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God of Fury by Rina Kent

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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

1000000000000000000/5 stars 
No fucking words can describe how beautiful this book was. I had never read an MM book before, so this was a first. But I was so glad that this was the book I started with! Niko and Brans relationship was rocky at first, and the mental health aspect of each of them was just heartbreaking. The push-pull game was difficult to watch, but I seriously couldn’t get enough of them! The spice was beautiful, the characters, plot, and twists were enticing, and when I tell you I sobbed in those last 50 pages… my GOD! It was amazing! I was thoroughly surprised how much Brans story and his character made Lan’s character make so much more sense to me! But my gosh this was just such a beautiful story and I loved every second of it. 

If you’re struggling, please don’t hesitate to reach out for help. You aren’t alone in anything 💕💕

988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline (you can text and call this number.)

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Loveable characters: Yes
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Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This is probably my favourite book of the year. It's characters are well developed and it's plot has everything you could need in a dark romance book. 

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Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Niko is approximately the best personality ever

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  • This book broke me and then put me back together again. We’re just in January and I think I’ve found my best book of the year. I’m hyperventilating just thinking about them. If I had a physical copy the annotation would have been off the charts. I desperately NEED some who I can talk to about this book. 😩😩🥺😭


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God of Fury features Brandon, an artist with an inferiority complex and borderline personality disorder, Nikolai, a golden retriever mafia prince with a craving for violence, and Kolya, Nikolai's very vocal and opinionated penis 😂 I smiled so much during this read, I loved how unapologetically cringey Niko was, and am always gushy for a gay awakening trope. It wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows however; while the other books had dark themes and outsider “bad guys”, this one looked deeper into mental health and internal sabotage. This rawness definitely won me over as my favorite of the series. 

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I'm always a fan of MM romance. I hadn't expected Bran's trauma and the extent of his damage. Niko's mental health issues were more expected based on the previous books. I'm glad the author didn't make it so that the characters' mental health issues magically healed when their relationship problems were settled since that's not how it works in real life. I really liked how it showed that they continue to love each other but also still continue their own journeys in trying to find treatments/coping strategies.

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Since I can't rate 6 stars, this is the best it'll get 

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Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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