A review by koistyfishy
Deviant King by Rina Kent

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

3.5 Incurable Stars โญ๏ธ
Spicy Level: ๐ŸŒถ๏ธ๐ŸŒถ๏ธ.5/5

I don't know if I made a mistake reading Glyndon and Creighton's books first, because now that I have seen a small glimpse of their origin story... I think I need to read these all first before I finish any more Legacy Books.

๐™Ž๐™ฎ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™จ๐™ž๐™จ:
On her very first day of joining Royal Elite, Aiden King tells Elsa Quinn he is going to destroy her. This puts a target on her back and everyone starts calling her Frozen and making her life hell because of her cold demeanour and because "The King" has spoken. Two years later (keeping herself pretty invisible) she lands on Aiden's radar again (Or did she ever really leave???) and his malicious heart has his eyes set on her. Whether to destroy her or claim her....we will have to find out!

๐™๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™๐™š๐™š๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™จ:
Elsa is determined and driven to succeed. She wants to get into Cambridge and that's the only thing she has her eyes on. So she doesn't want to get distracted. I found it a little strange that everyone called her Frozen...I didn't find her cold or frozen because we never actually see her cold and frozen. She seems generally sweet and caring to Kim. She is open, talkative, has things she likes, dreams and does not seem like a bitch. She might be quiet, nerdy, unpopular and closed off from the popular group but I didn't see her cold....

Aiden is cruel and vindictive. He bullies her, torments her and he is pretty cruel to her. But that very soon develops into the fact that he cannot stop thinking about her and cannot stop wanting to own her, possess her and make her his.

What I found surprising is given that I love Dark Romance...While the Legacy of God's books are definitely darker, I am finding that I'm enjoying the Royal Elite series a little bit more. Something I do wish was a little different is I wanted Elsa to be a little bit more of a brat and push back on Aiden. What I am looking for in a bully romance, is to see more resistance and not bending over almost immediately when a guy is that much of a dick.

Now what was annoying is I've read a couple of Rina Kent's books and ALL HER MEN ARE THE SAME!!! They are obsessive, and unrealistically jealous, see red and explode the minute that the FMC even looks at another guy. If someone breathes in the FMC's direction they go full-on psychotic and want to murder that guy (even if that guy happens to be their best friend.) They are always alphaholes, always aloof, and super popular! THEN WHY ARE ALL HER FMC'S VIRGINS??? It just heightens the frustration to the possessiveness they display above because "he was her first"... It gets repetitive and annoying SUPER FAST!

There is an element of mystery in this book. Elsa doesn't remember her childhood. She doesn't know much about her past and she has blocked what has happened to her by repressing her memories. But back to her being determined, even though she has these dark and disturbing flashbacks and nightmares she wants to figure out what is going on.

๐™๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™š๐™จ:
โ–ถ SINGLE POV (The rest in the series are Dual POV)
โ–ถ Enemies Hate to Lovers
โ–ถ High School Bully Romance
โ–ถ Football Romance (Kinda)
โ–ถ Who Did This To You?
โ–ถ DubCon
โ–ถ Forced Proximity
โ–ถ Jealous, Obsessive and Possessive Alphahole MMC
โ–ถ Touch Her and Die
โ–ถ Virgin FMC

๐™ˆ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ง๐™ค ๐™๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™š๐™จ:
โ–ท "You Taste Like"...
โ–ท Good Girl
โ–ท He Washes Her Hair
โ–ท Hockey Jersey Heat
โ–ท Cages her with his arms
โ–ท Hand Necklaces
โ–ท Mine

This does end on a cliffhanger and I am so sucked in now and addictive I RAN to read book two. Spoiler I already finished it...but am late on my review

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Is it irony or fate that Grumpy chose the book about Creightonโ€™s Father RIGHT AFTER FINISHING CREIGHTONโ€™S BOOK????

Letโ€™s see if Daddyโ€™s book is at good as hisโ€ฆ 

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