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A standalone enemies-to-lovers, marriage of convenience romance.

I fell for the villain.
It happened back when I was a clueless girl.
But he ruthlessly broke my heart and trapped it in a jar.
Since then, I’ve sworn to hate him to the end of my days.
Eli King might be a savage devil, but I’m out of his way. And league.
That is until I wake up in a hospital and find him holding my hand.
He tells me the words that change my life forever.
“We got married two years ago, Mrs. King.”
So I set out to investigate how I landed myself into this marriage.
Turns out, my memories are darker than my present.
I thought I was ready for the hurricane.
I thought I could handle his soulless eyes and cold shoulder.
I thought wrong.
Nothing can stop my husband.
Not the secrets surrounding us.
Not the hatred between us.
Not even me.

This book can be read on its own, but for a better understanding of the world, you might want to start with God of Malice.

488 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 13, 2024

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Rina Kent

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Rina Kent is a New York Times, USA Today, and #1 bestselling author of all things dark romance.
Better known for writing unapologetic anti-heroes and villains, Rina weaves tales of characters you shouldn’t fall for but inevitably do. Her stories are laced with a touch of darkness, a splash of angst, and just the right amount of unhealthy intensity.
When she’s not busy plotting mayhem for her ever-expanding Rinaverse, she leads a private life in London, travels, and pampers her cats in true Cat Lady fashion.


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This book is literally the reason I now have trust issues.

Deception trilogy from shein didn’t make it.
Sorry to pop your bubble, King men fall, but the Volkov men rise up. May their sins burn them alive, amen. Except for Creighton and Brandon, those are my babies. After two long years of waiting... TWO YEARS, I thought I was in for a real treat. But nope. Rina Kent strikes again as the queen of disappointment.

Landon King: “I have 99 problems, but popularity isn’t one of them.”
Rina Kent: “I have 99 problems, but boring books aren’t one of them.”

I’ve had my fair share of mixed feelings about Rina Kent’s books—I only loved EOS, Deception trilogy, GOP, and GOWRATH—but one thing’s for sure: I’m rarely bored when reading her stuff. Even the ones I hated? I devoured them in a few hours. Because let’s face it, Rina may be a lot of things, but *boring* isn’t one of them. So, imagine my shock when it took me *a full day* to finish this. A day. And I’m a fast reader so that is a lot. I thought GOR was her most boring book, but nope, GOWAR might just be a close second.

The first 30% had potential, I’m not gonna lie. Ava was out here being a total badass, Eli was hot, and Ava kept breaking his stuff—Bugatti, anyone? She was all attitude and independence. I was like, “Hell yeah, this book’s gonna eat.” But then... it just ate my brain cells.

I just wanted a little energy to face this disaster. I was looking at that 70% mark with tears in my eyes, I put the book down so many time and just sigh. I just wanted it to be over already.

Where did it go wrong? For starters, Eli was as bland as cardboard. I went into this expecting THE ELI KING to be great—I mean, how could he not be interesting when you’ve got Brandon and Creighton being absolute gems? Even tho I despise all the other kings. I still held a little hope especially since I loved his brother

And let’s be real here, Rina’s track record with siblings isn’t great either. Let’s run through the list, shall we?

- Astrid x Nicole = let’s hope Astrid dies
- Elsa x Teal x Knox = surface level
- Aurora x Alicia = tainted
- Jonathan x James = they hate each other
- Asher x Arianna = let’s not talk about it
- Reina x Rai = jealousy at first, then okay
- Naomi x Mio = barely there
- Kirill x Konstantin x Karina = pfff
- Killian x Gareth = are they even brothers? lol
- Glyndon x Brandon x Landon = messy, at best
- Ava x Arielle = cute
- Nikolai x Maya x Mia = great until the misogyny hits
- Xander x Kim = *joking*

I only care about Jeremy and Annika. They’re superior, alongside Creighton and Eli. These are the only sibling pairs that felt *real*. So since I loved these jer-cray-annika’s books I said “yup! Eli gonna join them” But of course, Rina had to prove me wrong.

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The writing? Oh lord. The writing was so rough. If you’ve read the entire rinaverse, is it just me or did the style change? It felt like a totally different author wrote LOG. The previous books were fast-paced and didn’t need much brainpower, but they were binge-worthy. This one, though? She really tried to be all *poetic* and failed. especially in GOR when she threw every word in the dictionary just to make Landon sound smart. Spoiler alert: He’s not. And don’t even get me started on the absurdity of some of the descriptions.

Eli’s description as a “parasite” and a “high-tech security camera” left me shook, but not in a good way. Like, do we even know what a security camera *feels* like?
“I’m extremely conscious of his presence. Like a parasite. Or, more accurately, a high-tech security camera where I’m the sole focus”


Can someone explain to me how a security camera feels? Bc it’s certainly not eli “bland” king’s presence. And when Eli was described as smelling like “mysterious cloudy nights,” I just couldn’t. Mysterious clouds don’t have a smell, Rina. Come on.

And don’t get me started on how Ava bumped into a wall, Sorry I mean a chest and it’s Eli. The last time I read that was in wattpad. I lied… It was in one of RK books But you get the point. and then there’s over usage of the word “alien” in Ava’s pov, she described everything she went through as a alien what does it even mean?

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And then there’s Ava—this girl was—alien—indeed and I don’t mean that in a good way. Bc you see Ava being an alien Lead to another problem which is This whole shenanigans of making Ava 2.0 of Alicia and Helen and Abigail. Rina really, I mean really should stop making complexes FOR EVERY SINGLE CHARACTER IT IS NOT OKAY. It’s boring, repetitive, tedious, stupid and very much laughable. It’s getting old. Every single character can’t have the same emotional baggage.

I called it months ago when I said this was gonna be like Silver and Cole 2.0, but honestly, the OGs did it better.

Ava and Elsa? Total mirror image of Silver and Helen. Ava swears to Eli she’s giving him her “firsts,” and then both of them go and ruin every relationship the other has — just like Silver and Cole did back in high school. Then, of course, we get the added bonus of generational trauma, where rina hands down a whole bloodline of mentally struggling women to (Jonathan, Aiden, Eli). It's like Rina’s just recycling the same issues, one generation to the next.

And don’t even get me started on how Cole told Silver he’s worried Ava will end up like Helen... sound familiar? Just like Asher telling Reina he’s scared Killian’s gonna turn into Arianna. Seriously? But for Rina to go and make Eliava some cheap knockoffs of ADRIAN and LIA? Nah, stop the madness. No one will ever come close to those two.

I’m convinced Rina thinks her books are just... disposable. She keeps copying and pasting everything. mix Deception trilogy + Ruthless Empire + lies and truths duet = and you get GOWAR.

And for everyone who's out here swooning over her mmcs— come on, you're literally dying over the same damn guy in different clothes. Seriously, tell me one thing that makes Rina's MMCs different from each other? I challenge you, I dare you. You can't, because they’re all the same. Even my favorites have the same traits. See? I’m not being hypocritical here.

She gets us hooked on a character, then we finally get their book and realize it’s just a copy-paste of someone else's story. And honestly, with how much Rina cranks out books each year, I wasn’t exactly expecting groundbreaking creativity.

and same goes to her fmcs - is beyond frustrating. It's like she's stuck in a loop of creating weak, personality-lacking doormats who happen to be blonde and, of course, virgins. Out of all the female characters, only five are brunettes, two are ginger, and the rest are blonde. Even Cecy, who starts as a brunette, has been dyeing her hair silver her entire life. And don't even get me started on the whole virgin trope - out of twenty FMCs, only four are not virgins. Let that sink in. (lia, Rai, teal, Aurora)

Every single girl in this universe is portrayed as a virgin, and here's why: The men in this world are all depicted as these ultra-masculine, alpha-male types who need to have "pure," "innocent," and inexperienced women by their sides. Meanwhile, the men are literal manwhores - they've slept with everything and everyone (and probably more than that). The sheer contradiction here is maddening. Take GOF for example - both the MCs are non-virgins. But of course, they're men, so they're portrayed as secure, open-minded, and experienced with both men and women. The women, though? Clueless and inexperienced, no surprise there.

It gets worse: even among the four non-virgin FMCs, half of them have never had an orgasm before meeting their respective MMC - I'm not making this up. For instance, Teal only experiences her first orgasm when Ronan touches her nipples, and Aurora, at 27, had never climaxed until Jonathan spanked her lmaoo.

The way these women are written is not only problematic but just plain annoying. I get it, this is a trope, but it's starting to feel like more than that - it's a pattern of infantilizing women to make their male counterparts feel more powerful.

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so back to Ava. She's your typical RK girl - blond and virgin, and let's be real, her whole character arc is just boring. she has the nerve to judge cecy for being "prude" when she's just as inexperienced herself. Honestly, if I could slap some sense into her, I would. I remember seeing a review where someone suggested this series should be called “Legacy of Virgins”... and you know what? I couldn't agree more.

She keeps throwing so many obstacles in her career, especially with the cello. Why? Oh, because she's a girl. Naturally, she'll face struggles, deal with panic attacks, and walk off stage in tears. Meanwhile, the men in her books are always the strong ones who thrive under pressure.

It's the same pattern with Brandon and Landon-so talented, but not Glyn. Kirill and Konstantine Powerful as hell, but their sister? Totally insane.
It's the same logic behind Rai not being able to be pakhan-why? Because she's a woman (those are Kirill's words, but they're coming straight from the author's).
Then you've got Mia and Maya, who want nothing to do with the bratva, but their dumbass brother is the one who gets to rule instead in the future.

Honestly, I shouldn't have been surprised by Niko, especially after his dad literally jumped out of a window like a monkey-because, apparently, doors are just too boring. I feel bad for Rai trying to hold up the Sokolov empire when it's clear nobody's got her back. And for all the people who keep comparing Niko to Damien? Yeah, I'm coming for you. I'll hunt you down and slit your throats in your sleep, no joke.

The point is, RK constantly forces women to struggle in their careers, while the mmcs pull off miracles even when the odds are stacked against them. It's almost like the author just has a deep disdain for women. And honestly, that's a major problem. Someone need to check on her like personally I’m not even joking.

AVA’s VILLAIN ARC:

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Ava : *That’s it. he’s my number one public enemy*

Ava reminded me a lot of Gwen (from Empire of Desire), and Gwen happens to be my least favorite FMC by RK. While Ava wasn’t a complete carbon copy, her bratty behavior still had that familiar, frustrating vibe. I honestly wonder when authors will get the memo that it's possible to write a spoiled, sunshiny FMC who’s still strong and independent. Ava, unfortunately, fell into the "spoiled brat" trope in the most irritating way possible. Her attempts at appearing 'badass' were laughable. The whole amnesia and mental illness storyline felt less like genuine character development and more like a convenient tool to gain sympathy.

Ava constantly associates with bad influences, fully aware of it, and then wonders why Eli and Jeremy call her childish, dependent on Cecy for everything. And don't even get me started on her obsession with having kids. It’s fine to want children, but when a character drones on about it nonstop, chapter after chapter, it becomes exhausting. It felt like Ava’s entire purpose was reduced to her desire for kids, and I can’t stand when that gets shoved down my throat at the expense of actual character development.

Take this blurb, for example: “I set out to investigate how I landed myself into this marriage.” Meanwhile, Ava spends her time eating candy, playing dress-up, reading novels, and trying to make Eli jealous. It’s like a completely different character. She failed to show any real growth or maturity and showed minimal regard for the people concerned about her well-being. Sure, her mental illness is acknowledged, but that doesn’t excuse her reckless, childish behavior.

And don’t even get me started on the “magical healing” trope where the FMC’s entire life revolves around suffering until the MMC swoops in with his magic “sex and love” to fix her. This has been done to death, not just with Ava, but with so many other sec-gen characters—(Glyn, Cecy, Mia). The same thing happened with characters from the first-gen—(Astrid, Elsa, Kim, Teal, Silver, Reina, Naomi, Gwen, Nicole)—all of them struggling with mental health issues until they met the MMC. It’s becoming a tired, overdone narrative. And can we talk about how many times authors fall back on writing suicidal characters? Kim, Reina, Gwen, Glyn, Bran, Lia, and now Ava. It’s just too much. She’s playing with mental health rep like it’s a damn trope!!

I also have an issue with the blurbs. Rina has a habit of including things in the blurb that never actually happen in the book. A prime example is “GOP”. I love that book—it's actually my second favorite in the LOG—but the blurb said, “I’m Creighton’s worst enemy.” That gave everyone the impression it was going to be an enemies-to-lovers story, but that’s just not the case. Another one, in “GOR”, had Mia saying, “If he hits, I hit back, twice as hard and with the same hostility.” Sorry, Mia, but you were a weak mouse, just like Landon always call you.

In the blurb for GOWAR, Rina made it sound like Ava was going to take revenge on Eli, but she also kept saying it throughout the book, but Ava’s actions didn’t match the blurb’s promise at all. She kept repeating things like:

> "I’ll get revenge and destroy your life."
> "I’m going to unleash all hell on this bastard."
> "She will be so proud of me when I bring this prick down in an epic revenge comeback."


Honestly, where was the revenge? Is it in the room with us? Ava’s "revenge" never came to fruition, and before you talk the whole stabbing scene is one of her mental episodes before she even thought about getting back at Eli it’s not part of her *nonexistence* Revenge. and In the end, nothing happened, and it was a complete joke as always.

Thanks for the laughs, Rina Kent. You definitely kept it entertaining, even if not in the ways you intended.

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Eli “Parasite” King (Shoutout to Cole for the nickname – you're my fave from RE).

Eli... where do I even start?

Would you believe me if I said Eli was somehow more boring than Lan, Asher, and Nate? Yeah, I said it. Honestly, that’s the worst thing I can say about a character. Even Aiden and Jonathan, who I didn’t vibe with at all, were more interesting than Eli.

Character development? What’s that? This guy’s personality is basically a flatline. He barely shows any depth, leaving me with zero emotional connection. It’s like he’s just there, taking up space, and dragging the story down with him. His attempts at running King and Steel Corp? Honestly, a joke. All he does is mope around, growl at Ava, and tell her she’s dressed like a “stripper” or “begging for attention.” There was no real backstory or insight into his past actions – Even the so-not-great things he did for Ava we just hear about it from Cecy. Super lazy writing, honestly. We should’ve got his pov while doing them!

I’ll give Eli one thing: he didn’t call Ava a “hole” or “cum bucket” like every other MMC in the series. But, still, he managed to keep my faith in humanity strong by calling his past partners, well, “holes.” God bless, I almost called the imposter police on this guy.

“They were all a commodity and faceless holes willing to be used.” – Classy, Eli, real classy.

Why it was it pushed down my throat that killian-Eli-Lan were on the spectrum? I’m not gonna speak about that greasy killian or sewers rat Landon I’m going to talk about cockroach.

Eli's portrayal as this "cold sociopath" is just ridiculous. He’s supposedly on the spectrum, but where’s the actual crazy? Where was the mysterious guy that even his family know nothing about him? Where’s the unhinged behavior? I’m waiting for him to snap, but he never does. In fact, his whole childhood trauma about being poisoned? Please. The royal family didn’t even get targeted, and you’re telling me *you* were? Come on, Rina. This whole thing about him being a mysterious, dangerous guy just falls flat. All I see is a bland, unseasoned cock.

The obsession with these "King" men is out of control at this point. Like, really? Making them more powerful than royal families? Not buying it, Rina. It’s honestly starting to feel like a running gag at this point. like she made Aiden stand again THE Adrian volkov. Or when sewers rat—landon— knew info about mia that even her mafia family couldn’t get. Congrats to Rina bc she might be pregnant from dick riding them all time. (Don’t invite me to the baby shower)

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Eli and Ava? Zero chemistry. They have this on-off dynamic that gets old super fast. Ava tries to make him jealous by flirting with other men, but it’s just repetitive and boring. The sex scenes? Yawn. I swear, I just know that some couples in the 1500 had a more passionate sexual life then them. The smut in this dark romance was so vanilla, it had me skimming through it. Praise kink she said? Where was that? I mean, if you’re going to write "dark romance," at least make it spicy. I don’t consider the spice in this series to be unhinged at all Not even a little bit. Killian kept saying that he have “animalistic urges” - “Deep inside me lurks a serial killer with fucked-up fetishes” no there is NOT 😭 and with the way he love blood? I thought he’ll have a blood kink but every smut scene was missionary with Glyn. Sewers rat was supposed to be unhinged with kinks so deviant! So scandalous! Only for him to turn out more vanilla than killian. The only one who lived to his Sadist reputation was the hottie Creighton.

Also, Ava was the one to say "I love you" first. Shocker, right? I actually made a notes of it – in every book in her universe, the fmcs always says “I love you” first. Except in vicious prince.

So eliava are just like the others, the exact same characters that have exact personality traits that start off as enemies about petty childish reasons with an underline mystery plot but they fuck and fall in love within the 30% mark, Rina just giving us the same recycled nonsense. again

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I was hyped thinking the plot would be something major, especially with Rina’s usual twisted plot twists. But nope. Ava sees Helen, and I was like, “wait, what if she’s not dead? What if she’s been coming for Ava because she looks like Silver?” I was hoping for something cool. Instead, I got *nothing.* it was just a hallucination, why put it there to begin with? The plot was honestly so weak. and when I tell you I’m shocked that Eli is kinda the villain in here – bc I tracked that in all of her books the villains are always women.

And can we talk about Glyn? She’s the worst kind of friend. Like, I knew she didn’t care about the girls since her book, she ditched everyone after she saw killian ✨greasy✨ Carson. Girl, bye. Thanks for nothing. Cecy was the real MVP here, stepping up to help Ava, unlike Glyn.

And don’t even get me started on Landon. That sewers rat.. he’s not funny, not smart or godly or a genius. He’s an insufferable joke, every time he appeared I wanted to beat him up. Rina is obsessed with him just like Aiden Making him appear everywhere!!

I will give Rina credit for not messing up Ava and Ari’s sister relationship. I thought we were heading for another Maya situation.

And now for the best part: The cameos. CreighAnnika and Jercecy were cute, I won’t lie. But honestly? After everything I read, I’m just hanging on to my grudge and slay lifestyle.

with her next book thankfully being in 2025, I’ve got some time to recover from this PTSD. Rina please use the weed that you smoked when you wrote deception trilogy while writing DAMMIO don’t ruin them too


That fact that rina ruined everything to point “Mrs king” was so hot but became insufferable bc eli said it in each chapter.
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July 3, 2024
1.5/5

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anyway, can't wait for Damien and Mio's book!
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July 13, 2024
2.55!

Live footage of my face when I thought Eli was going to be my favorite LOG man: 🤡🤡🤡

When I started God of Malice and I saw the tension between Ava and Eli I thought that this was going to be the best book in the log series and since this was the last one I thought that maybe by the time we reach here Rina's writing would improve as well 🤡 Rina has her ups and downs (mostly downs0 but there have been some really enjoyable works of her like GOP and GOW, Deception, BK....yeah thats about it lol but those are a proof that she can write enjoyable books when she wants too (unless she hired a ghostwriter) but her writing was terrible here which is weird because the first three LOG books were super enjoyable but the last three were a mess especially GOR and tbh despite how much I waited for it, I still had low expectations because I have a different standard of expectations for RK and even in that area it was low so I dont really now how she can mess up her 34th?? novel. It felt recycled which im sad about because GOF actually did not feel like that :( so I thought this would not either but 🤡 also not her messing up the marriage of convenience trope lmao like how can you mess that up!!! so safe to say, despite low expectations RK can still successfully disappoint you.

Ava Nash. I had hope for you, I thought maybe unlike RK's other weak, pathetic, doormat fmcs you would have the balls and spine to stand up because you were gonna unleash hell on Eli?? which you did how?? by just destroying his bugatti and spending his money during the first 20% but then he touched her and she folded faster than cheese because how can you just be all bark and no bite. ISTG i was so pissed at her because Ava was a brat, a spoiled brat. Eli said such vile things to her, told her that she was his property and he owned her and she accepted that?? I refuse to believe thats Cole and Silvers daughter. Ari had more sass than Ava. All it took were Elis magical fingers up her 🐱 for her to just lie on the floor so people can walk all over her. Doesn't rina get tired of writing the same characters over and over again, going on and on in a pathetic cycle?? because wtf!?!

Eli. the worst RK mmc to date. He says the vilest things to Ava and doesn't even have the decency to apologize.....I was actually wising that Cole would blow his head off. I just hate him sm, he did the same thing over and over again, kept her uninformed, gave her no answers and treated her like shit and I thought hmm maybe he'll get his growth and development?? NAH rk said hes perfect as he is and BAHAHA ssure okayh.

Them together?? the dumbest, boring, most ridiculous shit that I have ever read.

The plot? why tf was rk trynna be mysterious??? like nah it wasnt working and where tf was the plot?????? yeah flew over this book.

I hope she doesnt pull back he release date for that because she needs to think on what she writes......i think all her books are her intrusive thoughts.

best to worst couples
1, Jer and cece
2, Creigh and Anni
3, Bran and Niko
4, Kill and Glynn
5, Lan and Mia
6, Eli and Ava

best to worst books
1, God of wrath
2, God of Pain
3, God of Malice
4, God of Fury
5, God of War
6, God of ruin

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Ava is so Barbie core. She screams Barbie and Eli 🤭🤭 is definitely Ken because the way he is so down bad for Ava.

Also this is one of the rare books of RK which im feral over because i love the EliAva crumbs that we go!!
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15 reviews425 followers
November 11, 2024
Saying goodbye to a series—or in this case, an entire universe filled with beloved characters—is always bittersweet, especially one that has taken up residence in my heart. I wasn’t ready to part ways just yet. Did the ending tie everything up neatly? Yes and no. While there were areas where I craved more, it still delivered what these characters truly deserved. Was it flawless? No, and that imperfection made it beautifully perfect, much like love itself. It highlighted the reality that love is hard; it requires dedication and sacrifice.

Listening to the audiobook was very enjoyable.
Here’s a sample link and a link to the audiobook format: God of War (Legacy of Gods, #6) - Audiobook

As always, the interactions between the characters were laced with humor, striking a balance between outright hostility and mutual respect. There was respect, albeit often begrudging, but the bonds of connection and friendship were palpable. This is what makes the author so exceptionally talented; the dynamics never feel forced or cheesy. The world is so intricately woven that it seems improbable for it to flow so seamlessly, yet somehow, it does. Each character and story contributes to the whole, both individually and cohesively.

It's for this reason that, even though Eli and Ava weren't my favorites as I expected, I rated this book as highly as I did. The universe is vast and intricate without ever feeling repetitive. The twists, the consistent freshness and excitement, and the unique portrayal of love are why this author stands in a league of her own. The steaminess doesn’t hurt either, especially with characters who are all walking red flags. Yet, despite those flags waving wildly, it’s clear that love reigns supreme, and nothing can stand in its way. I’d be hard-pressed to say who loved the fiercest, but Eli might just take the lead after this ending. If the world sacrificed as he did, it might be a better place.
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738 reviews418 followers
June 13, 2024
‼️POTENTIAL SPOILERS‼️
I have a splitting headache right now. A fucking migraine, you guys. But I finally finished it!💪🏻 I think I deserve a cookie after this lol🤪 Seriously tho, I was so fucking bored while reading this book - to the point that I almost weeped while reading it. I'd like to thank Anitta and Little Mix because their songs got me through this book eventhough I don't listen to music usually while reading because it distracts me. Now, onto the important things...I disliked Eli. Severely. The way he was so derogatory and how he treated Ava like a fuck buddy despite her being his wife? Not cool bruh. And how desperate Ava was and the way she didn't have a backbone despite him not treating her right. Blech. It's no secret that I hate doormat heroines - even more so if they're virgins who's one and only is the hero who's whored around. The double standards and misogny was blatant in GOW, even more as compared to other books in this series. I hated the fact that Rina misled us by saying that Eli was obsessed with Ava since college when the quotes in this book basically implied that he'd slept with other women after she enrolled in uni. I mean...is the obsession in the room with us???😬 I just want to point out that these two stars are for the last 10% ONLY. I've seen so many people say that the way Eli made Ava's mental health worse is similar to the way Adrian manipulated Lia and drove her to almost kill herself. I gotta agree with that to an extent. While I wasn't as annoyed with Adrian as much, I found myself despising Eli. The whole "plot twist" and what happened in the past was kinda lame too imo. And for those of y'all that are saying that EliAva are nothing like AdrianLia and are way better...SHUT TF UP🤚🏻 At least my man Adrian NEVER looked at another woman after he first met Lia - he didn't even fathom getting with another woman even when Lia lied about cheating on him. Can you say the same for your man Eli?🤨 Overall, this was a VERY disappointing read and a TERRIBLE end to this series. I can't take anymore of these double standards and Rina's misogyny and I'm probably going to take an indefinite break when it comes to her books - unless of course, she stops with these double standards. For those of y'all that want confirmation if Eli was celibate or not/why I found him to be disgusting (he's my second most hated man after Daniel) here's your fucking proof with receipts:

"Yes, Ava has her own sex life like I do, but that phase will soon come to an end."

"I began to notice her vicious pink aura when she made it her mission to drive away all of the women I fucked after she enrolled in uni. She acted like I was the devil incarnate and insisted on letting me and everyone else know how much she hated me, but then she schemed with Lan to push away any possible prospects."

"His hand wraps around my throat, angling my head back so his lips are inches from mine. “Tell me you’re just tense and this isn’t what I think it is.”
“You…you said we had sex,” I pant.
“I never said that.” Oh God. Oh God. This is actually the first time I’ve had sex. Against a door. In a supply room. While he’s angry."

"You can bet I secretly sabotaged any relationships or situationships he was in after I got to uni. Not personally. I’m not an amateur, thank you very much. I hired aspiring actresses and invented entire scenarios to make his possible girlfriends think he’d gotten a girl or two pregnant and was siring an army of fatherless children he’d cut from his life. Annoyingly, some of the girls were so desperate to be with him, they didn’t care about that moral dilemma. So I had to pull out the big guns and ask for Lan’s help."

“It’s not my fault you believed I would ever lose my virginity to a nameless nobody in the back of a car.”
“I see that now. I also see that your grandiose sex life was nothing but an illusion.”

“Cute? Is that what we’re calling them?”
“What else?”
“Audition clothes for a stripper is more fitting.”

"But most of all, I hate that I crave his touch, that he knows all the right buttons to push to keep me coming back for more. And yet every time he shoves me to my stomach so he can’t see my face, and every time he doesn’t share my bed, I feel a part of me ripping at the seams and falling away with the depressing finality of an autumn leaf."

“Yeah, and he said it’s a business dinner with some important investor who’s bringing his wife, and, therefore, it’s only tactical for me to join. He told me to keep my mouth shut, talk fashion with the woman, and behave."

"No woman has ever done this to me. They were all a commodity and faceless holes willing to be used."

“Let’s have a baby.” (Ava says this)
Eli simply ignored me, slapped me with a ‘we’ll talk about it later,’ then proceeded to sweep the entire topic under the rug.

"I never hated you prior to or after your confession. No offense, but you held no importance to me."

“Is that all you ever felt toward me? Obsession and possession?”
“Of course not. There’s always been constant fucking annoyance.”
“Gee, thanks. And they say romance is dead,” I joke even though a part of me shatters against the broken edges of my stupid heart.

This book had a lot of red flags but special mention to four of the biggest ones:

❌️Ariella Nash (girl is the definition of desperate even when a guy treats her like shit)
----> “Hey, don’t go badmouthing my lord and savior.” She smacks me teasingly behind our mother’s back. “And, dear Mama, you know I’ll marry Remi. I told you so when I was, like, eleven, so don’t play oblivious.”
Mum’s brow furrows. “I thought we talked about this already? He has no interest in you and we don’t do desperate.” (GOTTA AGREE WITH SILVER ON THIS ONE)

❌️Remi Astor - c'mon. Dude fucks anything with a pair of tits and a vagina. He literally does not give a shit about Ari. He really annoyed me in this book.

❌️Eli King (see above quotes)

❌️Ava Nash - people calling her iconic...are y'all okay? It feels like RK just made her mentally unstable because she has no personality whatsoever
----> "I remember Cecy once telling me there were rumors he abused his ex-girlfriend. She said that so I’d keep my distance from him. Did I listen? No. Mostly because I thought it didn’t apply to me since I never saw him as more than a friend of the night." (with ref to a sleazy dude who constantly tried to hit on her. You stupid girl. When somebody warns you about someone else, YOU STAY TF AWAY)

I know that Rina is obsessed with virgins. But my question is, why were there no virgins in GOF? Oh wait...stupid old me🤦🏻‍♀️ Of course there won't be virgins in a MM romance because obv they're men🤪 And men are only secure in their masculinity when they sleep around while all the women are untouched and have never been with a man before. Amazing😍 (note the sarcasm) This book was a colossal mess. The only good thing was that I got to see Lan being his notorious self and my man Jeremy. Also not getting any of the parents' POVs except for Cole's was kinda rude ngl. I had high expectations for this book but was severely let down. Now, if you don't mind, I'm gonna stuff my face with double chocolate chip cookies and sleep for 3 to 5 business days so that I can wipe this book from my memory GOODBYE.

Special shoutout to simra because she said that this series should be renamed to the "virgin chronicles" and I couldn't agree more😂

safety squad:
- no major OW drama (the h's friend tries to hit on H even after they're married. he's not really interested but doesn't push her away either)
- OM drama
- no cheating/sharing (once they're married, at least. the H, despite not being clearly stated but it can be assumed based on the quotes, had not been celibate since being "obsessed" with the h)
- no condoms
- mental health issues/psychosis/hallucinations/suicidal thoughts/self harm
- HEA
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737 reviews1,194 followers
June 24, 2024
|| 1.0 star ||

Unfortunately, this whole book had me feeling nothing but confused, bored and annoyed. I had no idea what was going on most of the time, but I did know I couldn’t stand either of them. There was clearly no actual love between these two and I hated their ridiculously immature and vengeful behaviour towards each other. It sucked.

Really though, why on earth should I believe they had a genuine connection that was based on anything other than lust? I shouldn’t. Cus they didn’t. They didn’t like each other, they didn’t respect each other, they didn’t even really know each other. They just had this crazy sexual attraction towards each other that they mostly let out through hateful words but eventually also through the occasional intimacy in the bedroom. That’s not love. Far from it.

Also, I’m not sure why Rina Kent suddenly decided she wanted to try her hand at being a mystery writer or something, but she certainly doesn’t have the skills for it, so she should quit trying. The lack of clarity in the plot was nothing but frustrating and definitely far from intriguing.

Lastly, I’m not sure who decided it is a cool plot device to portray the hero as the most awful person in the whole world, only to reveal at the end that he had his own ridiculous “reasons” for acting like the devil, but I personally think it’s the worst and I see it happen way too often in books. This idiotic situation always means we have to sit through major episodes of arseholery during almost all of the book, just to eventually get a dumb reveal about how obsessed he really is? Please. It’s so tired.

In conclusion, this book is better left avoided. And if you are somehow still curious, I hope I can save you the trouble with this short summary:
The hero treats the heroine like a cold arsehole, while she consistently responds to that by behaving like a brat. He will shut her out, ignore her, act like he couldn’t care any less about her, but then he will still have random bursts of caveman possessiveness after which he immediately treats her like trash again. Meanwhile, she will do nothing but continue to embarrass herself with silly revenge plots trying to get his attention, mostly including idle threats about sleeping with other men. Oh, and of course she’s still a virgin while he has had sex with the entire female population.
There, that’s the whole plot. Sound fun to you? Go ahead and pick this up! But if it sounds as dreadful to you as it was for me? Then do yourself a favour and stay away.


'Legacy of Gods' series:
1. God of Malice - 1.0 star
3. God of Wrath - 2.5 stars
5. God of Fury - 3.5 stars
6. God of War - 1.0 star
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183 reviews71 followers
Shelved as 'did-not-finish'
June 13, 2024
ava is a virgin. every heroine in this series was a virgin whilst their love interest was the biggest whore to exist😃😃😃. not to mention the heroines first everything was with their love interest 😃😃😃

this series is actually called THE VIRGIN CHRONICLES

lady seek serious help for your fetishisation of virgin girls.

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72 reviews198 followers
June 21, 2024
THIS BOOK WOULD HAVE VERY WELL BEEN A 4 STAR READ AT THE VERY LEAST IF OUR MMC AND FMC DIDN'T EXIST. Eli and Ava should have stayed as the side characters that they were😚, this should have been remiari's / damienmio's book or a how about a fucking epilogue? Perfectly capturing the 'end of an era'.

➜ Well, it's official – I've survived the literary equivalent of a dumpster fire.I can't believe this book was so highly anticipated – it was like getting invited to a party, only to find out it's a funeral. This is what happens when you use all your creativity for marketing and leave nothing for the actual book🤩. I had to take goddamn breaks because this felt like reading an instruction manual for assembling IKEA furniture. The characters were about as endearing as a telemarketer, and the plot was about as suspenseful, romantic as watching paint dry. Eli and ava had the chemistry of a wet blanket with the sexual tension of a piece of broccoli. The plot? Only our darling Rina can plagiarize herself, eliava were a poorly made sequel trying to cash in on the original(adrianlia,reinaasher). 🥰


𝑨𝒗𝒂


Spoiled brat stereotype rolled into one annoying package. Her attempts at being a 'badass' were about as convincing as a toddler trying to do taxes. Her amnesia and mental illness felt like a cop-out just to make us sympathize with her. She would happily associate with friends who she KNEW were a bad influence and then wonder why Eli shows up everywhere to stop her. For someone, who couldn't remember 2 years of her life, all she did was dress up, read novels, eat candy floss and then go on to provoke eli- this went on for most part of the book. I know she didn't want to be treated like a porcelain glass but how about having some consideration for people who are worried about you?😇 Could have started by behaving like a goddamn adult💋. Yes she had a mental illness, no it doesn't give you a pass to be (deliberately) reckless or refuse to listen when everyone's looking out for you. She had enough conscience to provoke eli or bother others, but not for herself huh? And ofcourse, she was a Virgin. 🤩


𝑬𝒍𝒊


Me when he Called Ava as Mrs.King for the first time-



Me when he called her Mrs.King for the 1089767th time with barely a interval of 3 mins in between-



For someone who managed 2 of the world's biggest corporations all he ever did was growl 'mine, my cunt, my tits, my wife, my property', controlling his caveman urges to fuck her and then complain about every dress worn by his said wife. 😻



Huh?🥺🥺Eli?🥺🥺

He even failed at coming off as this extremely intelligent manipulative sociopath because he didn't even know that the girl he was supposedly obsessed with was a virgin and oh he was stalking her too so you see how he is a sore loser in every department? Should have taken sociopathic notes from your dad Aiden and stalking notes from Ariella Nash🥰. Please, even landon is 0.005% better (actually he is good in every book except his) than this parasite's ass. Rina give this man a personality transplant🥂

If you're going to charm the pants off your readers by creating an emotionless psycho, make sure it's fun and original. But again recycling is Rina's birthright.😻

The writing was so weird and mostly bad that the most anticipated couple turned into the most dreaded couple 👄. Wtf do you mean by selling your soul for pennies just at the sight of him? Or describing his eyes as stormy. Mysterious. Cold. every fucking time? Oh, and am I the only one who thinks there was some hint of christian allister and gianna/elena's characterization? Hilarious because made characters are the gold standard,the benchmark and eliava are just a side dish that nobody asked for.



𝓢𝓪𝓿𝓲𝓸𝓻𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓭𝓲𝓼𝓪𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓻-

» Remiari

» aidenelsa,silvercole,jercecy,crayanni,nikobran cameos

» jercecy's wedding, group chats, aidencole banter

» Remiari (crazy right?haha same)

» 'the end' appearing in front of my eyes.

Honestly it's always the most potential couple not getting a book, remiari deserved a book more than anyone else. We get a fmc who's a spitfire and a stalker and an outwardly unbothered mmc, reverse grumpy x sunshine. But no it always has to be the man growling, stalking and being obsessed.
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550 reviews4,751 followers
July 11, 2024
When he literally develops insomnia for u 😭🔫


My official rankings:

Books:
1. GoWrath 🔐💋
2. GoWar
3. GoF
4. GoM
5. GoP
6. GoR

Couples:
1. JerCes
2. NikoBran
3. EliAva
4. CreighAnni
5. KillGlyn
6. LanMia

Girls:
1. Ces
2. Anni
3. Ava
4. Glyn
5. Mia

Guys:
1. Jer
2. Niko
3. Eli
4. Bran
5. Killian
6. Creigh
7. Lan


─── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ──

I wanna cry bc this series is over, someone hold me 😭🤧💔

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13/6/24 — MY COPY JUST ARRIVED ELIAVA ARE IN MY HANDS HELP GOODBYE TO AN ERA TRIGGERED MY DESCENT INTO MADNESS 🙏‼️

***

THE SPOILERS ARE COMING THRU AND ITS NOT EVEN OFFICIALLY RELEASED YET I HATE EVERYONE BYE IM LITERALLY GNA GO INTO HIBERNATION TILL MY COPY GETS HERE 😭👊
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50 reviews280 followers
June 18, 2024
… I won't even bother wasting any more time writing a review of this book. Expectations can be crushed, as you can see.

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🌷 marriage of convenience
🌷broody hero x sunshine heroine
🌷force proximity
🌷amnesia
🌷praise kink


OMGGG SCREAMINGG! 💕 can we expect the “where. is. my. wife?” scenes?🤭✨

okay- I’m not a fan of the amnesia trope, but the others? I’m so down for that🛐

can’t wait for our obsessed precious barbie and her obsessed psycho husband💗🖤💅🏼
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203 reviews235 followers
June 16, 2024
5 ⭐️s

Rina poured her everything in this book and it shows. Wow. What a masterpiece. I thought GOWrath and GOF can’t be surpassed but Eli King singlehandedly took the top spot. I am speechless. I am in shambles. You guys are not prepared.
*whole review coming after the book is published

FULL REVIEW:

It’s been a few days since i read this and i still stand by my initial review. I loved everything about this book. It’s probably my second favorite Rina Kent book and my fav LOG book 💗 EliAva took me by surprise and they will be staying close to my heart forever.

Eli and Ava’s relationship is not your typical love story. Their love story is not sunshine and rainbows and it deals with heavier situations that both of them handled the way they thought they were doing right. Before they got married, Ava was obviously struggling with her psychosis and she used other outlets to deal with it and was basically self destructing to the point where sometimes she’ll end up in dangerous situations. Eli on the other had, used methods that he knew would help her avoid said situations. His approach was not the greatest and i would agree that it probably fueled more to Ava’s suffering but Eli was just doing what he thought was best for her at that time. He definitely loved her so much to the point where he starts losing himself. All he wanted was to give her a chance at a normal life and yet people hated him for it.

This book was so heart wrenching and i cried so much on the last 20% of the book. It was bittersweet and i am so sad it’s over.

EliAva has one of the best storylines in the Rinaverse. The girlies that get it, get it 🤷🏻‍♀️

PSA: I love this book and you might not 🤷🏻‍♀️ we can always have different opinions, and that’s OKAY.
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231 reviews2 followers
August 29, 2024
started this book as an eliava lover and finished it as a hater.
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536 reviews568 followers
July 19, 2024
"She's a beautiful rose with mesmerizing energy that intoxicates the flies circling her, but like all roses, her stem is crowded with thorns. It's me. I'm the thorns."

Ava Nash has been in love with Eli King ever since she can remember.
She fell for the villain and there was no landing.
That was until he broke her heart.
And she has hated him ever since.
He is not worth her tears. He is not worth another heartbreak.
But then she wakes up in a hospital to find Eli King holding her hand.
Calling her "his wife" and "Mrs. King."
But why can't she remember any of it?
One thing she knows for sure…
Nothing can stop Eli King.
He always gets what he wants.

"We've been married for over two years, Mrs. King. I know more about you than you might think."

Eli King.
The devil in a handsome exterior.
Ava Nash has always been in his orbit.
He could not get her out of it if he tried. And he tried.
At first.
It's only her.
There is no one else.
His wife, Ava King.
And nothing and no one will take her away from him.

"You had no business playing with my fire, Mrs. King, for you will not survive what I want to do to you."

OMG I CANNOT BELIEVE IT'S OVER 😭😭😭😭
This series has legit brought so much happiness to my life I can't even explain it.
These characters and this world will forever live in my mind rent free (*cough cough* rereads).
Ava and Eli WERE SO WORTH THE WAIT!! The obsession, the marriage of convenience, DID I MENTION THE OBSESSION??? AMAZING AMAZING AMAZING!!!
It is so bittersweet to read this book but it was everything I expected from Rina Kent and more!!!!

"There hasn't been anything I've wanted and haven't acquired in this world. Not a single thing."

Ava Nash. Honestly I thought she was iconic from God Of Malice. Because that is exactly what she is. She is absolutely ICONIC!! The way she takes no shit and she can serve!! The banter, the comebacks, the plotting, the mastermind! I loved it so much! Also, I totally understand her obsession with Eli. I would respond the exact same way (I mean not the exact same way but you know what I mean). This plot line, in my opinion, was absolutely genius. The moment she woke up in that hospital I had no idea where the plot was going to go but I loved every single part of it! Honestly, as with all Legacy of Gods books, my heart absolutely broke in the last chapters (*cough* glass *cough* - side note what is it with Rina and broken glass?? She's doing it on purpose I swear - she knows it makes us absolutely bawl). Anyways, Ava Nash is an Icon please and thank you. And I mean Eli King's obsession…

"He smells like forbidden temptation and impeding disaster. Divine but so utterly wrong."

Eli King. THE OBSESSION IS REAL PEOPLE. Rina created a family where you are literally obsessed WITH EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM. I mean of course Cole's daughter had to end up with Aiden's son - was it even a question at this point??? The minute I saw their rivalry in the Royal Elite series I was like "wouldn't it be funny if…" AND THEN BAM IT HAPPENED!! ABSOLUTE GENIUS!!!
Eli King is utterly obsessed. Again from God of Malice, we got bits and pieces of the story line for both Eli and Ava and we were gobbling up crumbs and then Rina hits us with the plot twist and I was like - I AM HERE FOR IT! The possessiveness, the obsession, the caring, "Touch her and die" (I mean the restaurant scene alone was iconic!). Eli King makes his father very proud and I'm sure his Uncle will come around… eventually… But he won't care either way so… OBSESSED!!

"There's no escaping me. I'll claim her again. And again. I'll carve my name beneath her skin so deeply, she'll find me in her dreams. And her nightmares."

Rina Kent. She makes the absolute best playlists there is - you know me I can't help myself ✨✨
So these are the songs that match the vibe imo that I added (BTW it's longggg and I am not mad) 💗💗💗 -

(Link - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4NL... )

🎶 "favorite sped up" - Isabel LaRosa
🎶 "Gladiator" - Jann
🎶 "BLURRY" - Neoni
🎶 "Don't Stop the Party" - Drunk Girl, Deanna
🎶 "Can't Tame Her" - Twenty One Two
🎶 "eyes don't lie sped up" - Isabel LaRosa
🎶 "trouble" - Camylio
🎶 "BREATHING UNDERWATER" - Hot Milk
🎶 "Love The Way You Hate Me" - Like A Storm
🎶 "Do Your Worst" - Outline in Color, Loveless
🎶 "Haunting Me" - Loveless
🎶 "Numb" - Linkin Park
🎶 "MANTRA" - Bring Me The Horizon
🎶 "Don't Ever Stop Running" - Maggie Jean Martin
🎶 "Monster" - Lady Gaga
🎶 "Nightmare" - UNDREAM, Neoni
🎶 "Blood // Water - Remixx" - grandson, King Kavalier
🎶 "Me and the Devil" - Soap&Skin
🎶 "Sociopath" - StayLoose, Bryce Fox
🎶 "IF THERE IS A GOD, IT'S ME" - PLVTINUM
🎶 "doomsday" - Lizzy McAlpine
🎶 "Cologne" - SM6
🎶 "Amnesia" - 5 Seconds of Summer
🎶 "Coma" - Taylor Acorn, Cassadee Pope
🎶 "Eve" - Precious Pepala
🎶 "Toxic" - 2WEI
🎶 "Ascensionism" - Sleep Token
🎶 "You Don't Own Me" - SAYGRACE, G-Eazy
🎶 "run for the hills" - Tate McRae
🎶 "I feel everything" - Amelia Moore
🎶 "Imaginary" - Evanescence
🎶 "HONEY (ARE U COMING?)" - Maneskin
🎶 "Buttons" - The Pussycat Dolls
🎶 "Lose Control" - Teddy Swims
🎶 "Bow - Slowed" - Reyn Hartley
🎶 "Devil I Know" - Allie X
🎶 "Don't Say I Didn't Warn You" - VOILA, Craig Owens
🎶 "Monsters in My Mind" - Cloudy June
🎶 "Riptide" - grandson
🎶 "jar of hearts" - Christina Perri
🎶 "older" - Isabel LaRosa
🎶 "Bite Me" - Avril Lavigne
🎶 "Love Bites (So Do I)" - Halestorm
🎶 "The Heart Wants What It Wants" - Selena Gomez
🎶 "Psychofreak" - Rain Paris
🎶 "sloppy" - KiNG MALA, UPSAHL
🎶 "motive" - Ariana Grande, Doja Cat
🎶 "Coincidence - Sped Up" - Rosse
🎶 "Sweet 'n' Savage" - Kxlly
🎶 "Haunted Heart" - Christina Aguilera
🎶 "Paralyzer" - Finger Eleven
🎶 "Every Breath You Take" - Chase Holfelder
🎶 "stalker" - Stevie Howie
🎶 "Devil Saint" - Luma, Yuppycult
🎶 "Shatter Me" - Lindsey Stirling, Lzzy Hale
🎶 "obsessed" - zandros, Limi
🎶 "My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys" - Taylor Swift
🎶 "Forget Me" - Lewis Capaldi
🎶 "My Own Monster" - X Ambassadors
🎶 "I wish I hated you" - Ariana Grande
🎶 "Make A Move" - Icon For Hire
🎶 "play pretend"- margo
🎶 "Play With Fire" - Sam Tinnesz, Yacht Money
🎶 "Like A God" - Lia Marie Johnson
🎶 "OWN MY MIND" - Maneskin
🎶 "Rain" - Sleep Token
🎶 "playing dangerous - sped up + reverb" - bbygirl
🎶 "Pretty Pills for Broken Hearts" - Cloudy June
🎶 "Middle Of The Night (Violin)" - Joel Sunny, Dramatic Violin
🎶 "Strangers" - Lewis Capaldi
🎶 "madhouse" - Nessa Barrett
🎶 "Candy" - Doja Cat
🎶 "Desire" - MEG MYERS
🎶 "I'm yours sped up" - Isabel LaRosa
🎶 "Fire Meet Gasoline" - Sia
🎶 "Savage" - Bahari
🎶 "love me" - Ex Habit
🎶 "Saints" - Echos
🎶 "Beg" - Aryia
🎶 "Judas (80s Ver.) - Slowed and Reverbed" - GABRIELLA RAELYN
🎶 "Everything Black" - Unlike Pluto, Mike Taylor
🎶 "Call Out My Name" - The Weeknd
🎶 "As They Bloom" - Unlike Pluto
🎶 "Cravin'" - Stileto, Kendyle Paige
🎶 "Fallout" - UNSECRET, Neoni
🎶 "CAPS LOCK" - CHINCHILLA
🎶 "NFWMB" - Hozier
🎶 "Feel Me Now" - If Not For Me
🎶 "WOW - Remix" - Zara Larsson, Sabrina Carpenter
🎶 "Castle" - Halsey
🎶 "Nightmare" - Halsey
🎶 "1:5" - CHINCHILLA
🎶 "Power" - Isak Danielson
🎶 "Consume" - Chase Atlantic, GOON DES GARCONS
🎶 "Sinner" - Of Virtue
🎶 "Scream" - Besomorph, RIELL
🎶 "Skin and Bones" - David Kushner
🎶 "Maneater" - Nelly Furtado
🎶 "War Of Hearts" - Ruelle
🎶 "Always Been You" - Shawn Mendes
🎶 "Monsters" - All Time Low, blackbear
🎶 "vicious" - Tate McRae
🎶 "engravings" - Ethan Bortnick
🎶 "Bite Marks" - Au/Ra
🎶 "The Drug In Me Is Reimagined" - Falling In Reverse
🎶 "Animal" - Troye Sivan
🎶 "Who Do You Want" - Ex Habit
🎶 "Good Enough" - Little Mix
🎶 "Killing Butterflies" - Lou Bliss
🎶 "Crowded Room" - Meghan Trainor
🎶 "Biblical" - Calum Scott
🎶 "Beauty" - Layto
🎶 "If I Showed You" - Henry Verus
🎶 "Morally Grey" - April Jai, Nation Haven
🎶 "Church" - Fall Out Boy
🎶 "Sick Thoughts" - Lou Bliss
🎶 "Anarchy" - Lilith Czar
🎶 "Dynasty" - MIIA
🎶 "THE DEATH OF PEACE OF MIND" - Bad Omens
🎶 "Touch" - Little Mix
🎶 "King" - Lillith Czar
🎶 "BABYDOLL (Speed)" - Ari Abdul
🎶 "Baby" - Madison Beer
🎶 "Crazy In Love" - Sofia Karlberg
🎶 "The Only Exception" - Paramore
🎶 "Do or Die" - Natalie Jane
🎶 "Tattoo" - Loreen
🎶 "the boy is mine" - Ariana Grande
🎶 "Women Don't Owe You Sh*t" - ASTON
🎶 "No Time To Die" - Billie Eilish
🎶 "I miss you, I'm sorry" - Gracie Abrams
🎶 "You and I (Stripped)" - PVRIS
🎶 "Infinity" - Jaymes Young
🎶 "First Person on Earth" - Robert DeLong
🎶 "Forever and a Day" - Benson Boone
🎶 "imagine" - Ben Platt
🎶 "Poison - Remix" - Rita Ora, Krept & Konan, Zdot

And you know Rina Kent is elite in dirty talk people. You know. I know. IT'S KNOWN!!

"Ride me, Mrs. King. Let me see how much you want me."

"That's it, baby. You're taking my cock like a very good girl."

""Eyes on me when you come for me, baby."

"I'm going to fuck you, hard, until you're officially owned and dripping with my cum, Mrs. King."

💍 Tropes💍

🎀 Marriage of Convenience
🎀 Broody Hero x Sunshine Heroine
🎀 Forced Proximity
🎀 Amnesia
🎀 Enemies to Lovers
🎀 Touch Her and Die

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18 reviews4,523 followers
December 5, 2024
“He looks at me with renewed intensity. Nefarious intent. My own God of War.”

Oh my goodness. Legacy of Gods is one of my favorite series and this final book absolutely did not disappoint. Rina Kent is a mastermind, weaving darkness and light into romance, and using her own unique magic to make her characters come to life. I loved Eli and Ava’s story, because there was so much more than meets the eye with this couple. Their history went so deep, and had so many layers that needed to be peeled back and exposed in order to truly understand their love. In addition, I thoroughly enjoyed the mystery aspect of this book that really set it apart from the rest of the Legacy of Gods books. I was riveted by the way Rina kept us guessing with every chapter.
This is the type of book you cannot start judging half way through. You really need to finish the whole book before you get it, and honestly that is what I loved about it. Eli and Ava’s intense, consuming love is not the type of love that comes easy, but it was so worth reading their struggles to see them get their happy ending.
I really loved the adventure this book took me on, but I also greatly appreciated the mental health representation of this book. The fact that the readers of the Legacy of Gods series were largely unaware of her silent battles just shows how misunderstood Ava really is.
Thank you Rina Kent for another amazing book in my favorite series. Eli and Ava forever have my heart.
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122 reviews867 followers
September 28, 2024
– 3.25 stars ★

The way i’m gonna miss everything about this universe is not even funny🥹

“I love you, Mr. King.”
“And I love you, Mrs. King.”
Now.
Forever.
She’ll always be my wife.
Mine.

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140 reviews251 followers
August 10, 2024
2 ★'s
Simply put, this was a really lackluster way to end this series.

With how much drama and excitement there has been in the series prior, this just fell flat in comparison. The more serious undertone, different setting and situation makes this feel incoherent with the rest of the series. It’s not a horrible book but it was not what I hoped or expected, hence I am a bit disappointed.

From the start of this series, there has been build-up of there being something between Eli and Ava, who are the protagonists of this book.
With how much hinting there has been throughout all the books I expected the romance to be jaw dropping. But fact is, there wasn’t even that much romance until the very end.
There’s a lot of mental health rep, control issues and Ava begging Eli for affection however.
It’s hard to romanticize or get excited about unfortunately.

One of my favourite thing in this series has been following the close-knitted friend groups, their group chats, banter etc. That has always been a hit, even if the romances have been of varied degrees.
Here, due to it being years later and a different setting, we get to know that they are doing well(nice) but there’s not nearly enough of the friend dynamics from previous books(not nice).

Keeping my review fairly short because I’d rather not spend more time on this book tbh.

God of Malice Review
God of Pain Review
God of Wrath Review
God of Ruin Review
God of Fury Review
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⌞Pre-read:⌝

I've been putting this one off for a little bit because I don't want this series to end, but I miss these characters too much. I suppose Rina has a lot of other books to choose from when I am done.🥲
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December 3, 2024
Rk stop recycling every book you’ve ever made challenge

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148 reviews144 followers
June 16, 2024
3.25★
“And yet you ended up marrying the person you hate the most. The irony.”
“The horror.”
“The reality, Mrs. King.”


rina you had the chance to do iconic shit—and i love when you do iconic shit–but you completely missed the chance.
it pains me say that but it’s true. i saw a lot if mixed reviews–some saying she ruined the characters a little. i’m forced to agree and i’ll tell you why.
first of all, i didn’t like it one bit how cole treated eli. cole was being a total ass to eli just bc he’s aiden’s son and aiden was engaged to silver for like 2h and he got her first waltzer? wtf? how old is he? 12? holding a grudge to aiden when they both got married and are in love with their respective wives? oh cmon, it’s so annoying and unnecessary. congratulations rina, you had the nerve to make me mad to my precious cole! when i catch you rina…

eli was portrayed as the villain for the majority of the book, while–in reality–was caring and thoughtful. but can i say i was expecting something else? i mean, i met eli a couple of times in the other books of the series, and i had my thoughts about him which now are different.
eli’s aura of mystery of the other books, was completely gone. i mean, we know he has secrets but they weren’t hard to uncover… he was sweet but also very hot. we could see his sociopath character from a mile away bc yes rina loves sociopaths. but here’s the thing: i thought eli was gonna be one of my fav mmcs of LOG but it turned out the king men are not my cup of tea. and i really wanted to love him.
also, i don’t understand why in RES we know eli kisses ava and asks his parents about marriage. but then he just loses interest? at least until uni. and then forced ava into marriage?
even tho i like eli, i don’t get why rina made him a killer. istg i find the whole murder and the forced marriage a completely nonsense.

”Some might say I’m just… sociopathic. A perfect representation of plot holes and uncertain outcomes. A bit too black to be gray. Too gray to be black. I’m nothing short of a conundrum for most people, which is exactly how I prefer it.”


ava was one of the characters i liked the most and i’m sad this changed in her own book. for the majority of the story, she acted like a spoiled brat. i get her issues but she’s 24, i expect a minimum of maturity.
also, another virgin? did we have doubts? again, it’s not like i want all of them to be sex machines but cmon! it’s 2024, not the middle age?????
and guess what? SHE’S BLOND! AGAIN!
rina, darling, do you have a problem with us brunettes? just asking.
for the first half of the book, she swore she’d take her revenge on eli. but for starter, this revenge never came, and she was being stubborn in the most annoying, unnecessary and wrong way.
”My name is Ava Nash. Twenty-one years old. I love classical music and reading scandalous bodice ripper novels. I watch cheesy rom-coms or true crime documentaries—nothing in between. I’m kind of obsessed with the color pink, can eat candy floss for days, can’t get enough of salted caramel popcorn, and can survive on smoothies as long as they have strawberries in them.”


overall, the book was kinda boring compared to the others. it lacked of action which is something usually present in RK’s books. don’t get me wrong, i ate this up as usual, and i lived for the drama. but after i finished the book i was asking myself effectively what happened. and the answer is basically nothing.
the book was hot ngl. there were some scene where the tension was BOOM. and they had cute moments too.
it’s such a shame that we read about their wedding in the most horrible way. and while i’m happy i got to know about cecy and jer’s wedding, i would’ve loved to read about eli and ava’s wedding day in a happy way.

in conclusion, i think i had the highest expectations ever but unfortunately they weren’t met. i still have mixed feelings and i think i should sleep on it a couple of nights to fully know whether i liked this book or not.



my final couple rank:
1. Jeremy and Cecy
2. Niko and Bran
3. Eli and Ava
4. Landon and Mia
5. Creighton and Annika
6. Kill and Glyn



Her eyes flare up in a bright, intoxicating, and absolutely ravenous blue. My favorite color until further notice.

It’s become increasingly difficult to exist around the bane of my existence and not touch her.

His lips taste of strong mint and a hint of alcohol. He tastes like my forever, the man who’ll make me forget I’m mentally damaged.

Eli looks like he’s contemplating punching Creigh, but then he wraps an arm around his shoulders and shakes him roughly. “Did I say how much I missed you?”
“Not in the past…” Creigh checks his watch. “Ten hours.”

“Forgot something, Mr. Elliot?”
“Not really.”
“Think again, because I can see your soul leaving your miserable body the next time you put your hands on my wife.”

I pause when I see another two texts from Eli from around the time I walked on stage.
*Tin Man*
“You look stunning.”
“My wife is many infuriating things, but she’s undeniably beautiful.”

This is unfair. Why are men better in fiction? Petition to transform the entire male population into men written by women. Please and thank you.

She’s the exception to my rules. The discrepancy in my perfectly written novel. The mutation to my biology.

I saw the girl who looked at me with heart eyes and pent-up emotions and decided to take a different approach this time. Allow her to live normally. To spread her wings and feel like ordinary people do.

My husband stands there, his glare seeping into me so deeply, I struggle to breathe. He looks at me with renewed intensity. Nefarious intent. My own God of War.
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June 11, 2024
I’ve decided I’m not going to read this when is releases bc tbh rina kent books for me have been terrible and I don’t want to go into a book w already low expectations bc Ik I won’t enjoy it on the same level as everyone els should.

Tbh romance dark romance especially hasn’t really lived up to the way it use to make me feel everything is sooo .. bland & boring and imo redone


It’s getting harder to be stay excited for new releases when so many have been a let down reading was sm fun once upon a time I loved reading romance books but now I really do think booktok played a part in it
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1,331 reviews608 followers
Shelved as 'not-for-me'
June 13, 2024
note to self: only read this if ava isn't a virgin, else...don't bother 🙃


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update: she's a v-card holder TOO!!! so yeah, i'm definitely not reading this anymore 🥴🤦‍♀️



also, don't come at my PERSONAL review and talk sh*t about virginity not being a big deal. it might not be for you, but it is for me. i want an even playing field, mmmkay?? either they're both V or they're both experienced; there's no in-between. and yes, i've read the other books in this series, but in my delusional era, i still hoped that the manwhore x virgin pattern wouldn't extend to eli and ava, but alas, that didn't happen 🤧


reading the other reviews, i'm slowly getting swayed to read this, but only because i want the jeremycecily's crumbs. i love them sooo much, and i want to see their freaking wedding. 🥹🥹
4 reviews
June 16, 2024
Is this a novel or a book containing entirely distinct scenarios and conversations in every chapter, no correlation whatsoever? There is nothing in here. Just immature banter and no real chemistry or love. You can’t even understand what is Ava’s real problem is. There is absolutely no talk of the 2 years of their marriage, how did it play through. The reason for their marriage was stupid. Eli is not even in love till the last chapter. He cared for her like a friend. This whole book is a waste of 800 pages . I was more than disappointed. All this wait and hype for this loosely tied words. Eli is nothing like his father, Aiden loves Elsa whereas Eli even after all those years is like “ I can’t give you love.” They don’t even talk about anything substantial ! Lan’s sculptures have more substance than Eli. Rina sorry but you could have written this in a week. There is actually no story just Rina sat down and thought of one specific scenario and wrote down one after another , and the best part? They don’t even connect.

someone please tell me how calling a woman prostitue for wearing short clothes is possessive in any world? Oooo, my possessive husband calls me a prostitute , he is so swoon worthy! Girls squeal!
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42 reviews
June 14, 2024
0/10 don’t recommend !!

well.. only rk can set the whole feminist movement back decades. i can’t believe misogyny has so many rk stans in a chokehold
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108 reviews6 followers
June 13, 2024
free ava from that fuckass dog, now rk put that fucking pen down I’ve had enough stop like you’re shit and you keep recycling the same damn lines and plot
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119 reviews13 followers
June 13, 2024
praying she never writes remiariella so she doesn’t ruin them like she ruins every single character
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March 31, 2024
Just wanted to express my thoughts here, apparently, I've heard she's been blocking everyone who even tries to talk to her. Lol. 😔

Anyways,

I love Rina, her writing is top notch. But the thing I despise with a passion is,
Falsely glorifying and overhyping any upcoming books , it's not only for her but I've seen many authors doing it. And seriously they need to stop doing it.
If you can't deliver what you promised then you should respectfully stop writing.

CAN'T BELIEVE, SHE LITERALLY SCAMMED US READERS OF OUR EXPECTATIONS. 🤡

How did you even thought changing the whole storyline of God of War 's like this? When half the readers have been waiting with bated breath for like almost 3years. Such a disappointment!!
AND don't tell me to drop the book or " it' s just fiction " dialogue. Cause even if it's fiction, when you read something you absolutely get invested in it. SO YES I'M INVESTED AND I HAVE EVERY FUCKING RIGHT TO VOICE OUT MY WORDS.

From 2021, giving us little crumbs of them, telling us that no one is like Eli and Ava, their story will rip our hearts apart, that Eli has been obsessed with her from childhood. Then all of a sudden everything becomes " PURE GOOFINESS" Because according to our Ms Rina, Eli didn't even notice Ava until she was in University! Are you fucking kidding me??

I've been rooting for the childhood Obsession to enemies to Lovers trope for years, for them to be each others first and forever, it would have been so different and unique, from every other LOG couples. But no, she has to go and Ruin it !! SAME OL' MANWHORE HERO SAME OL' SWEET DELICATE INEXPERIENCED VIRGIN HEROINE.

GOD!!! (🤰)

And for those, who has been crying out loud telling us, to Shut the fuck Up because we are not writer , our job is only to read.

Then let me tell you, " you Delulu Darlings ",

We. Have. Every. Right. To. Talk. And. Criticise. Authors Work.
Readers read not only to for enjoyment but also to give reviews about their perspective, that's how an Author gets Popular.
If we don't read authors won't have anything to do .

So GTFO, and put your lame ass third class advice up your ass. Thank you! ❤️


Moral of the story One thing you learned from here, is to NEVER EVER, BELIEVE IN ANY FALSE CLAIMING ABOUT ANY OF HER AND OTHER AUTHOR'S UPCOMING BOOKS !!

😔 🔫

NO EXPECTATIONS.
NO DISAPPOINTMENT.

2 genuine advice for Ms Rina Kent :

STOP SCAMMING. AND. START DELIVERING.

😋✌️
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900 reviews1,384 followers
July 26, 2024


On the bottom, God of Pain. You were good, I'm waiting for you to be great. Next, God of War. You didn't stick out to me. Next is God of Malice. Next, God of Fury. You're third on the pyramid, you were third overall high score. Aaaand, God of Wrath. And on top of the pyramid, going three for three once again, is God of Ruin🙂‍↕️

AHHHH WHAT WAS THAT‼️ i wanted to slap cray cray and eli sooo many times through this series, it must be a family trait being an annoying fuckboy🤡 at least their love interests were there to take their life for me🥰 i know, i accept eli wasn’t so bad. i see the things he did for ava at the end but stilllllll this was soooo bad✋🏻😕🤚🏻 i missed the vibe from previous books, this was so centered on eliava and it was boring tbh

now that i finished this series time to rate my favorites

🥇LANDON MF KING🧎🏼‍♀️
🥈JEREMY VOLKOV🧎🏼‍♀️
🥉BRANDON KING🥹

🥇Cecily VOLKOV😭🥹
🥈Mia Sokolov💋
🥉Annika Volkov😋
( ava was meh and glyn can go fuck herself🔪😖)

🥇Landon & Mia
🥈Jeremy & Cecily
🥉Brandon & Nikolai

and honorary mention of my absolute favorite HIS LORDSHIP REMINGTON ASTOR🧎🏼‍♀️ i ate the crumbs, i swooped them into my palm and devoured and it was still not enough‼️ it’s criminal tbh that he didn’t get a book 😡

anyways bye.


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i have zero fucks to give about ava & eli but i want to see how this series ends
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