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King of Wrath by Ana Huang

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skiaakari's review against another edition

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abicaro17's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.75

AAAAA! Ana you nasty girl! Ok this was amaze balls. I adore Dante and Vivian and their chemistry is amazing. Dante is the CRO of one of the largest companies in the world and Vivian is the heiress to a jewelry conglomerate. When Vivians father blackmails Dante into an arranged marriage, he uses all his resources to destroy the evidence while maintaining public apparences with Vivian. The relationship felt very raw and real between the disastrous meeting and very cold discussions for months. They graduate into something more electric and it's so fun to read! My only complaint is that I feel like the characters are kinda stagnant? Like Vivian and Dante both grow and change but they don't feel much different? For some reason that bothers me. Otherwise is amazing!!!

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whynotreadwithalex's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful medium-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

This very well might be my favorite of Ana Huang's books...and let me tell you, that's really saying something.

Here's a short list of some of the crazy, ridiculous, silly, and emotional things that this book made me say out loud to myself while reading it:
- "Ana, my girl, you're gonna get Heath killed!"
- "Dark romance is basically just fantasy set in a contemporary setting...this is the proof."
- "I really care more about her yelling at her dad than I do about whether or not his brother dies."
- "Ha ha, hit him again!"
- "Oh okay, good, we've got like 70 pages of groveling, just the way I like it!"
- "Honestly, the takeaway from this book is that forgiveness requires time, effort, words, and actions. Reconciliation doesn't happen overnight. But it is incredibly beautiful." (sappy, I know, but I couldn't help it!)

Seriously though, I love Ana's books. And this one especially made me so happy -- watching Dante and Vivian grow together, put in the hard work to be honest and vulnerable with each other, and learn how to build a foundation of trust and love together was terribly sweet and raw.
Precious. Ridiculously cute. Romantic. With a bit of dark humor. Loved it.

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viselik's review against another edition

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emotional funny inspiring fast-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

3.5

Super fun book, both sides of the romance were believable and likeable, with both having their own flaws they manage. Starts off kinda slow but picks up quickly after the first few chapters. Read this in one sitting.

I read this in one sitting, I could not put it down. Will definitely continue the series! I like how the next in the series moves on from the couple in this book and doesn't just stay with them, and we can see the couple that the next book is about meet in this book.

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maayaner29's review against another edition

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dark medium-paced

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

1.0

Oh god, there were so many things wrong with this book, I don't even know where to begin.
The guy is one of the most toxic male mc I've ever seen, he's extremely possessive,

before they even started liking each other he was already like "she's mine so no one touches her", and he threatens to kill a guy just because he talks with her,

that is not hot, it's not sexy, it's not romantic, it's disgusting and I can't believe people romanticize such toxic behaviors.
The guy is a walking, talking, living, breathing red flag and vivian should have run from the beginning and the fact that she was so oblivious and ignored all those red flags is a red flag in and of itself. I know it's supposed to be fiction but let's be honest irl a relationship like theirs with such a toxic and violent man either ends up being a miserable marrige where the husband emotionally (and probably physically too) abuses her or it ends up in a messy divorce.
Also the guy prides himself in the fact that he takes part in the police corruption at some point, that is nothing to be proud of but he's all like "I called some people in the police so that I can beat up this guy until he's almost dead, hey, at least it saves them time am I right"
The way the author adressed trauma was also done really badly,

the girl was literally held at gunpoint and would have been killed if it wasn't for the guy being arrested by security, and all it takes is a few therapy sessions and now she's completly fine again, that's not how it works. With the way things happened she shouldn't just be crying one day, have a few nightmares for a few weeks, go to therapy a bit and then poof! She's fine again, it takes years to mentally recover from something like that.

I know that obviously the book is not supposed to focus on that but on their relationship, but you can't just write about such a heavy topic and then just completely ignore it after a few chapters for the rest of the book.
Moreover, 90% percent of the sex they had was really toxic too, the sex itself wasn't toxic (sometimes it was), it was the reason and the time that was toxic.

The first time they had sex they hadn't even figured out their feelings yet, and I'm not saying it's bad, a lot of books do it, but it's the fact that until now they were at best maybe friends and he got all possesive because her ex tried to get back to her, and then during the sex he was like "you're mine, you're my wife (she still wasn't btw) and no one touches you" while holding her throat the entire time. I'm not even going to talk about when they were in valhalla, that was so toxic it was clearly sexual harassment, I couldn't believe it.

And every time they had an issue or something they fought and then had sex and then they were fine and in love again, that's not the way to a healthy relationship, they need good communication not makeup sex.
Lastly, a lot of characters were extremely cringe, like, his parents??? I cringed every single time one of them opened their mouths, especially the mom, I will never understand why authors always write a super cringe parent at some point in their book. The mom is a fifty something year old, she's so immature, she acts like a 13 year old, and she's like "stop calling me mother, call me janis your grandfather liked tradition too much" umm no? He was a normal person that calls his parents mom and dad like every person in the world, the fact that she wanted her own son to call her by her first name was really weird. And when she talked about them having sex all the time, and she bought them a lot of condoms, that was so cringe, no parent acts like that, that's disgusting, why would you write such a cringe and unrealistic character? The only characters I like were Greta and Agnes.

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