Brutal Prince
by Sophie Lark
Young adult · ages 16–18 · grades 11–12 · 820L · 304 pages · 2023
Why we'd hand it over
Dark mafia romance with explicit sexual content and violence; well-plotted for the genre but the heroine's arc hinges on romance rather than self-discovery, and the domestic-violence elements (abuse as foreplay) are troubling without critical framing.