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Heart of My Monster by Rina Kent

5 reviews

hellxriver's review against another edition

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adventurous tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0


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elisabethstre's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

wie bei jedem teil dieser reihe war die erste hälfte GOOOOD like actually SO GOOD

sasha in ihrer badass-era
faking her death UND IHRE MISSION, KIRILL ZU TÖTEN??? kirill währenddessen going absolutely crazy, ist kein funktionierender mensch mehr; CRAVING AND MOURNING HER
- let me tell you, i ate that shit up

das wiedersehen der beiden OH MEIN GOTT I WAS SCREAAAAAMINGG

die zweite hälfte war dann langweilig leider - habe alle plottwists geguessed und für die letzten 100 seiten mehrere tage gebraucht, weil ich es einfach nicht mehr spannend fand.
anton & maksim haben den letzten part wirklich gecarried & ich wünschte, es hätte mehr content von ihnen gegeben :(


wie hat kirill es geschafft, sich als pakhan zu beweisen, all he did was fucking sasha and crying
(wie konnte er wochenlang mit sasha in einer hütte chillen, obwohl er der anführer der mafia ist? make it make sense)


i fully lost it, als er ihr einen tracker einsetzen lassen hat BOY WHAT THE FUCKKKK das hat mich gebrochen 

babushka war der nervigste fucking character der welt ahhh i hated her so much

und dann the MYSOGYNY -
wieso wird es einfach so hingenommen, dass ria nicht pakhan werden kann, weil SIE EINE FRAU IST? sorry aber ridiculous. dann dass yulia einfach als böseste frau dargestellt wurde - yes she treated her kids like shit aber ihre jahrelange geschichte mit sexual abuse wurde irgendwie so unter den tisch gekehrt?? wieso darauf nicht nochmal eingehen?
war enttäuscht 

das ende war süß und die reihe war storywise echt in ordnung; hatte nur absolut untragbare momente??? definitiv better dark romance, gibt aber noch VIEL luft nach oben

(pluspunkt war, dass kirill in den letzten 5 seiten herausgefunden hat, DASS SASHA NICHT DIE GESAMTE ZEIT EINEN SCHEIẞ LOVER IN RUSSIS HATTE AHHHH)

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madlereads's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

🔫 Mafia romance
😱 fake deaths
😎 touch her you die
🔪 MY WIFE
☀️ Solnyshko & Luchik

How. How am I supposed to go on after finishing this series? It was a masterpiece to me! A fantastic finisher to this wild chaotic ride of what's Kirill and Sasha's relationship. I didn't want it to end.

Let me just say Kirill at the beginning of this book broke me. His grief. 😭😭 he was gonna throw it all away cause it wasn't worth Sasha. I wanted to cry so much despite what we all know about Sasha's status. 

And Sasha. Her feelings of betrayal by Kirill were still burning strong. But I was feeling for her cause of her treatment in her family by her asshole Babushka and asshole prickly brother.

Their reunion was...chaotic 🤣🤣 I was cackling. Most of the story was Kirill "Anything for my beautiful wife" Morozov making sure Sasha understands he's not letting her go again and Sasha struggling with her feelings over Kirill. She loves him a lot no doubt, but she's afraid of him choosing his ambition over her. 
I think the story showed a some of them finally talking it out and working on it. Especially on how their actions at the end of book 2 affected them. 🥺 you really do need heart to hearts yenno. Kirill and Sasha certainly needed it. They both learned things and got some hard truths flung in their faces.

Kirill may love her in his deranged way, showing it in mostly action. But I'm glad he finally let himself open up to say those magic words Sasha needed. 

As usual I loved the chaos that comes with Kirill and Sasha (and company). Their banter and chemistry remains blazing bright as the sun! ☀️ 
Damien? That crazy psycho killer is such a hoot. I hope he gets a book and it comes out soon 🤣 especially that comment Kirill and Adrian said about war in marriage bahah. 

Kirill somehow was even more jealous and more possessive in this book. The man was jealous of sweat in her cleavage 🤣🤣 and he's such a drama queen with him orchestrating a soap opera at the start then eating up the drama unfolding once he got Sasha home. He's so obsessed to the point of madness and I ate it up. Yes he's still keeping count of them 🍆😻 bahaha. 

I loved the intense *need* and spice as much as the cute soft parts. Like the holiday scenes were so cozy. Even with Kirill being a Grinch with a gun. 

Kirill's bond with his siblings was always complicated because of their parents. 🥺 their little story coming to light was painful but the threads coming out from it warmed my heart. Like of course they aren't models of great sibling bonds, but Kirill would go to bat for them to protect them. 🥺

I really loved how this wrapped up. It's so bittersweet having to say goodbye for now to these characters. So the 2 epilogues were worth it but I'll eat up every crumb of them I can get if Ms. Rina Kent does anything else with Kirill and Sasha's family 🥺

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nadiaherondale's review against another edition

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dark emotional fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

Although I liked the start, with Sasha and Kirill conflict in true enemies to lovers fashion, and the drama Kristina created (loved that plot twist) I struggled a bit half way trough, I just wasn't that invested. The final pages picked up, but the final reveal was a bit too easy for me. In the end is a romcen book, I shouldn't be looking way too much into the plot, but I would have liked for it not to be as rushed as it felt. I'm happy this was my first (and probably only) Rina Kent series

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romanceschmomance's review against another edition

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3.0

Okay, these two were a bit of a struggle to read about from the beginning, but I wanted to read this one to see how everything wrapped up. For me, like book 2, the frustration carried right on over to this one.

Kirill was losing points with me throughout this entire book. Despite his grand plan to be on top, the manipulation involved towards Sasha to get there was my least favorite thing. And it had me really struggling with his character. Now I love Rina's others MMCs, but I didn't have any glowing reviews for Kirill. I love the softer parts of the MMCs, but we didn't really get that at all with Kirill. 

I think my favorite part of this one was the side stories, especially between a certain two. I don't care, I'll take any extra stuff Rina is willing to give of them.

Overall, not my favorite Rina couple/series. But I loved making more connections across Rina's universe, which we'll see more of in the Legacy of Gods series.

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