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God of Malice by Rina Kent

260 reviews


Killian is a true psychopath. His obsession is Glyndon. He will stop at nothing to process her. 

Tropes: noncon/dubcon, dark

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dark funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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funny lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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challenging dark fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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adventurous dark fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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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

  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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challenging dark mysterious fast-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

The reviews really had me nervous to read this book. I thought it was going to be brutal rape scenes one after another. It was definitely not… it was a “love” story with someone who has Antisocial Personality Disorder. Like first of all, I love the representation. I’m not sure how everyone and their brother in the book is on the APD spectrum BUT that’s beside the point. It was a good read. His “love” for her is kinda shallow, but that’s the point. That’s what makes him a bad choice. On the whole I enjoyed his character, he may be twisted but he is honorable. Also it was cute how all of the parents in the book had such a good foundational relationship with their spouse. Often with a torturered soul the parents are evil so this was a nice surprise. The writing could use some work. There were some parts of the dialogue that confused me. I was honestly so confused by Remi’s character. 

Recommend to a friend: 4/10
Read again: 3/10
Spice:🌶️🌶️.5/5
Multiple scenes, but weren’t overly detailed or graphic.  

Spoilers go into detail about the questionable sex scenes if you are nervous to read this book like I was. 
Forced BJ, NonCon sex scene (she admits that she is turned on by him and that she fantasizes about being forced. If that makes you feel better about it??), everything else was pretty consensual but w/ force.

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