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Brutal Prince by Sophie Lark

18 reviews

featherinthewind's review against another edition

dark emotional tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Medical content, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Stalking, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

misswirum's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious 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? No

4.25

Why haven't I read Sophie Lark before now??? I've been missing out 😞 but I love that this was my first read i 2023! Setting the standard.

This is a kinda cute book about an arranged marriage/marriage of convenience. Callum is hot af and Aida is my new favourite FMC. She's strong, smart and funny! And speaks her mind. And the writing is good. Love it.

I wouldn't call this book dark romance tho. And the prince could be more brutal, lol.

Can't wait to dive back into the life of the Griffin/Gallo, but I hope the other books in this series is darker.

4,25/5⭐️
4/5📝
2,75/5🌶

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, and Violence

zc2's review against another edition

dark emotional funny lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

3.25

The big evil guys death felt rushed. I hated Oliver guy was clinically insane. Imogene and the rest of the family had big roles in the beginning but then they kinda dissipated into like grains of salt here and there kinda forgot they existed. The first half is definitely worth it but toward the end I was kinda like hmmm not great. Overall if you want enemies to lovers go for it but as far as strong plot through and through I wouldn’t recommend.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Cursing, Genocide, Body horror, Blood, Chronic illness, Death, Gaslighting, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Murder, Toxic relationship, Violence, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, and Physical abuse

ecravens's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Stalking

weelasswithabook's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No

5.0

CW mention of miscarriage and stillbirth, stalker ex, violence, gun violence, drugging, woman in peril, house fire

⭐ Enemies to lovers
⭐ Mafia romance 
⭐ Marriage of convenience 

An enemies to lovers, where they  are genuinely enemies and hate each other? Sign me the hell up🙏

A brilliant opening to a series, Brutal Prince ditches the rivals to lovers angle of the enemies to lovers trope and brings two feuding families with a prickly heroine who literally tries to kill him within the first quarter of the book 😂 Honestly an iconic move. 

I always love to see characters, particularly the macho MMC start to soften gradually over the course of a book and this had it in spades as we see Callum totally disregard his own safety and well-being just to rescue Aida. 

I loved it. I needed it. Chef's kiss. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Violence, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, and Stalking

Moderate: Death of parent, Gore, Physical abuse, Blood, Medical content, Miscarriage, and Murder

Minor: Alcohol and Confinement

threeundertwopnw's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-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: Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Stalking, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol and Death

thefatpaperback's review against another edition

fast-paced

3.0

I read this book because it was being talked about a lot on booktok but…I don’t know why. Maybe I’m not into mafia romances? But the plot pacing felt weird to me. Events happen too quickly, so it was difficult to get invested in the characters. Not sure I’ll bring reading the other brutal birthright series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Death, Torture, Animal death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

sofiarmz13's review against another edition

dark emotional funny slow-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Stalking, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, Gore, Murder, and Physical abuse

Minor: Torture