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3.96 AVERAGE
3.96 AVERAGE
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-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
dark
emotional
mysterious
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
Their relationship was so toxic BUT I just couldn’t look away. In classic Rina fashion the smuttiness was a problematic mix of non con/dub con & degradation
🖤 he loves marking her
🏒 WATERWORKS
🖤 degradation kink
🏒 toxic but satisfying jealousy moments
🖤 public sex (lite)
cold mmc
poor x rich class
secret society
humiliation/degradation
non con/dub con
primal impact play
HEA
🖤 he loves marking her
🏒 WATERWORKS
🖤 degradation kink
🏒 toxic but satisfying jealousy moments
🖤 public sex (lite)
cold mmc
poor x rich class
secret society
humiliation/degradation
non con/dub con
primal impact play
HEA
dark
medium-paced
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Kidnapping
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
"𝓢𝓱𝓮’𝓼 𝓶𝔂 𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓵𝓭. 𝓐𝓷𝓭 𝓘’𝓵𝓵 𝓫𝓾𝓻𝓷 𝓪𝓷𝔂𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝔀𝓱𝓸 𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓼 𝓬𝓵𝓸𝓼𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓲𝓽."
𝐌𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 💭
This was one of my most anticipated reads of the year, and I’m sad to say it left me a bit underwhelmed. Maybe my expectations were too high, but it just didn’t grab me the way I’d hoped. It wasn’t a bad book by any means—I just didn’t connect with it or the characters as much as I wanted to.
Kane should have been everything I love in a dark romance MMC—broody, mysterious, possessive, and a little unhinged. And while I did like him, he didn’t quite hit the way I wanted him to. Dahlia felt contradictory. At times, she was feisty and strong; at others, she seemed like a shell of herself. I didn’t dislike her, but again, I struggled to really connect with her character.
The plot itself felt repetitive and drawn out. By the halfway point, it felt like not much had actually happened. The second half definitely picked up, but then we were hit with multiple breakups, and it just felt a bit too much. It was also very insta-lust (not a fave of mine) that quickly turned into obsession then love, and that shift didn’t quite work for me. It didn't feel authentic. That said, there were some really good parts, and the setup for the other books in the series was done so well. I’m definitely intrigued by Marcus and Preston—they have me in a chokehold, and we only got crumbs! Marcus is giving Niko vibes, and I am here for it. I also really liked Jude and am genuinely excited for his story.
Overall, this one was OK, but I wasn't wowed. I don’t think I’d bother re-reading it. However, I have to shout out the narrators of the audiobook—they were amazing and definitely kept me interested. So if you’re thinking of giving this a try, I’d absolutely recommend going the audio route.
𝐌𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 💭
This was one of my most anticipated reads of the year, and I’m sad to say it left me a bit underwhelmed. Maybe my expectations were too high, but it just didn’t grab me the way I’d hoped. It wasn’t a bad book by any means—I just didn’t connect with it or the characters as much as I wanted to.
Kane should have been everything I love in a dark romance MMC—broody, mysterious, possessive, and a little unhinged. And while I did like him, he didn’t quite hit the way I wanted him to. Dahlia felt contradictory. At times, she was feisty and strong; at others, she seemed like a shell of herself. I didn’t dislike her, but again, I struggled to really connect with her character.
The plot itself felt repetitive and drawn out. By the halfway point, it felt like not much had actually happened. The second half definitely picked up, but then we were hit with multiple breakups, and it just felt a bit too much. It was also very insta-lust (not a fave of mine) that quickly turned into obsession then love, and that shift didn’t quite work for me. It didn't feel authentic. That said, there were some really good parts, and the setup for the other books in the series was done so well. I’m definitely intrigued by Marcus and Preston—they have me in a chokehold, and we only got crumbs! Marcus is giving Niko vibes, and I am here for it. I also really liked Jude and am genuinely excited for his story.
Overall, this one was OK, but I wasn't wowed. I don’t think I’d bother re-reading it. However, I have to shout out the narrators of the audiobook—they were amazing and definitely kept me interested. So if you’re thinking of giving this a try, I’d absolutely recommend going the audio route.
I just finished this and…I genuinely don’t know what happened. It felt way longer than it needed to be and I could not stay focused on the plot. But the vibes were solid and the spice was fun. I stayed for the mood and the tension and honestly, sometimes that’s enough.
The first half felt like a stretch to make these men hockey players (this made more sense to me at 75%). I also felt like Kane’s personality in public and with Dahlia did not match with the relationship. Like he was possessive but detached?
Almost as if Kane was at war with himself for even thinking about her?
I was convinced that I would give this story 3 starts, right up until the last thirty minutes. I enjoyed the plot lines, and the secret society vibes. I love a good secret society, done right. This was like that in the beginning, yet the society ended up falling off as a past tense thing the longer I went through the story.
I liked the MMC’s, and I wanted the possessive MMC to need the FMC. I felt like the FMC did not deliver her role well. I did not want her to force his hand into needing her.
The “safe word” scene felt very “fifty shades”. It felt like the FMC was manipulative of that scene to her own emotional needs.
At around 60% I felt like the characters began to shift, and I was HERE FOR IT.
The MMC became more of what I had hoped he would be through out the entire story.
At 75% I began to wonder what else could possibly happen.
You go through thre@ts, kind!pp1ng, d@t3r4p3, and bl4ckm@il. Yet, there was still more coming.
Overall a good read.
For my first Rina Kent
Almost as if Kane was at war with himself for even thinking about her?
I was convinced that I would give this story 3 starts, right up until the last thirty minutes. I enjoyed the plot lines, and the secret society vibes. I love a good secret society, done right. This was like that in the beginning, yet the society ended up falling off as a past tense thing the longer I went through the story.
I liked the MMC’s, and I wanted the possessive MMC to need the FMC. I felt like the FMC did not deliver her role well. I did not want her to force his hand into needing her.
The “safe word” scene felt very “fifty shades”. It felt like the FMC was manipulative of that scene to her own emotional needs.
At around 60% I felt like the characters began to shift, and I was HERE FOR IT.
The MMC became more of what I had hoped he would be through out the entire story.
At 75% I began to wonder what else could possibly happen.
You go through thre@ts, kind!pp1ng, d@t3r4p3, and bl4ckm@il. Yet, there was still more coming.
Overall a good read.
For my first Rina Kent
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
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
A voz do Kane Davenport é incrível! Esse timbre e tom de voz grave deixa qualquer uma de joelhos sem esforço. Ele é tão bem articulado que eu cheguei a pensar que a voz dos outros meninos era outra pessoa. Tiro meu chapéu pra ele.
A voz da Dahlia entregou, achei bem condescendente pra personagem e combinou total com a personalidade.
A voz da Dahlia entregou, achei bem condescendente pra personagem e combinou total com a personalidade.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
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
Eu entrei de cabeça nesse livro com altas expectativas. No início, eu achei tudo muito parado e tudo mais. Do meio pro final a coisa foi esquentando e me vi totalmente vidrada e presa na trama e no suspense. O epílogo me decpicionou, estava esperando bem mais respostas.
Rina Kent conseguiu trazer muito do mesmo com aquele toque especial que só ela tem, mas com varias reviravoltas, suspense e tensão que me deixaram louca. Nenhum livro de suspense/thriller me deixou nesse estado como eu fiquei nesse. Oque eu chorei não tá marcado.
Kane Davenport é um personagem com camadas. Tudo oque sofreu pra se tornar o homem que é hoje com um altíssimo preço. Eu admito que no início não achava ele tudo isso, mas ele conseguiu se provar bem. Dahlia Thorne deu o nome dela, mas senti que era uma personagem igual ao Gareth Carson, fazia altos planos e sempre dava errado quebrando a cara no final.
Os outros personagens foram incríveis! To louca pra saber mais sobre o Jude Callahan e o Prestron Armstrong (o último nem tanto).
Queria que o livro tivesse explicasse melhor as coisas. Como o fato de que agora o Kane tá na liderança, a volta do tio, Kayden, pra organização e claro, mais migalhas da Violet com o Jude e Preston e Marcus.
Em geral, foi um livro muito bom, Rina Kent se superando sempre.
Rina Kent conseguiu trazer muito do mesmo com aquele toque especial que só ela tem, mas com varias reviravoltas, suspense e tensão que me deixaram louca. Nenhum livro de suspense/thriller me deixou nesse estado como eu fiquei nesse. Oque eu chorei não tá marcado.
Kane Davenport é um personagem com camadas. Tudo oque sofreu pra se tornar o homem que é hoje com um altíssimo preço. Eu admito que no início não achava ele tudo isso, mas ele conseguiu se provar bem. Dahlia Thorne deu o nome dela, mas senti que era uma personagem igual ao Gareth Carson, fazia altos planos e sempre dava errado quebrando a cara no final.
Os outros personagens foram incríveis! To louca pra saber mais sobre o Jude Callahan e o Prestron Armstrong (o último nem tanto).
Queria que o livro tivesse explicasse melhor as coisas. Como o fato de que agora o Kane tá na liderança, a volta do tio, Kayden, pra organização e claro, mais migalhas da Violet com o Jude e Preston e Marcus.
Em geral, foi um livro muito bom, Rina Kent se superando sempre.