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God of Malice by Rina Kent

22 reviews

loganswifey's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

A walking and talking red flag

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Suicide, Animal cruelty, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Rape, and Stalking

briochebun's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.0

3 out of 5 ☆’s.

“I’ll make sure you always choose me as much as I choose you.”

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I know that RK’s MMCs are always a bit out there (to say the least) but I was just not a fan of Killian’s character. I feel bad for Glyndon for everything that she had to deal with because of him & because she has to put up with him for the rest of their lives. :(

I also wasn’t a fan of the way that Asher was portrayed in this book. I understand that past characters cannot all be perfect parents, but I also don’t think that they should be the main obstacle either?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Death, and Torture

zc2's review

challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

It’s okay for dark romance but as far as stabby stabby goes there wasn’t enough gore in my personal opinion 😅. Anywho the plot was good. Too many characters to keep up with. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Kidnapping, Gore, Gaslighting, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Violence, Blood, Cursing, Toxic relationship, War, Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Car accident, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Torture, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Addiction, and Animal death

stageandpage's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, Rape, Death, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicide, and Blood

Moderate: Torture, Drug abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Suicidal thoughts

teambedward123's review against another edition

4.75

The beginning was a little rough, not gonna lie. But it was definitely worth it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Sexual assault

Minor: Suicide and Animal cruelty

zia_c's review against another edition

funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Blood, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Animal cruelty, Car accident, and Sexual content

anouverlinden_'s review against another edition

dark fast-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

2.0

As much as this book was entertaining, it was very problematic.

I know the author warned us at the beginning of the book that Killian is a real psycho and it is not for the faint of heart so I know what I was getting into. However, there are just too many things that cannot be romanticised in romances (even if they're dark).

Spoilers
I, to be honest, found Killian quite tame. Like he is very much psycho (until he meets Glyndon cus ofcourse) but he is all bark and no bite. The man continues to say shit like 'I will fuck you in his blood' but he never follows up, in any kind of sense. I'm not saying I want him to do that, god no, but I'm just saying he doesn't actually do anything. Apart from raping the mc, which is an issue on a whole other level.

The first time they meet he forces her to a blowjob which is assault but continue the story and she finds it attractive??? Like at some point she even says she knew she wanted him the first moment they met, which is when he assaulted her. I just thinks it makes a joke of people actually getting assaulted. 
I get the assault (and rape) is part of him being a psycho but i just hoped it would be handled differently like was the rape and assault necessary to establish him being crazy?? 

It was entertaining for sure, Kent knows how to write engaging stories that want you to keep reading, I just wished it didn't always have to be this toxic. Leave out the assault (and still make him psycho I guess) and would still be good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Sexual assault, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

lilithreads's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Rape, Blood, Violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Stalking, Mental illness, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Gaslighting

Minor: Murder, Drug use, Alcohol, and Animal cruelty

dkgreads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

So I didn’t realize it going into this, but this is obviously a spin off of some of the author’s previous works. Like, the second generation of characters from another series. Or two. Because of that, there were a few instances where I got the impression that we (the reader) were already supposed to know something. . .and I didn’t. Not that that’s any fault of the book, but I didn’t like not being “in the know”. Dark as it was, I liked the concept of Killian’s character and I thought his chapters were interesting. The only thing is, I felt like the pacing of the story was really fast. I wish there had been more time in the transition between hate/fear to love/trust. I also thought the mystery/conflict resolution was rushed. May or may not continue the series, or go back and read the ones that came before.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Torture, and Stalking

theyannibannireads's review against another edition

dark slow-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

** spoiler alert ** note to self: i technically have finished this book but i'm adding it to my reads this year as a reward for making it past 60%. this book only works if you read this from the point of view of someones who has never had a human encounter ever. its like an AI program was feed every cheesy bad boy book/tv show every made and then told to write a book with theses tropes, villain main H, non con and alpha male dumassery. every character is over the top and don't react in a way most people would to an event/problem/conversation. , the main h is dumb and never makes a smart decision and the plot is not believable or logical in anyway but if thats what you like to read then you'll love this book. anyways i'll see if i finish the book. never trusting booktok again :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, Misogyny, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Classism, Blood, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Torture, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment