Reviews with content warning for Kidnapping - God of Fury

Brandon has always worn a perfect and curated image to hide his "difference". But there is one person he cannot hide from, Niko.

Hands down my favourite of the series. This one is definitely less dark than the other three. I adore these two together. I love their push and pull and how relentlessly Niko pursues Bran even when Bran fights him.

For the last 8 years, Bran hasn't let anyone see his true self, the darkness beneath the curated Prince Charming perfect image everyone sees.

He has a darkness that he has been keeping inside him, a pain that he seeks to literally cut out of himself. He has spent his life thinking there was something wrong with him. He never understood why he was never attracted to anyone or never enjoyed physical relationships. That is until he meets Niko and he learns the truth about himself, he is demisexual and attracted to men. He needs a deep emotional connection to enjoy the physical side, that is something that Niko has dragged out of him.

We learn that

Bran was raped by his mother agent when he was 15 and kept the secret out of fear of hurting everyone he loved. He blamed himself. Don't worry, the bitch gets what's coming to her.

Niko relentlessly pursues Bran, his Lotus flower. He has a deep obsession and fascination with him, unwilling to let him go no matter what gets in their way. Unfortunately, that thing happens to be Bran. I love how patient Niko is with Bran, letting him come to terms with his sexuality on his own and not pressuring him to tell everyone. I love how he pushes Bran outside of his perfect facade and helps him to heal the trauma he experienced. Deep down, under his rough exterior, Niko is a sweet golden retriever just wanting to protect and keep Bran from harm.

I love them.

Tropes: enemies to lovers, MM, opposite attract

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ellenkennedy's review against another edition

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dark funny slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I enjoyed the characters in this book (especially Nikolai) but the plot and execution were lacking. Nikolai was funny and absolutely unhinged, which worked as a perfect opposition to the closed-off, repressed Bran. Nothing about Nikolai's approach was healthy or acceptable, but that's given in a dark story like this. Although the mafia theme was rather ridiculous, especially when you compare the blurbs of the other books in the series (God of Fury is the only one that I've read) to the actual characters in the background. :D Let's take Killian, who's depicted as a dangerous monster wherever you look, and what he does in the background of this book is mostly cuddle and kiss his girlfriend. All the killing, torturing, and violence is mostly on the periphery (

except things like Grace's death which was another level of unhinged, and not in a good way

). Some emotions were very surface-level, especially on Bran's side (surprisingly). There were moments when I was wondering whether it was inspired by "For The Fans" in some way, especially

Bran's staring at a mirror, "not your baby", repressed trauma that makes you conceal your sexuality, the new Instragram photos every day, the "bimbo" character and so on

.

Most of the "dark" characters seemed rather playing at mafia than actually being a part of it, and the book could have been half of its length if the author got rid of all the repetitions and unnecessary scenes, but being in Nikolai's head was so funny, and I liked how they opened up to one another in the end.

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callmeamelia's review against another edition

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3.5

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mw1's review against another edition

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dark tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

Terrible awful no good very bad plot. The writing was so repetitive, could have gotten rid of 100 pages and not lost any meaning. The dialogue was worse than The Phantom Menace. This book was so hyped up and was such a horrible excuse for MM romance/representation. The violence wasn’t even that dark, just strange and sometimes random. Could have done with the use of third person instead of first. I wish I could have my time back.

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nutstella's review against another edition

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dark fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

I hope I never go through something like this again. ❤️

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