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Empire of Desire by Rina Kent

m1mi's review against another edition

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

3.5

jelenaa's review

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challenging funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing 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? It's complicated

4.75

uwuramengirl's review

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adventurous relaxing 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

2.5

leeyah's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

not my typa book

shryanayak's review against another edition

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4.0


Although I'm a huge fan of Rina Kent, I won't lie that I was a bit skptical if this would keep me interested just as much as her previous works, especially since the ‘father's best friend’ trope is so over-used that I've become immune to their charm.

I kissed my father’s best friend and it kind of didn’t go well.

Not only because he’s eighteen years older than me—but he also didn’t like it.

Not one bit.

The thing I loved about Empire Of Desire was that it was so inclusive, giving Kingsley a chance to show his point of view alongside Gwyneth & Nathaniel. Apart from that, we are treated to the author's beautiful play with her words, managing to captivate you to read this in a go. But the only thing which disturbed me was Gwyneth grinding against Alex and Chris while she asserts over and over again that she didn't like Nathaniel hanging out with Aspen. Hypocrite much?

“You’re well and truly fucked, baby girl.”

Another instance which is quite unlike all other RK books was that I could see the plot twist coming from a mile away. I got a hint about the climax at around 60% mark which was a bit disappointing not gonna lie. :/



lindslikesbooks's review against another edition

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

3.5

We love a spicy age gap romance 

- age gap 
- dad’s best friend 
- marriage of convenience 
- workplace 
- possessive alphahole

This was good and I liked how Rina did the spicy age gap and handled the taboo elements of them figuring out their relationship. I loved that she was the one who was into him and for a long time, he kept saying no to her. 

That said, she did write a very immature 20 year old FMC. To the point where her internal thoughts and dialogue were so naive and childish that she annoyed me. That and the female narrator played up the immaturity had me not loving the female character as much as Nate. 

⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

lucena1331's review

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adventurous emotional 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

4.25

cheybookbug9919's review against another edition

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5.0

so it’s 5:30 but it was so worth it for nathaniel. best fathers best friend story hands down, didn’t think anything could top torn.

caitlyn_j's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

sue_b's review against another edition

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adventurous

3.0