graceev's review against another edition
challenging
dark
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, and Gun violence
Minor: Death
Blackmail, Disownment, Parental neglect and Robbery at gunpointkatvou's review against another edition
emotional
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Alcohol
Moderate: Gaslighting
Minor: Blood, Child death, Toxic friendship, Murder, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic relationship
plumpaperbacks's review against another edition
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
This was a great introduction to Ana Huang’s writing. I liked the story, I really liked Viv, and I had fun roasting Dante in my Kindle annotations whenever he did something to annoy me. Which was often. (But, by the end, he was tolerable. Mostly.)
Would’ve been 4 stars if not for the weird feel of the pacing. The first 20% felt rather fast, and then the middle section was a bit of a slog to get through.
Current theories for the rest of the series include Sloth being Luca’s book, Envy being Christian’s and Gluttony being Sloane’s. I’m not sure about Lust yet.
Representation:
Would’ve been 4 stars if not for the weird feel of the pacing. The first 20% felt rather fast, and then the middle section was a bit of a slog to get through.
Current theories for the rest of the series include Sloth being Luca’s book, Envy being Christian’s and Gluttony being Sloane’s. I’m not sure about Lust yet.
Representation:
- Chinese protagonist & side characters
- Filipina-Chinese side character
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse and Sexual content
Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Gun violence
There are a few consensual, variably explicit sex scenes in the second half of the book. Dante’s grandfather died just prior to the story’s start, I believe via cancer. It’s mentioned multiple times, but never in detail. Other content warnings from the author’s website include blackmail, parental neglect, family disownment, and robbery at gunpoint. The last is only one scene about half through; no one is shot.hellowildflower's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
tense
fast-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
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Alcohol, Gun violence, Death, and Drug use
izziepng's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
tense
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
4.5
As much as I wanted to hate Dante in the beginning for his revenge plan I couldn’t. and I again have soft spot for brute men so Dante had me kicking my feet and twirling my hair. I loved Vivian too i think Ana Huang writes thought out women with actual personalities well
Dante being only a partial criminal instead like of Christian or Alex in the Twisted series
Is almost murder partial idk but i’m gonna say it is
anyway loved this
Dante being only a partial criminal instead like of Christian or Alex in the Twisted series
Is almost murder partial idk but i’m gonna say it is
anyway loved this
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Cursing
Moderate: Gun violence, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Body shaming, Death, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Alcohol
__romancereader__'s review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
relaxing
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
After reading this book i am very much realizing i love this author Ana Huang is a very good and enjoyable author this book was amazing i can't wait to read the 6 other books releasing in the future king of pride the second book in this series already released i ordered it with king of wrath but king of wrath came today may 2nd and king of pride is coming on may 5th so I'm really excited for that and i got the king of wrath exclusive edition which i thing is Vivian book i have the pink one and its so beautiful this book was just good i think this was my first book that had marriage of convenience and i absolutely adore this trope now and i loved the forced proximity i loved the twisted series so i just knew i was gonna love this kings of sin series and sure enough i did i loved Dante and Vivian together i also loved how this author brought the people from her last series to this one i loved hearing about Christian in this one overall i rated this book a 5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ and i would rate it more if i had the option
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Drug use, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Violence, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Cursing, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol
Not all content warnings are about the main characters some are and some are about the other characters you meet/hear in the book 🥰🥰🥰Enjoy🙃mamacita88's review against another edition
emotional
funny
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? It's complicated
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Emotional abuse
Minor: Death
darknesslighttt's review against another edition
emotional
medium-paced
5.0
🐚 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 🐚
𝗧𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝘀: marriage of convenience, forced proximity, billionaire, dislike to love, grumpy x sunshine
𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀: blackmail, death of a family member (mentioned), emotional abuse, family disownment, parental neglect, robbery at gunpoint
It's not new to say that I like Ana Huang's writing and books.
Vivian is very smart, strong, compassionate and gives you the bad b*tch vibes. She loves her family, but unfortunately they have very high expectations from her. She tries to have a relationship with Dante and has for a few moments until the decline begins. The moment she found out the reason why Dante continued to go with the marriage hit her very hard, but if Dante had communicated with her, I think this aspect would have been resolved faster without her having to suffer.
Dante is close to perfection. He speaks Italian, plans dates, and after he hurts Vivian he tries his best to win her back, but Vivian knows her true worth and makes him apologize on his knees. The groveling in this book surpasses the others written by this author.
If Vivian had parents who wanted perfection, Dante's parents were not present at all, not even at their wedding.
We see Christian and Stella a bit in this book but it doesn't spoil anything for anyone who has read Twisted Lies before.
I can't wait to read Kai and Isabella's book. I suspect that it will be very interesting and spicy.
𝗧𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝘀: marriage of convenience, forced proximity, billionaire, dislike to love, grumpy x sunshine
𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀: blackmail, death of a family member (mentioned), emotional abuse, family disownment, parental neglect, robbery at gunpoint
It's not new to say that I like Ana Huang's writing and books.
Vivian is very smart, strong, compassionate and gives you the bad b*tch vibes. She loves her family, but unfortunately they have very high expectations from her. She tries to have a relationship with Dante and has for a few moments until the decline begins. The moment she found out the reason why Dante continued to go with the marriage hit her very hard, but if Dante had communicated with her, I think this aspect would have been resolved faster without her having to suffer.
Dante is close to perfection. He speaks Italian, plans dates, and after he hurts Vivian he tries his best to win her back, but Vivian knows her true worth and makes him apologize on his knees. The groveling in this book surpasses the others written by this author.
If Vivian had parents who wanted perfection, Dante's parents were not present at all, not even at their wedding.
We see Christian and Stella a bit in this book but it doesn't spoil anything for anyone who has read Twisted Lies before.
I can't wait to read Kai and Isabella's book. I suspect that it will be very interesting and spicy.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse
Minor: Death
ecravens's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
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