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Twisted Kingdom by Rina Kent

10 reviews

chi__'s review against another edition

challenging dark 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Medical content, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide

Moderate: Bullying, Murder, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Violence, Child abuse, Child death, and Mental illness

Minor: Pregnancy

sshpurple1's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Sexism, Confinement, Grief, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Cursing, and Sexual content

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Confinement, and Death of parent

Minor: Drug use and Alcohol

booklloveer101's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death of parent, Abandonment, Bullying, Child abuse, and Blood

Moderate: Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Child death, Sexual content, Gun violence, Cursing, Death, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury

rachelmginger's review against another edition

dark sad tense

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Confinement, Death of parent, Death, Grief, and Torture

readwthsam's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Sexual content, Bullying, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide, and Death of parent

Moderate: Drug use, Alcohol, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

jen1804's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

2.5

This book was okay. Similarly to the book prior, Steel Princess, I enjoyed the plot and the mysterious elements of the narrative. The constant back and forth over these three books between Elsa deciding she likes Aiden and then deciding she doesn’t again is just too much. The smut in this is down right inappropriate at times and really not for me, sorry. I also just don’t find myself in love with Elsa and Aiden as a couple, so the romance elements of it just don’t hit where they should. There were for sure some romantic moments which I loved, like the back story behind the arrow tattoos for example, but just overall not enough. I did like the gradual reveal of Elsa’s memories and just how much her past trauma is interwoven with Aiden’s though.
I’m not sure whether I’ll read the remainder of the Royal Elite series or not, I know the rest of the books all now centre around different characters/couples which could be interesting, so we’ll see.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Blood, Death, Sexual content, Suicide, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Murder, Bullying, and Confinement

culzean's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, Torture, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Sexual content, Confinement, Violence, Medical trauma, and Physical abuse

romanceschmomance's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

RE-READ: Ahhhhh, what a conclusion and quite suspenseful! Rina writes some pretty addicting stuff. Definitely been enjoying my re-read.

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Twisted Kingdom, the final book is here and we have all the answers we've been waiting for. Aiden's still … well, you know, but let's be real, that wasn't going to change ;-) 

Naturally, dark romances aren't for everyone, it really pushes you to read outside of your comfort zone. Yeah, there were definitely a couple things that I could have done without and didn't really seem necessary to mention. But Elsa used it to hurt Aiden knowing she'd regret it. But that's what these two do. They're something wild, but I was still here for them and ready for the ride they were going to take me on. 

Rina is an absolute mastermind with her characters and Aiden is the perfect example of that. She gave us this cruel, menacing hero that is pretty much a sociopath, but even he had some character development throughout their story. And despite everything, you can't help, but love him a little. He's honest, cunning and intense through and through. 

In this one, we get to know all of Elsa and she definitely has a bit of a dark side to her that's perfectly matched to Aiden. I loved the mystery behind their story and just everyone that was involved. It's kind of crazy and yeah, messed up. But wow, what. a. story. 

I'll be honest, I didn't think this needed three books, but much like Aiden and Elsa, I was obsessed. Rina wrote an intriguing story with some very memorable characters. From all the twists and turns, I couldn't put it down. 

There's more to come with this series and I can't wait! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Child death, and Physical abuse

dianasofia8's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Sexual content

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, and Child abuse

sam019's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship