1.8k reviews for:

Ruthless Empire

Rina Kent

3.99 AVERAGE

booksreadbyanna's review against another edition

4.0

dark medium-paced

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I liked this book, slowly making my way through Rina Kent’s backlist.

madschantel's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad 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

angelsbookstaloves's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

bookedupwithshelbyxo's review against another edition

4.0

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3.75 rounded up to 4 starsss

karolinak03's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional tense medium-paced

sofialindqvist's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

beahemmings's review against another edition

1.5

dark mysterious slow-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

andreea_dmtr's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional tense

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Cole & silver 

• Friends since childhood 
• Promised each others firsts
• High school together 
• Enemies to lovers
• Silver has a stalker
• Silver engaged to Aiden to take revenge on Cole 
• Helen (Cole’s mother - author) marries Sebastian (Silver’s father - politician) making them step siblings 
• They become a couple without the label behind everyone’s back 
• Sebastian (Silver’s father) cheats on Helen (Cole’s mother) with Cynthia (Silver’s mother)
• Sebastian requests a divorce from Helen
• Helen kidnapped Silver
• Cole reads book Helen wrote about her obsession with Silver since childhood 
• Cole & Sebastian go to save Silver, finds Silver floating in the pool with blood coming from her head, Helen dies after hitting her head and falling in the pool 
• Silver lives but Cole ignores her bc he thinks its his fault 
• She goes to his house, they make up 
• They become a real couple

julia_library's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

ambermatarazzo's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad tense fast-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