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lyly_reads's review
dark
emotional
sad
fast-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
4.0
enur's review against another edition
4.0
Kimberley ve Xander çocukken çok yakın arkadaştı. Sonra ise Kimberley Xander'ın düşmanı oldu.
Kimberley'i önceki kitaplarda arkadaş olarak pek de takdir edilesi bulmamıştım. Black Knight ile ilgili de hem heyecanlıydım hem de kitap yeterince sarmayacak diye tereddütlüydüm. Neyse ki karakterlerin kişilikleri sandığımdan güzel işlenmiş. Kimberley ve Xander'ı beraber çok sevdim. Geçmişte yaşanan bu muymuş ya derken yazar ters köşe yaptı ve gerçekten şaşırttı.
Sıradaki kitap Vicious Prince de umarım beklentilerimi aynı şekilde aşar. Çünkü Ronan'dan hoşlansam da Teal hiç ilgi çekici değil.
Kimberley'i önceki kitaplarda arkadaş olarak pek de takdir edilesi bulmamıştım. Black Knight ile ilgili de hem heyecanlıydım hem de kitap yeterince sarmayacak diye tereddütlüydüm. Neyse ki karakterlerin kişilikleri sandığımdan güzel işlenmiş. Kimberley ve Xander'ı beraber çok sevdim. Geçmişte yaşanan bu muymuş ya derken yazar ters köşe yaptı ve gerçekten şaşırttı.
Sıradaki kitap Vicious Prince de umarım beklentilerimi aynı şekilde aşar. Çünkü Ronan'dan hoşlansam da Teal hiç ilgi çekici değil.
colleengarrity's review against another edition
3.0
would've given it 2 stars for the whole "siblings or not" plot but it made me giggle and nearly pee myself because how dumb it was. but also my baby kimberly i love you always
melimartinez's review against another edition
dark
medium-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
2.0
mgalindezzz's review
2.75
Aburrido y sigo sin sentir química entre los protagonistas de la saga.
Las escenas spicy superrepetitivas
Las escenas spicy superrepetitivas
mindfckenji's review against another edition
3.0
three stars for kim, i love her and she deserves the world and a better love interest
valericks24's review
dark
emotional
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
5.0
ri_ri's review against another edition
3.0
“The universe doesn't matter, green, you do. Then. Now. Always.”
The 3 stars are for Kimberly and Kimberly only. Kim deserves so much better than Xander who couldn't even grovel for her because he thinks he was right for making her feel bad about her herself because he had his 'reasons'.
Honestly, I was hoping for more angst and some good grovelling and begging from Xander and longing and yearning from Xander's side for all the years he avoided Kimberly like a plague, but this book gave me nothing.
➸ Kimberly Reed: I love Kimberly and I feel so bad for how everyone treated her and I always had my suspicions about her mental health and eating disorder from Elsa and Aiden's books but I never thought it would be this serious. She was always trying to be this perfect girl with perfect body for her mother because of the emotional abuse her mother inflicted on her with her abusive comments about her body and health. It broke my heart how she felt so lonely, helpless and scared for all these years and tried to hide all that behind the “This is new Kimberly” façade she created for the people she loved. She just wanted to be understand and loved and everyone failed her even Xander because how of he treated her like she was something less than what she was. I liked her healing process and how she finally started leaning on others for help and her character development is the best in this series. She is the best character in series for me.
“I might be broken, but I’ll pull myself together. I might have fallen, but I’ll get up. There’ll be a day where I look behind and say I survived.”
➸ Xander Knight: I never liked Xander. Not even in previous books because he annoyed me everytime he opened his mouth to say something awful and terrible about Kimberly. He doesn't deserve her or her love and care. He did not even grovel and that was NEEDED in this book. I mean he was her tormentor for seven years because of the misunderstanding which he couldn't double check with his father and instead of just talking with Kimberly about it, he chose to bully her. He was always attuned to her and her surroundings but he never saw how much she was hurting inside.
“I know Kimberly’s fake smiles. I’ve learnt them. I have them engraved in a dark corner in my heart, the one with her name written all over it.”
╰┈➤ The romance was fine. They had their cute, emotional and intense moments and I could feel the connection and their protectiveness for each other from how often they think about each other even though they PRETENDED to hate each other's guts. They are definitely a better and healthy couple as compared to the other couples and characters and has better understanding of each other, which is why I also like them more than Aiden and Elsa. I am not a fan of Xander so, of cource I did not liked how easily Kimberly accepted him in her life after what he did to her and how he just watched her but never even tried to stop her from being bullied. This frustrates me a lot because I get that he was trying to stay away from Kim because of the 'truth' about their fathers he learned seven years ago, but he could've atleast helped her when students were bullying her in school because of her appearance and personality. The only thing that I liked about him is that he was a virgin because he only ever wanted Kim, but it would be much better if Kim wasn't a virgin. Seriously, what is it with Rina and her fetish with 'virgin' trope? I also enjoyed their childhood moments and how they both cared for each other until Xander decided to destroy it with his misunderstanding.
“You’ve been fantasising about me?”
“All the damn time. It drove me fucking insane.” My fingers get lost in his hair as I peek at him through my lashes.
“Even when you were with others?”
“What others?” He brushes his lips against mine. “You’re my first, Green.”
The plot twist was so funny and dramatic for no reason at all. I wish Rina chose a better plotline for Xander and Kim. What I liked about the ending is that Xander went in rehab for his alchol addiction and Kim is in therapy for her mental issues and she is finally getting the help she needed. Atleast, they chose to deal with their problems in a better and healthy way instead of just ignoring them like Aiden.
Also, what is it with Ronan and Teal? There better be no 'virgin' trope in Vicious Prince because I have had enough of it.
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I need xander to grovel on his knees