A review by beckyyreadss
King of Pride by Ana Huang

emotional lighthearted mysterious 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

3.0

I read this because I enjoyed the Twisted series, and I loved the introduction of Kai in King of Wrath, and I was rooting for him and Isabella’s story to be different – but it’s getting to the point of copy and paste with every story and it’s getting boring.  

This book has two points of view. The first is Kai Young, he is reserved, controlled and proper to a fault. He has neither the time nor inclination for chaos. He has a crucial CEO vote looming and a media empire at stake, the billionaire heir can’t afford the distractions. Unfortunately, Isabella is everything he shouldn’t want. She has purple hair and tells inappropriate jokes. She is chaos personified. Kai is tempted to break all his rules with every look and every touch, he wants to claim her as his own. The second point of view is Isabella Valenica is bold, impulsive and full of life. She has never met a party she doesn’t like or a man she couldn’t charm. But she can’t charm Kai, it shouldn’t matter. He is not her type – he translates classics into Latins for fun and his membership at the exclusive club where she bartends means he is strictly off-limits if she wants to keep her job. What she can’t deny is that underneath his cool exterior is a man who could make her melt with just a touch. No matter how hard they try, they can’t resist giving in to their forbidden desires. Even if it costs them everything. 

I enjoyed the storyline and the characters. I liked the friendship groups that are forming with the ladies and the men like with the twisted series. I love the ladies supporting each other and you can see which stories are going to be next – Alessandra's and Sloane’s. I liked seeing Christian Harper making a cameo again, although I'm so certain if Christian Harper didn’t exist – Dante and Kai would be fucked because Christian is just fixing everything.  

The issues that are arising is that this story felt very generic and bland and predictable. I just wanted something to different to be done and to stop the petty third-act breakup and the miscommunication, it’s not needed. These men run businesses and deal with the mafia, yet they cannot communication with their “love of their lives”. These stories are starting to blend together, and nothing is separating the characters and it’s just getting a bit meh. It’s literally the same – instant attraction, flirting, tension, sex, sex, sex, both keeping secrets, secrets revealed, hell break loose, break up, everyone moping, the true bad guy revealed, bad guy is gone thanks to Christian Harper, grand gesture and back together, soppy romantic sex.  

Dominic and Alessandra’s book is next, and they are already married which is new, but I swear if the above happens in that book, I quit. 
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