Reviews with content warning for Suicide - God of Malice

God of Malice features Killian, a legitimately morally black psychopath, and Glyndon, an artistic “good girl” who becomes somewhat of a calming muse to distract the former antisocial from his violent urges. What started as a seemingly freak meeting morphs into an obsession, with a twinge of mystery to their fated connection and bursting with spicy scenes. This book also establishes the dynamics of the respective friendship groups, introducing leads of the following Legacy of Gods books.

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spriceitup's review against another edition

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dark emotional medium-paced

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

2.0

Book read like it was written by an AI. Pretty sure the author has never had a conversation with another person in their life based on the character dialogue. Additionally, having chapters from the parents in the book cuts the flow of the story to the point where I couldn’t even read their chapters as they were poorly written and pointless to add their point of view.

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erinmd156's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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cielosiluminado's review against another edition

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dark emotional 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

2.0

after much thought after reading, i’ve collected some of my thoughts. the main one being: i’ll never understand people who read about a morally black character and then get offended when said character (e.g. killian) does something morally black. was it wrong? yes. am i shocked or clutching my pearls? no.

killian was funny and charming tbh...
glyn was… okay. i wish she had more personality than just her inferiority complex and mental health issues ~~but she’s a woman and rk doesn’t know how to add character to the fmcs without making them crazy~~

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i liked this way more than i thought i would and this is probably my most annotated book on kindle to date???

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peeshy's review against another edition

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challenging dark tense fast-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

4.0

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a_paintingpigeon's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

This book was MUCH darker than I anticipated, but I loved it! Killian is the villain I never knew I needed 😍 There were SO many plot twists and elements of surprise that threw me through a loop, but it was such a good book. Tropes include: Touch her you 💀, possessive MMC, college romance, grumpy x sunshine (ish) and more! (Personally I don’t know much about tropes, but I hope this helps:))

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essieslibrary's review against another edition

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tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

The story follows Glyndon King as she is trying to heal from her best friend’s death. One night, she doesn’t see the light of life anymore and is standing on the edge of a cliff where she meets the threatening Killian Carson. The dynamic between our characters will unravel in ways neither of them thought possible.

I’ve always been an open-minded person. I can forgive criminals, murderers and stalkers but sex offenders, nuh uh, that’s where I draw the line. Our first ever interaction with Killian is him assaulting Glyndon while she’s in the weakest position she has ever been. I can understand the excitement of being dominated by someone but this scene just made me so uncomfortable, I was actually begging for this man to not be our love interest.

While I understand Killian does not think like the standard neurotypical person, the chemistry between him and Glyn felt purely lustful and superficial.

The third-act-conflict was only scratched on the surface, I felt as if Glyn immediately threw herself in Kill’s arms after the slightest bit of explanation that didn’t even come from him. During the fight Kill had with Gareth at their parents’ place, I would’ve loved to be in his point of view, see how everything was turning a darker red in his mind after Glyndon left.

Also, throughout the story, I got the ick because Glyndon's virginity was always described as a gift or a prize to chase by Killian.

Overall this book was a 2.25★ for me. I quite enjoyed our cast of characters, especially Nikolai, I can’t wait to get to his book.

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