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Beautiful Venom

Rina Kent

3.96 AVERAGE

jestes's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH

Meh characters 

hjc_x's review

4.25
challenging dark emotional sad tense
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

This is my first ever hockey romance and I was t really sure at first whether I would like it. I think what made me enjoy it was the dark romance element and the dangerous plot line
(and the HEA)
. It was an easy read and I think I could be swayed towards more dark hockey romances in the future! 
adventurous challenging dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A
dark emotional 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: Complicated

I absolutely loved this book!! It was darker than the Legacy of Gods series and I kinda loved that.
I did listen and read so Corvin King & Michelle Sparks did a fantastic job bringing the characters to life!

I really like the way she fell for his good guy act and thought he was the safest option 🤭

I enjoyed the way she brought him back to life. Rina is so good writing complex characters and giving them slow but noticeable growth. Both characters not just one.

Her side characters are always great and I loved Preston and Jude. I’m excited for their books as well.
dark tense medium-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
dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

2.75/5ā­ļø

It started off SO GOOD but turned into the same old ā€œRina Kent classicā€. I like her writing and whatnot but her male characters are all carbon copies of each other and it’s all the same freaking thing over and over again. I’m bored :/ I’ll still read her other books - they are addictive af but still annoys me.

Writing 5/5 (dark, emotional, kept me hooked)
Characters 4/5 (Violet especially — can’t wait for her in book 2!)
Plot 4/5 (picks up after 50%, thrilling)
Setting 5/5
Pace 5/5
Dual PoV, 1st person

Themes: Dark romance, enemies-to-lovers, jealousy, obsession, twisted family dynamics (mommy issues), betrayal, revenge, morally grey mmc, manipulation, redemption, trauma, emotional scars everywhere, action, Uncle Kayden
dark emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
dark slow-paced

They were annoyingly in love at the end