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Brutal Prince by Sophie Lark

10 reviews

caitlyn_kittle_kinnick's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Murder, War, and Stalking

booksalacarte's review against another edition

tense fast-paced

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

2.0

Brutal Prince- 2⭐️ 3.25🌶️

Mafia Romance

Dual POV

Arranged marriage

True Enemies to lovers

Forced proximity

Bully moments

Age gap (10 years)

After a public incident between their children, 2 mafia fathers make a deal to have them marry to unite rival families.

I didn’t love the FMC. She came off as an immature and childish character for most of the book. My biggest issue was the strawberry allergy incident. Having a kid with a food allergy, I am very against allergies being used as a prank. Who the hell doesn’t take food allergies seriously?! The girl would have never been forgiven by me… And it’s on the cover? So is this the big draw to the book? Nope. That’s not tomboy/hellcat behavior. That attempted murder. And she doesn’t even think of the implications her actions would have on her family… ever.

Honestly the MMC wasn’t any better. He came off chauvinistic and depreciated the FMC, and women he dated in general… it was gross. Also, he was a 30 year old, living at home having his every thought taken care of by a housekeeper, chef and his parents.

This book wasn’t very lovey-Dovey. It was more enemies than lovers… well except that there were 4+ spicy scenes. So there was a bunch of lust.

There wasn’t and true character development. Nothing to show any growth. The main characters just stayed pretty flat while the plot raced through a bunch of quickly concluded plot points. 

Thank you NetGalley and Sourcebooks bloom books for the advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Classism, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Gun violence, Sexual harassment, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Classism, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Medical content, and Gore

culzean's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Mental illness, Alcohol, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Stalking, Torture, Murder, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

stitchof's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Toxic relationship, Blood, Murder, and Torture

faraway_'s review against another edition

tense fast-paced

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

2.75

Underwhelming really but hey I didn't dnf it so that's something (!!!)

This has +1⭐ because it is an enemies to lovers where they actually tried to kill each other

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Kidnapping, and Stalking

gracerusso's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.25

I really liked it; however, at times it was kind of corny in terms of the dialogue and I felt like the ending was extremely rushed.  I just wish the book was a little bit longer so we could've spent some extra time with them after the fire. Otherwise, I really enjoyed it and I liked it a lot more than the other Sophie Lark book I have read "There Are No Saints Here".

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Blood, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Death of parent

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

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

emily_clay's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Murder, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Infertility, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Death, and Confinement

Moderate: Sexism

Minor: Medical content

zabeishumanish's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

4.0

Purely delightful, if abut melodramatic with an ending I truly didn’t except!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Medical content, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol and Death of parent

Aida is kidnapped by her ex-boyfriend/stalker towards the end of the book. And he attempts to burn them both alive.