Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Twisted Kingdom by Rina Kent

13 reviews

simone01's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Blood, Gore, Sexual content, Murder, Kidnapping, Suicide, and Child death

briochebun's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.5

2.5 out of 5 ☆’s.

“You're the only thing who breaks the endless vicious cycle.”

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Note: I’m not sure if I enjoyed “Twisted Kingdom” more than its predecessor ”Steel Princess” just because I took a break in between those two books (and therefore cannot remember my exact feelings on the beginning of the series) or if I really just found ”Twisted Kingdom” to be more enjoyable?

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While I am glad that Aiden and Elsa have finally received their long-awaited HEA — I ultimately do not think that they needed three books to do so…

Going into the series I was most excited for Aiden & Elsa’s novels — because they were the pairing that I thought that I would enjoy the most — but giving them three books where they just ended up repeating their words and their actions became frustrating and monotonous to read.

I’m also not a fan of far fetched (OTT) plots in contemporary novels — so that is also something that impacted my personal enjoyment of their trilogy — but I know that there are others that enjoy those kinds of things (so it all comes down to personal preference)! :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Violence, Gun violence, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Suicide, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child death, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Fire/Fire injury

booklloveer101'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
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death of parent, Abandonment, Bullying, Child abuse, and Blood

Moderate: Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Child death, Sexual content, Gun violence, Cursing, Death, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury

mbichaela's review against another edition

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

3.0

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i thoroughly enjoyed how the author connected past and present but that’s all. they were too toxic for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Child abuse, and Child death

megcarrick's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, Torture, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Sexual content, Confinement, Violence, Medical trauma, and Physical abuse

andeng's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Sexual content, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, and Panic attacks/disorders

camipuchta's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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, Child abuse, Mental illness, and Kidnapping

Minor: Child death

romanceschmomance's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

RE-READ: Ahhhhh, what a conclusion and quite suspenseful! Rina writes some pretty addicting stuff. Definitely been enjoying my re-read.

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Twisted Kingdom, the final book is here and we have all the answers we've been waiting for. Aiden's still … well, you know, but let's be real, that wasn't going to change ;-) 

Naturally, dark romances aren't for everyone, it really pushes you to read outside of your comfort zone. Yeah, there were definitely a couple things that I could have done without and didn't really seem necessary to mention. But Elsa used it to hurt Aiden knowing she'd regret it. But that's what these two do. They're something wild, but I was still here for them and ready for the ride they were going to take me on. 

Rina is an absolute mastermind with her characters and Aiden is the perfect example of that. She gave us this cruel, menacing hero that is pretty much a sociopath, but even he had some character development throughout their story. And despite everything, you can't help, but love him a little. He's honest, cunning and intense through and through. 

In this one, we get to know all of Elsa and she definitely has a bit of a dark side to her that's perfectly matched to Aiden. I loved the mystery behind their story and just everyone that was involved. It's kind of crazy and yeah, messed up. But wow, what. a. story. 

I'll be honest, I didn't think this needed three books, but much like Aiden and Elsa, I was obsessed. Rina wrote an intriguing story with some very memorable characters. From all the twists and turns, I couldn't put it down. 

There's more to come with this series and I can't wait! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Child death, and Physical abuse

dianasofia8's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Sexual content

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, and Child abuse

sam019's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship