Rina KentDark Romance · Romance
God of Fury
Synopsis
This dark MM college romance pairs two young men from opposite worlds who collide during a brutal society initiation. Brandon King is a tightly controlled, emotionally guarded graduate art student from one of England's wealthiest families, the golden twin who wants nothing to do with his family's criminal ties and has never thought of himself as attracted to men.
Nikolai Sokolov is a volatile, magnetic heir of the New York Russian Bratva, a chaotic force living with borderline personality disorder. Nikolai becomes fixated on Brandon and crashes through the perfect, ordered life Brandon has built around himself, dragging both men into an intense, destructive, and ultimately transformative bond.
The story explores suppressed identity, trauma and recovery, and the push-pull between control and chaos, set against the same Royal Elite University backdrop as the rest of the series. Told in dual point of view, it is the fifth Legacy of Gods entry and the series' only MM romance.
Brandon is the twin brother of Landon King from God of Ruin, and Nikolai is the older brother of Mia and Maya Sokolov, tying the book tightly to the surrounding novels.
How it reads
Prose complexity 3/10
Content warnings (6)
Graphic ViolenceSelf HarmSuicideSexual AssaultAbuseTrauma
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- Incoming fangirling over Nikolai. God of fury of is the fifth book in the legacy of gods series by rina kent. Can be read as a standalone, contains spoilers from the previous books though. Spoilers ahead. Trigger warnings : https://www.rinakent.com/content-warnings/ Story : ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Plot : ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating : ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Writing style : flowy, easy to read. MMC : Nikolai sokolov and Brandon king. I love them both so much. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Both deserve six stars. But even more so for niko, my golden retriever baby. side characters : they are all so lovely, and i enjoyed their shenanigans in the midst of the story. Story setting : college. Summary : brandon is constantly chased, and pursued by Nikolai, though brandon doesn’t give in to him, because he believes himself to be straight, or so he tells himself — Nikolai makes him realize that he is gay like him. Nikolai is relentless in his pursuit until brandon agrees to be his, but in secret. Brandon is suffering through something, but it is a secret he hasn’t shared with anyone. Which leads to self harm, and pretending he’s okay. Nikolai also has his episodes of violence and rage, which are tamed by Brandon’s presence. They both start a situationship, and then one day Nikolai finds out about the self harm bran inflicts on himself, and finds out that it’s because of grace, a woman in the art industry, and also the one who signed Astrid, bran’s mother, he understands exactly what happened to brandon, and is filled with fury so red, he can’t see anything else. But it is too late because Brandon stabs himself with the mirror piece in niko’s hand and ends up in a hospital. Landon, who does not have a liking to niko, wants to be in on whatever destruction niko plans on wrecking on grace, they take care of it along with Kyle. And then Brandon seeks therapy, comes out to his parents and family, and realizes that his brother, sister, and his parents love him, always have. Regardless of grace incident. Brandon is accepted, and loved fiercely, even by the brother he felt distant most of his life with. They have their happy ever after, when bran proposes first, since niko was the one who pursued him, niko is just a baby, and we all love him, the story ends. (Also, we do get a hint on Gareth Carson and Kayden lockwood). Dedicated to by the author : this was dedicated to everyone who scream in silence, thankyou rina. You have a way of making me feel seen, I am addicted to your books, please never stop writing. Pacing : medium. Tropes : enemies to lovers, contemporary, dark romance, touch him and die, possessive MMC, obsessive MMC, dominant MMC. (Both are all of the previous mentioned tropes). Type of romance : dark, contemporary. What i loved : I loved Nikolai. F•••, he’s all mafia boy, aggressive, arrogant, and annoying in all the other books, but in his book? Just a baby who is devastatingly flirtatious, annoyingly cute, and deceptively caring. I really thought i won’t have fun reading his book, considering this is the last book i’m reading in this series, but boy did he steal my heart in the first pov and the first line we get. His ways of pursuing brandon. Niko and bran’s conversations in my way. Bran : I hate you. Leave me alone. Niko : talk dirty to me baby. 😁 Bran : I am straight. Niko : didn’t seen like that when you were kissing clara and watching me, while you were hard for me. Not her. Niko is so cheeky i f•••••• loved him. So much. More than Brandon. Why is he not in love with me? I want my niko too, sent help 😭 I want niko all to myself, sorry bran. But i’m possessive too. And if you have the other books, than you’ll know brandon is shy, and introverted in the other books, but in his book? Oh he loves to devour niko. Well. Favourite parts/ highlights : the banter between these two. (As in the book). Niko : you’re so hot, baby. I want to lick you. Bran :, i f•••••• hate you. Niko : mhmm. Talk dirty to me. bran : i don’t know why the hell you’re obsessed with me, but i’m telling you that what you want us impossible. I’m not gay.” Niko : not gay? Baby, you came three times on my hand, mouth and f•••••• fingers. You choked on my cock, and came because of a mere protaste f••••••. If that isn’t gay, I don’t know what is. ” bran : this is not going anywhere. Let’s stop talking. Niko : aaaand you’re back to your favorite hobby. Run away, baby. You’re a champion of that b•••••••. You know what? F••• that. If you don’t feel the need to come over every night, i also don’t need to see you every morning. In fact don’t show me your f•••••• face today. Bran : as if I want to see you f•••••• face. Niko : f•••••• great. Bran : wonderful. Niko : awesome. Bran : fantastic. I had so much fun reading niko’s pov, i’m afraid my niko doze is over, and i want more. Give me more, f•••••• more in niko’s words. Niko, you beautiful baby. Brandon calls him baby. Niko : f••• me. He’s so adorable. Brandon : I love you. Niko : i love you too, never gonna let you go now. Brandon : can’t you go away. Niko : no. Brandon : gets pastries and macarons. Niko : eats the macarons. Bran : gets him some more. Niko : sleeps anywhere he can literally sleep in. The bathtub, stairs, floor. Bran : jesus. Pulls him from wherever he is and tucks him in bed and sleeps beside him Niko : hugs him like a teddy bear, arm around the waist, and nose in bran’s neck. Bran : christ, this man is so chaotic. I can’t. 😂 Niko’s clothes on the floor, anywhere you imagine. Bran : cleans everything, places everything where they belong. Niko : he cleaned everything, man is so organized, always so pristine. I want to crack his walls. No matter how many times he rejects me. These two felt more like Tom and Jerry. Honestly grumpy bran is my fav, but have you seen niko? The big, bad man with tattoos, and scary looking face is actually just a golden retriever with a teddy bear personality underneath all that violence and rage. The mafia prince got a prince charming of his own. Wow. 🌸 Is a part of a series : yes. Series name : legacy of gods. Series order number : 5 of 6. Plot or character driven : a mix. (More like Nikolai driven). 😭😁 Loveable characters : yesss. Strong character development : yesss. Flaws of characters a main focus : yes. Interconnected/ or standalone : interconnected standalone. Can be read as a standalone. (To avoid spoilers, reading order is recommended). Recs from the same author : if you love grumpy and sunshine, or love a silent hero who feels deeply, you may want to checkout crieghton king, and annika’s story — god of pain the second book in this series. It is always the quiet ones they say and I agree. Last details : i need my niko please. The yellow on the cover is the mask niko wore to hunt his obsession during the heathens’s initiation. I love Nikolai, nobody can make me hate him, even if he’s the most violent person, and likes to kill and beat people just because he wants to. This teddy bear stole my heart, and never gave it back, and miss rina, as always. You write the best stories, which sometimes honestly feels like it is all real, and not a book. Please never stop writing. I have so many books to read from you, and i love that. So much to consume, so little focus and energy. I will get back to them though. (I might love Kayden lockwood, you got me all excited miss rina, take some responsibility, that was rude, please do it again, pretty please 😌). Loved, loved, loved this book, sooooo much.
- Myyy oh my 🫠🫠🫠 Someone take me down from this high, and yes I'm admitting this without an ounce of shame. This was by far the eaaaasiest five stars I've ever given to any book in the Rinaverse. God forgive me.