Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Deviant King by Rina Kent

9 reviews

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

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

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

briochebun's review against another edition

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: 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

alullaby's review against another edition

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

samster_reads's review against another edition

dark tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

blueberryelf's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

1.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

wesley333's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

ehe- what? i got to the 3rd chapter and i cant read anymore. 

“For the last time, it’s King.” His face is completely blank except for the
slight smirk. “You said you’ll report me for sexual harassment.”
“W-what… ?”
“It’s your lucky day. I’m making the report come true.”
bitch what the fúcḱ. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Rape and Sexual harassment

avianundertaker's review against another edition

1.0

A dramatic conversation is overheard in the last chapter which contains a major twist that didn't shock me because the foreshadowing was so obvious, but also contains a minor line that sent me to another astral plane. Adien King and Silver Queens have cannoncially fucked in the past and Silver is intent on being Aiden's girlfriend, and it is revealed that Aiden's dad is Silver's uncle, meaning incest IS canon and the author is not going to address that ever.

This book was terrible not just because of the blatant abuse and actual sex crimes, but because on top of all that the writing is incompetent from a technical standpoint. So much repetition, contradictions of previous information, poor word choices and terrible dialogue. We are warned in the synopsis that Aiden is a piece of shit and he is, but we were not warned that Rina Kent's grasp on how human people talk is tenuous at best.

Certain odd pieces of characterization charmed me greatly, such as Elsa reminding us every few chapters that she was an avid reader of "Chinese war books" and the conversation about Jean-Paul Sartre and the merits of existentialism that came out of nowhere towards the end.

If you like things that are not rapey, abusive or incompetently written then you will find no value in this. If, however you do love witnessing trainwrecks, I think the best way to consume this is with a friend so you can marvel in the sheer messiness together.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence