Rina KentDark Romance · Romance
God of Ruin
Synopsis
A dark, revenge-fueled enemies-to-lovers romance about a genius artist and the silent girl he becomes obsessed with. Mia Sokolov is a selective mute who has not spoken since a childhood kidnapping; she communicates through sign language and writing, has an identical twin sister and a protective older brother, and carries a quiet plan for revenge.
Landon King is a brilliant, posh sculptor with a cruel streak, previously cast as a villain in the wider universe, who fixates on Mia after she strikes back at the man who hurt her family. What she means as a one-time act of vengeance instead binds her to her worst nightmare, and Landon's obsession refuses to let go.
Set across the rival colleges of Brighton Island and steeped in mafia danger, the book leans into forbidden attraction, control, and the slow thaw between two damaged people. Told in dual point of view, it foregrounds Mia's nonverbal interiority against Landon's possessive intensity.
It is the fourth Legacy of Gods entry; Landon is a King-family son and the identical twin of Brandon King, while Mia is a Sokolov Bratva daughter.
How it reads
Prose complexity 4/10
Content warnings (3)
ViolenceTraumaAbuse
- — my first rina kent book. Back when I was new to dark romance, I was envious of readers who could read about anything and everything, and I couldn’t, but I have healed, and have become a new person which has helped me step into my dark romance era. Rina kent’s books are quite popular, and I wanted to read in order, but I wanted to finish the series that i bought, so i read this one first, since the edits that flooded the internet are to blame. Plot : ⭐⭐⭐ Story :⭐⭐⭐⭐ Spice :🌶️🌶️🌶️ Rating :⭐⭐⭐ Tropes : contemporary, spicy, dark romance, please read the trigger warnings on the author’s website. Pacing : medium. Characters : I felt like I would love landon from the beginning, especially that first meet with our girl — mia. And, landon did deliver. He’s infuriatingly cocky and annoying, but would I ever change anything, in fact, i felt like I was mia. And, I can’t hate the characters even if i wanted to. I liked mia and Landon, even though mia seemed to have quite contradictory feelings. But then, again if landon was real, i’d do the same. In fiction, these books feel safe to explore and read. I loved remi, and eli in this book, would love to read eli’s book. Also the Russian names were something I liked. Oh, and the way Landon remembers everything about mia, her favourite colour, her favorite food, he learnt sign language for her, he also does questionable things with her virginal blood, but we ain’t talking about that, the presenting of this sculptures in his exhibition, the possessiveness, and the protectiveness, yes. Please. I’m giving three stars, because this was a moderate book for me, not too bad, nor too good. What I loved : I loved the writing, miss rina’s writing is amazing, and extraordinary. I also loved landon’s dictionary of words which included —t•••, the blasphemy, little muse, my woman. What I struggled with : nothing. Loveable characters or not : yes. Strong character development : yes. There’s character development for landon, he starts caring for the people he loves instead of hurting them because of his well…sociopath tendencies? Plot driven / character driven : plot driven. Favorite quotes/ highlights : one where he decides that he’ll take lessons from Brandon—his brother —on empathy so that he does not lose mia, when he takes beating from niko for mia, when he lets her go because mia asks that of him, but come back with a blast on her birthday, man is absolutely unhinged, but i love him, and so cocky, even narcissists are at shame. He cooks Italian food, or prepares it, well i forgot that small detail 😅 + his disdian for the world is just funny. And the descriptions of his art and his love for sculpting. Any other details : i understand why the colour of the book is blue because that’s mia’s favourite colour, and the ribbons being the reference for the ones she ties in her hair. And the flowers being the reference for her love for plants, and naming them, which landon thinks is ridiculous but loves her for it.
- 5 stars Male Lead: Landon King Female Lead: Mia Sokolov 'Some monsters get off on your reaction to pain more than the fact that they’re inflicting it, so never put yourself in a position where you’re someone’s source of entertainment.' Loved this quote. 'He’s fine with the word no. He doesn’t get threatened or provoked by it. He’s definitely toxic and has red flags galore, but while he toys with the line of consent, he never crosses it.' Surprisingly, for a non-patient person like Landon, behaves well in front of Mia. Now, I liked him even more. The Devil Lord. Landon is the type that doesn't develop feelings like love so that he would never have something to lose. Unfortunately for him, Mia is gonna be someone important to him more than his own life. Landon went to Mia's birthday party. He proves that he has balls. That tell us how unhinged he can be. Niko, Jeremy and Killian, the holy trinity of Landon's anti-fan club were obviously there at the party knowing their relation with Mia, but tell me why Landon was there? He couldn't give a f••• about them who will definitely going to beat him until death. If he wants to see Mia, he will make sure to accomplish that. Of course, he missed her so much. What a clingy ex he is. He was always unbothered all the time but now he was so bothered about Mia broke it off with him. Mia will always be occupied in his mind. Loved it! Obsessed with it! Guess what? She screamed his name. She's finally able to speak now that Landon unalived the monster. And Maya, I was so mad at her. But couldn't blame her for being jealous. It's not entirely her fault. Jealousy between siblings most likely to occur because of the neglect of the parents. I'm happy to see that Mia was slowly trying to forgive her. They're twins. Betrayal between twins obviously would kill the bond. The epilogue was so touching. And he proposed to her in his exhibition. In front of the majestic masterpiece statue of Mia by Landon. The romantic side of Landon was so pleasing. And also, King's siblings bond was finally in a stable form.