Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Cruel King by Rina Kent

31 reviews

shaykay's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

4.5

Astrid! I've meant to go back and read the parents' books, and I've finally started that journey since I'm between books and waiting on the newest Legacy of Gods series. But Astrid and Leon are probably one of the couples I'm the most excited to read about. They are also the ones that we've seen the most out of the first 5 books in that other series. Plus, I really love their kid's books! They are Landon, Brandon, and Glyndon's parents, and it was so much fun seeing how these two met. I kept seeing a lot of similarities to their books, and it was a lot of fun seeing where this universe started. I missed the college setting. In this world, the Royal Elite school is just a high school; we saw them all focus on what they want to do next. We barely saw Astrid's artistic side emerge, and she became a world-famous artist. But we saw the beginning of her and Levi's sports careers. We even got to see their families, and it's just a wild ride in this whole thing. I loved it and can't wait to work on more of the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Car accident, and Alcohol

Minor: Death of parent

diamondsequallove25's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional lighthearted reflective relaxing 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

5.0

I love the romeo and Juliet plot that doesn't end up with death.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Sexual content, and Death of parent

ellielot's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.5

 I liked it at first I was not that big of a fan of Levi but he grew on me

 I can’t even count how much the words “king and Viking hair” were repeated especially the the Viking hair it was so unnecessary what even was that

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

blissfullibrary'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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Violence, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual assault, and Murder

ali_k0's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Death of parent

Moderate: Drug use, Mental illness, and Alcohol

Minor: Rape

britbrit29's review against another edition

emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

booklloveer101's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Alcoholism

wulethephoenix's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Toxic relationship, Car accident, and Death of parent

readwthsam's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, and Death of parent

emilycruz1016's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail