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Black Knight by Rina Kent

26 reviews

_koreen_'s review

challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Bullying, Alcohol, Suicide attempt, Violence, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Blood, Body shaming, Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, and Alcoholism

felyn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Pregnancy trope in the second epilogue.

Also, this one is seriously heavy. Heed the content and trigger warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Body shaming, Bullying, Addiction, Blood, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Eating disorder, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, and Vomit

Minor: Pregnancy

mrsmonty503's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

So raw and so emotional. I knew this one was going to gut me even before I started reading it. While I enjoyed Aiden and Elsa’s story and the books Rina Kent wrote. 

Nothing will compare to Xander and Kimberly. 
I found a lot of myself in Kimberly and she will always be one of my favorite FMC. 

I am excited to continue with the world! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Suicide, Blood, Bullying, Fatphobia, Suicide attempt, Animal death, Self harm, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, and Alcohol

Moderate: Stalking, Grief, and Violence

annica_fourie's review

challenging dark emotional tense fast-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

4.25

I really enjoyed this book. 
Rina Kent did a deep-dive into these characters and made me really love them.
The storyline was interesting while being heartbreaking. It was also lighter in the spice department in the sense of frequency.
Would definitely recommend, BUT CHECK TRIGGER WARNINGS!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Blood, Addiction, Eating disorder, Vomit, and Abandonment

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Fatphobia, and Violence

rinabinawu's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Vomit, Fatphobia, Toxic friendship, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Body shaming, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Bullying

loganswifey's review

emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Bullying, Mental illness, Blood, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Eating disorder, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Suicidal thoughts

jadednightwing's review

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.25

absolutely check the content warnings before diving into this particular enter to the Royal Elite series - I enjoyed it, but man oh man are there some really rough emotional scenes that are very triggering if you're not in a good place. (I'm on my own healing journey, so there were a few moments I had to step away to breathe before continuing)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, and Eating disorder

lindsmiller's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Eating disorder, Addiction, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcoholism

rudeyk16's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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

4.0

Again, this is a big step up from the last 4 books of this series. I didn’t really like cruel/Deviant king and Steel princess. But twisted kingdom and this book was so much better.

Yall don’t know how impatiently I’ve waited for this book. Ever since deviant king, Xander and Kimberly stood out, even more than Elsa and Aiden tbh. I really wanted to know about this ongoing tension between them and why Kimberly kept asking for forgiveness. Now that I know the reason, I’m just thinking that my poor girl suffered for no reason. Although I know the real reason he resented her all these years, it doesn’t make up for everything he did and how it hurt Kim. Also the fact that she was thinking that it was because of a stupid little prank.😭

This is the first book from the Royal Elite series where I cried so much. Kimberly deserved the world and reading that part about her suicide hurt so much. I was just cursing Xander and her mother under my breath for pushing her till that point. He literally said “why don’t you disappear”😭😭 that hurt me and Its in a book, imagine hearing those words from your once best friend who you loved and relied on more than anyone. 

Every time Xander would say stuff like “know your f*cking place” and “you disgust me”, I lost it. Not to mention, that he repeated it so many times. That made me hate him to the point that I was rooting for Kimberly to move on and I was like Xander doesn’t deserve her. After they finally got together, he was like “finally I can have you after so many years of yearning”, I was just thinking to myself, - okay… and? You’re not suddenly a saint. What did you do apart from adding reasons for Kim to commit suicide? Then he drops a bomb which made me melt right there, right then:

“Even when you were with others?”
 “What others?” He brushes his lips against mine. “You’re my first, Green.”

He was saving himself for her even though he pretty much knew that they can never be together 😭😭 it doesn’t make up for all the trauma he caused Kim over the years but at least we know that he was being genuine about only wanting Kimberly.

Okay lastly, coming to Ronan and Kimberly. I loved them both together and separately. Although I haven’t finished the series yet, I know for a fact that my fave male character will be Ronan and Female will most likely be Kimberly. They’re both sunshine’s and need to be protected at all costs.

I’m so excited for Ronans book, I’ve eaten up every chapter he’s been in so far. So having a whole book of him is just a blessing😩🤌

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Vomit, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Body horror, Bullying, Alcohol, Blood, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Animal death

rachelmginger's review

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Addiction, and Eating disorder

Minor: Kidnapping