Think twice if…
- Content warnings: Sexual assault, Dubious consent, Drug use, Substance abuse, Violence, Bullying, Captivity, Emotional abuse, Cheating, Self-harm, Classism, Sexual content
Cruel Intentions
by Siobhan Davis
Book 1 in Rydeville Elite
A high-school dark RH that reads more layered than the trope usually allows - feral, twisty, and built to leave you ravenous for the next book.
goodreads 4.24/5 15,662 ratings
storykind_community 5/5 1 rating
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A decision-first view of the reading experience.
Length399 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 7 books
Spice5/5 · Rough / primal
PacingFast
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Enemies to lovers
- Why Choose / Reverse Harem
- Slow burn
- High
- Rough / primal
- Feral brain activated
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- Villain
- Love/hate tension
- Possessive / claiming
- The angst delivered
- Possessive alpha
- Forbidden love
- Taboo / forbidden
- Addictive read
- Class difference
- Angry / hate sex
- Tension finally satisfied
- Possessive love interest
- Power dynamic
- Push and pull
- Possessive/protective
- Wall pinning
- Tension
- Marking hickeys
- Rough/aggressive intimacy
- Possessive
- Degradation (light)
- Choking/breath play
- Humiliation
- Dubious consent elements
Fantasy promise
- Dark romance
- Bully romance
- Academy / campus
- Contemporary
- Reverse harem / why choose
- Forced proximity
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- Arranged marriage
- Hidden identity
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Fast
- Dark
- Heavy
- Survivor
- Intense
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- Dramatic
- Angsty
- Edgy
- Dangerous
- Suspenseful
- Seductive
- Forbidden desire
- Power corrupts
- Battle of wills
- Slow descent into darkness
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Book details
- Length
- 399 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book