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Twisted Kingdom by Rina Kent

8 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

briochebun's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Violence, Gun violence, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Suicide, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child death, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Fire/Fire injury

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

rabbitsdolly's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Grief, Death, Torture, Child abuse, Violence, Confinement, and Kidnapping

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

andeng's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Sexual content, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, and Panic attacks/disorders

musical00329's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Violence, Sexual content, and Kidnapping