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Twisted Kingdom by Rina Kent

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marygg3's review against another edition

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dark hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Now, this one I really liked.

Elsa is still annoying sometimes, and the amount of delulu it takes to read her POV is astounding, but I still liked it.

The writing is not the best and the grammatical erros are sometimes distracting, but I still liked it.

The romance was truly romancing, the smut was smutting and the plot was plotting, so I'm good.

Plus the father-daugher interactions always make me fold and I loved seeing Elsa enjoy her father. I wish we'd seen more of that with her uncle too, though.

I am also very hooked on whatever the hell is going on with Xander and Kim, so I'm gonna rush through the next one. I do think these kinds of books are better as standalones per couple (which is probably why I had a harder time with this one playing across a whole trilogy), so I'm eager to see the stories of our other characters unfold.

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skunx666's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Aiden and Elsa's story had me loudly screaming/gasping, tears were shed, and I got butterflies gushing about them. 

So far, their story is my holy grail. But things can change since this is only number 2 in the Rinaverse.

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chi__'s review against another edition

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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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sshpurple1's review against another edition

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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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simone01's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Loveable characters? Yes

5.0


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britbrit29's review against another edition

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dark emotional 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

5.0


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briochebun's review against another edition

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dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

2.5 out of 5 ☆’s.

“You're the only thing who breaks the endless vicious cycle.”

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Note: I’m not sure if I enjoyed “Twisted Kingdom” more than its predecessor ”Steel Princess” just because I took a break in between those two books (and therefore cannot remember my exact feelings on the beginning of the series) or if I really just found ”Twisted Kingdom” to be more enjoyable?

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While I am glad that Aiden and Elsa have finally received their long-awaited HEA — I ultimately do not think that they needed three books to do so…

Going into the series I was most excited for Aiden & Elsa’s novels — because they were the pairing that I thought that I would enjoy the most — but giving them three books where they just ended up repeating their words and their actions became frustrating and monotonous to read.

I’m also not a fan of far fetched (OTT) plots in contemporary novels — so that is also something that impacted my personal enjoyment of their trilogy — but I know that there are others that enjoy those kinds of things (so it all comes down to personal preference)! :)

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booklloveer101's review against another edition

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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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jen1804's review against another edition

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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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culzean's review against another edition

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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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