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God of Malice by Rina Kent

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rizzykaye's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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renfyre's review against another edition

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I can enjoy some pretty dark stuff that makes you have to suspend your feminism to enjoy it. And the author's forward doesn't obscure anything about what's in the book. She says plainly this is a morally black MMC and the TWs include non con. So i cant complain that i was curious anyways and that's what i found. Dead dove - don't eat, and all that.

But badly written dark stuff? The grammar is atrocious so that on every page there is some awkward line that doesn't technically mean what she clearly means to say. Where are her editors? The info dumping and absurd way people talk/ text to each other is beyond what i can stomach. Such overdramatic wattpad prose. These characters are young college students. So 18,19,20 years old. And I'm sorry but I know what 19 year Olds look like. I can't take any of this seriously. It's all so over the top with the secret societies and rival universities. But also it's USA vs. UK! And the Russian mob! And and and.

And while yes, Dead dove - don't eat. I am loath to see that dark romance, at least for fans of this series and its like, means romanticizing and sexualizing rape. Like on the page, no ambiguity about it, violent rape. With force and crying and threats of death if the FMC doesn't comply. And to use the whole "of well her body reacted to it so she secretly wants it" line of argument is just sick and frankly dangerous. Call me a prude, but I'm not turned on by

women shaking and crying while they're face fucked against their will on pain of being either anally raped or being thrown off a cliff or both.

Taking all of this author's books off my TBR and avoiding all romance recs from anyone who recommends them in the future.

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lbj1996's review against another edition

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dark funny mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.5

Killian Carson is a top 5 book boyfriend. Love a lovable psycho

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spicycronereads's review against another edition

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dark mysterious 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

2.0

Definitely check the content warnings. This is a dark college romance with rival colleges and rival secret societies connected to the mafia. I don’t know why I have no problem reading about vampires, fae, or werewolves, but for some reason the British university primarily populated by the children of American mafiosos just seemed too absurd for me? I got past it but it took some work.

When I finished the book I realized that Amazon has it labeled as a grumpy-sunshine which seems really far off the mark. Glyndon is not a sunshine character and Killian is psychotic, barely repressing serial unaliver urges. I did like the way the author wrote about his experience of emotions. In the middle of the book I also enjoyed the tension and banter between the two MCs but other parts of it were rough for me.

The plot of the book is set against the mystery of someone tormenting Glyndon about her friend who died by suicide a few months prior. The mystery has a pretty inconsistent place in the plot and only seems to surface when it is needed to move things in a certain direction. And it takes a turn that just seems too predictable.

There were other things about this book that negatively impacted my read. It is mostly dual POV from Glyndon and Killian but then there would be random chapters from their parents’ POV. It was a bit jarring. It turns out the author has written books about the parents so perhaps these are fun Easter eggs for those who have read her entire catalog. But as a new reader I found it distracting.

I also found that the author did a lot of telling instead of showing in the transformation of the MCs relationship dynamics. It felt rushed and again, jarring.

I don’t even know how to talk about the spice given all the other issues I had with the book. There is out and out SA at the beginning, by the MMC. Definitely some dark dynamics and you should heed the content warnings. I found some later parts enjoyable but others fell flat.

Secondary characters are interesting and have dimension- I suspect subsequent books are about them. I don’t recall much in the way of diverse representation- one tertiary character is bi.

I feel bad because I know this author and series are beloved among many dark romance readers. I like an occasional dark romance but this one had too many things that kept pulling me out of the narrative. I don’t typically dismiss an author after one book. If I get bored I might read more of the series to see if they improve but given that this is far from the author’s first book, I’m not too optimistic in that regard.

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lavendcr's review against another edition

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dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

was pretty interesting for it being my first dark romance. had to get past the whole

highkey sexually assaulting her

to find out just how glyndon and killian fell in love with each other. killian is a ~~fucking~~ psycho but ig he does have a little bit of a moral compass. i really liked when he introduced her to his family, why it got me shedding a tear :'c
AND THE TWISTS AND TURNS???? OMG WHIPLASH

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