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Empire of Hate

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Empire of Hate

By: Rina Kent
Narrated by: Shane East, Christy Woods
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My boss. My enemy.

I escaped my life. Leaving everything behind wasn’t easy, but I did it. I turned the page and flew over the ocean.

This is my new beginning. My new chapter. My new book.

Or so I hoped before I met my new boss. Daniel Sterling. Rich as sin, illegally attractive, and the face of every magazine cover. Oh, and the reason why I escaped in the first place.

I made his high school life hell. He won’t stop until he gives me a taste of my own medicine.

Empire of Hate is a complete stand-alone. No other books should be listened to prior to this.

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Nicole and Daniel hate each other, but at the same time are obsessed with one another. And this lasts already many, many years.

The story itself was good, Nicoles obsession and behavior a bit strange.
But all in all I enjoyed listen to this book and the narrators made it even better.

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Once again, it was a dark read with heavy topics–abuse in multiple forms from various people, including rape, most notably. And the romance was interesting, though quite twisted.

Let’s sum it up that way: boy and girl love each other from afar but both are convinced it’s unrequited, spend time bullying or ignoring each other instead, until they fall into bed years later; but a misunderstanding leads them to go their separate way. They reunite a decade later, as they hate and resent each other. Hence it’s both second chance and enemies to lovers.

I admit that aspect bothered me a little. I’m all for the enemies to lovers trope, but here it was borderline non consensual. Yes, Nicole had been in love with Daniel all her life, and yes, she was still attracted to him, but she was reluctant and Daniel didn’t really respect her boundaries. With a lot of anger and/or disdain thrown in. I kind of pitied Nicole.

But she also was an unusual character, difficult to like at times. She was obsessive! She admited it herself. Sure, she had a tough upbringing, and she found solace in her feelings for the cute boy, but almost two decades of obsessing over someone isn’t exactly healthy. Not that Daniel was any better–the hate of the title referenced his abhorrence for blonde girls due to his history with Nicole.

I told you, twisted.

That darkened their present relationship. Daniel was an abusive boss, and Nicole resisted him all the way. They slowly realized that their past prejudices were just that: prejudices. Nothing was as it seemed, and they didn’t know the whole story. They struggled to get it out though. In the meantime, Daniel got close to Nicole and Jayden, and that part was cute.

And sexy. Don’t forget the sexy. This book was quite steamy. Though, again, with a bit of dubcon element.

I enjoyed the narration. The female narrator was new to me, but she did a great job. The male narrator is a favorite of mine, and he didn’t disappoint this time either. On top of the accent–both main characters are British–they managed to express the conflicted emotions of the characters. Another good audio for the author.

Interesting, though quite twisted

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Again, Rina Kent has captured my attention with her Empire series. This dark and wonderful enemies to lovers story had me from the first chapter and I just couldn't stop listening. Daniel and Nicole have known each other all their lives. Their push pull, love-hate relationship started when they were young, and hasty decisions left them separated. Now years later, and life changing circumstances now finds the once well off Nicole looking for employment. Finding a job, she begins her day to find her nemesis, Daniel to be her boss. And our fun begins. The hate-love between these two creates a well formed banter, both cruel and funny at times. Nicole has matured over the years, but her heart is still that young girl that loves Daniel and just wants him to love her back. Daniel holds a grudge worse than a girl, and works off of his pain and hurt. These two have an incredible story, full of bad decisions, unfortunate circumstances and an underlying love that just needs to come out. Add in a little brother that is not only smart, but funny, adding a bit of levity to some otherwise questionable situations. It's a fantastic listen, and an amazing addition to the series.

To make this even better, we have Shane East and Christy Woods reading it to us! These two are a fabulous team, creating a world easy to fall into. East plays the broody, formidable Daniel with contempt, pain and love. He pulls out all the stops for this one, giving us every layer of Daniel. Woods is new to me, and paired with East, she compliments his style. She falls into the character of Nicole and gives us every feeling she goes through, breaking our hearts and then repairing them. It's an amazing team for this incredible story.

This series is everything!

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The story was fine although not my favourite from Rina - but the female narrator ruined it for me. She sounded far too old for Nicole’s character. Shane east was great as always but this would have worked better if it was duet narration

Not my favourite from Rina

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4.5 star!
Another amazing book by Rina Kent. When Nicole takes an assistant job at a law firm the last person she expects to be working for is the man she has loved since she was 8 years old. Daniel and Nicole haven't seen each other in 11 years. Daniel believes she crushed his heart back then and he wants her to pay so he makes her job a nightmare for her.
This was truly an enemies to lovers/enemies with benefits for most of the book. Daniel was so cruel but I very much enjoyed their banter and the tension between them the whole book!

The narrators were great and their voices really matched the characters!

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