Rina KentDark Romance · Romance
Twisted Kingdom
Synopsis
The finale of the central trilogy brings Aiden King and Elsa Steel's story to its conclusion as the secrets each has been chasing finally come apart. Masks drop and long-hidden truths emerge, and Elsa's fixation on uncovering the past threatens to blind her to the present and to the person standing in front of her.
Aiden, protective and possessive in equal measure, is forced to confront what the King-Steel history actually means for the two of them. Building on the conflict and slow-burning attraction of the first two books, this installment resolves the mystery the series has withheld and delivers the payoff of their arc.
It is explicitly the last part of a trilogy, is not a standalone, and assumes the reader has finished Deviant King and Steel Princess. A deluxe edition was reissued in 2022; the story is unchanged from the 2020 original.
How it reads
Prose complexity 3/10
Content warnings (3)
ViolenceAbuseTrauma
- It took me a little while to warm up to Aiden and Elsa, but by book three boy, was I warmed up. I loved their history, their chemistry, their trauma, their resilience. I am so, so excited to continue this series.
- 4 stars Male Lead: Aiden King Female Lead: Elsa Steel This book starts with Aiden's pov in the past. It breaks me knowing the mother-son bonding between Aiden and Alicia. Just imagine, your father has been busy all the time so you'd think your mother only matters to you at that moment. Aiden was kidnapped and the first thing on his mind was of course his mum. He's just a boy. Just got to know Knox is actually Elsa's foster brother. But then, knowing that Knox and Teal were the first victims of Elsa's mother was kind of surprising. Woah, it's only the beginning of the chapter but it's getting really dark. Now, that's why Aiden told Elsa to never say something if she doesn't really mean it. It hurts him cause she keep making promises to him without actually granted it. But, it's because she can't remember. Oh my god, she really made a huge promise, she said she wants to marry Aiden and but him a bucket of Malteser just to make him happy from them monsters who had been torturing and cage him. Reading both Aiden and Elsa's pov from the past was hell. The reason why Elsa have a heart condition was because her very own ill mother shot her. That was so messed up. She's also saved Aiden too. He was mad asf and thought she was no more at that moment. I was feeling devastated reading such a dark book with heartbreaking background story. Got to know the details of everything. Somehow I feel like I am Elsa, learning what actually happened throughout this book.