Ruthless Empire (Royal Elite, #6) (2024)

I absolutely hated the scene where Elsa hit Silver.
I went into this one fully expecting to come face to face with a badass bitch Silver from the previous books but instead I got the girl who takes sh*t from everyf*ckingone around her?

But wait if Silver takes sh*t like a pro, then her Prince Charming aka Cole eats sh*t like it's his favourite meal or something. The dude lets his best friend "f*ck" her and the said best friend's girlfriend hit her and as if it weren't enough he waits for YEARS before he finally stops hiding their relationship like a dirty little secret?

So romantic.

Cole was so dark and twisty!

The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 💚💙💜❤️🖤
Heat/Steam: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📘📗📕📙📓
World building: 🌏🌎🌍🌎🌏
Character development: 👤👤👤👤👤

The setting: Royal Elite School

The Hero: Cole – He and two friends were kidnapped when they were eight and it changed him. He is one of the four horsem*n at Royal Elite and is called Famine because he is silent and deadly on the field.

The heroine: Silver –Neighbor to Cole and the horsem*n, also used to be friends with Kim. She was cruel to both Kim and Elsa in the first few books in this series and is known as the Queen B of Royal elite.

Every time I read a book from Rina Kent it seems to be better than the last. I just love her dark romances. Man, I thought Aiden (Devious King) was dark and twisty but Cole blows him out of the water. Cole is not only dark, he might be a psychopath. But he has an iron control and a photographic memory. I don’t know why someone so dark and dangerous is so hot, but Cole is all that and a bag of chips!

Though I really liked Cole in previous books, I found out that we really didn’t know him at all. Nobody does since he keeps everything to himself. He is a bit of a Silver Stalker also, he knows everything she does and most of the reasons why.

I thought I would hate Silver in this book since she was such a mean girl in the earlier books in the series, but that is all explained in this book and deep down she is just too scared to let anybody close to her for herself and for them (she cut ties with Kim because she knew her Mother would give Kim a complex if they stayed friends). However, she does some good things for people she treats badly, and is much deeper than you would think. So Silver was redeemed early in the book for me.

Lastly, this book is definitely sizzling hot. There are a lot of intimate scenes between Cole and Silver and they are off the charts erotic. Though later in the book when the two of them were together the steamy parts were sort of glossed over. So for the fans who don’t like too many steamy scenes, this should be fine with them. For me, I like all the steamy scenes, so I wasn’t too happy when the love scenes were mentioned but not detailed.

The book contains items that go back to the first book, including some awesome scenes between Elsa and Silver and shows them from Silver’s point of view which I thought was exceptional!

I voluntarily read & reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts & opinions are my own.

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4 OTT HS Drama Smut Stars

For this "review," I am basically going to regurgitate what I said for my review of the last book I read in the series (which was book four...I skipped book five, because #rebel...and because somewhat uninterested, although I am sure I will go back and read it).

Anyway. As I was saying.

This series is like trashy catnip and I am but a feline slave to its ludicrous premises and ridiculous drama. It's sloppy...it's problematic...it's riddled with nonsense.

But, again:

Sooooo good.

So good.

I think Cole and Silver might be my favorite couple of this series. I'm sad their story is over.

Elsa and Astrid, you big nasty smelling bitches!!

i need my bby Nicole to team up with Silver to put Astrid and Elsa in their place, along with their creepy boyfriends.

Elsa thinks she can put hands on my girly Silver??

bcos this was a four star read until that altercation with Elsa. im so mad about it for several reasons.

1) Silver didn’t deserve that. she was a bitch but so was everyone else. so if she “deserved” it, everyone else deserved a punch to the face too.

🚨*spoilers next for anyone who cares*🚨

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2) Silver was pregnant. Elsa was trying to kick her in the abdomen. granted she didn’t know Silver was pregnant, no one did but Silver herself, but did it give her the right to do that?? hell to the f*cking NO.

3) Silver doesn’t fight back which felt out of character for her. but again, she was pregnant, so she was more concerned about protecting her stomach than herself.

4) this one is the main issue that f*cked with my head and ruined Cole’s character for me— him orchestrating Elsa attacking Silver to what? to teach Silver a lesson to constantly obey him? idk what his end goal was. but he stood there, watching and smirking like a little sh*t while she was on the ground pregnant with his child.

even if she wasn’t pregnant, what hero encourages someone to beat up the woman he’s obsessed and in love with ??? i seriously have never read a hero do anything like that before? and ive read some sad*stic f*ckers.

seriously f*ck Cole for saying she brought it on herself😭 the one thing about RK’s heroes that i f*cking loathe is their inability to take responsibility for their own actions. they’re all truly so arrogant that they’re blind to reality, to what’s right in front of them and subsequently treat the h’s like sh*t instead of... idk rubbing their few brain cells together to find out the truth of the situation lmao.

it annoyed me so much that Silver doesn’t hold him accountable for that sh*t. she’s mad for 0.467339 seconds before she hears Cole threaten Elsa and say she better not do it again... bro, you goaded Elsa into attacking the love of your life. you stood and watched, smirking and saying she deserved it?? no she f*cking didn’t???

everyone in these series is culpable. but everyone blames each other for their sh*tty actions instead, especially Silver.

it’s like Nicole all over again. i will protect Silver and Nicole with my life, everyone else can f*ck themselves.

i was seriously loving this AND Cole before this interaction. i knew Elsa hit Silver before I started the book, but i didn’t know Silver was pregnant when it happened and that Cole was the orchestrator. it ruined his character for me.

i thought id be eating my words from my last review, where i said that RK can’t a likeable hero. but then Cole came along and f*cked me up with his sexy, silent and mysterious vibes with a lil sprinkle of psychopathy. he was ✨obsessed✨ with her from the get go. truly wanted to own her in every aspect of her life and i was living.

but to know he goaded and encouraged Elsa to physically hurt Silver, then said she brought it on herself/deserved it? it made zero sense to me?? the Cole i had gotten to know wouldn’t have done anything that extreme??

and when he finds out she was pregnant while it happened and he legit just says “sorry🤷🏻‍♀️” while she’s all like don’t even worry about it, i forgave you when you cleaned my wounds afterwards :)

i–💀

hell naw🔪🔪🔪🔪 i wanted to stab a bitch i was so damn mad.

“Did you… I mean, were you pregnant when Elsa beat you that time?”
The memory of that fear of being alone and not being able to protect my baby assaults me. I nod.
“I’m so sorry, Silver. I wouldn’t have stood still if I knew. I would’ve protected you.”

and that’s it😭 you shouldn’t have just stood there while she was getting beat up, pregnant or not, you stupid fugly f*ck.

him and Daniel are rivalling for the top stop of my most hated RK hero right now. bcos at least Ronan was unappealing but harmless. the man was just dumb as f*ck. Daniel and Cole are dumb as f*ck on top of needing psychological evaluation and a reality check.

BUT THEN, PLOT TWIST,

but it didn’t change the fact Cole orchestrated the fight between the two girls, and just stood by and watched. he lost all my respect then.

any time he did something nice afterwards i was just like

i truly couldn’t see past it. it ruined the whole book. all their cute vibes down the drain. instead they made me wanna gouge my eyes out with a spork and be done with the whole book.

safe to say, RK ruined my whole damn mood today😒

and let’s not even talk about the damn “Doll maker” plot line😭😭😭 it felt like a f*cking fever dream and took every ounce of my brain power to figure out wtf was going on.

4.5 stars

“Silver’s not only chaos, she’s also a goddess. The type everyone can watch from afar, but I’m the only one who gets to worship at her altar.”

Rina Kent really outdid herself this time. The plot twist in the end was mind-blowing, insane, jaw dropping, f*cked up, disgusting and everything I did not expected from this book. Rina is a mastermind and the way she plotted everything in this book was just insane. The plotline, the characters, the drama, the angsty and forbidden romance, the redemption arc of Silver, the kinky smut, the shocking twist at the end — everything was perfect in this book. Rina graciously blended both the romance and the suspense part of the story in this book that not only took me on a wild and insane ride of emotions but also served the dark, twisted and unhinged side of dark romance. To simply describe this book, it's mindf*ckery at it's best.

“Here’s the thing, Butterfly, I can’t stop.”
“Why not?”
“Because you’re my chaos, and I can’t survive without chaos.”
“I’m chaos?”
“The worst of all. The most beautiful of all. And you know what? You might as well be the deadliest.”

I have a hate-love relationship with Rina Kent and her books but Rina's writing improved a lot in this book. There is more depth in her characters and they have more emotional intimacy then just some physical attraction and I am glad she didn't focused too much on the bully romance in this book because I was getting tired of it in this series. I thought I'd never say this but I giggled, laughed, cried reading this book from the starting to the end. It's too different that other books in this series. I have been waiting for Cole and Silver's book ever since I started this series and they served everything on a silver platter. They are my favourite characters and couple written by Rina Kent so far and that says something.

➸ Silver Queens

Silver was always called the Queen B in previous books. She was an uncaring and self-centered person in previous books who bullied people because she thought showing concern and her real feelings and emotions is a weakness. I always wanted to know her side of story because as much as I hated her in previous books, Silver had her valid reasons for behaving like that and I learned so much about her and why she acts the way she does. She just felt too much and masked it behind her Queen B mask and she was burdened with the guilt and pain after her parents divorced and then when she started having this “forbidden” thoughts about Cole knowing he's her step-brother. I loved her character from the get-go and there's so much more to her stroy. She cares for people in her own way even though she doesn't show it. I also loved knowing that Silver was always helping Kim behind her back with her bullies. She has the best redemption arc in this series and I loved seeing her finally come out of her bitchy shell to finally be the person she always wanted to be.

She leans in to whisper, “You don’t know what I’m feeling right now, but I’m going to make you regret it.”

➸ Cole Nash

Cole Nash is an enigma. His father's death and kidnapping changed something inside him and ever since then he loves chaos and can't live without it and that chaos comes in a form of a particular blonde queen who doesn't give a sh*t about him. Everybody misread him thinking he's just a silent, nerdy boy who reads books and hides behind them but they never knew that he is observing everyone and waiting to find out their secrets to use it against them and that's why I was entranced by his twisted personality. Cole also has this kinky side to him and I am telling you all he is the embodiment of “It's always the quiet ones.” Cole loves to play mind games and to be in control of every situation and Silver is the only one who flusters him and I love to watch his petty little bitch side. He's the only normal mmc in this series (well as normal a psychopath can be) and he's not like Aiden who wanted to destroy fmc or the world thinking they are the King of the world. He did wanted Silver but it was because he felt like himself with her and he didn't need to hide his true-self from her.

“Well, here’s the thing, Butterfly.” He leans over and brushes his lips against my nose. “I don’t mind self-destructing if it’s with you.”

╰┈➤ Silver and Cole

Silver with mommy issues 🤝🏼 Cole with daddy issues. I loved them from the very first chapter when they were for each other in their darkest moments and protected each other and promised to save all their firsts and Cole did saved his first kiss and every other firsts for her even though he thought Silver wasn't keeping that promises. I did not expected that from him but Cole surprised me in every damn chapter. There relationship is full of angst, obsession, hate (they were just delutional), passion, longing and they both made each other suffer throughout the book with their tactics. Jealous and petty Cole is my favourite one and I loved it when Silver provoked that side of him using Aiden and her fake engagement with him.

“I hate you,” I murmur.
He pulls on my hair and kisses my nose. “Sure thing, Butterfly. As long as it lets you sleep at night.”

“I want to be your first.”
“My first in what?”
My thumb wipes the moisture under her eyes. “In everything, Butterfly.”
“Then I want your firsts, too.” She juts her chin.
“Promise me.”
“Promise.”

They both have vindictive sides and refuses to lose and I loved how they challenged each other every time whether it's life or academics. Cole and Silver not only had physical chemistry but they also had the emotional intimacy that was lacking in previous couples. They grew up loving and hating each other but they also understand each other like no other person can. I loved how protective and possessive they are for each other. Their forbidden romance only added more to their appeal and that aspect of their relationship was handled so perfectly in this book.

“Go home, Silver.” I barge in front of him, wrap my arms around his waist, and rest my head against his chest, breathing in his scent. “What are you doing?” he asks without hugging me back. “You told me to go home. You’re my home, Cole.”

The ending was perfect. I am still shocked from that reveal and plot twist and honestly, it was better than most of the plot twists in thriller or mystery books! I loved the ending and the epilogues. It took Cole and Silver years to get to their haopy ending but it was worth it and I wouldn't want it any other way. Also, Cole being a protective daddy is something else 🤭💘 I can't wait to see him like this in kid's books! It was bittersweet saying goodbye to this series which I hated most of the time. Cole and Silver's story was the perfect one to end this series.

“We’re kinky, we’re dorks, we’re nerds. Or, rather, Cole is. We’re in love. We’re happy.”

I am joining silvercole apologist club 🧎🏽‍♀️

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Pre-read review: I have been waiting to read Cole's book for two months 😭 i am already obsessed with his petty little bitch personality🤭
he better serves the 'its always the quiet ones'

3 Chaotic Stars

TRIGGER WARNING Mention of rape

Plot
”I need her to tell me why she’s crying, because if I know the reason, I can use it and maybe I’ll be able to bring back the look from earlier.
Chaos.”

Since the moment Cole saw Silver cry in the park when they were kids, he decided that she was his and they both agreed to give each other all of their firsts.

Silver, has always been groomed to be a lady by her mother. To hide her emotions. Silver even ended up pushing away Kim so that her mom won’t end up saying anything mean to her.

“My life has become an image. I act a certain way, speak a certain way, and even walk a certain way. I have to sway my hips gently, but I can’t walk too slow like a slu*t or too fast like a nerd.
I’m a lady. Just like Mum.”

The only person who saw Silver’s facade is Cole. Throughout the years he took some of her first at the same time beat her at everything just to piss her off. Piano was the only thing he let Silver win at but that ended when she got engaged to Aiden.

And then Silver tried to play matchmaker between her father and Cole’s mother, regretted it immediately. But it was too late. Silver and Cole end up becoming step siblings and celebrated their parents marriage... by having sex on the wedding day.

After that Cole, refused to give up on Silver and pushed her into being with him. Silver like a tape recorder kept on repeating the same thing “We can’t do this” “No” “I hate you” but still always ended up moaning his name.....

Love Aspect
During the beginning, Cole and Silver did have fire between them but then as the chapters went by it started becoming dim. And eventually, just completely went out.

The sex was boring. They became boring and honestly I just lost complete interest in their relationship not even half way through the book.

It was just the same cycle repeating again and again. Cole wants Silver. Silver tries to push him away with the same words again and again.

Silver hunny open and read a thesaurus please.

The only reason I kept on going on was to know who the Doll-master was.

FYI, the doll master was someone obsessed over Silver, who stalked her and sent her unknown messages. And when it was revealed who it was, I was like

Again the book was being repetitive. I wanted some more angst and drama. Not the same thing again and again and again. I was going to give this book 2 stars but then the whole Doll master thing took me by surprise so I Increased the rating.

Also I was really excited to read about Kim and Silvers reunion but that didn’t happen...........
i was TOLD about it in the epilogue and just a briefed up version by COLE!
I wanted to read about the heart to heat moment you know?

Honestly I don’t even know if I like Silver, I found her character pretty boring.
And Cole, is your typical possessive, psychopathic male...... But I would prefer him over Silver any day.

Overall, not going to lie I am a little disappointed with this book. Would I recommend anyone to read it? I mean if you have been a fan of the series and don’t really find any issue with my review then go for it 🤷🏽‍♀️

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I’m in love with this book😩

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Missed me??🤣 it’s been an whole month since i interacted on here wow. Anywayyy l’m about to devour this last one in the series🥹

doggy, missionary, cowgirl, reverse cowgirl, upside down, inside out, one leg up, two legs up, in public, on a spaceship, in the garden, on the grass, in a car, in a box, on a table, against a wall!!!!!!! just honesty BREAK MY f*ckING SPINE COLE

"I’ve always thought sleep is a waste of time. Why sleep when you can read?"

When the book boy reads>>>>>>>>

➼ 4.25★

We’re bigger than the world, he and I. They’re not ready for us.

Cole thrives on games and he’s been playing them for years. He likes to think everyone is a piece on his chessboard and that he can control their fate.

silver, the queen b of my heart. i knew she wasn’t just the bitchy version she was selling to others. there’s always more behind the bitchy behavior. the thing about silver is that she’s so real, you can easily relate to her. the fact that she wants to look like the perfect doll, with her plastic smile and her perfect hair and clothes, while dying inside… idk, i think everyone wants to look perfect on the outside and hide what’s on the inside. we do that to prevent other ppl to see the ugliness that’s inside all of us. she did a perfect job in masking her insecurities and feelings. another thing about silver, is that she’s selfless. she puts her family first even tho sometimes she’s the one who gets hurt in the process. she had to deal with a severe mom who was also struggling with mental health. that’s not an excuse to put all the pressure on silver’s shoulders. she had no right. if you haven’t figured it out yet, i despise cynthia. and i don’t even like sebastian bc he was too caught up in his job he didn’t see wtf was going on under his roof, he didn’t see how the situation with cynthia was stressing the bejesus out of their daughter.
i’m glad she had cole at her side. even tho cole could be a suffocating presence sometimes, he was always her anchor, as silver was his.

That’s the thing about Silver. Her happiness is visible to the entire world through her social media and her hashtags, but her misery is only for herself.

the romance was really good. i loved their interactions. and they definitely were the most interesting couple in the whole series. they were manipulative with each other a couple of times, but they still kept coming back to each other every time. they were gravitating towards each other like two magnets. ofc they had also disagreements. cole wanted to be able to hold her hand and kiss her and claim her as his in front of everyone, while she wanted to keep it secret hoping this “fling” would go away sooner or later. the only problem was it was not a fling, but they were made for each other. they kept challenging each other to bring out the best and the worst of then at the same time. i loved the tension, the chemistry, the dynamics. i loved everything about them.
the smut was always good (rina never disappoints) but less present imo.

however, i have a couple of complains to say.
first of all, the first part of the book was kinda boring. it took me some time to really get into the story. also, the ending felt rushed a bit. i mean, in two chapters we know about who’s the master doll and how the stalking ends. the next chapter was the epilogue… wtf? i wanted to feel the tension and the action! i feel robbed tbh.
that’s said, can we take a moment for epilogue 2?

“Daddy.” Eli tugs on Aiden’s trousers, awe filling his features. “She’s so pretty.”[…] Aiden lifts his six-year-old son so that he can kiss Ava. He goes straight for the mouth. Silver and Elsa laugh. I glare at Aiden. “Keep your son away from my daughter. Far away.”[…] “Don’t listen to your Uncle Cole, Eli. If you want his daughter, go for it. I’ll support you.”

I MEAN!!!!! i love the fact that ava and eli end up together bc cole and aiden were always the best duo. i’m dying to read about them!!!!

I don’t like boys in general. They act like pigs, are annoying, and don’t let others be at peace.

It’s one of her most admirable qualities. It’s like she can climb a mountain, then destroy it if she puts her mind to it. I’m that mountain in her life right now.

I’ve always thought sleep is a waste of time. Why sleep when you can read?

Do I have anti-social behaviour? Do I want to hurt people? The answer to the latter is no. I don’t care about people enough to want to hurt them.

Beautiful. He thinks my skin is beautiful. Ugh, brain, seriously? His hand is sneaking up my thigh and all I can think about is that?

“Just stop, Cole.”
He drapes a hand around my nape and pulls me over so our foreheads connect. I gulp in harsh intakes of air, breathing him in with every inhale. “Here’s the thing, Butterfly, I can’t stop.” “Why not?” “Because you’re my chaos, and I can’t survive without chaos.”
“I’m chaos?”
“The worst of all. The most beautiful of all. And you know what? You might as well be the deadliest.”

When he’s in front of me, he places two fingers under my chin and lifts it up. “You’re my first.”
“And last,” I speak before I even realise it. It’s out now; I’m not taking it back.

“I was actually picturing eating you instead of the food we ordered.”

“Silver and Cole sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G!”

She’s not supposed to be my calm. And yet, when her head falls on my back and her warmth mingles with mine, I realise she’s the only calm I’ve ever had in my life. Even books don’t compare—and that says something.

“They weren’t you, Butterfly. No one is you.”

i can't even put into words how much i hated this

*ARC PROVIDED FOR AN HONEST REVIEW *

There are not enough words to describe this book , and i don't think anything I'll write will make justice to this masterpiece.

I don't know how but Rina Kent made me once again speechless .

This book was everything and more i was expecting .

It was the only possible closure , all the doubts where finally answered ,and we had the opportunity to finally meet the real Cole and the real Silver ,and i wasn't disappointed at all .

What surprised me the most was the creepy part of this book , i'm not gonna spoiler anything but you should get ready for some pretty creepy and mind-blowing PLOT TWISTS ....

-this is an idea of what you should expect ( and it's not even the creepiest thing) ————>

✨ "YOU CAN'T BE OBVIOUS WITH DOLLS.

PEOPLE SAY THEY DON'T SEE, BUT THEY HAVE EYES.

THEY SAY THEY DON'T FEEL , BUT THEY HAVE SKIN.

THEY CAN BLEED TOO IF YOU RUN A KNIFE OVER THEIR BODIES"

Our Captain gave his best in this book , all the little clues from the previous book , come all together to destroy our sanity in this one .

✨ "OBSERVATION IS THE SOURCE OF ALL EVIL.

IF YOU FAIL AT IT, YOU'RE SCREWED . IF YOU'RE THE SUBJECT OF IT , YOU'RE ALSO SCREWED "

I've never read about a more calculated, subtle and evil person before this book.

His calculation and nerdy style can keep you always on the edge like no one else .

During the book there's a visible change in Cole's behavior , don't get me wrong , he's the usual manipulative , subtle sexy nerd , but getting closer and closer to Silver he became even a little sweeter (if we can call it that 😂)

✨ "SHE'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE MY CALM . AND YET, WHEN HER HEAD FALLS ON MY BACK AND HER WARMTH MINGLES WITH MINE, I REALIZE SHE'S THE ONLY CALM I'VE EVER HAD IN MY LIFE. EVEN BOOKS DON'T COMPARE -- AND THAT SAYS SOMETHING. SILVER IS THE BEAUTY AND THE UGLINESS. THE CALM AND THE CHAOS. " ✨

Since they were little a special bound was formed between them , a bond made with "ropes" that will destroy and save them at the same time . Secrets were the glue that kept them together no metter what.

Silver tried so hard to fight her feelings , she hide , she run but in the end she would alway fall back between the evil's arms . Her damnation became her salvation in a very twisted and unconventional way .

He challenged her , he despised her in public and owned her ,in the darkest nights ,behind closed doors .

They became each other addiction , and in Silver and cole's case everything was amplified . I wasn't ready for all that chemistry and sexual tension (and others interesting stuff 😉)

✨"-YOU'RE THE ONLY THING I'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO THINK THROUGH-

MY BREATH SHORTENS , BUT I WHISPER, - 'BECAUSE I'M YOUR CHAOS ?'-

-'BECAUSE YOU'RE THE REASON I LOOK FORWARD TO NEW DAYS' - "

So we're sadly arrived at the end of this beautiful series that made us question our sanity , fall in love and sometimes angry than ever with some charters but i wouldn't change a thing .

This series gave me so much , I took with me something from each characters and i'm starting to understand that everyone wears a mask , you just have to find the right person who's disposed to drop it for you .✨

THIS BOOK AND THIS SERIES DESERVES NOT 5 , NOT 6 BUT 13332 STARS

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I hope you'll enjoy it like i did 😉

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5/5 Chaotic Stars!!

She ruined it. She ruined everything. She killed the small living part in my chest, and now,I’ll kill her in return.

Ruthless Empire is the sixth book of the 'Royal Elite' series by the best selling author Rina Kent. Told in dual perspectives , this book was literally RINA KENT at her damn best!!

I had been waiting for this book for like ever!!! And every second of that wait for Cole Nash was worth it! He is chaos in the purest form. None of you are prepared for the storm these two bring with them. When I first knew that Silver would be Cole's match , I wasn't that excited because we all know she is Queen B. But I was so damn shocked in this book. Silver is not who we know. There is so much more to her!!

Cole and Silver have known each other since their childhood. They both had a mutual dislike for each other. That is until they found peace with each other on their worst day together. Weaknesses were shared and a bond was formed. A bond that lasted forever.

Silver is the queen bitch. She has an image to maintain and damn that girl takes her role seriously. My heart hurt so much for her. She was so lonely. Sometimes it was like Cole was the only person who knew her. She had so many regrets. There were unforgivable things she did , things that had a reason. All I hoped throughout the whole book was that she would confess her damn secrets!! That girl is so secretive!

Cole Nash is a mystery. He is the outward gentleman you will meet, but the silent villain who won't hesitate to rip you into pieces if you came in his way. There was so much more to cole and he is the damn best character Rina has ever created. I loved being in his mind. The way he saw things was different from anything I have ever seen! None of you are ready for the chaos Cole Nash is going to bring at you!! ohh and I also know who the 'dog' was in his car !! lol :)

"Word of advice, never give me your back.” In a second, he’s behind me, his hot breaths tickling my skin. “I’ll take it as an opening to attack.”

Both Cole and Silver had a very complicated story. Both wanted each other and hated each other. Things got even more complicated when their parents got married. But Cole was not going to let anyone come in his way. Silver was his and that meant nothing would ever keep them apart.

There were a lot of other things that I loved about this book! Like the added humour of Ronan had me laughing so hard! He is the most funniest character I have ever met and I just wanted to grab him out of the book and hug. Teal might end up killing me for that though.

“Silver, mon amour, your tit* are beautiful but not beautiful enough to have me cause damage to Ron Astor the Second.”
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“Yo,” Ronan’s stoned voice comes from the door. “The f*ck? You have a threesome and I’m not invited?”

This book was everything you would expect and so much more! It won't matter how much long I make this review , you won't understand the awesomeness of this book until you read it yourself!!! This is one of those books that is not to be missed and I loved every second of it! Cole Nash is literally one of my top anti heroes now. Recommended to all the dark Romance lovers out there!

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1.5 stars

Soooo i just finished reading this book, it was my most anticipated book but i am sooo f*cking disappointed. Its like a mixture of Steel Princess and Black Knight, literally there is nothing till 80%, all Silver and Cole does is f*ck each other. Seriously, there is only sex and nothing else, when they talk, they just talk about sex or how they ll f*ck. Throughout the whole book, Cole’s dialogue is that he is gonna f*ck silver and she belongs to him, like seriously they talk about nothing else, LITERALLY NOTHING, and 90% of Silver’s dialogue is “i hate you”. i mean....NOTHING HAPPENS IN THIS BOOK EXCEPT f*ckING. I am so disappointed, i mean, it was steel princess all over again but some of the things were similar to black knight. There was suspense, there was a stalker who was obsessed with Silver but it was hella predictable, when I first read about the stalker, i knew who it was. The story begins with how Cole claims Silver, they keep f*cking till 85% and then there is a bit of a story other than sex and then the end. Even in this book, Elsa and Aiden were highlighted more than Silver and Cole. Ugh, i am so disappointed, idk what to say. It was a waste of time, i mean they dont even talk about other things except sex in different positions. There is no story except Cole saying Silver she belongs to her and her saying No. thats all, 😪😥😥😥. Ugh! Some of the scenes were cute, and Cole was good to Silver at some parts, he cared about her and i liked that and also how the stalker thing was revealed even tho it was predictable as f*ck. Thats why 1.5 stars, tho this book is worse than vicious Prince.

4 stars ✰

🌸 Hugging him, I whisper, “One day, I’ll shout at the top of the world that you’re mine.” “And you’re mine, Silver, always.” “Always.” 🌸

rina saved the best for last with this one 🥹 silver and cole have my heart <3 I literally thought silver was gonna piss me off bc from the first book elsa made her sound horrible. but now im realising actually i just don’t like elsa 💀

they’re just so cute and of all the mmc’s he’s the only one that didn’t literally torment her and make her life hell. and when rina kent makes all her men sh*tty af, and this one is the slightest bit nicer, I TAKE IT AS A WIN. they slayed 🧸💌

I must say, whilst my girly

💝 Our story might not have started in the best way possible, but we wouldn’t have it any other way. Silver is mine and I’m hers. In the past. In the present. In the future. 💝

they’re they only characters im gonna miss in this series. every other book and character was sh*t (not my pookies teal and kim though) especially the men.

dnf @76% I CAN’T DO THIS ANYMORE

also don’t like this line sounds like ms rina kent is projecting

“I don’t want to kill my own child. I don’t care that I’m eighteen and that the father is my step-freaking-brother. Why does an innocent soul have to pay for that?”

and I can’t get over the fact that silver decided that it would be better to bully kimberly rather than just distancing herself 💀

Cole and silver? Yes please!

my jaw was dropped with the doll master plot line wtf

I didn't even finish this yet, and it's already a 0.1 stars.

I am currently listening to the audio at 2.5 speed to finish this asap.

Reasons why:

1. Rina Kent hates women; I am sure now. This is the hundredth time she's featured a "bad, mentially ill, fat-shaming mother" in this series of books.

She also included another mother figure who's even worse. Since it's a spoiler, I won't mention what makes her worse, but jesus H Christ...

I am so confused by this trope.

Is Rina Kent okay?

Just stop including a mother figure in these books if that’s what you're gonna do with them every time!

We get it!
And I am tired.

2. Flavorless heroine. Silver was pathetic, no soul, nothing in her nogging except some nonsense about how Cole's green eyes remind her of the top of trees... okay...?

She is insecure, has no depths, and has no life outside of Cole.

To be fair, she is very similar to the previous heroines before her, (Rina Kent loves to write heroines who can't control themselves for some reason,)

but somehow, this Silver girl managed to be worse than her predecessors. 🙄

3. Weird anti-abortion and pro-conservative propaganda...

Rina Kent made Silver give the fetus a gender...? Refering to her potential pregnancy as "he" for no fkin reason. Who does that?

Rina Kent made the heroine call her herself a "killer" after she started thinking she might be pregnant cause she's a few days late on her period, and another character fairly proposes that she goes to a clinic to take care of it.

Keep in kind, heroine is a teenager, and the potential sperm donor is her stepbrother...

Rina Kent made the heroine refer to her fetus as "little hands and feet" and "innocent soul..."

I was so uncomfortable listening to this book because of that. What kind of a freakshow is this?

I don't read romance to get weirdo authors to shove their gross anti-choice opinions down my throat.

And to make matters worse, the hero was fine when the heroine was getting beat up, but when he finds out that she was potentially pregnant when she was getting beat up, then suddenly, it mattered...

How does that make sense? 🤔

Lesson: it's okay if a woman is getting beat up. But once a fetus/parasite is involved, we CANNOT have that.

So Silver's life didn't matter. Her potential unborn fetus mattered more.

Weirdo author.

Ew.

I was very excited to start my Rina Kent binge, cause I love world building in romance, but I am starting to think this author is a weird, conservative freak who hates women.

It feels so f*cking weird now.

“Show me your titt*es,” Cole says out of freaking nowhere.

My eyes widen so hard and I swallow as if that will somehow erase what I’ve heard.

His face remains neutral, even though his lips twitch as if to smile — or smirk.

“N-no!” I cross my hands over my chest.

Cole and Silver were virgin. I have no problem with non virgin hero or heroine. However, I really dislike when a hero claims to love the heroine but then sleeps with multiple women. Not cool man. Cole is obsessed with Silver. Although it was implied he wasn't virgin but it wasn't true. He never denied it in front of his friends because of Ronan.

The first sex scene is a bit controversial. I didn't like it. For me it was non consensual.

I kind of guessed the doll maker is Coles mother. How did I guess? I have a habit of checking the last chapter before I start a book. I know it's cheating but I can't help it. I do it mostly if I don't get spoiler. I always check spoilers before reading but it's newly released and there wasn't any spoiler. But remember, the epilogue doesn't inform that Coles mother is the doll maker or not. But it implies Cole doesn't miss her. So when I read about the doll maker I kind of guessed its his mother.

The lack of friends in this book really bothered me. There are many things felt too rushed. I didn't like Aiden before and now the feelings remained same because he didn't do anything when Elsa punched Silver. He knew she was pregnant. Although she wasn't, it was false alert but in that time Silver didn't know that and she tells Aiden she is pregnant with Coles child.

I learned a British slang from this book. It's Wanker . It was really annoying because of the repetition of Wanker in this book.

The reason behind Silver breaking her friendship with Kim was lame and didn't make sense to me. Unlike other book we barely got any content of Xander, Ronan and Teal which sucks cause it's the last book of the series. Also the ending was rushed. And what's with Knox's new life?

I can go to an Eastern European country and live there alone forever. I can go to Finland. They have the most beautiful landscape I’ve ever seen.

um so disappointed in this book. silvercole were literally all sex. a lot of stuff happened that DIDNT EVEN MAKE SENSE. it felt like i was reading a sh*tty wattpad book. a lot of stuff in this book had me like wtf.. like for example the first time she added a black person is when a black guy is having sex w a white girl. weird. and then when silver literally thought that abortions were about killing babies and literally bashed everyone who has had an abortion. im pro choice so it’s obvious silver n rina kent aren’t. the talking about wars was a little too much considering what we’re going through. did u forget ACAB??? the writing was really bad. i didn’t feel silvercole’s love for each other when i say all they had was sex i’m being honest like okay pack it up allie & dean 🙄. it was clearly obvious she didn’t know what to do to make silvercole a better couple that she had to add unnecessary sh*t. hopefully the epilogue gives me what i need. AKA CLOSURE. also out of everything in this book the one thing i’m mad about is the INCONSISTENCY. silver talked about how she missed kim and still cared for her DEEPLY. she talked about kimberly a lot. so i’m thinking rina kent will give us silver’s pov on their reunion and silver apologizing to her n give us all that. BUT NOOOO. in COLES POV AKA THE EPILOGUE he tells us in a summed up version that they made up 🙄🙄 BS thank u RINA KENT for making another sh*tTY book n that includes AIDENELSAS BOOKS. also u should definitely rewrite xanderkim’s book bc why tf they get together at the middle end.. anyways stan xanderkim for clear skin ty n goodnight 🙈😌

Nothing f*cking happens. I hate it here

— ( 🧷 ) 3.5 stars ⊹
rina put her whole thrussy in this book and i devoured it.

Review to come♥️♥️

4 Stars!

I really liked this one too, though I wouldn't say it necessarily lived up to my expectations for Cole (Aiden and Ronan are still better imo). But it's also fine because Rina didn't go the annoying usual route of OTT drama. Instead, it was more of their building relationship with a side of suspense. I guess that's one thing I actually really like about this author, is that she doesn't tend to go the typical route of manhos with a bunch of OP drama that takes away from their actual relationship, at least what I've seen so far from her. I can also tell her writing has gotten so much better from the first books in this series. There is still some repetitiveness like Silver saying "wanker" and "I hate you" over and over again which was so ANNOYING, and again with the childhood trauma and parent dramas, but this plot did feel a bit different thankfully, so it didn't bother me as much.

I surprisingly really liked the flashbacks at the beginning of the book too from when they were younger. Cole is a devious little kid haha. I'm also glad they actually did what they said they would do and saved their firsts for each other unlike some other books *ahem prettyrecklessbrokenknight ahem*. It definitely made me root for them more that they were literally IT for each other, so I def would have liked to have found our earlier that Cole was a virgin, but whatever. And also no OW drama thankfully, but I also thought it was kind of funny how they were constantly using other people to make each other jealous, which I was fine with seeing as they were only interested in each other, and they totally get off on it lol. I'm also legit obsessed with all the horsem*n's interactions and wish we had more in here. And how they spread rumors and lies about each other too, freaking Ronan haha, is the best, and I'm glad they really did end up to be lies.

The timeline did feel a bit wacky though. I feel like there are just too many books in this series for the books to all be out of order, and it is hard to keep track of events that happened in the other books, especially when the character was trying to explain why something happened when it did. Such as Silver trying to justify why she did all that to Kim. I wish we had some of the events that happened on screen in other books, to happen here too, that way we could see what was going through their head at that time. All the mentions of Kim, and no actual Kim appearing, was boring.

Also, one thing I noticed, is that Rina does this really great build up to the climax, but when it happens, she fails to deliver an actual impact after all that. We have all this suspense and mysteriousness just for it to be wrapped up in literally like 5%. I do like the epilogues she does at the very end, but I hate how everything wraps up so quickly and then it's boom, epilogue time. And btw who the doll master actually was, is legit gross. Not sure how obvious or not it was though since I might have seen a spoiler already before starting it, oops.

And then a couple more things that I noticed that while they don't affect my rating really, I just wasn't a big fan of them. One would be all the voyeurism. The whole sex club thing where they get off on watching other people, and then think about it whilst having sex, just didn't do it for me. I love kinky, even wish there was more of it here, but it just didn't make sense that with how obsessed they are with each other, that they prefer to watch other people have sex. I am glad that there was no sharing or anything like that though, which people tend to do in sex clubs in books. Cole was possessive through and through, though he definitely gets points docked off for watching Silver get beaten and not doing anything about it (that scene can also never NOT be cringey).

And lastly, one more thing that I didn't care for was the pretty much no explanation on why he had a pic of a naked woman tied up on his phone. I can't remember if they said they knew her or not, but was Cole the one that did it and took the pic? We know he was a virgin, but he said he tried to go all the way so does that mean he tried to go all the way with more girls? Has he tied up a lot of girls? Or just Silver? Did he do any other stuff with them? On one hand, I'm glad it was vague if he really did other stuff with any other women, but on another, I wish it was more clear with how loyal he was to Silver. You can't be mad that someone took her first waltz if you've been tying and doing other stuff to girls.

Overall, I've really liked all the books in the series, well, except for Black Knight, still hate that one. The first books in the series aren't written as good, but they still kept my interest and I love all the MCs (except Kim). And I know there are a lot of comparisons, but this almost feels like the All Saints High series that we should have had but didn't, bleh, so I don't even care for the similarities. Now bring on Daddy King!

so cole… instead of breaking the spines of your books can you break my spine instead ???

˚✧₊⁎ 5 stars ⁎⁺˳✧

“𝐻𝒶𝓉𝑒 𝓂𝑒 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉, 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝓀𝑒𝑒𝓅 𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝓂𝒾𝓈𝑒. 𝒜𝓁𝓁 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒻𝒾𝓇𝓈𝓉𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓂𝒾𝓃𝑒.”

OKAY HELLO WHY DIDNT I WRITE A REVIEW DIRECTLY AFTER FINISHING THIS?!? anyways here it is:

THIS book was perfectly written and THE plot twist yall. I’m still chocked. ColeSilver made me feel EVERYTHING. I was happy, annoyed, sad, excited EVERYTHING. 🤭 I love this trope and pls pls any other book similar to this one will do it for me. ONE OF MY FAVOURITES FROM THE WHOLE RINAVERSE. 😚

The fourth horsem*n at the Royal Elite, Cole, has a creepy vibe. Because of his silent and deadly nature he is called Famine. Outside he is a good boy, a nerd and mamma's boy but below that facade is a calculated and subtle man.
Silver is torn between her divorced, over-achiever parents. She loves them and they love her, to keep them happy and make them happy Silver changed herself to fit and play their favoured role. As a consequence she lost all her close friends and is surrounded by fake people.

"You’re fake, but not with me. Never with me.”
“Shut the f*ck up, Cole.”
“Uh-oh, Miss Prim and Proper is cursing.”
“I hate you. I hate you so much.”

Cole and Silver share a bond since they were kids. They hate-like each other. Silver tries to fight her feelings for Cole. In his presense it feels like she turns on her 'brat' mode which makes her feel foolish. While Cole is mocking at Silver's fakeness and also seducing her, their relationship turn complicated when their parents marry.

“Here’s the thing, Butterfly, I can’t stop.”
“Why not?”
“Because you’re my chaos, and I can’t survive without chaos.”
“I’m chaos?”
“The worst of all. The most beautiful of all. And you know what? You might as well be the deadliest.”
My breathing chops off. “Are you ever going to let me go?”
“Are you?”

Their relationship was complicated but not so complicated and difficult as taboo stories are. After their HEA it took time to come open about their relatonship to the world.
What I like about this book is the story about Guv and the doll. It's a dark, creepy, twisted story which totally matches Cole. The villain was perfectly hidden. Cole and Silver's story was better than Knight and Kim, but the stories are losing it's touch. Rina Kent can build an awesome climax of a story but unreason lameness doesn't let the story reach it's peak. If you've been continuing this series Cole and Silver's story will be hard to miss.

Świetne zakończenie serii, plot twist? OMG???????? naprawdę szok duży, całość podobała mi się bardzo i przeleciałam przez tą historię, niektóre zachowania Cole’a były 😶😶😶 ale szczerze, to jest dark, pokręcona historia także według mnie wszystko jest jak trzeba. Ostatnie strony trzymały bardzo w napięciu ale i tak od początku nie było miejsca na nudę. Swietnaaaaa❤️🫶