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A review by koistyfishy
Twisted Kingdom by Rina Kent

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

3.5

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

NOTE: This is the final book in Aiden and Elsa's love story and cannot be read out of order. There might be spoilers for the previous books. If you don't want to see them, please stop reading. If you do it's either because you do not care about spoilers or you have already read the previous books...

๐™Ž๐™ฎ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™จ๐™ž๐™จ:
Elsa's father is back in the picture and the rivalry between her family and the Kings has reached epic proportions. Elsa continues to work towards wanting to unlock the past and finding out the mystery of why she has repressed all her memories. And the push and pull between Aiden and Elsa continues...

๐™๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™๐™š๐™š๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™จ:
I think book two and book three could have been merged into one. There are a lot of times when there is just smut and the plot DOES NOT MOVE FORWARD. The smut also started feeling very repetitive. Yes, there are blurry lines of consent but the depth of the smut (in terms of the kinkiness) stagnates.

This is the darkest of the three but its NOWHERE NEAR as dark as anything in the Legacy of the Gods books. These kids are still technically in high school and their layer of darkness caps at a certain amount that they're mostly just assholes and alphamales who like to beat their chests and "pee on" what they claim is mine. They're very territorial, they're very violent if the woman so much as looks at another guy or breathes in their direction and they are super possessive... like it's unhealthy but kinda sweet.

I did like the fact that this had elements of the past and present storylines, as the reader you go on the same journey as Elsa and discover what she has locked away with these flashbacks and elements of her regained memories that allow you to puzzle together the story of what happened all those years ago. However, Aiden hasn't forgotten and he dangles his knowledge for her like a metaphorical carrot.

While Aiden is everything that I've described as an alphahole... he has so many elements that make him sweet and adorable. It was just cute how he cares about Astrid and how he did all these small things for her. I love the fact that he grovelled, I like the fact that he begged for her forgiveness for everything that he's done and I love the fact that he fought for her and was willing to go against his family and everything just to be with her.

What I also found really sweet was at the end of this I went and reread the epilogue in God of Pain and seeing how all these characters come together and seeing them interact with their children was just SOOOOOOO ADORABLE It was one of the sweetest, heartwarming things to see them "older" and it didn't impact me as much as the first time I read it because I hadn't experienced three books with these characters and grown with them and seen their struggle and seen how their relationship formed and how beautiful though questionable their start was. To see how devoted Aiden was to Elsa and everything that she became. I mean he was willing to name his first son after her deceased brother.

๐™๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™š๐™จ:
โ–ถ Dual POV
โ–ถ High School Romance
โ–ถ Bully Romance
โ–ถ Alphamale
โ–ถ Obsessive, Possessive and Jealous MMC
โ–ถ Touch Her You Die
โ–ถ Dubious Consent
โ–ถ Soccer Romance
โ–ถ Grovelling

๐™ˆ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ง๐™ค ๐™๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™š๐™จ:
โ–ท Nicknames
โ–ท Share a Bath
โ–ท Cages Her With His Arms
โ–ท Look At Me
โ–ท Hand Necklaces
โ–ท Tattoos
โ–ท Mine

Overall I had a fun time with these and I can't wait to read the rest of the Horseman's books. 

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