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God of Fury by Rina Kent

107 reviews

bookdragong24's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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rita00's review against another edition

1.25

dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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sissa's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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themissingbookmark's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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finickyreader's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I read the first few chapters of God of Malice (the first book in the series) months ago. I put it down and never picked it back up. I did not like it.

The next thing I know, I see edits and reviews of people talking about this book. Niko and Bran this, Niko and Bran that. I saw quotes and screenshots and even heard snippets of the audiobook.

It got me. I had to read this. Is this book really that good? And, damn it sure was. I read right through this on my Kindle never once did I put it down. I highlighted SO MANY moments in this book. Niko and Brandon are everything. Niko is crazy but so so soft for Brandon, the way he helped him through his issues. He pushed Brandon but at the same time was patient with him because he saw how twisted up he was.

I also loved Brandon and Landon's relationship. We didn't see a lot of Lan but when we did he was 100% behind Brandon even when Brandon was actively pushing him away. The moment they had at the end was so sweet.
Niko/Landon teamup was perfect! and well deserved, that person deserved what they did to them.
Levi's (Brandon's father) chapter was funny too. Niko's relationship with his father Kyle was so cute.

Overall, I loved this book. The only annoying thing was the whole Koyla nonsense with Niko but whatever it didn't bother me too much. Now, just so you know you don't have to read the previous books to understand this, I was never confused or lost throughout this story.

5 out 5 for me! NIKOBRAN FOREVER!

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living_for_the_hope_of_it_all's review against another edition

1.25

dark funny sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

1.75-2/5

HONESTLY??? yeah it was pretty problematic in parts but did i love the characters??? yeah absolutely!

am i going to read the other 50 books in this universe?? absolutely tf not BUT IT'S FINE i liked it!! not that bad for sure!!!

did i almost drop it because of the third act drama?? yep i did. i did NOT want to deal with those fuckers but my friend who i was buddy reading with was like "u gotta catch up to me" so i did. and i finish the whole book (SHE PROCEEDED TO DNF BTW THE BITCH-) but yeah it was alright :D

the whole russian mafia thing had me laughing out loud i could not take it seriously BUT it was a bit brutal at times

~okay update like a few weeks later

seeing as this book led me into one of the worst spirals of my life and impacted my mental health SO horribly

also just remembering how comically bad some parts were

i have taken the rating down a notch

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neyvan's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

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siffpedersen's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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dont_tell_mom69's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I think Kent did a lot of things well in this book, especially considering she normally writes MF romance. Niko and Bran were both really unique and compelling characters and I was rooting for them. I appreciated the trigger warnings, we knew that we were getting into from the jump.

I do wish she would have handled Niko’s medication issues differently. While some people do experience negative side effects from psychiatric medications, it isn’t typically to the extreme described (and usually that just means a lower dosage is needed). Because of so many people’s hesitancy to use psychiatric medications it’s frustrating to see an author write a stereotype that is rare and prevents people from using life saving medication. Especially when she handled all of the other mental health conditions with such care through out the story.

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bycandlelight's review against another edition

2.0

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

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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