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袩芯泻胁邪褉械薪 泻褉邪谢
袧褟泻芯谐邪 锌懈褌邪谢邪 谢懈 褋懈 褋械 写邪谢懈 械 胁褗蟹屑芯卸薪芯 写邪 褋械 芯泻邪卸械褕 蟹谢芯写械褟 胁 薪械褔懈褟 懈褋褌芯褉懈褟?
袞懈胁芯褌褗褌 械 芯褌锌褉邪胁懈谢 褌械卸泻懈 锌褉械写懈蟹胁懈泻邪褌械谢褋褌胁邪 泻褗屑 袝谢蟹邪, 薪芯 褌褟 械 褌胁褗褉写芯 褉械褕械薪邪 写邪 褋谢械写胁邪 锌谢邪薪邪 褋懈 鈥� 锌褗褉胁芯 写邪 蟹邪胁褗褉褕懈 谐懈屑薪邪蟹懈褟 鈥炐犘拘寡娦� 袝谢懈褌鈥�, 邪 锌芯褋谢械 鈥� 写邪 胁谢械蟹械 胁 鈥炐毿敌剐夹毖€懈写卸鈥�. A谢邪 胁 屑懈谐邪, 胁 泻芯泄褌芯 锌褉械泻褉邪褔胁邪 锌褉邪谐邪 薪邪 邪褉懈褋褌芯泻褉邪褌懈褔薪邪褌邪 谐懈屑薪邪蟹懈褟 蟹邪 锌褉懈胁懈谢械谐懈褉芯胁邪薪懈, 屑械褔褌懈褌械 褲 褋械 褋褉懈胁邪褌. 袟邪褖芯褌芯 袝泄写褗薪 袣懈薪谐 鈥� 褔褍写芯胁懈褖薪芯 斜芯谐邪褌懈褟 懈 写械屑芯薪懈褔薪芯 泻褉邪褋懈胁 泻褉邪谢 薪邪 褍褔懈谢懈褖械褌芯, 褟 薪邪屑褉邪蟹胁邪 芯褌 锌褉褗胁 锌芯谐谢械写. 袠 褋械 蟹邪褉懈褔邪 写邪 褟 褍薪懈褖芯卸懈.
笑褟谢邪褌邪 谐芯褉褟, 邪 袝泄写褗薪 械 屑芯褟褌 邪写.
袘邪胁薪芯 懈 屑械褌芯写懈褔薪芯, 褋褟泻邪褕 锌褉芯褋褌芯 懈谐褉邪械 褕邪褏, 袣懈薪谐 锌褉械胁褉褗褖邪 卸懈胁芯褌邪 褲 胁 邪写. 袠 胁褋械 锌邪泻 谐芯写懈薪邪 褋谢械写 谐芯写懈薪邪 袝谢蟹邪 锌褉芯写褗谢卸邪胁邪 写邪 褋械 锌褉懈写褗褉卸邪 芯褌褔邪褟薪芯 泻褗屑 锌谢邪薪邪 褋懈. 小褌懈褋泻邪 蟹褗斜懈. 袩芯写屑懈薪邪胁邪 胁褋懈褔泻懈 褋 谢械写械薪芯 锌褉械蟹褉械薪懈械. 袗谢邪 泻芯谐邪褌芯 卸械褉褌胁邪 薪邪 褌芯褉屑芯蟹邪 褋褌邪胁邪 薪邪泄-写芯斜褉邪褌邪 褲 锌褉懈褟褌械谢泻邪, 袝谢蟹邪 胁械褔械 薪械 屑芯卸械 写邪 屑褗谢褔懈 懈 褋械 芯锌褗谢褔胁邪 薪邪 袝泄写褗薪 袣懈薪谐.
袧邪 褕邪褏屑邪褌薪邪褌邪 写褗褋泻邪 胁褋懈褔泻芯 械 褔械褉薪芯 懈谢懈 斜褟谢芯. 袗谢邪 胁 卸懈胁芯褌邪 谢械写械薪懈褌械 锌谢邪屑褗褑懈 薪邪 谐薪械胁邪 斜褗褉蟹芯 芯褌褋褌褗锌胁邪褌 锌褉械写 懈蟹谐邪褉褟褖邪褌邪 褋褌褉邪褋褌, 泻芯褟褌芯 褌谢械械 屑械卸写褍 写胁邪屑邪褌邪.
袧邪泄-胁邪卸薪邪褌邪 褎懈谐褍褉邪 薪邪 写褗褋泻邪褌邪 械 褑邪褉懈褑邪褌邪. 袠 袝谢蟹邪 褖械 褌褉褟斜胁邪 写邪 褉械褕懈 写邪谢懈 懈褋泻邪 写邪 斜褗写械 褑邪褉懈褑邪, 懈谢懈 锌械褕泻邪.
袞懈胁芯褌褗褌 械 芯褌锌褉邪胁懈谢 褌械卸泻懈 锌褉械写懈蟹胁懈泻邪褌械谢褋褌胁邪 泻褗屑 袝谢蟹邪, 薪芯 褌褟 械 褌胁褗褉写芯 褉械褕械薪邪 写邪 褋谢械写胁邪 锌谢邪薪邪 褋懈 鈥� 锌褗褉胁芯 写邪 蟹邪胁褗褉褕懈 谐懈屑薪邪蟹懈褟 鈥炐犘拘寡娦� 袝谢懈褌鈥�, 邪 锌芯褋谢械 鈥� 写邪 胁谢械蟹械 胁 鈥炐毿敌剐夹毖€懈写卸鈥�. A谢邪 胁 屑懈谐邪, 胁 泻芯泄褌芯 锌褉械泻褉邪褔胁邪 锌褉邪谐邪 薪邪 邪褉懈褋褌芯泻褉邪褌懈褔薪邪褌邪 谐懈屑薪邪蟹懈褟 蟹邪 锌褉懈胁懈谢械谐懈褉芯胁邪薪懈, 屑械褔褌懈褌械 褲 褋械 褋褉懈胁邪褌. 袟邪褖芯褌芯 袝泄写褗薪 袣懈薪谐 鈥� 褔褍写芯胁懈褖薪芯 斜芯谐邪褌懈褟 懈 写械屑芯薪懈褔薪芯 泻褉邪褋懈胁 泻褉邪谢 薪邪 褍褔懈谢懈褖械褌芯, 褟 薪邪屑褉邪蟹胁邪 芯褌 锌褉褗胁 锌芯谐谢械写. 袠 褋械 蟹邪褉懈褔邪 写邪 褟 褍薪懈褖芯卸懈.
笑褟谢邪褌邪 谐芯褉褟, 邪 袝泄写褗薪 械 屑芯褟褌 邪写.
袘邪胁薪芯 懈 屑械褌芯写懈褔薪芯, 褋褟泻邪褕 锌褉芯褋褌芯 懈谐褉邪械 褕邪褏, 袣懈薪谐 锌褉械胁褉褗褖邪 卸懈胁芯褌邪 褲 胁 邪写. 袠 胁褋械 锌邪泻 谐芯写懈薪邪 褋谢械写 谐芯写懈薪邪 袝谢蟹邪 锌褉芯写褗谢卸邪胁邪 写邪 褋械 锌褉懈写褗褉卸邪 芯褌褔邪褟薪芯 泻褗屑 锌谢邪薪邪 褋懈. 小褌懈褋泻邪 蟹褗斜懈. 袩芯写屑懈薪邪胁邪 胁褋懈褔泻懈 褋 谢械写械薪芯 锌褉械蟹褉械薪懈械. 袗谢邪 泻芯谐邪褌芯 卸械褉褌胁邪 薪邪 褌芯褉屑芯蟹邪 褋褌邪胁邪 薪邪泄-写芯斜褉邪褌邪 褲 锌褉懈褟褌械谢泻邪, 袝谢蟹邪 胁械褔械 薪械 屑芯卸械 写邪 屑褗谢褔懈 懈 褋械 芯锌褗谢褔胁邪 薪邪 袝泄写褗薪 袣懈薪谐.
袧邪 褕邪褏屑邪褌薪邪褌邪 写褗褋泻邪 胁褋懈褔泻芯 械 褔械褉薪芯 懈谢懈 斜褟谢芯. 袗谢邪 胁 卸懈胁芯褌邪 谢械写械薪懈褌械 锌谢邪屑褗褑懈 薪邪 谐薪械胁邪 斜褗褉蟹芯 芯褌褋褌褗锌胁邪褌 锌褉械写 懈蟹谐邪褉褟褖邪褌邪 褋褌褉邪褋褌, 泻芯褟褌芯 褌谢械械 屑械卸写褍 写胁邪屑邪褌邪.
袧邪泄-胁邪卸薪邪褌邪 褎懈谐褍褉邪 薪邪 写褗褋泻邪褌邪 械 褑邪褉懈褑邪褌邪. 袠 袝谢蟹邪 褖械 褌褉褟斜胁邪 写邪 褉械褕懈 写邪谢懈 懈褋泻邪 写邪 斜褗写械 褑邪褉懈褑邪, 懈谢懈 锌械褕泻邪.
424 pages, Paperback
First published October 21, 2019
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Rina Kent
57听books52.2k听followersRina Kent is a New York Times, USA Today, and #1 bestselling author of all things dark romance.
Better known for writing unapologetic anti-heroes and villains, Rina weaves tales of characters you shouldn鈥檛 fall for but inevitably do. Her stories are laced with a touch of darkness, a splash of angst, and just the right amount of unhealthy intensity.
When she鈥檚 not busy plotting mayhem for her ever-expanding Rinaverse, she leads a private life in London, travels, and pampers her cats in true Cat Lady fashion.
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Better known for writing unapologetic anti-heroes and villains, Rina weaves tales of characters you shouldn鈥檛 fall for but inevitably do. Her stories are laced with a touch of darkness, a splash of angst, and just the right amount of unhealthy intensity.
When she鈥檚 not busy plotting mayhem for her ever-expanding Rinaverse, she leads a private life in London, travels, and pampers her cats in true Cat Lady fashion.
You can find her below:
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March 19, 2025
1*this is shit* star
Warning: If you really want to enjoy this book, you need to shut off your feminist brain. I am sorry, I could not.
Here's a little suggestion to the author:"If the only purpose of your book is steamy romance, at least do it well."This book not only missed the mark, but it just flew right past it.
I don't have a problem with dark high school romances; I quite like them, and that's why I picked up this book, but readers need to get this thing in their heads:
At times, I felt like the author forgot what she wrote on the previous page, like there is a scene where the heroine closes the door of the room and they start having sex, and she wonders what would happen if someone walked through. It was clearly mentioned by the heroine, yet she was conflicted in her mind about it.
The book was already unnecessarily long, with bland writing and repetitive dialogues and scenes, and the author dares to bore us with these inner conflicting thoughts.
Throughout the book, I was as clueless as the heroine about her past.
Speaking of her,Elsa/Ellie/Elsie/Frozen (whatever you wanna call her) is the only reason why I gave this book 2 stars rather than 1. (I gave it one star in the end because idc)I am proud of her for using her goddamn brain!I thought she would give in long before the hero!
By the end of the book, I actually lost count of how many times she randomly bumps into people and says, OW! (MIND IT, IT'S OW, AND NOW OH!)
Aiden, motherfucking king, the over-the-top possessive boy. I know he's going to be a dark character and a bully, but the things he did to Elsa were beyond bully romance.
Anticlimactic first meet鉁�
Bland writing 鉁�(a little suggestion again to the author: the least sexy way to describe someone as sexy is to not use the word sexy.)
Repetitive scenes鉁�
Horrible side characters鉁�
Forced CHEMISTRY鉁�
Obvious cliffhanger鉁�
Nothing out of the blue story鉁�
There are enough reasons for you not to read it!So whatever you want to do with this book, do it. You want to burn it, throw it, cut it, do whatever you want.
Warning: If you really want to enjoy this book, you need to shut off your feminist brain. I am sorry, I could not.
Here's a little suggestion to the author:"If the only purpose of your book is steamy romance, at least do it well."This book not only missed the mark, but it just flew right past it.
I don't have a problem with dark high school romances; I quite like them, and that's why I picked up this book, but readers need to get this thing in their heads:
"There is a fine line between bully romance and sexual assault."
At times, I felt like the author forgot what she wrote on the previous page, like there is a scene where the heroine closes the door of the room and they start having sex, and she wonders what would happen if someone walked through. It was clearly mentioned by the heroine, yet she was conflicted in her mind about it.
The book was already unnecessarily long, with bland writing and repetitive dialogues and scenes, and the author dares to bore us with these inner conflicting thoughts.
Throughout the book, I was as clueless as the heroine about her past.
Speaking of her,Elsa/Ellie/Elsie/Frozen (whatever you wanna call her) is the only reason why I gave this book 2 stars rather than 1. (I gave it one star in the end because idc)I am proud of her for using her goddamn brain!I thought she would give in long before the hero!
By the end of the book, I actually lost count of how many times she randomly bumps into people and says, OW! (MIND IT, IT'S OW, AND NOW OH!)
Aiden, motherfucking king, the over-the-top possessive boy. I know he's going to be a dark character and a bully, but the things he did to Elsa were beyond bully romance.
Anticlimactic first meet鉁�
Bland writing 鉁�(a little suggestion again to the author: the least sexy way to describe someone as sexy is to not use the word sexy.)
Repetitive scenes鉁�
Horrible side characters鉁�
Forced CHEMISTRY鉁�
Obvious cliffhanger鉁�
Nothing out of the blue story鉁�
There are enough reasons for you not to read it!So whatever you want to do with this book, do it. You want to burn it, throw it, cut it, do whatever you want.
October 29, 2023
1/5
What do you mean buddy? You are sixteen. Go play Fortnite.
鈥淚 will destroy you."
What do you mean buddy? You are sixteen. Go play Fortnite.
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August 12, 2020i love myself too much to finish this
September 16, 2021
this book is trash, but so am i
October 4, 2020
4.5
Well, Rina Kent just left one hell of an impression on me! This story isn't about your average new adult couple, and their romance isn't normal by any means. Prepare to clutch your pearls if you can't deal with sexual situations that aren't exactly consensual. *In other words, heed the content warning before going into this one!*
Like it's stated in the title, Aiden King is one deviant motherfucker! He has no boundaries whatsoever, and his moral compass is broke as fuck. The things he did to Elsa were cruel, crazy, and 100 percent criminal on several occasions. Despite that, I wound up rooting for him in his quest to make Elsa his.听
It makes no sense for me to feel that way, because she honestly needs a restraining order and a psychiatric evaluation. I do too though apparently, because I kept wanting her to give in to a lot of his demands pretty early on in the book! LOL At the same time, I wanted her to fight him and give him a taste of his own medicine, and she did that, too. I can't actually fault Elsa for any of her decisions, because Aiden has me just as fucked up as she is.听
I couldn't get enough of Elsa and Aiden together! I literally read the entire book from start to finish in one sitting. The steamy scenes between the two of them were intense, twisted, and super hot! Their relationship is complicated from the beginning, and just when you think things are starting to make more sense, BAM! Rina Kent throws you a curve ball that knocks your ass out.听
Aside from the romance, I loved the added mystery of Elsa not remembering her past due to experiencing a traumatic event in her childhood. Bits and pieces sneak through in flashbacks and dreams, and I was trying to piece everything together along with Elsa. I love it when the narrator is as in the dark as you are, and if you do too, then you'll definitely enjoy that aspect of the book.听
Deviant King is the first book in a series, so be prepared for a cliffhanger ending. I got enough answers for me to not feel super frustrated by it, but it still left me reeling. I can't wait for the next installment, Steel Princess! Hopefully, we finally get some of Aiden's POV, because so far, the story has been in Elsa's entirely.听
Side note: The side characters in the book intrigued me enough to want more of their stories. Fingers crossed they get books of their own in the future!
I recommend Deviant King to fans of intense dark bully romance and slightly unhinged alphaholes.
Well, Rina Kent just left one hell of an impression on me! This story isn't about your average new adult couple, and their romance isn't normal by any means. Prepare to clutch your pearls if you can't deal with sexual situations that aren't exactly consensual. *In other words, heed the content warning before going into this one!*
Like it's stated in the title, Aiden King is one deviant motherfucker! He has no boundaries whatsoever, and his moral compass is broke as fuck. The things he did to Elsa were cruel, crazy, and 100 percent criminal on several occasions. Despite that, I wound up rooting for him in his quest to make Elsa his.听
It makes no sense for me to feel that way, because she honestly needs a restraining order and a psychiatric evaluation. I do too though apparently, because I kept wanting her to give in to a lot of his demands pretty early on in the book! LOL At the same time, I wanted her to fight him and give him a taste of his own medicine, and she did that, too. I can't actually fault Elsa for any of her decisions, because Aiden has me just as fucked up as she is.听
I couldn't get enough of Elsa and Aiden together! I literally read the entire book from start to finish in one sitting. The steamy scenes between the two of them were intense, twisted, and super hot! Their relationship is complicated from the beginning, and just when you think things are starting to make more sense, BAM! Rina Kent throws you a curve ball that knocks your ass out.听
Aside from the romance, I loved the added mystery of Elsa not remembering her past due to experiencing a traumatic event in her childhood. Bits and pieces sneak through in flashbacks and dreams, and I was trying to piece everything together along with Elsa. I love it when the narrator is as in the dark as you are, and if you do too, then you'll definitely enjoy that aspect of the book.听
Deviant King is the first book in a series, so be prepared for a cliffhanger ending. I got enough answers for me to not feel super frustrated by it, but it still left me reeling. I can't wait for the next installment, Steel Princess! Hopefully, we finally get some of Aiden's POV, because so far, the story has been in Elsa's entirely.听
Side note: The side characters in the book intrigued me enough to want more of their stories. Fingers crossed they get books of their own in the future!
I recommend Deviant King to fans of intense dark bully romance and slightly unhinged alphaholes.
August 22, 2023
鈥淒o you know that I feel murderous when someone touches you? Is that why you pulled that fucking stunt?鈥�
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Before I even get into this I just want to warn you this is a dark bully romance so please read the trigger warnings and not for everyone at some points I thought it wasn鈥檛 for me it still isn鈥檛 for me BUT I BOUGHT THE FULL SERIES IN HARDBACKS BECAUSE THE COVER WAS PRETTY SO WATERSTONES I HOPE YOUR MAKING GOOD USE OF MY MONEY BECAUSE IT DEFINITELY DENTED MY BANK ACCOUNT馃槀馃拃
The story hits off immediately with Elsa who鈥檚 living with her aunt and uncle because both her parents died in a fire. It鈥檚 her first day at royal elite which as youv guessed it is a private school for the insanely rich upper class. Elsa immediately becomes friends with Kim the outcast who shows her around when they stop to watch the football team she鈥檚 met with these chilling black eyes before she gets a chance to ask who that boy was Kim pulls her away telling her that that鈥檚 Aiden king the most powerful and popular guy in school but she isn鈥檛 fast enough as Aiden slams her against the wall hand on her throat with the words 鈥淚 will destroy you 鈥�which seals her fate like bro your 16 chill
Now did I love this or hate it I can鈥檛 really say im leaning more towards hate鈥� the bullying isn鈥檛 why I rated this 3 stars as that was clearly part of the trigger warnings and it鈥檚 my fault for reading it it鈥檚 the fact that I can鈥檛 really make out the plot like yess there鈥檚 something that happened in Elsa's past that we don鈥檛 know of and the accident that caused her to lose her memories but there isn鈥檛 much about it just a few flashbacks and nightmares. I feel like we just kept going back to the same point in this book which was the constant fighting between Aidan and Elsa it was just repetitive .
鈥淵ou looked fucking adorable.鈥� Aiden smiles.
鈥淯h.. go back.鈥� Ronan stares at Aiden as if he grew an additional head. 鈥淒id you just say 鈥榓dorable鈥�?鈥�
Aiden鈥檚 poker face returns.
鈥淣o, no, no鈥� don鈥檛 close off. Come on, King.鈥� He retrieves his phone. 鈥淪ay it again, I need to get it on camera.鈥�
Aiden stares at Ronan鈥檚 camera and mouths. 鈥淔uck. You.鈥� RONAN ASTOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN 馃挆馃挆馃挆
I loved the friendship between what they like to call the 鈥榝our horsemen鈥� Aiden, Cole, Ronan and Xander the bonding between them, the funny cute moments but also the moments where they pissed one another off was definitely one of the highlights for me. Ronan has to be my fave he was just soo funny and for what. Him I LOVED 馃槀馃槀
鈥淭hen who did you come for, hmm?鈥� His eyes spark, and it pisses me off.鈥�
鈥淲ho do you think? I came for my boyfriend Xander.鈥�
鈥淕o ahead, sweetheart. I dare you to say that again.鈥�
鈥淚 told you, sweetheart. You鈥檙e already mine, so stop acting otherwise.鈥�
Aiden and Elsa were confusing they pissed me off but I found them cute at times my feelings for them are definitely INCONSISTENT馃槶 one second I love them the next I wanna push both of them off a cliff. The obsessive jealousy I loved Typical me how Aiden couldn鈥檛 stand anyone near Elsa and was ready to drop his childhood friends for her and the fight between him and Xander was just 馃槏馃槏 come on we love a bit of jealousy maybe i love it a little too much
鈥淗ow did you know that I only eat that type of food?鈥�
鈥淵our aunt was packing a vegetarian lunch and there was a special brand of biscuits with no fatty acid on your breakfast table.鈥� He glances at me. 鈥淏esides, you only eat your lunchboxes at school.鈥�
鈥淵ou鈥檝e been watching me at school?鈥� 馃グ馃グ
Their cute moments were definitely adorable. Aidan knowing every detail about Elsa the way he took care of her diet knowing what she could eat and what she couldn鈥檛 had my heart he wasn鈥檛 a complete psychopath but I鈥檓 not denying that he鈥檚 not one like he鈥檚 still 99.9% a confirmed psychopath 馃槀馃槀 BUT THEIR CUTE MOMENTS IN MY OPINION WERNT ENOUGH AFTER THE WHOLE PHONE SCENE I JUST CAN'T GET OVER IT
鈥淚 have a rule: Never try to understand bullies.鈥� she really needs to re read her own rules 馃拃馃槀
鈥淚 called you by your stupid last name, what else are you waiting for? Hail to the king?鈥� fully rolling 馃槀馃槀
I loved elsa at the start but she irritated me as the book went along she started off so strong and indestructible not allowing aiden to break her and get his way with her only for her to give into him. The one scene that triggered me was when she hit silver like yess silver is a bitch but the whole scene gave me second hand embarrassment like if you want to hit anyone hit Aiden he鈥檚 the one with her it just cringed me out. SHE LITERALLY WENT FROM IM NOT TAKING SHIT FROM ANYONE TO PERSONAL DOORMAT .
鈥淲hy do you think no one asked you out these past two years?鈥� Xander lifts an eyebrow.鈥�
鈥淚t鈥檚 his way to eliminate competition.鈥�
鈥淲hat will you do if I somehow cheat?鈥� I鈥檓 treading into a dangerous territory, but curiosity gets the better of me.
鈥淜ill the bastard.鈥� No hesitation.
鈥淗ow about me?鈥�
He cups my jaw with false tenderness. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 the difference between you and me, sweetheart. You鈥檇 leave me in a heartbeat if I cheat, but I鈥檒l never leave you even if you cheat.鈥�
Aiden is definitely a deranged psycho you love her but then create these rumours about her and her biology teacher and for what to take out the competition I thought your the most popular guy then what鈥檚 the insecurity about . The fact that he brought silver on his arm to piss Elsa off to get her to admit she likes him was hilarious like drastic much .His eye twitching got me I can just imagine it every time he got pissed like hello that鈥檚 cringe but funny at the same time 馃槀馃槀馃槀
I loved that this was set in England because finally I knew the towns but out of all them Kent chose Birmingham whyy? If you live in Birmingham I swear I鈥檓 not hating now as a huge premier league fan It sucked that the team that everyone loved was Arsenal i wish it was Manchester United Well now you know where I live馃槶馃ス
Can we talk about Xander and Kim because there鈥檚 clearly something between them I want to see what the deal is with him because he鈥檚 clearly obsessed with her but such a prick to her .
SPOILERS AHEAD 鈿狅笍鈿狅笍鈿狅笍
What I hated was the whole phone scene because there鈥檚 a fine line between bullying and assault and let鈥檚 be honest he assaulted her my guy had his hand down her top and then kissed her heart surgery scar that guy had some weird obsession with that scar it was really creepy. I鈥檒l always hate Aiden for that it was unforgivable THE ONLY REASON WHY IM NOT LOWERING MY RATING IS BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT ITS A BULLY ROMANCE WHERE IT IS MADE CLEAR BUT WAS IT NECESSARY NO IT WAS DISGUSTING
鈥淎re you, Elsa? Because I was never supposed to like you this much. Hell. I wasn鈥檛 supposed to think about you more than I think of myself.鈥�
This is making more sense now because he can鈥檛 love the girl who鈥檚 parents were responsible for his mothers death 馃槶
Now what was this ending that first encounter with Aiden made sense it falls into place. Was he with Elsa to get revenge for the death of his mum because if that鈥檚 the case I鈥檓 pissed for her because he even had me believing that he was obsessed and infatuated with her.
This whole cliff hanger is killing me it鈥檚 what brought this book together I DID NOT SEE IT COMING .
SPOILERS END HERE 鈿狅笍鈿狅笍鈿狅笍
This ends on a cliff hanger which I might add is AMAZING so you know what that means I鈥檓 reading the next book I hope that the second book is more interesting with a proper plot and WE GET MORE RONAN CONTENT BECAUSE I FULLY LOVE HIM 馃ス馃挄 This book wasn't the best sooo 1 star for Ronan 1 star for the cover and 1 star for the cliff-hanger which made it interesting i think my maths is mathsing. Just a word of advice this book has quite a bit of Smutt which I didn鈥檛 read so if you like that then you鈥檒l probably love this I say this every time as I did a lot of skipping
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Before I even get into this I just want to warn you this is a dark bully romance so please read the trigger warnings and not for everyone at some points I thought it wasn鈥檛 for me it still isn鈥檛 for me BUT I BOUGHT THE FULL SERIES IN HARDBACKS BECAUSE THE COVER WAS PRETTY SO WATERSTONES I HOPE YOUR MAKING GOOD USE OF MY MONEY BECAUSE IT DEFINITELY DENTED MY BANK ACCOUNT馃槀馃拃
The story hits off immediately with Elsa who鈥檚 living with her aunt and uncle because both her parents died in a fire. It鈥檚 her first day at royal elite which as youv guessed it is a private school for the insanely rich upper class. Elsa immediately becomes friends with Kim the outcast who shows her around when they stop to watch the football team she鈥檚 met with these chilling black eyes before she gets a chance to ask who that boy was Kim pulls her away telling her that that鈥檚 Aiden king the most powerful and popular guy in school but she isn鈥檛 fast enough as Aiden slams her against the wall hand on her throat with the words 鈥淚 will destroy you 鈥�which seals her fate like bro your 16 chill
Now did I love this or hate it I can鈥檛 really say im leaning more towards hate鈥� the bullying isn鈥檛 why I rated this 3 stars as that was clearly part of the trigger warnings and it鈥檚 my fault for reading it it鈥檚 the fact that I can鈥檛 really make out the plot like yess there鈥檚 something that happened in Elsa's past that we don鈥檛 know of and the accident that caused her to lose her memories but there isn鈥檛 much about it just a few flashbacks and nightmares. I feel like we just kept going back to the same point in this book which was the constant fighting between Aidan and Elsa it was just repetitive .
鈥淵ou looked fucking adorable.鈥� Aiden smiles.
鈥淯h.. go back.鈥� Ronan stares at Aiden as if he grew an additional head. 鈥淒id you just say 鈥榓dorable鈥�?鈥�
Aiden鈥檚 poker face returns.
鈥淣o, no, no鈥� don鈥檛 close off. Come on, King.鈥� He retrieves his phone. 鈥淪ay it again, I need to get it on camera.鈥�
Aiden stares at Ronan鈥檚 camera and mouths. 鈥淔uck. You.鈥� RONAN ASTOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN 馃挆馃挆馃挆
I loved the friendship between what they like to call the 鈥榝our horsemen鈥� Aiden, Cole, Ronan and Xander the bonding between them, the funny cute moments but also the moments where they pissed one another off was definitely one of the highlights for me. Ronan has to be my fave he was just soo funny and for what. Him I LOVED 馃槀馃槀
鈥淭hen who did you come for, hmm?鈥� His eyes spark, and it pisses me off.鈥�
鈥淲ho do you think? I came for my boyfriend Xander.鈥�
鈥淕o ahead, sweetheart. I dare you to say that again.鈥�
鈥淚 told you, sweetheart. You鈥檙e already mine, so stop acting otherwise.鈥�
Aiden and Elsa were confusing they pissed me off but I found them cute at times my feelings for them are definitely INCONSISTENT馃槶 one second I love them the next I wanna push both of them off a cliff. The obsessive jealousy I loved Typical me how Aiden couldn鈥檛 stand anyone near Elsa and was ready to drop his childhood friends for her and the fight between him and Xander was just 馃槏馃槏 come on we love a bit of jealousy maybe i love it a little too much
鈥淗ow did you know that I only eat that type of food?鈥�
鈥淵our aunt was packing a vegetarian lunch and there was a special brand of biscuits with no fatty acid on your breakfast table.鈥� He glances at me. 鈥淏esides, you only eat your lunchboxes at school.鈥�
鈥淵ou鈥檝e been watching me at school?鈥� 馃グ馃グ
Their cute moments were definitely adorable. Aidan knowing every detail about Elsa the way he took care of her diet knowing what she could eat and what she couldn鈥檛 had my heart he wasn鈥檛 a complete psychopath but I鈥檓 not denying that he鈥檚 not one like he鈥檚 still 99.9% a confirmed psychopath 馃槀馃槀 BUT THEIR CUTE MOMENTS IN MY OPINION WERNT ENOUGH AFTER THE WHOLE PHONE SCENE I JUST CAN'T GET OVER IT
鈥淚 have a rule: Never try to understand bullies.鈥� she really needs to re read her own rules 馃拃馃槀
鈥淚 called you by your stupid last name, what else are you waiting for? Hail to the king?鈥� fully rolling 馃槀馃槀
I loved elsa at the start but she irritated me as the book went along she started off so strong and indestructible not allowing aiden to break her and get his way with her only for her to give into him. The one scene that triggered me was when she hit silver like yess silver is a bitch but the whole scene gave me second hand embarrassment like if you want to hit anyone hit Aiden he鈥檚 the one with her it just cringed me out. SHE LITERALLY WENT FROM IM NOT TAKING SHIT FROM ANYONE TO PERSONAL DOORMAT .
鈥淲hy do you think no one asked you out these past two years?鈥� Xander lifts an eyebrow.鈥�
鈥淚t鈥檚 his way to eliminate competition.鈥�
鈥淲hat will you do if I somehow cheat?鈥� I鈥檓 treading into a dangerous territory, but curiosity gets the better of me.
鈥淜ill the bastard.鈥� No hesitation.
鈥淗ow about me?鈥�
He cups my jaw with false tenderness. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 the difference between you and me, sweetheart. You鈥檇 leave me in a heartbeat if I cheat, but I鈥檒l never leave you even if you cheat.鈥�
Aiden is definitely a deranged psycho you love her but then create these rumours about her and her biology teacher and for what to take out the competition I thought your the most popular guy then what鈥檚 the insecurity about . The fact that he brought silver on his arm to piss Elsa off to get her to admit she likes him was hilarious like drastic much .His eye twitching got me I can just imagine it every time he got pissed like hello that鈥檚 cringe but funny at the same time 馃槀馃槀馃槀
I loved that this was set in England because finally I knew the towns but out of all them Kent chose Birmingham whyy? If you live in Birmingham I swear I鈥檓 not hating now as a huge premier league fan It sucked that the team that everyone loved was Arsenal i wish it was Manchester United Well now you know where I live馃槶馃ス
Can we talk about Xander and Kim because there鈥檚 clearly something between them I want to see what the deal is with him because he鈥檚 clearly obsessed with her but such a prick to her .
SPOILERS AHEAD 鈿狅笍鈿狅笍鈿狅笍
What I hated was the whole phone scene because there鈥檚 a fine line between bullying and assault and let鈥檚 be honest he assaulted her my guy had his hand down her top and then kissed her heart surgery scar that guy had some weird obsession with that scar it was really creepy. I鈥檒l always hate Aiden for that it was unforgivable THE ONLY REASON WHY IM NOT LOWERING MY RATING IS BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT ITS A BULLY ROMANCE WHERE IT IS MADE CLEAR BUT WAS IT NECESSARY NO IT WAS DISGUSTING
鈥淎re you, Elsa? Because I was never supposed to like you this much. Hell. I wasn鈥檛 supposed to think about you more than I think of myself.鈥�
This is making more sense now because he can鈥檛 love the girl who鈥檚 parents were responsible for his mothers death 馃槶
Now what was this ending that first encounter with Aiden made sense it falls into place. Was he with Elsa to get revenge for the death of his mum because if that鈥檚 the case I鈥檓 pissed for her because he even had me believing that he was obsessed and infatuated with her.
This whole cliff hanger is killing me it鈥檚 what brought this book together I DID NOT SEE IT COMING .
SPOILERS END HERE 鈿狅笍鈿狅笍鈿狅笍
This ends on a cliff hanger which I might add is AMAZING so you know what that means I鈥檓 reading the next book I hope that the second book is more interesting with a proper plot and WE GET MORE RONAN CONTENT BECAUSE I FULLY LOVE HIM 馃ス馃挄 This book wasn't the best sooo 1 star for Ronan 1 star for the cover and 1 star for the cliff-hanger which made it interesting i think my maths is mathsing. Just a word of advice this book has quite a bit of Smutt which I didn鈥檛 read so if you like that then you鈥檒l probably love this I say this every time as I did a lot of skipping
July 21, 2021
4 Stars
I've been on quite the Rina Kent binge lately to say the least...but I didn't think I would try this series. I've been really loving her darker adult mafia-ish stuff and this is new adult and takes place in high school. So I wasn't all that drawn to it as I just haven't been into the YA/NA stuff lately.
But then, well...
I ran out of Rina Kent shit to read.
And so here we are.
I figured I wouldn't enjoy this as I've read a lot of high school bully romances in the past. Plus, I'm like basically middle-aged now, folks. And, you know...
I figured I would crack this open and condescendingly bow out shortly thereafter.
Instead, this was me a few chapters in...
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That's right folks. It's official. I'm a spazzy band geek with a saxophone, way too much inner delinquency, and a lack of acceptable maturity.
I mean, I'm basically late 30's going on 16, here.
Not that I would encourage anyone who actually IS 16 to read this. The relationship here is completely unhealthy and includes what most would consider full on sexual assault.
Which, is obviously bad, bad, bad.
[Insert disclaimer so people don't get pissy here]
So, yeah, there's that.
But hey, at least I pretended to be classy and above it all for a whole gif.
Thank God I had Aiden and his sexy crazy asshole-ness to bring me back to who I really am.
Already on book two.
I've been on quite the Rina Kent binge lately to say the least...but I didn't think I would try this series. I've been really loving her darker adult mafia-ish stuff and this is new adult and takes place in high school. So I wasn't all that drawn to it as I just haven't been into the YA/NA stuff lately.
But then, well...
I ran out of Rina Kent shit to read.
And so here we are.
I figured I wouldn't enjoy this as I've read a lot of high school bully romances in the past. Plus, I'm like basically middle-aged now, folks. And, you know...
I figured I would crack this open and condescendingly bow out shortly thereafter.
Instead, this was me a few chapters in...
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That's right folks. It's official. I'm a spazzy band geek with a saxophone, way too much inner delinquency, and a lack of acceptable maturity.
I mean, I'm basically late 30's going on 16, here.
Not that I would encourage anyone who actually IS 16 to read this. The relationship here is completely unhealthy and includes what most would consider full on sexual assault.
Which, is obviously bad, bad, bad.
[Insert disclaimer so people don't get pissy here]
So, yeah, there's that.
But hey, at least I pretended to be classy and above it all for a whole gif.
Thank God I had Aiden and his sexy crazy asshole-ness to bring me back to who I really am.
Already on book two.
November 7, 2022
TW: sexual assualt
dnf at 51% surprised i got that far damn-
鈥淎-Aiden, what are you doing?鈥� 鈥淔or the last time, it鈥檚 King.鈥� His face is completely blank except for the slight smirk. 鈥淵ou said you鈥檒l report me for sexual harassment.鈥�
鈥淲-what鈥� ?鈥�
鈥淚t鈥檚 your lucky day. I鈥檓 making the report come true.鈥�
鈥淵ou鈥� can鈥檛 be serious?鈥� My voice cracks.
鈥淗ave I ever joked with you, Frozen?鈥� I struggle against him, my heartbeat increases with every second that I can鈥檛 budge away. 鈥淎iden! Stop it.鈥� 鈥淲rong name.鈥� 飞丑补迟馃槏馃敧
I would have continued this quote but I think we all know what happens...
spoiler alert: she never reported him for harassment and he just kept doing it AND still fell in love with the bAd EvIl BoY馃槏 #goals
I actually had an entire review planned out in my head of me just hating on this book, but I realized that I didn't have to waste energy writing a review for a book that doesn't even deserve one*writes one anyway*
the quote above is from chapter 5.
yes
five chapters in and the mc has already sexually harassed the fmc, not one not two but three times
oh wait and I can't forget that amazing prologue, can I ??
(context: their first time meeting)
"A strong hand wraps around my throat and pushes me against the wall."
"W-What are you doing?鈥� He leans forward so his mouth hovers inches away from mine and growls. 鈥淚 will destroy you.鈥�
what happened to hello? how are you? my name is?
SIR WHAT DID SHE DO TO YOU???? YOU LITERALLY JUST SAW HER AND SAID 鈥淥H LET ME MAKE THIS GIRL SUFFER BECAUSE SHE HAS NICE TITS AND 鈥楤ULLYING` IS MY LOVE LANGUAGE AND ALSO BECAUSE I'M AN ALPHA MALE SO SHE HAS TO LISTEN AND FALL IN LOVE WITH ME鈥�
and if you're wondering- no I will not waste my time on this godawful series I don't give a flying fuck for theclearly nonexistent "character development". apparently, the second couple were step-siblings or some shit馃槶 idk if any of you guys like that I have nothing against you just not for me lol.
I have read dark romances but this book right took dark romance to a whole newillegal level and I won't tolerate that sorry not sorry.
dnf at 51% surprised i got that far damn-
鈥淎-Aiden, what are you doing?鈥� 鈥淔or the last time, it鈥檚 King.鈥� His face is completely blank except for the slight smirk. 鈥淵ou said you鈥檒l report me for sexual harassment.鈥�
鈥淲-what鈥� ?鈥�
鈥淚t鈥檚 your lucky day. I鈥檓 making the report come true.鈥�
鈥淵ou鈥� can鈥檛 be serious?鈥� My voice cracks.
鈥淗ave I ever joked with you, Frozen?鈥� I struggle against him, my heartbeat increases with every second that I can鈥檛 budge away. 鈥淎iden! Stop it.鈥� 鈥淲rong name.鈥� 飞丑补迟馃槏馃敧
I would have continued this quote but I think we all know what happens...
spoiler alert: she never reported him for harassment and he just kept doing it AND still fell in love with the bAd EvIl BoY馃槏 #goals
I actually had an entire review planned out in my head of me just hating on this book, but I realized that I didn't have to waste energy writing a review for a book that doesn't even deserve one
the quote above is from chapter 5.
yes
five chapters in and the mc has already sexually harassed the fmc, not one not two but three times
oh wait and I can't forget that amazing prologue, can I ??
(context: their first time meeting)
"A strong hand wraps around my throat and pushes me against the wall."
"W-What are you doing?鈥� He leans forward so his mouth hovers inches away from mine and growls. 鈥淚 will destroy you.鈥�
what happened to hello? how are you? my name is?
SIR WHAT DID SHE DO TO YOU???? YOU LITERALLY JUST SAW HER AND SAID 鈥淥H LET ME MAKE THIS GIRL SUFFER BECAUSE SHE HAS NICE TITS AND 鈥楤ULLYING` IS MY LOVE LANGUAGE AND ALSO BECAUSE I'M AN ALPHA MALE SO SHE HAS TO LISTEN AND FALL IN LOVE WITH ME鈥�
and if you're wondering- no I will not waste my time on this godawful series I don't give a flying fuck for the
I have read dark romances but this book right took dark romance to a whole new
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May 18, 2021dnf @ chap 3
nope. my time鈥檚 way too precious for this shit.
nope. my time鈥檚 way too precious for this shit.
January 25, 2025
At this point I鈥檓 just getting tired of reading the same copy and paste Rina Kent book. Also my onyx storm slump is making me hate everything so鈥�.. there鈥檚 that.
Aiden king was hot until he wasn鈥檛鈥� like at all. Idk guys I don鈥檛 think this series is for me at all. I love love love Rina鈥檚 mafia books and her legacy of gods series but I just don鈥檛 think I can read about high school characters anymore.
Aiden king was hot until he wasn鈥檛鈥� like at all. Idk guys I don鈥檛 think this series is for me at all. I love love love Rina鈥檚 mafia books and her legacy of gods series but I just don鈥檛 think I can read about high school characters anymore.
April 29, 2020
Fantabulous!
This was such an awesome bully romance. If you like this genre at all, then this is the book for you. The Hero is a huge jerk and a big bully and completely obsessed with the heroine Elsa Quinn. First he bullies her by turning the whole school against her on her first day, then later he bullies her into almost everything she does. She sees emptiness in his eyes, she knows he has something dark inside him.
I had been waiting for this book. Not long ago I read Noble Savages that included the book Cruel King. I love Bully Romance and Cruel King was one of the best I had read and was a step in a new direction for Rina Kent. I think all her Mafia/assassin series books are incredible. Cruel King was the story of Levi King and it included Levi鈥檚 cousin Adrian and this book is Adrian鈥檚 story. The way Levi talked about Adrian sounded like Adrian could be a sociopath.
Elsa likes to stay in the background but is not afraid to stand up for herself, and while she is afraid of Aiden, she stands up for herself anyway. Though he seems to always see through her. He says she likes being forced into doing things she thinks she should have issues with, and she isn鈥檛 sure if he is right or if she just hates him. Maybe she thinks she should because he made her miserable for a long time.
On her first day at Royal Elite School Elsa meets Kim, a girl who is sneaking around the edge of the crowd of students and she figures that Kim is a girl like her, who just wants to keep her head down and get through high school so she can get into a good college. They become immediate friends. Then she sees Aiden on the field with his friends. She meets his eyes and can鈥檛 look away. He then comes up to her and tells her that he will destroy her.
Aiden is the king of the school and after that the majority of the student body treats her like trash. El and Aiden have daily glaring matches but other than that, they have no contact. He doesn鈥檛 outright bully her, but he also doesn鈥檛 do anything about it and since one word from him to the other students would stop it, she blames him for starting it and letting it go on.
Things change on the first day of their senior year when he starts bullying her face to face. He wants her and she is putty in his hands. There are also a lot of secrets at play. Elsa is being raised by her aunt and uncle since her parents died when she was young. She doesn鈥檛 remember anything before she woke up in the hospital and doesn鈥檛 want to remember.
Also, there is something going on with her friend Kim and Kim won鈥檛 talk about what it is, but it is the reason Kim has been an outcast even though she has known 90% of the students since middle school. Kim even lives right near Aiden and across the street from Aidens best friend Xander.
The biggest mystery is Aiden himself. Why is he so dark? When Elsa calls him sick he doesn鈥檛 deny it, he knows he is different than other people. Elsa is curious to know what made him that way. She even wonders if he was abused as a child. I love how it is written, with all the mystery and we as readers don鈥檛 know the answers either.
I hate in some books how when the reader knows what the secrets are and the people who have the secrets don鈥檛 tell them to each other, so everything is about huge misunderstandings or just the fact that the main character(s) don鈥檛 really know the motivation behind certain things the other one does. This book doesn鈥檛 do that. The reader is as in the dark about the secrets as the character(s) who don鈥檛 know.
Another thing I like was that this was an erotic romance and boy was it spicy. I give it 5 peppers for hotness 馃尪馃尪馃尪馃尪馃尪! One thing I sometimes hate about high school romance is that they are too clean and a great number of high school students can be a bit dirty. If they were we wouldn鈥檛 have TV shows like Teen Mom or Young and Pregnant.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts & opinions are my own.
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This was such an awesome bully romance. If you like this genre at all, then this is the book for you. The Hero is a huge jerk and a big bully and completely obsessed with the heroine Elsa Quinn. First he bullies her by turning the whole school against her on her first day, then later he bullies her into almost everything she does. She sees emptiness in his eyes, she knows he has something dark inside him.
I had been waiting for this book. Not long ago I read Noble Savages that included the book Cruel King. I love Bully Romance and Cruel King was one of the best I had read and was a step in a new direction for Rina Kent. I think all her Mafia/assassin series books are incredible. Cruel King was the story of Levi King and it included Levi鈥檚 cousin Adrian and this book is Adrian鈥檚 story. The way Levi talked about Adrian sounded like Adrian could be a sociopath.
Elsa likes to stay in the background but is not afraid to stand up for herself, and while she is afraid of Aiden, she stands up for herself anyway. Though he seems to always see through her. He says she likes being forced into doing things she thinks she should have issues with, and she isn鈥檛 sure if he is right or if she just hates him. Maybe she thinks she should because he made her miserable for a long time.
On her first day at Royal Elite School Elsa meets Kim, a girl who is sneaking around the edge of the crowd of students and she figures that Kim is a girl like her, who just wants to keep her head down and get through high school so she can get into a good college. They become immediate friends. Then she sees Aiden on the field with his friends. She meets his eyes and can鈥檛 look away. He then comes up to her and tells her that he will destroy her.
Aiden is the king of the school and after that the majority of the student body treats her like trash. El and Aiden have daily glaring matches but other than that, they have no contact. He doesn鈥檛 outright bully her, but he also doesn鈥檛 do anything about it and since one word from him to the other students would stop it, she blames him for starting it and letting it go on.
Things change on the first day of their senior year when he starts bullying her face to face. He wants her and she is putty in his hands. There are also a lot of secrets at play. Elsa is being raised by her aunt and uncle since her parents died when she was young. She doesn鈥檛 remember anything before she woke up in the hospital and doesn鈥檛 want to remember.
Also, there is something going on with her friend Kim and Kim won鈥檛 talk about what it is, but it is the reason Kim has been an outcast even though she has known 90% of the students since middle school. Kim even lives right near Aiden and across the street from Aidens best friend Xander.
The biggest mystery is Aiden himself. Why is he so dark? When Elsa calls him sick he doesn鈥檛 deny it, he knows he is different than other people. Elsa is curious to know what made him that way. She even wonders if he was abused as a child. I love how it is written, with all the mystery and we as readers don鈥檛 know the answers either.
But as I stare up at Aiden鈥檚 punishing eyes, my earlier thoughts shrink behind my trembling, defective heart. He scares me. Call it instinct or an intuition, but something terrifying lurks behind that easy-going smile and football star image.
鈥淲hat did you just do?鈥� His voice is calm and quiet with a slight huskiness.
I hate in some books how when the reader knows what the secrets are and the people who have the secrets don鈥檛 tell them to each other, so everything is about huge misunderstandings or just the fact that the main character(s) don鈥檛 really know the motivation behind certain things the other one does. This book doesn鈥檛 do that. The reader is as in the dark about the secrets as the character(s) who don鈥檛 know.
Another thing I like was that this was an erotic romance and boy was it spicy. I give it 5 peppers for hotness 馃尪馃尪馃尪馃尪馃尪! One thing I sometimes hate about high school romance is that they are too clean and a great number of high school students can be a bit dirty. If they were we wouldn鈥檛 have TV shows like Teen Mom or Young and Pregnant.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts & opinions are my own.
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May 7, 2024
2.5*
Okay lol. I avoided writing the review but then I couldn鈥檛 not vent about this book when I basically crawled through it fighting for my life jaksjdkdk
No srsly why was it so sad to read this? Like it had no actual flavour. The drama was forced. The plot? Nonexistent. pls someone tell me what was the purpose of this book??? I just read it and I couldn鈥檛 tell you what it was about if you put a gun to my head 馃ぁ馃ぁ
Oml Not Rina using the word 鈥榓rsehole鈥� every three lines. help?? I swear shes handing them out like they鈥檙e fucking sweets *attempts to strangle myself*
Elsa was cute till she wasn鈥檛 馃拃 If this bitch runs into hard walls that start beating under her fucking palm again in the next book I鈥檓 gonna rip my oesophagus out and smack her with it. I swear she pissed me off to no end.
Also, why do all the fmcs need to have amnesia for the 鈥減lot鈥� to work?! 馃檮馃檮
I kept getting deja vu bc it was basically a repeat of inner monologue from book 1. If I wanted to read the same shit again then I would鈥檝e reread the first book.
鈥滒潡涴潡�'饾榾 饾椄饾椂饾椈饾棿 饾棶饾棾饾榿饾棽饾椏 饾棶饾椆饾椆. 饾棝饾椂饾榾 饾槃饾椉饾椏饾棻 饾椂饾榾 饾棶 饾椏饾椉饾槅饾棶饾椆 饾棻饾棽饾棸饾椏饾棽饾棽.鈥�
~NO. Just no.
鈥滒潡ю潡叼潡� 饾棸饾椏饾椉饾槃饾棻 饾椊饾棶饾椏饾榿饾榾 饾棾饾椉饾椏 饾榿饾椀饾棽饾椇 饾椆饾椂饾椄饾棽 饾榿饾椀饾棽 饾椏饾棽饾棻 饾榾饾棽饾棶 饾棻饾椂饾棻 饾棾饾椉饾椏 饾棤饾椉饾榾饾棽饾榾鈥�
I鈥檓 speechless 馃拃馃拃馃拃馃拃馃拃
There was no original thought here. And don鈥檛 get me started on how they went in circles and had the SAME FUCKING ARGUMENT EVERY TIME 馃槶馃敨
And Aiden?? He was so fucking irritating. He was just鈥� there in the book. Like he had no actual presence. The book started so strong with him being really up front and centre but then he just got sorta lost?? What happened to his whole 鈥淚鈥檓 gonna destroy you bitch鈥� threat ???
Also what is with the eye twitch?? It has me cackling EVERY TIME pls 馃ぃ馃ぃ
Anyway鈥� I鈥檓 most likely still gonna read the next one bc I鈥檓 just a girl 馃槆馃懇鈥嶐煢�
饾棪饾椂饾棻饾棽 饾椈饾椉饾榿饾棽:
Xander and Kim鈥檚 story sounds interesting. I鈥檓 noticing how I look forward to couples that aren鈥檛 even the MCs in these books and that says a lot 馃拃
饾棛饾棶饾槂 饾棨饾槀饾椉饾榿饾棽饾榾:
鈥淚 hate you,鈥� I tell him with all the pent up frustration I鈥檝e been feeling this morning.
鈥淚 think you don鈥檛, sweetheart, but you wish you did.鈥� He reaches for me and pinches my cheek. 鈥淵ou鈥檙e adorable as fuck when you鈥檙e all flushed.鈥�
鈥淏esides, did you miss the part where I鈥檓 mad at you?鈥�
鈥淚鈥檓 mad at you, too. We can be mad at each other while you鈥檙e sitting on my lap.鈥�
He threads his fingers into my hair and tugs the band free before bringing a strand of hair to his face and inhaling. 鈥淗mm, you smell like temptation.鈥�
Okay lol. I avoided writing the review but then I couldn鈥檛 not vent about this book when I basically crawled through it fighting for my life jaksjdkdk
No srsly why was it so sad to read this? Like it had no actual flavour. The drama was forced. The plot? Nonexistent. pls someone tell me what was the purpose of this book??? I just read it and I couldn鈥檛 tell you what it was about if you put a gun to my head 馃ぁ馃ぁ
Oml Not Rina using the word 鈥榓rsehole鈥� every three lines. help?? I swear shes handing them out like they鈥檙e fucking sweets *attempts to strangle myself*
Elsa was cute till she wasn鈥檛 馃拃 If this bitch runs into hard walls that start beating under her fucking palm again in the next book I鈥檓 gonna rip my oesophagus out and smack her with it. I swear she pissed me off to no end.
Also, why do all the fmcs need to have amnesia for the 鈥減lot鈥� to work?! 馃檮馃檮
I kept getting deja vu bc it was basically a repeat of inner monologue from book 1. If I wanted to read the same shit again then I would鈥檝e reread the first book.
鈥滒潡涴潡�'饾榾 饾椄饾椂饾椈饾棿 饾棶饾棾饾榿饾棽饾椏 饾棶饾椆饾椆. 饾棝饾椂饾榾 饾槃饾椉饾椏饾棻 饾椂饾榾 饾棶 饾椏饾椉饾槅饾棶饾椆 饾棻饾棽饾棸饾椏饾棽饾棽.鈥�
~NO. Just no.
鈥滒潡ю潡叼潡� 饾棸饾椏饾椉饾槃饾棻 饾椊饾棶饾椏饾榿饾榾 饾棾饾椉饾椏 饾榿饾椀饾棽饾椇 饾椆饾椂饾椄饾棽 饾榿饾椀饾棽 饾椏饾棽饾棻 饾榾饾棽饾棶 饾棻饾椂饾棻 饾棾饾椉饾椏 饾棤饾椉饾榾饾棽饾榾鈥�
I鈥檓 speechless 馃拃馃拃馃拃馃拃馃拃
There was no original thought here. And don鈥檛 get me started on how they went in circles and had the SAME FUCKING ARGUMENT EVERY TIME 馃槶馃敨
And Aiden?? He was so fucking irritating. He was just鈥� there in the book. Like he had no actual presence. The book started so strong with him being really up front and centre but then he just got sorta lost?? What happened to his whole 鈥淚鈥檓 gonna destroy you bitch鈥� threat ???
Also what is with the eye twitch?? It has me cackling EVERY TIME pls 馃ぃ馃ぃ
Anyway鈥� I鈥檓 most likely still gonna read the next one bc I鈥檓 just a girl 馃槆馃懇鈥嶐煢�
饾棪饾椂饾棻饾棽 饾椈饾椉饾榿饾棽:
Xander and Kim鈥檚 story sounds interesting. I鈥檓 noticing how I look forward to couples that aren鈥檛 even the MCs in these books and that says a lot 馃拃
饾棛饾棶饾槂 饾棨饾槀饾椉饾榿饾棽饾榾:
鈥淚 hate you,鈥� I tell him with all the pent up frustration I鈥檝e been feeling this morning.
鈥淚 think you don鈥檛, sweetheart, but you wish you did.鈥� He reaches for me and pinches my cheek. 鈥淵ou鈥檙e adorable as fuck when you鈥檙e all flushed.鈥�
鈥淏esides, did you miss the part where I鈥檓 mad at you?鈥�
鈥淚鈥檓 mad at you, too. We can be mad at each other while you鈥檙e sitting on my lap.鈥�
He threads his fingers into my hair and tugs the band free before bringing a strand of hair to his face and inhaling. 鈥淗mm, you smell like temptation.鈥�
April 11, 2024
DNF @ 29%
Lmao whattttt
You guys, what did I just read?
This was terrible. Okay so this is a contemporary high school bully romance which some people are into, and I'm not judging. I'm somewhat of an enemies to lovers connoisseur myself. Although bully romances aren't my first choice, depending on my mood I could be interested. But this was just... awful lol
So first, the writing is terrible. Seriously, I've read many a fanfictions that are written miles better than this. My god. The same points are repeated over and over. The author forces awkward descriptions into the text in a 4th grade attempt to add "context" and "detail." This may take the crown for worst writing in a book that I've read.
Okay, but fine, maybe I can get past some less than stellar writing if the plot is good. So Elsa starts her high school career at Royal Elite (lol) in England and on her very first day she's minding her own business when Aiden King (lol) comes out of nowhere, LITERALLY grabs her by the neck and shoves her against the wall with his whole soccer team just laughing on, and tells her he will destroy her. I mean, in what world?! She literally just walked into school!
I haven't read many bully romances, but the ones I have are just so unrealistic. And I'm someone who loves wacky fantasy and paranormal tropes, but at least the people in these outlandish scenarios act with some sense. It was just so over the top and unbelievable. Bullies aren't usually so OTT. They do little humiliating things to break people down. They pull mean pranks. They are cruel with words. They don't strangle you and shove you against a wall upon meeting you. That's just a psychopath. And everyone at the school just acts like this is a normal Tuesday. There's a difference between being a bully and being a violent psychopath. Neither is good, but there is a difference and I feel a lot of these books ignore that difference. If you're going to write about a violent psychopath, then fine, but don't play it off like they're just a school bully because- no. Aiden is not a bully. He's insane.
And I likepsychotic characters but the context around them needs to make some sense but it's just 0-100 and I can't suspend my disbelief.
Aiden literally threatens to assault Elsa because she calls him 'Aiden' and not 'King.' This is so extra I can't.
And then! He's sexually assaulting her (literally like 20 min into the book) and she's just sitting there twiddling her thumbs like la dee dah and I'm just like ???????? She's not physically fighting back at all and is just like 'oh Aiden, what do you want now dammit?' 'stop being such a meanie!"
But wait, there's more! After one of Aiden's and Elsa's 'confrontations' (consisting of Aiden threatening to sexually assault her and then doing so) Elsa goes home and is just like, "Ughh. He sucks. But there's something in his eyes?" and then throw a little bit of betraying body in there. Thanks, I hate it.
At least it was sort of entertaining with how bad it was but wow I'm going to go put bleach in my eyes brb
Lmao whattttt
You guys, what did I just read?
This was terrible. Okay so this is a contemporary high school bully romance which some people are into, and I'm not judging. I'm somewhat of an enemies to lovers connoisseur myself. Although bully romances aren't my first choice, depending on my mood I could be interested. But this was just... awful lol
So first, the writing is terrible. Seriously, I've read many a fanfictions that are written miles better than this. My god. The same points are repeated over and over. The author forces awkward descriptions into the text in a 4th grade attempt to add "context" and "detail." This may take the crown for worst writing in a book that I've read.
Okay, but fine, maybe I can get past some less than stellar writing if the plot is good. So Elsa starts her high school career at Royal Elite (lol) in England and on her very first day she's minding her own business when Aiden King (lol) comes out of nowhere, LITERALLY grabs her by the neck and shoves her against the wall with his whole soccer team just laughing on, and tells her he will destroy her. I mean, in what world?! She literally just walked into school!
I haven't read many bully romances, but the ones I have are just so unrealistic. And I'm someone who loves wacky fantasy and paranormal tropes, but at least the people in these outlandish scenarios act with some sense. It was just so over the top and unbelievable. Bullies aren't usually so OTT. They do little humiliating things to break people down. They pull mean pranks. They are cruel with words. They don't strangle you and shove you against a wall upon meeting you. That's just a psychopath. And everyone at the school just acts like this is a normal Tuesday. There's a difference between being a bully and being a violent psychopath. Neither is good, but there is a difference and I feel a lot of these books ignore that difference. If you're going to write about a violent psychopath, then fine, but don't play it off like they're just a school bully because- no. Aiden is not a bully. He's insane.
And I likepsychotic characters but the context around them needs to make some sense but it's just 0-100 and I can't suspend my disbelief.
Aiden literally threatens to assault Elsa because she calls him 'Aiden' and not 'King.' This is so extra I can't.
And then! He's sexually assaulting her (literally like 20 min into the book) and she's just sitting there twiddling her thumbs like la dee dah and I'm just like ???????? She's not physically fighting back at all and is just like 'oh Aiden, what do you want now dammit?' 'stop being such a meanie!"
But wait, there's more! After one of Aiden's and Elsa's 'confrontations' (consisting of Aiden threatening to sexually assault her and then doing so) Elsa goes home and is just like, "Ughh. He sucks. But there's something in his eyes?" and then throw a little bit of betraying body in there. Thanks, I hate it.
At least it was sort of entertaining with how bad it was but wow I'm going to go put bleach in my eyes brb
May 19, 2025
3.5 stars
Deviant King is your typical bully romance with a mystery and suspense plot and a morally grey hero who wants to destroy the female main character. It鈥檚 clich茅 and cringe but also addicting and entertaining.
This book was much better than Cruel King. I had some expectations based on what I鈥檇 heard about this book, the tropes, and the fact that I was drawn to Aiden from the very first book in this series. There was something about his mysterious and quiet personality, but it turns out he鈥檚 a sociopath with no morals. Cruel King lacked the depth and intrigue that Deviant King had, and I felt more invested in Aiden and Elsa鈥檚 story.
The plot is compelling, with a complex layer of suspense, darkness, mystery, and angst. Aiden and Elsa鈥檚 mysterious past plays a major role in this book, hooking you from the very first page. I am not a big fan of bully romance, but Deviant King was different from others in the genre. Aiden and Elsa are bound by their tragic past, the animosity, and the feud between their families, and you can鈥檛 help but want to know what happened to them that led them down this path of hate and destruction. It鈥檚 not just about bullying鈥攖here鈥檚 a deep seated history between them that makes their relationship even more intense.
Elsa Quinn is portrayed as a strong, protective, and defiant female character who never shows her weakness or vulnerability in front of anyone. She doesn鈥檛 remember her past and was bullied at RES because Aiden made a promise to destroy her. At first, Elsa was just the ice queen who didn鈥檛 give a shit about anything or anyone, but it was more about her staying away from unwanted attention while also trying to fit into her new life at RES. However, as the story progressed, we got to see the layers of her character鈥攈er strength, her fears, and the way she slowly starts to piece together her past. She never backs down from a challenge, and when Aiden pushes her, she gives as good as she gets. I liked that she鈥檚 not a doormat because I really hate it when female characters make their sad life their whole personality.
鈥淎ren鈥檛 all girls supposed to be attracted to the white knight? Prince charming? Why the hell am I gravitating towards the villain?鈥�
Aiden King is your typical morally grey character鈥攁lso a sociopath with no emotions, a deviant with no moral compass, and an anti-hero with a manipulative and possessive obsession. He hides all this behind the fa莽ade of the perfect boy at RES. Aiden wants Elsa, so he will do anything to get her where he wants her. He pushes Elsa to her limits, playing mind games until she bows to his command. In short, he is unhinged. I am intrigued by him, but I don鈥檛 like him because of what he did to Elsa in this book. I鈥檓 hoping to see some redeeming qualities in him in the next books.
鈥淚 was never supposed to like you this much. Hell. I wasn鈥檛 supposed to think about you more than I think of myself.鈥�
Aiden and Elsa have crazy and explosive chemistry. There鈥檚 animosity and hate between them, but they also have a few sweet and endearing moments in this book. One minute, Aiden is forcing Elsa to do what he commands, and the next, he鈥檚 calling her adorable and sweetheart. He鈥檚 unhinged, but at least he owns it. I couldn鈥檛 help but root for him in this book. What started as hate and destruction slowly evolved into attraction, lust, tension, and maybe even love. I hated how he bullied her, but I also liked how Elsa fought back. The way she gets on his nerves every time was so funny, and I love it when Aiden is pissed and jealous. They are a match made in hell.
I still hated that the main characters were teenagers, and I had to brainwash myself into believing they were in their early 20s, but at least Aiden and Elsa did not have 2D personalities like Levi and Astrid. The writing still needs a lot of work. It鈥檚 cringy, and the dialogue had me laughing most of the time because of how these teenagers behaved like they were the kings of the world. But despite the flaws, the story kept me engaged.
So far, the story is good, and the plot moves at a solid pace. There are no major revelations in this book, and I鈥檓 hoping to learn more about Aiden and Elsa鈥檚 past in the next instalments. There are so many truths to be revealed, mysteries to unfold, and pasts to unravel鈥攁nd I鈥檓 so here for it.
鈥斺赌斺赌斺赌斺赌斺赌斺赌斺赌�
This better serves the ice queen x bad boy trope or i am suing rina kent
鈥淎颈诲别苍鈥︹赌�
鈥淗mm, sweetheart?鈥�
Deviant King is your typical bully romance with a mystery and suspense plot and a morally grey hero who wants to destroy the female main character. It鈥檚 clich茅 and cringe but also addicting and entertaining.
This book was much better than Cruel King. I had some expectations based on what I鈥檇 heard about this book, the tropes, and the fact that I was drawn to Aiden from the very first book in this series. There was something about his mysterious and quiet personality, but it turns out he鈥檚 a sociopath with no morals. Cruel King lacked the depth and intrigue that Deviant King had, and I felt more invested in Aiden and Elsa鈥檚 story.
The plot is compelling, with a complex layer of suspense, darkness, mystery, and angst. Aiden and Elsa鈥檚 mysterious past plays a major role in this book, hooking you from the very first page. I am not a big fan of bully romance, but Deviant King was different from others in the genre. Aiden and Elsa are bound by their tragic past, the animosity, and the feud between their families, and you can鈥檛 help but want to know what happened to them that led them down this path of hate and destruction. It鈥檚 not just about bullying鈥攖here鈥檚 a deep seated history between them that makes their relationship even more intense.
Elsa Quinn is portrayed as a strong, protective, and defiant female character who never shows her weakness or vulnerability in front of anyone. She doesn鈥檛 remember her past and was bullied at RES because Aiden made a promise to destroy her. At first, Elsa was just the ice queen who didn鈥檛 give a shit about anything or anyone, but it was more about her staying away from unwanted attention while also trying to fit into her new life at RES. However, as the story progressed, we got to see the layers of her character鈥攈er strength, her fears, and the way she slowly starts to piece together her past. She never backs down from a challenge, and when Aiden pushes her, she gives as good as she gets. I liked that she鈥檚 not a doormat because I really hate it when female characters make their sad life their whole personality.
鈥淎ren鈥檛 all girls supposed to be attracted to the white knight? Prince charming? Why the hell am I gravitating towards the villain?鈥�
Aiden King is your typical morally grey character鈥攁lso a sociopath with no emotions, a deviant with no moral compass, and an anti-hero with a manipulative and possessive obsession. He hides all this behind the fa莽ade of the perfect boy at RES. Aiden wants Elsa, so he will do anything to get her where he wants her. He pushes Elsa to her limits, playing mind games until she bows to his command. In short, he is unhinged. I am intrigued by him, but I don鈥檛 like him because of what he did to Elsa in this book. I鈥檓 hoping to see some redeeming qualities in him in the next books.
鈥淚 was never supposed to like you this much. Hell. I wasn鈥檛 supposed to think about you more than I think of myself.鈥�
Aiden and Elsa have crazy and explosive chemistry. There鈥檚 animosity and hate between them, but they also have a few sweet and endearing moments in this book. One minute, Aiden is forcing Elsa to do what he commands, and the next, he鈥檚 calling her adorable and sweetheart. He鈥檚 unhinged, but at least he owns it. I couldn鈥檛 help but root for him in this book. What started as hate and destruction slowly evolved into attraction, lust, tension, and maybe even love. I hated how he bullied her, but I also liked how Elsa fought back. The way she gets on his nerves every time was so funny, and I love it when Aiden is pissed and jealous. They are a match made in hell.
鈥淭here鈥檚 nothing I wouldn鈥檛 do to have you, sweetheart.鈥�
鈥淣辞迟丑颈苍驳?鈥�
鈥淎bsolutely nothing.鈥�
I still hated that the main characters were teenagers, and I had to brainwash myself into believing they were in their early 20s, but at least Aiden and Elsa did not have 2D personalities like Levi and Astrid. The writing still needs a lot of work. It鈥檚 cringy, and the dialogue had me laughing most of the time because of how these teenagers behaved like they were the kings of the world. But despite the flaws, the story kept me engaged.
So far, the story is good, and the plot moves at a solid pace. There are no major revelations in this book, and I鈥檓 hoping to learn more about Aiden and Elsa鈥檚 past in the next instalments. There are so many truths to be revealed, mysteries to unfold, and pasts to unravel鈥攁nd I鈥檓 so here for it.
鈥斺赌斺赌斺赌斺赌斺赌斺赌斺赌�
This better serves the ice queen x bad boy trope or i am suing rina kent
May 25, 2024
#0: cruel king 鈫� 4.5 stars
#1: deviant king 鈫� 4 stars
#2: steel princess 鈫� 3.5 stars
4 stars
this is my first ever bully, academy type of romance book and i really liked this! it was definitely a page-turner for me and that's definitely a plus. i mean, i read this rather than study for my midterm soo... yay, right?
i wasn't expecting anything that would wow me to be honest, but this did because all the mystery from the h's childhood got me hooked.
family intrigue, rich people doing bad things but they gotta hide their asses, private school full of rich snobs, a little bit of petty teen drama, push and pull from MCs, H chasing the h going all cavemen most of the time, enemies to lovers, bully romance, side characters' story being introduced... if y'all like these then i recommend reading this book 100%
"Being hated by Aiden King is dangerous.
But being wanted by him is lethal."
Aiden King (H):
- 99.9% sure he's a sociopath.
- wouldn't want to date him irl, but fictionally? hell yeah.
- rich kid who's family rules the whole UK and probably the whole world.
- rick kid who rules the whole school.
- part of the 4 horsemen with his three little minions.
- super duper possessive as hell, always going all like "she's mine", "stay away from her she's mine", "imma beat you up if you touch her" blah blah blah. even though i don't like this kind of alpha/possessive intensity from my H, this doesn't bother me as much and i actually liked it??
- kind of an evil genius. like, wouldn't be surprised if he's related to Elon Musk type of genius.
- not a man ho. I REPEAT. NOT a man ho (thank god).
- #1 kink: chocking
Elsa Quinn (h):
- Ice Princess
- "Frozen"
- not a doormat (thank you jesus).
- fights back.
- very protective and loyal to her best friend, Kimberly and i LOVE that. she always stands up for her and acts like a momma bear.
- can't remember her childhood cuz of trauma.
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have to admit, sometimes, i wasn't really convinced with the romance and the progression was a bit too fast for my liking considering their history but i get it. it's all part of the H's evil plan or whatever.
and can we talk about Kimberly (h bff) and Xander's (H bff) history? i bet you they used to be childhood best friends but something happened so Xander became her "bully". im getting a Jared and Tate vibes and im all for that. i think im more intrigued with their relationship and story to be honest.
but anyways, since this is a bully romance some things might annoy some people and there's definitely questionable and fucked up things ((choking as kink, a little bit of manhandling, inappropriate groping without consent) happening here buuut i guess it all depends on people's preferences and such.
but i can't wait to read the next book (coming out Dec 12) cuz that cliffhanger!! omg nooo i need the next one right now!
July 7, 2024
3 stars 啾ㄠ
馃拰 Being hated by Aiden King is dangerous.
But being wanted by him is lethal. 馃拰
aiden king is a walking ick. seriously, how are people simping for this man?? omg im so disgusted EWW!! now I understand why he hates her so much, I was GAGGED at that ending 馃槶 but that doesn鈥檛 make me hate him any less. the assaulting? the torment? WTF. I鈥檝e read dark romance and I don鈥檛 mind a morally grey mmc but he was just fucking gross and why did she like him is she psycho.
3 stars is because it was entertaining. rina鈥檚 writing is pretty addictive, it鈥檚 not that good tbh and INCREDIBLY REPETITIVE, but it鈥檚 fun and makes you want more. onto book two <3
I really hope it gets better bc I am not impressed.
馃拰 Being hated by Aiden King is dangerous.
But being wanted by him is lethal. 馃拰
aiden king is a walking ick. seriously, how are people simping for this man?? omg im so disgusted EWW!! now I understand why he hates her so much, I was GAGGED at that ending 馃槶 but that doesn鈥檛 make me hate him any less. the assaulting? the torment? WTF. I鈥檝e read dark romance and I don鈥檛 mind a morally grey mmc but he was just fucking gross and why did she like him is she psycho.
3 stars is because it was entertaining. rina鈥檚 writing is pretty addictive, it鈥檚 not that good tbh and INCREDIBLY REPETITIVE, but it鈥檚 fun and makes you want more. onto book two <3
I really hope it gets better bc I am not impressed.
March 9, 2022
the prologue made me rate this book 1 star.
you are trying to tell me that he said "i will destroy you" and choked her in the hallway while they were idk 15 or 16????
Laughing.
that is the funniest thing I have ever seen. I first thought they were 18 but no they had to be teenagers that act like they rule the world.
Yes Aidan is sad and probably has a darker past but the plot twist was predictable and I dont know where but I have read smth like that before.
you are trying to tell me that he said "i will destroy you" and choked her in the hallway while they were idk 15 or 16????
Laughing.
that is the funniest thing I have ever seen. I first thought they were 18 but no they had to be teenagers that act like they rule the world.
Yes Aidan is sad and probably has a darker past but the plot twist was predictable and I dont know where but I have read smth like that before.
July 27, 2023
This book in a couple of gif's:
So, this was my first ever bully romance and I loved it so much. (In case you're wondering, I read this book about 3 months ago, and I've come a long way since then in this trope. The reason I'm writing this review now is because when I read this book I hadn't starting writing reviews yet, and I just re-read this series so I thought why not write one now?) Anyways, like I said this was my first book in this trope and my first book by author Rina Kent, who btw is now one of my fav authors馃挅
Review
I loved this book so much!!
鈥淭hey say it doesn鈥檛 take long for your life to be flipped upside down. A moment. A second. And it鈥檚 all over. I should鈥檝e known. If I had, I would鈥檝e done things differently. Maybe I would鈥檝e walked the other way. Maybe my tale wouldn鈥檛 have ended the way it did. But the thing about 鈥榤aybes鈥�? They鈥檙e useless.鈥�
Elsa Quinn, comes to Royal Elite, in hopes of doing well and getting into Cambridge which is her dream college but all goes to hell when Aiden King publicly declares war against her by saying "I will destroy you"
鈥淏e mine and you become the queen on my board.鈥� He pauses and flicks his tongue to lick my lower lip. 鈥淔ight and you鈥檒l remain a pawn.鈥�
Aiden King is the most popular guy on campus. He is dark and broody and doesn't talk much. The four of them (Ronan Astor, Cole Nash, Xander Knight and 'the mighty king' himself) are also known as the 'Four Horseman.' They are the golden boys of the town and loved by all.
Everyone knows the mighty Aiden who isn't affected by much, but when Elsa joins RES, he is affected by her presence like an itch to scratch.
(Totally inappropriate, I know, but I just couldn't resist it馃槀)
So anyways, no one knows why he is so affected by her presence, buuuut we find out his reasons as the story progresses and let me tell you..
I loved Elsa so much, she WASN'T a doormat at all and stood her own. Oh, and her friendship with Kim...*I'm not swooning over the friendship more than the relationship*
Honestly, she was like a momma bear, protecting Kim from all the fat-shaming and bullying. She was so strong and resilient and even though she was getting bullied too, she tried her best to protect Kim.
What an ending!! The cliff-hanger was ahh-maz-ing!!
Me at the end of the book:
I so enjoyed this book, and if you're looking for a good, dark, captivating bully romance, this book is highly recommended!!
This book may contain some dubious content as it's a dark, bully romance. But if you're okay with it I would highly recommend this book!
January 9, 2024
4/5 猸愶笍 This was my first book by Rina Kent and it is what made me fall in love with her books. It is definitely not perfect but it will always hold a special place in my heart. It was also the first bully romance I ever read.
It just felt so comforting to be back in the Royal Elite world. And I just melted each time Aiden鈥檚 psycho self called Elsa sweetheart 馃珷馃珷
And he could be so sweet too 馃ス I loved it when he got the school to serve Elsa鈥檚 special food. She could never eat the cafeteria food before because of her heart condition. So he made it happen for her 馃ス. And I also loved how he always brought her water after practice. And his jealousy over anyone being near his Elsa? It was so much fun 馃槶馃珷馃ス. It literally had me giggling 馃き
I did rate this 5 stars the first time I read it but I just didn鈥檛 get the 5 stars feel like last time. I still loved it though! 馃グ Aiden King will always be my favorite 馃槍
*2021*
5/5 猸愶笍 Wow! This book was so good!! I cant wait to read the next book. It ends on a cliffhanger!
It just felt so comforting to be back in the Royal Elite world. And I just melted each time Aiden鈥檚 psycho self called Elsa sweetheart 馃珷馃珷
And he could be so sweet too 馃ス I loved it when he got the school to serve Elsa鈥檚 special food. She could never eat the cafeteria food before because of her heart condition. So he made it happen for her 馃ス. And I also loved how he always brought her water after practice. And his jealousy over anyone being near his Elsa? It was so much fun 馃槶馃珷馃ス. It literally had me giggling 馃き
I did rate this 5 stars the first time I read it but I just didn鈥檛 get the 5 stars feel like last time. I still loved it though! 馃グ Aiden King will always be my favorite 馃槍
*2021*
5/5 猸愶笍 Wow! This book was so good!! I cant wait to read the next book. It ends on a cliffhanger!
September 22, 2021
Dnf @ 34%
First of all, Aiden King is such a regal and intimate name, how dare Ms. Kent name the H Aiden King and give him the personality of a potato!? That name paired with his posh British accent had soo much potential!
Second of all, W T F 馃槝馃槝馃槝
How was the this published last year!? I thought this was an olddddddd work of Rina Kent, hence the absolute absurd personalities of the characters. But no this was published in 2020. Maybe the pandemic hit her a little too hard.
I鈥檝e read Truths & Lies duet by her and I think I marginally enjoyed it (because my previous self was less judgmental and critical and more open-minded, BUT my friends on GR have brought out this overly vicious side of me and I feel this inexplicable need to excoriate every HS book I read *growl* 馃懝)
But I digress.
The first book of that duet was good. This book reminded me of that duet when there was a mention of Elsa LOSING her memories (could memories be a euphemism for brain cells? Hmm, I wonder.) after being in an accident. I remember something similar happened to the h in All The Lies. I don鈥檛 know what鈥檚 the author鈥檚 fixation with making her heroines suffer from amnesia (when they already suffer from STUPIDITY) suffering two terminal diseases must be hard. Elsa might not have my respect but she has my (reluctant) sympathy.
Anyway, back to this book, I should have heeded 贬补濒补鈥檚 warning when she said I shouldn鈥檛 have picked this book. But I didn鈥檛 and I suffered. How I suffered! BUT I have to thank my prudence for bailing when I did鈥efore this book caused any permanent brain damage.
I could have done without reading about a h who acted like a disgustingly concerned (step)mother, what with her trying to dissect Aiden鈥檚 thoughts and actions and trying to peek into his oh-so-black-soul and trying to read his oh-so-black-mind!
If you鈥檙e trying to make your character dark and menacing at least try to make them appear, I don鈥檛 know, convincing??
A boy who throttles an unsuspecting girl he DOESN鈥橳 know after he JUST makes eye contact with her is anything but menacing. He doesn鈥檛 belong in a school that only accepts one percent of the iNteLliGent students (umm, this school needs to conduct a serious reevaluation). He belongs in a mental asylum.
The hero鈥檚 first meeting with the heroine, everyone. Can you imagine the derisive laugh I had to STIFLE after reading that?! 馃槂馃槂
I did not expect such behavior from someone named AIDEN KING!?!?
Disappointing 馃槏
First of all, Aiden King is such a regal and intimate name, how dare Ms. Kent name the H Aiden King and give him the personality of a potato!? That name paired with his posh British accent had soo much potential!
Second of all, W T F 馃槝馃槝馃槝
How was the this published last year!? I thought this was an olddddddd work of Rina Kent, hence the absolute absurd personalities of the characters. But no this was published in 2020. Maybe the pandemic hit her a little too hard.
I鈥檝e read Truths & Lies duet by her and I think I marginally enjoyed it (because my previous self was less judgmental and critical and more open-minded, BUT my friends on GR have brought out this overly vicious side of me and I feel this inexplicable need to excoriate every HS book I read *growl* 馃懝)
But I digress.
The first book of that duet was good. This book reminded me of that duet when there was a mention of Elsa LOSING her memories (could memories be a euphemism for brain cells? Hmm, I wonder.) after being in an accident. I remember something similar happened to the h in All The Lies. I don鈥檛 know what鈥檚 the author鈥檚 fixation with making her heroines suffer from amnesia (when they already suffer from STUPIDITY) suffering two terminal diseases must be hard. Elsa might not have my respect but she has my (reluctant) sympathy.
Anyway, back to this book, I should have heeded 贬补濒补鈥檚 warning when she said I shouldn鈥檛 have picked this book. But I didn鈥檛 and I suffered. How I suffered! BUT I have to thank my prudence for bailing when I did鈥efore this book caused any permanent brain damage.
I could have done without reading about a h who acted like a disgustingly concerned (step)mother, what with her trying to dissect Aiden鈥檚 thoughts and actions and trying to peek into his oh-so-black-soul and trying to read his oh-so-black-mind!
鈥淭he girls want him. The boys want to be him.
But none of them sees that emptiness inside him.
The void.鈥�
If you鈥檙e trying to make your character dark and menacing at least try to make them appear, I don鈥檛 know, convincing??
A boy who throttles an unsuspecting girl he DOESN鈥橳 know after he JUST makes eye contact with her is anything but menacing. He doesn鈥檛 belong in a school that only accepts one percent of the iNteLliGent students (umm, this school needs to conduct a serious reevaluation). He belongs in a mental asylum.
鈥淗is other hand clutches my jaw, and my lips tremble at the thought that he鈥檒l snap my neck.
鈥淲-What are you doing?鈥�
He leans forward so his mouth hovers inches away from mine and growls. 鈥淚 will destroy you.鈥�
Those words seal my fate.鈥�
The hero鈥檚 first meeting with the heroine, everyone. Can you imagine the derisive laugh I had to STIFLE after reading that?! 馃槂馃槂
I did not expect such behavior from someone named AIDEN KING!?!?
Disappointing 馃槏
March 5, 2022
evil tongues might call it the regress, i call it my dark bully highschool romance phase馃拞
September 30, 2024
was this written by a 12 year old?
April 7, 2025
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after reading the first book I absolutely want to continue this fantastic story, I don't have high but very high expectations.
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after reading the first book I absolutely want to continue this fantastic story, I don't have high but very high expectations.
June 28, 2022
3.5
la pas茅 tan bien leyendo este libro. les juro que, aunque me averguence admitirlo, soy fan del romance bully.
la pas茅 tan bien leyendo este libro. les juro que, aunque me averguence admitirlo, soy fan del romance bully.
August 17, 2024
aiden is a walking red flag
February 24, 2020
turns out it鈥檚 actually quite hard to get into high school based books when you鈥檙e older than the characters. no I'm kidding, but, honestly, this book was quite immature and typical high school students trying too hard to be something to stand out while acting stupid. all of the characters needed a grown up wake up call: Aidan, the male character was trying too hard to be a dark character and it obviously didn鈥檛 feel as natural as it should have. I mean he starts to bully the main girl, Elsa out of no where and starts to touch her right away, it's like there was no buildup of romance, angst, or even hate. at times, I was even confused about what I was reading like the plot sounded promising, but it could have been delivered way better.
now, don鈥檛 get me wrong because I do like dark romance and even books set in high school, but this one wasn鈥檛 anything special as i鈥檝e heard otherwise, and I know there are reasons for why the characters were behaving the way they were, but I鈥榤 not too invested to beat the cliffhanger and find out at the end of the trilogy.
now, don鈥檛 get me wrong because I do like dark romance and even books set in high school, but this one wasn鈥檛 anything special as i鈥檝e heard otherwise, and I know there are reasons for why the characters were behaving the way they were, but I鈥榤 not too invested to beat the cliffhanger and find out at the end of the trilogy.
October 24, 2019
I don鈥檛 rate a lot of books 4* my GR friends are very aware of that! This review is also based on Rina Kent鈥檚 other bully book in a boxset which was my favourite and the only one for me that had all the qualities I would expect in a possessive and obsessed hero.
I am not a fan of the craze that seems to be going around where it鈥檚 almost a norm to have a reverse harem (I don鈥檛 like sharing) and the blurb says heroine is strong blah blah blah. I read a few of them just to see if I could get into them but alas reverse harem (apart from Addison Cain鈥檚 Wren series) is really not for me, also these 鈥渟trong heroine鈥� are so not with their betraying body syndrome and their pathetic need for their men. Few bully stories have captured me but this author鈥檚 series is really pulling me in and honestly I really like her heroine鈥檚 because even though there is some betraying body moments they don鈥檛 let it control the brains that God gifted them with! Honestly I was beginning to give up on the bully genre because the reverse harem and cringe worthy female leads were just really annoying but I am so glad I gave this author a chance and I will definitely be looking out for her other books if her females are like two I have read so far in her Elite series! Best series this year for me!
I am not a fan of the craze that seems to be going around where it鈥檚 almost a norm to have a reverse harem (I don鈥檛 like sharing) and the blurb says heroine is strong blah blah blah. I read a few of them just to see if I could get into them but alas reverse harem (apart from Addison Cain鈥檚 Wren series) is really not for me, also these 鈥渟trong heroine鈥� are so not with their betraying body syndrome and their pathetic need for their men. Few bully stories have captured me but this author鈥檚 series is really pulling me in and honestly I really like her heroine鈥檚 because even though there is some betraying body moments they don鈥檛 let it control the brains that God gifted them with! Honestly I was beginning to give up on the bully genre because the reverse harem and cringe worthy female leads were just really annoying but I am so glad I gave this author a chance and I will definitely be looking out for her other books if her females are like two I have read so far in her Elite series! Best series this year for me!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 17, 2020
Everything about Aiden King is black.
Black mind.
Black heart.
Black soul.
Black mind.
Black heart.
Black soul.
October 24, 2019
To be honest, I am not really a huge fan of bully books, and the start of this one was a little rough for me. However, I like this author so I pushed through, and I am glad I did because I ended up getting sucked into the story and enjoying it a whole hell of a lot. The writing was great. It moved along at a good pace. The plot, although, far-fetched kept we turning the pages. There was a good cast of secondary characters, and I liked Elsa a lot.听Aiden, on the other hand, was hard to warm up to. He is pretty much a "go to the police and get a restraining order..STAT"听type of character. 馃憖 But I guess that was what the author was going for. Last, this one wraps up on a proper soap opera cliffhanger, and yours truly will be first in line to grab up book two when it become available. 馃憤馃憤
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July 24, 2020
This book was really bad. I knew it's a bully romance and I also knew about the force seduction which I have no problem with. I have read plenty of books that have force seduction which also have good plots and enjoyed them. However, I just didn't enjoy this book. The scenes were repetitive and not entertaining. The whole mystery of the past didn't serve any purpose until the end. It was also unnecessary lengthy.
His fingers are back to my bra again, but instead of tracing like earlier, his thumb and forefinger latch onto my pebbled nipple through the cloth and he pinches.
I know it's a bully romance but this was straight sexual assault. And it happens multiple times.
I try to push at his chest, but he reaches his free hand to my nipple and pinches it while squeezing my neck harder.
He was choking her while touching her and she wasn't consenting here. I don't know how this is romantic?
In the whole book, Aiden sexually assaulted Elsa, and he continuously tries to prove she is a masochist. The scenes weren't even sexy rather very disturbing to read. The writing is totally awful.
I admit that this book was addictive and I wanted to know what actually happened and is going to happen. But i also feel this book is very similar to by .
Maybe the similarity between other bully romances I read was too much that resulted, me not enjoying this book. This book is just a decent bully romance, nothing fancy or extraordinary to offer. I won't recommend this book.
His fingers are back to my bra again, but instead of tracing like earlier, his thumb and forefinger latch onto my pebbled nipple through the cloth and he pinches.
I know it's a bully romance but this was straight sexual assault. And it happens multiple times.
I try to push at his chest, but he reaches his free hand to my nipple and pinches it while squeezing my neck harder.
He was choking her while touching her and she wasn't consenting here. I don't know how this is romantic?
In the whole book, Aiden sexually assaulted Elsa, and he continuously tries to prove she is a masochist. The scenes weren't even sexy rather very disturbing to read. The writing is totally awful.
I admit that this book was addictive and I wanted to know what actually happened and is going to happen. But i also feel this book is very similar to by .
Maybe the similarity between other bully romances I read was too much that resulted, me not enjoying this book. This book is just a decent bully romance, nothing fancy or extraordinary to offer. I won't recommend this book.
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