Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

God of Malice by Rina Kent

42 reviews

agoraphobic_crawfish's review against another edition

dark emotional tense

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

2.75

  Trigger Warnings (Book 1,2, and 3): S/A, suicide, violence, Knife/gun play, toxic family, manipulation, masochism, stalking, murder, arson, attempted murder, child abuse, primal kink. dub-con, kidnapping, etc etc.

I read every book in the series that's available, (God of Malice/ God of Pain / God of Wrath), and all I have to say is every book is a HEAVY Trigger Warning. Personally, I love dark romances, but I've never strayed further than angry/sunshine type of dark romance. This is actually the first time I've read something this heavy and I'm surprised I made it through Book #1.

About the Series:

Each book follows two POVS, with the endings including bonus POV's [and Epilogues] from other characters on the relationship between the main characters. The main characters are on an island attending Universities that are located side by side, separated by a wall. One side is rich-kid-central (UK), and the other side is Mafia-Galore (US). There is underground fighting, initiation nights where people are literally being hunted for sport, and a whole lot of sexual discoveries. The male love interest are sociopaths, psychopaths, and annoyingly possessive/obsessive over the love interest. There is also a lot of controlling and manipulation.

Thoughts:

I get that this is dark romance, however this series doesn't really involve any romantic/passionate themes that I read about in the reviews. (I assumed this was one of those tropes where the villain becomes soft for her type of book but it's not. lol oops. my bad!) The relationships between the characters felt forced. Trauma bonding, maybe? The characters are repetitive, and so is the story. For some reason the author is obsessed with writing virgin characters. I love the whole "evil villain finds love" trope but each book is basically copy-and-paste except for name changes and a few character details and assigned kink(s). Each book gets 2 stars because while this was unrealistic and repetitive, it delivered on the dark themes; and the author did influence me to try to stray further into the dark romance genre.

I'm honestly reaaaally curious on who the author plans to pair up with Landon. I have a guess, but the author could also do a 180 and completely kill off the conniving character. (I'm rooting for the 180.) Also, was the mystery member for the initiation ever mentioned because either I zoned out or completely erased that info from my mind??? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual harassment, and Sexual content

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Alcohol

emilycruz1016's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Gaslighting, Grief, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Alcohol, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Violence

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

megaanphoebe's review against another edition

dark

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Stalking

jaynekatway's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual assault, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Sexual content, and Car accident

samster_reads's review against another edition

dark medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, and Rape

Moderate: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Stalking

one_more_chapter96's review against another edition

Characters were a bit too immature for my liking. Overall though I think the author handled the different personality disorders and the kinks quite well. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault and Violence

Minor: Suicide and Stalking

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

annie_m_12's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Physical abuse, Bullying, Death, Vomit, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Torture, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Murder, Addiction, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Sexual content, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

jeandie_leone's review against another edition

dark emotional 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 assault, Stalking, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Emotional abuse