Cruel King

A Royal Elite Book

By: Rina Kent

Narrated by: Kylie Stewart, Aaron Shedlock

Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins

Publisher's summary

He's no fairy tale king.

Levi

Here, little princess. I'm your king.

You have three rules. Bow. Break. Bend the knee.

Fight me all you want, but soon enough, you'll be chanting long live the king.

Astrid

One day I'm Royal Elite School's small fly, the next I'm hunted and left to die.

He doesn't only shred my life to parts, but he's also coming after my heart.

He thinks he broke me, but the new princess will bring the king to his knees.

Cruel King is a complete stand-alone in Royal Elite world. No audiobook should be listened to prior to this.

©2020 Rina Kent (P)2020 Rina Kent

I miss Shane and Kiera's performances.

I absolutely love this story as much as the rest in the series. However, I really miss the performances of Shane and Kiera. The combination of both voices in every chapter made the story come alive. The story is more real when only one voice performs female characters and another performs male character's. What I mean is....., there's something seriously lost in a female pretending Levi's comments in Astrid's point of view and a male pretending Astrid's voice in Levi's point of view. Many of us listeners put ourselves in the shoes of characters. No offense to the ladies, but "I like you bound, princess" doesn't do a thing for me from a female voice, but gives deep tingles from a male voice.

Great seriee

I think this should be moved up like book. or 4. At the end and after the epilogues of each character, it would be easier to follow.

So addicting ...

Cruel King was my introduction to bully romance and I found it twisted and highly addictive. It was dark and unpredictable and filled with secrets, lies, and manipulation. Levi King thrives on the whole world bowing to him. That is until Astrid crashes into his life unexpectedly and ignites something inside his black heart.

Aaron Shedlock and Kylie Stewart do an incredible job of bringing Rina Kent’s characters and story to life.

the narration was amazing!

Omg! Totally worth the read. I absolutely enjoyed Levi and Astrid. Although thier story is so tragic it only makes them beautifully broken and compatible for each other. Cheers! I can't wait to read the next one and Emerson myself 8n Rina Kent's world

Meh...

This was just ok for me, I think it was because of the narration; I’m just glad that the narrators were changed for the remaining books in the series.

Another Rina Kent must-listen!

Sexy, steamy, captivating and addictive as hell!! Of course it has to be a Rina Kent novel! Cruel King is another perfect dark, bully romance from this author. I couldn’t get enough of Levi and Astrid’s twisted romance and having it come to life on audio was perfection!

I might have squealed with delight when I was narration was performed by Aaron Shedlock and Kylie Stewart! Two of my favorite narrators who truly deserve to be on more audiobooks because they are freaking stellar! They did a perfect job of bringing Astrid and Levi to life. They made 9 hours seems like no time at all. LOVED IT!!

OMG I loved this!

I loved getting to know Astrid and Levi and walking with them through their story 🖤 they are adorable! I'm so happy I went back to the beginning after God of Malice! I can't imagine not having this info going forward

Astrid and Levi

I loved Astrid and Levi’s relationship and the he bond they shared. Good plot twists.

Another great read

I’m a huge fan of Rina Kent and really enjoyed this story. I think I might be a bit biased since I read the series out of order. I started with Legacy of Gods and went back after. I loved seeing the story of the characters’ parents. I’m not sure I would have been as captured as I am if I started with Cruel King. I would still recommend reading/listening to ANYYY Rina book.

This was cute…..

Story has a good twist, and beautiful friendship. I enjoyed this last story. Spice 3/5 🌶️.

Well, it was okay, not perfect but not bad

3.5-3.75 🌟
It wasn't wow, but I didn't suffer either if you understand what I mean. There were things that bothered me, but I did smile and laugh here and there through the story line.
Maybe if I read it at the beginning when I started reading romance books I'd definitely give it a 5 🌟
I Continue to the next book in the series, I'll update about it soon ❤️

1st time

this was my first audio book and it was fantastic, I listened to it everywhere I went what a great story

A solid canvas for this complex story

It was dark. Not pitch black, but it was still difficult to see the light–or the romance, in this case. Lust, there was plenty. Attraction, fascination, obsession. Love, hard to tell, besides the characters’ own words. But let’s say that there was some, it kind of showed in little things–Levi’s protective side, some gentler moments when they talk instead of arguing. It’s a dark romance, after all.

With a lot of side characters. And though we don’t see as much of them as we do of Astrid and Levi–and we don’t get their point of view–they all have their own agenda that doesn’t revolve around the main couple, and it was interesting. I wanted to know more about Astrid’s father, about her best friend, about the rest of the football team. They aren’t just here to move the romance forward. Even though some of them were really of the villain-y kind, with little to no nuance.

It wasn’t coming out of nowhere exactly, but there was still a twist near the end that brought the whole story to its closure, and it was nicely done. There were motifs, patterns, parallels, that created a solid canvas for this complex story.

As for the narration, the female narrator did a great job with the accent–not sure if it’s her real one–while the male narrator wasn’t always as good. It was still an interesting audiobook to listen to.

Finally Got to Levi and Astrid

I've read this series not in order. But the chemistry between Levi and Astrid was so on point as to follow the rest of the series. Astrid was the most sassy and baddy of the all the girls from RES. Levi was probably the second most...possessive of the guys. The suspense, the secrets the twists and turns were all there. They push and pull each other and I was living for all of it. The audio is different from the rest of the series, but I enjoyed it all the same. I volunteered to listen and review a complimentary copy of this. All opinions are my own.