Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

Deviant King by Rina Kent

53 reviews

ellajingreads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

marygg3'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I'd liked the previous one better. But I think that's because I liked Astrid and Levi better.
In this one, Elsa keeps dragging everything on by denying what we all know. And Aiden us just... a bit too much of a psycho🤷🏻‍♀️
I get the whole dark romance bullshit, but this one was getting close to being too dark for my liking.
I will, however, read the next one because I'm curious about the big mystery and I'd like to see if these characters can indeed get to the romance part of this dark romance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse and Abandonment

karolsalg's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Blood, Stalking, Death of parent, and Classism

yvesctrl's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Sexual assault

carsons1996's review against another edition

How the hell am I supposed to read about how she fell in love with the boy who sexually assaulted her? And the theme of these kids blaming each other for the shit that their parents did years ago before they were even born is too annoying for me. I'm going to try one of the adult stand-alones and see if they're maybe better than these teenage ones, but I don't have high hopes...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Sexual assault, and Violence

kirsten_shergold's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

“𝓘 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓭𝓮𝓼𝓽𝓻𝓸𝔂 𝔂𝓸𝓾.”

This book is my first introduction to dark romances and I don't think I could have picked a better option.

𝒜𝒾𝒹𝑒𝓃 𝓃𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝑜𝓊𝒸𝒽𝑒𝓈 𝓂𝑒. 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝒶𝓈𝓉 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓉𝓌𝑜 𝓎𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓈 𝒶𝑔𝑜 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝓇𝒶𝓅𝓅𝑒𝒹 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒽𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒶𝓇𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹 𝓂𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑜𝒶𝓉. 𝐻𝒾𝓈 𝓉𝑜𝓊𝒸𝒽 𝒾𝓈 𝓈𝓉𝒾𝓁𝓁… 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝒶𝓂𝑒. 𝒞𝒶𝓁𝓁𝑜𝓊𝓈𝑒𝒹. 𝑅𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽. 𝒮𝓂𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔.

Please read the TW before reading this book tho,

“𝐹𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝒾𝓉 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒, 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝒾𝒻 𝐼 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝒸𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓂, 𝓎𝑜𝓊’𝓁𝓁 𝒻𝓊𝒸𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓈𝒸𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓂, 𝐸𝓁𝓈𝒶.”

Aiden King is the main love interest, an Anti-hero. who forces Elsa into a realtionship with him. Taking what he sees as his.

“𝐼𝒻 𝒶𝓃𝓎𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝒹𝒶𝓇𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝓁𝑜𝑜𝓀 𝒶𝓉 𝓎𝑜𝓊, 𝓁𝑒𝓉 𝒶𝓁𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝓉𝑜𝓊𝒸𝒽 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉’𝓈 𝓂𝒾𝓃𝑒, 𝐼’𝓁𝓁 𝒻𝓊𝒸𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓂𝓊𝓇𝒹𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓂. 𝐼𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒸𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓇?”


He is overall unlikable and overbearing over Elsa but that is the point of his charecter, he views her as his and his only, harming anyone that dares to even look at her the wrong way.

“𝒴𝑜𝓊’𝓁𝓁 𝓁𝑒𝓉 𝓂𝑒 𝑜𝓌𝓃 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓎 𝒾𝓃𝒸𝒽 𝑜𝒻 𝓎𝑜𝓊, 𝓌𝑜𝓃’𝓉 𝓎𝑜𝓊, 𝓈𝓌𝑒𝑒𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓉?”

Elsa made the choise on her first day at a super prestigous school to talk to the 'wrong' person, Authough talking to Kim may have caused relentless bullying the pair are best friends who love each other through it all

“𝒜𝓇𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊, 𝐸𝓁𝓈𝒶? 𝐵𝑒𝒸𝒶𝓊𝓈𝑒 𝐼 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓃𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝓈𝓊𝓅𝓅𝑜𝓈𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓂𝓊𝒸𝒽. 𝐻𝑒𝓁𝓁. 𝐼 𝓌𝒶𝓈𝓃’𝓉 𝓈𝓊𝓅𝓅𝑜𝓈𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝓀 𝒶𝒷𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓃 𝐼 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝓀 𝑜𝒻 𝓂𝓎𝓈𝑒𝓁𝒻.”


I have seen a lot of reviews saying people expected the ending but I did not see that coming. maybe I missed something but I think It was a shock .

“𝐼𝒻 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉 𝓂𝓎 𝓉𝓇𝓊𝓈𝓉, 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒸𝒶𝓃’𝓉 𝓊𝓈𝑒 𝓂𝓎 𝒷𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝒻𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓃𝒹’𝓈 𝓌𝑒𝓁𝓁𝒷𝑒𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓃 𝓂𝑒. 𝒯𝒽𝒶𝓉’𝓁𝓁 𝓂𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝓂𝑒 𝓉𝓇𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓁𝑒𝓈𝓈 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝑒.”


TW

• Sexual Content
• Sexual Assult
• Abusive relationship
• Toxic relationship
• Bullying
• Physical Assult
• Child Abuse
• Trauma

“𝓓𝓲𝓼𝓹𝓸𝓼𝓪𝓫𝓵𝓮 𝓲𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝔂 𝓽𝓱𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓷 𝔀𝓱𝓪𝓽’𝓼 𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓮.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

cielosiluminado's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

2.0

aiden’s a little bitch and elsa needs to stand the fuck up

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Fatphobia, Stalking, and Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse, Suicide, and Blood

chi__'s review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Child abuse, Death, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

thatbook_lover's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Death of parent

samflowerv6's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

okay, I admit this whole world is entertaining but like a man would never talk to me like that and walk away unscathed. I thought I liked my book boyfriend's toxic but Aiden King.... Jesus Christ. He is the most manipulative character I have ever seen as a love interest and I had to keep reminding myself to stop judging Elsa for being annoying. I feel a little bad but also what the fuck.

Every time he would threaten her, she would fight against it so hard knowing she couldn't win and let him turn her life and her friend's life into chaos and then give in and have sex once it was too much to deal with? I think she either should have let him ruin every time or give in immediately to whatever he said. She always gave in anyway, why not save yourself the trouble? Also consent is like not a thing in the Rina Kent AU which I know goes along with her (if it's not for you, don't read it)

. Aiden was hot but like... scary. I would move out of the country away from someone who acted like him. Like they're first few interactions are literally nightmare fuel but only slightly hot. Elsa and Aiden are both in psychological shambles with some seriously questionable turn ons but it was entertaining. I really never know what's gunna happen in these books and the whole memory loss plot with Elsa and all of Aiden's weirdness, like I need to know what happened. I feel like Aiden could never find someone who accepts him with his craziness like Elsa does, they both are so messed up it works. They terrify me just a little bit. I just can't see Aiden going white picket fence but apparently all Rina Kent couple get happy endings. I enjoyed this but also not at the same time? All RK's books are like anxiety attacks and butterflies all at once.

I did like how Elsa finally stood up for herself to Silver, I can't believe that bitch gets her own story

 

I can't rate this but I will keep going. Aiden is fascinating in an insane way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Classism

Moderate: Death of parent