she never lost her bad bitch vibes and she always defended herself which is something some girls in books tend to lose when they fall in love. this book simply made me hate reina even more than i thought i could but the ending has me super excited for the second book and i can't wait to get started right away!!

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krystalframe's review against another edition

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2.0

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anaya_reads's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

Honestly was a fever dream but definitely read trigger warnings. There were some good plot twists but if you pay attention you can see them coming. Hella smut tho.

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ladylaurenexplorer's review

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challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

So uncomfortably good!

That’s all I have to say!

Wait never mind, read the trigger warnings because this is a doozy!

And it also leaves on a cliffhanger! 😭

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kat1105's review against another edition

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Dnf at 71%. I wanted to like this book and the characters but there were just too many problems I couldn't get past.

The main characters in this book are supposed to be in their fourth year of college but the characters and setting feel more like a highschool. The interactions between the cheerleaders is reminicent "Mean Girls" and not in a good way.
The best trope in this book doesnt make any sense and is very poorly executed.
What was the point of the penpal subplot. The penpal comes up twice and the letters add little to the story overall. The letter responding to Naomi's confession about having CNC fantasies was hard to read and perpetuates alot of negative stereotypes about people who engage in CNC. (They are crazy, messed up, wrong, need therapy...) None of which are true.
On the topic of CNC... it is very poorly and unrealistically executed in this book. In BDSM consensual non-consent is considered edge play for a reason. If not done carefully it can cause serious physical and psychological harm to both parties. CNC is not something you jump into with a partner becuase you "just know" they will be into it. Forcing yourself on someone saying no without prior discussion, negotiation and agreement is rape. The first time Naomi and Sebastian have sex it is not CNC it is rape. He breaks into her home, shuts off the lights and forces himself on her while she is bleeding and begging him to stop. He gives her a safeword and claims he will stop it she uses it but there was no negotiation of that safeword and he refuses to allow her to set any boundaries or limits for the encounter. This was not CNC this was rape that he gaslights her into believing was consensual. Later on in the book it is made clear that using her safeword would harm their relationship. Safewords are sacred and using a safeword should never have negative repercussions on the relationship as a whole. I knew going into this that there were dark themes to this book and not all aspects of healthy BDSM would be followed but this book takes it too far. This book doesnt tow 00⁰000 the line between CNC and rape it blows right past it and then tries to gaslight you into thinking it didn't and it perpetuates alot of harmful stereotypes about people with a CNC kink in the process.

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lucyseuphoria's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

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nat29's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense

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

3.75

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