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katkinslee's review
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
What is in these damn books? They are like crack! It's crazy how invested in these people I am. That ending!? I love Aiden and I have no idea why because he is so toxic but I found myself wanting Elsa to give into him all the time!! Rina Kent is some kind of magician because I'm so addicted to all of the characters. The passion in the spicy scenes is so intense as well which is great. I will say there are similarities with this story and Levi's but but enough to turn me off continuing.
Content Warnings
Minor: Death of parent
darknesslighttt's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
5.0
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๐| Deviant King - Rina Kent
5 โญ
๐ง๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐: enemies to lovers, bully romance, dark, forced proximity, high school romance
๐ง๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐: cliffhanger, death of a parent
Now it's time for the famous Aiden King.
Aiden is dark, soulless, very manipulative, has no compassion or remorse and is infatuated with our sweet and innocent Elsa. Aiden wants her, to manipulate her to attract her to him, but all Elsa can do is to be drawn to him. And I don't judge her, because I was too.
I think that there's a story between Aiden and Elsa that only Aiden knows about it, and I hope we learn more in the next books.
They are like like cats and mouse. They fight, Aiden tries to keep her close to him, Elsa tries to distance herself and fight back, but somehow they always end up together.
Rina wrote very beautifully the contrast between the two: Aiden is the perfect alpha bully who does anything to get what he wants, he is possessive and has a darker, sadistic side, compared to Elsa who is strong, sweet, but who knows to fight back.
Deviant King is not for everyone. Aiden does some very horrible things to Elsa, but if that's not your cup of tea, then might not be the book for you. But if you have read dark books, especially with the bully trope, and you can handle it then go for it.
I really liked this book, but that cliffhanger kills you. I need to find out what happens next!
๐| Deviant King - Rina Kent
5 โญ
๐ง๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐: enemies to lovers, bully romance, dark, forced proximity, high school romance
๐ง๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐: cliffhanger, death of a parent
Now it's time for the famous Aiden King.
Aiden is dark, soulless, very manipulative, has no compassion or remorse and is infatuated with our sweet and innocent Elsa. Aiden wants her, to manipulate her to attract her to him, but all Elsa can do is to be drawn to him. And I don't judge her, because I was too.
I think that there's a story between Aiden and Elsa that only Aiden knows about it, and I hope we learn more in the next books.
They are like like cats and mouse. They fight, Aiden tries to keep her close to him, Elsa tries to distance herself and fight back, but somehow they always end up together.
Rina wrote very beautifully the contrast between the two: Aiden is the perfect alpha bully who does anything to get what he wants, he is possessive and has a darker, sadistic side, compared to Elsa who is strong, sweet, but who knows to fight back.
Deviant King is not for everyone. Aiden does some very horrible things to Elsa, but if that's not your cup of tea, then might not be the book for you. But if you have read dark books, especially with the bully trope, and you can handle it then go for it.
I really liked this book, but that cliffhanger kills you. I need to find out what happens next!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying and Death of parent
shaykay's review
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
4.0
I picked this one up because it's the next book in the flipping universe. I swear Kent is about to become a new favorite author, and if I was doing those how I used to, she would be one. Anyway, I was nervous going into this one because this is the first book by Kent that needed to be a standalone. The story between Elsa and Aiden spans over three books, and they go through a lot. In this first book, we barely scratch the surface. We got to see how they met when she first went to Royal Elite, who, when he shunned her, the rest of the students bullied her relentlessly to even the present day. The present-day does take place the year after Levi and Astrid. So they've graduated already; we sometimes see them in this book. However, when I finished this book, it wasn't my favorite. I really wanted more from this world and hated the slow pace. Still, after completing this trilogy, I understand why the series started this way. I appreciated it, even though I wanted the story to speed up slightly.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying
Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual content
Minor: Fatphobia and Death of parent
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
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so um
yeah this book was a LOT. not great to say the least like.. just no..
yeah iโm confused.. this book is just not great like plot wise and overall??
so um
yeah this book was a LOT. not great to say the least like.. just no..
yeah iโm confused.. this book is just not great like plot wise and overall??
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment
bookishwule's review against another edition
Let's just say that calling a criminal and an abuser the villain is fitting but doesn't do justice to what he actually is!
I felt uncomfortable reading everything the MMC did, and it was even more uncomfortable knowing he was just 18.
Dark romance my ass!
I felt uncomfortable reading everything the MMC did, and it was even more uncomfortable knowing he was just 18.
Dark romance my ass!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Child abuse and Death of parent
readwthsam's review against another edition
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, and Alcohol
sameeha_r05's review against another edition
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, and Death of parent
savmil04's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
fast-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? Yes
3.75
3.75 stars
The reason it's not 4 stars is because Aiden is way to possessive and doesn't understand consent especially in the beginning of the book, nevertheless I really enjoyed it.
The reason it's not 4 stars is because Aiden is way to possessive and doesn't understand consent especially in the beginning of the book, nevertheless I really enjoyed it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Bullying, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury
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 โโs.
โThose 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.โ
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Aidenโs character piqued my interest while reading โCruel Kingโ โ so I was ecstatic when I found out that the next book in the series was his!
Aidenโs character piqued my interest while reading โCruel Kingโ โ so I was ecstatic when I found out that the next book in the series was his!
While I did enjoy โDeviant Kingโ overall (Note: I was aware of it being a dark bully romance novel โ so none of its content took me by surprise) I will say that I wasnโt a big fan of the ending twistโฆ
I did see it coming (so it wasnโt something out of left field) but it was too similar to Levi + Astridโs 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 โ or are the Kings just cursed?)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Stalking
Minor: Classism
survivingonkoffee's review against another edition
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
0.5
I'm pretty sure I lost braincells while trying to finish this book. I almost wanted to dnf it but didn't because i needed to know i was right in absolutely hating this book. What a time waste! Pls do not read this book..if all you want to read is smut because surprisingly the author was atleast half decent in writing that there are a lot of other books with better smut. I cannot absolutely fathom how many times i have to say this but there's a difference between dark romance and absolute sexual assault. Like please atleast know what you're writing before deciding to write something. This felt like a shitty Wattpad book from a teenager who absolutely had no idea how the real world functions or how people and romance works. Idk how people in here think the ML was anything but a creep? I have seen readers say he's hot and possessive and shit, to me he looked like an absolute insecure baby. He acted like a toddler towards the FL "claiming her" everytime she so much as breathes in someone else's direction. All he ever says to the FL ranges from "yOu'Re mINe gahhhhhhh" to "I'm the one in power here obey me bla bla bla". Istg it's like the author decided before writing the book that this was the only range of ML's dialogues with a few keywords and decided to make whatever he says from those 5 keywords. There is literally zero plot in this book, there is only the push and pull btw our two main characters with FL ranging from hating him and not giving into him and his tactics to giving into her "dark side" which is apparently having passionate sex and getting dominated. Our ML so called tactics include forcing the FL to have sex with him, forcing her to strip, biting her surgery scars, and going all werewolf caveman on anyone who so much as dares to have a normal conversation with her - if you're looking to read the novel I just described the entire plot to you. That's it this is the whole plot of the book. Don't bother reading it anymore! The one thing that takes this absolute bare minimum of a story forward is the FL's dark traumatised past of her dead parents (it's always dead parents somehow) which is absolutely not at all explored or talked about either. I think towards the end of the novel the author maybe realised oh- that's what the story was about and adds a few "hints" about her past but maybe she hasn't fully decided or developed her traumatic past so she decides to explore that in the next book. And without even reading the next book I can very well tell you it will somehow include the ML being involved in her dark past and there will be some miscommunication about why he is with her now with her believing it's because of something that happened with her parents death! Also on a side note if you want to learn how people are gaslight and manipluted this book does a good job at explaining that whenever and i mean whenever the ML talks to FL. Just read any conversation between them and you'll realise- oh this is how people get manipluted. The only thing good about this book that i found was that atleast the author acknowledged that ML was a literal sociopath. If you want a possesive alpha male with a good girl trope trust me there are better books out there go read them instead!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment