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God of Ruin by Rina Kent

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maga00's review

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challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25


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h_lo1004's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75


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jaedee09's review against another edition

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4.0

I went in with low expectations and loved this book! These characters are just...something else. I do need one FMC that doesn't start as a
virgin
, though.

1. God of Pain - Annika and Creighton
2. God of Wrath - Cecily and Jeremy
3. God of Ruin - Mia and Landon
4. God of Malice - Glyndon and Killian 

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emmadb766's review against another edition

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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
Horrible book. The writing is mediocre and a complete replica of the rest of the books in the series. Apart from the main character, the rest of the characters are predictable and hard to love. Slow paced because some of the internal monologues (especially Landon's) are incredibly repetitive to the point where it gets boring. The plot in of itself is not only repetitive but predictable and unentertaining, the only contrast is Mia's backstory which adds interst to the story. The ending left much to be desired, it felt rushed and, in my opinion, was not thoroughly resolved. Honestly, we know what we sign up for when we read a smut book like this, but this book doesn't even meet those standards. This felt like a complete copy paste of the rest of the series, incredibly underwhelming and overall boring. 

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poupimali's review against another edition

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3.75

Landon is my least favorite MMC in this series. 
He really is an insufferable unbearable character.
His story looks like a bit as Jeremy (God of Wrath) and I found many repetition a bit annoying regarding his character, as if there were nothing else to say about him.
Mia is an interesting character, fierce and strong despite her story… but again she has too similar characteristics with Cecily (God of Wrath).
Unfortunately the comparison with the previous book is to the detriment of this one.

I really do love the side characters though like Niko, Remy and Bran (as always).

The audiobook is narrated by Mackenzie Cartwright and Shane East.
It is a duet narration and it was perfect.
I think I won’t recover from Shane’s whisperings, anytime soon 

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tairimar's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious medium-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

4.25


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bbygirl21's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.5

This is probably my least favorite of the series so far. Which I was expecting, but it is still a good book. 

As expected I still didn't like Landon all that much. He's still not my favorite character in the world. But I did like him and Mia together. 

I love that he was willing to see things from her perspective and to try learning empathy for her. And I love that he helped her find her voice after the traumatic experience from her childhood. And I loved how much stronger Mia became and how she came more into herself with him. 

I'm excited to get into God of Fury next and to finally get Brandon and Nikolai's story after all the teasers of them featured in the previous books.

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lenavejar's review against another edition

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dark funny hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0


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shaykay's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense medium-paced

4.5

Landon and Mia! These two were a hot mess, but I loved this one more than the previous book, especially the pacing. In this book, we go back a few times, and instead of it being glossed over or done differently in this one, we actually see the scene play-by-play through Landon/Mia's POVs. I really loved the vet scene. Mia's also one of my favorites, and I cannot get enough of her story. She had a rough life before this book, and I'm curious to see if we ever get a book for her twin. The next book is about Bran and Nikolai, and I cannot wait. I don't get how these two will even get together, but we have been circling this mystery the whole series, and I cannot wait to finally learn more about these two. I always thought Bran and Landon were complete opposites, but we saw that might not be entirely true in this one. Anyway, even though I liked the pacing more in this book than the previous one, and the timeline was easier to follow, I copied the last book a bit. We even have a separate house that Mia and Landon disappear to. But I did like seeing them fixing it up and seeing a domestic side of Lan.


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lostinfictionaluniverse's review against another edition

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

2.0

Aug 31st - dnf @ 65%

Dec 13th - Resumed

The only reason I decided to finish this book was bcoz I didn't want to carry it over to the new year. 

Anyways this book was such a snoozefest. Honestly the main reason for me to dnf it was because I couldn't take that man and his dick obsession. It was like if he didn't mention his dick atleast once in every chapter, his story wouldn't have been complete. 🙄
Also the way he was said to be a psychopath, I mean the author, he himself n the character called him that but the characterstics of a psychopath was none existent. And the way RK tried to portray him as Walmart ver of Connor Cobalt wanted to make me jump of a hill.

I got nothing against Mia. She was OK. I just didn't expect her to be opposite to what I thought she was. Also the way she went after Landon for revenge but after that one scene, the revenge was literally forgotten and the way the book was called enemies to lovers trope was also misleading.

That twist in the last chapter was so ridiculous n half assed. Also RK's hate for her female characters needs to be study. Like she literally ruined two sisters relationship as a plot device just to make the male lead come out as a hero n only person helping Mia was weird.

I hate how everyone treated Maya. Like she was just a child when all that happened n it was traumatising for her too. Also she was getting manipulated by a sick person. She didn't deserve to be treated so badly.

Honestly if this is the the definition of favouritism for RK, I wish she never has any favourite characters just so she couldn't ruin them like she did Landon n give them a decent story.

Only good thing abt this book for me was NikoBran. The way their crumbs ate.

Now that NikoBran's book is out n I finished this after reading their book n seeing Landon's personality transplant, I have to say GOR  should have been released after GOF. 🤷🏽‍♀️

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