Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Deviant King by Rina Kent

12 reviews

sashasauroras's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

1.0

<spoilers> 
so um 
yeah this book was a LOT. not great to say the least like.. just no.. 
yeah i’m confused.. this book is just not great like plot wise and overall?? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, Bullying, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Rape, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Stalking, and Emotional abuse

fairyinpages's review

dark emotional mysterious 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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Death of parent and Alcohol

Minor: Body shaming and Fire/Fire injury

ryann2011's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.0

”You’re going to love this, eventually” 😐
Well if that doesn’t just about Sum up the whole problem I had with this book.  I don’t mind a dark bully romance…I’ve read and loved MANY… but this was just a bit too much noncon for me. It was basically 250 pages of SA followed up by 60 pages of intrigue and entertainment. 

I’m not here to yuck on anyone’s yum so if you loved this I love that for you! Unfortunately this wasn’t for me. Other reviews have said “This is good of you can turn your feminist brain off” and that’s most likely true. I just couldn’t. 

I love Rina Kent tho and I’ll continue to read her work!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, and Emotional abuse

briochebun's review

dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.5

3.5 out of 5 ☆’s.

”Those who don't play think that the king is the most important piece because the game is over when he dies. They don't know that the king is useless without his queen.”

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Aiden’s character piqued my interest while reading ”Cruel King” — so I was ecstatic when I found out that the next book in the series was his! 

While I did enjoy ”Deviant King” overall (Note: I was aware of it being a dark bully romance novel — so none of its content took me by surprise) I will say that I wasn’t a big fan of the ending twist…

I did see it coming (so it wasn’t something out of left field) but it was too similar to Levi + Astrid’s situation with their parents (in my opinion) which bothered me. 

(Are all of the characters going to be connected to their love interests in similar ways — or are the Kings just cursed?)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Grief, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Violence, Fatphobia, Rape, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Chronic illness, Sexual content, Bullying, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Body shaming, Medical content, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Classism

alullaby's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Rape, Toxic relationship, Classism, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Death of parent, Bullying, and Sexual assault

camipuchta's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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: Sexual content, Bullying, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Child abuse

sam019's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Bullying, Torture, Suicide, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship

romancejunkie's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

I understand this is a bully romance, but Aiden is an abusive asshole. He worships Elsa, but he’s manipulative, controlling, aggressive, and abusive. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

smartcookiesca's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Bullying, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

ashcarpelibrum's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.0

I didn't think I would ever read a romance book that was this aggressive with sex.  I ended up being intrigued by the main characters childhood mystery.  Which you don't get many answers in the first book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship