About 10 h 30 min · at 30 minutes a day, about 22 days
Estimated from the page count of this edition. Dense books can take longer than the estimate.
About the book
On Brighton Island, mafia heiress Mia Sokolov takes revenge on Landon King, a wealthy sculptor who leads a rival university’s secret society, for targeting her family. Mia communicates through sign language and refuses to be intimidated, but her retaliation draws Landon into an obsessive pursuit. Their growing attraction puts her family loyalties and hard-won control over her life under pressure.
Reader notes
Alternating first-person viewpoints follow both sides of an antagonistic, sexually explicit dark college romance. Sexual power games, coercion and abuse are integral to the relationship, and Mia’s childhood trauma is a serious part of the story. Fourth in Legacy of Gods, it can be read as a standalone, though earlier books establish the surrounding world.
How it reads
Writing style
Conversational · Dialogue-driven · Direct
Tone
Dark · Romantic · Suspenseful · Tense
Structure
Linear
Driven by
Character · Plot · Relationships
Point of view
First person · Multiple viewpoints
Reading complexity
Writing
2 / 5
Ideas
2 / 5
Structure
2 / 5
Background knowledge
1 / 5
About this profile
Collected’s assessment, not reader ratings. Complexity runs from 1 (least demanding) to 5 (most demanding).
Writing
How much attention the sentences and language require.
Ideas
How much interpretation or abstract reasoning the book asks of you.
Structure
How much you need to keep track of speakers, timelines and connections.
Background knowledge
Prior knowledge needed to follow the book, beyond what it explains.
Emotional intensity
Emotional pressure, from gentle (1) to intense (5). Separate from difficulty.
No, it can be read as a standalone. It is fourth in Legacy of Gods, and the earlier books establish the surrounding world.
How explicit is the romance?
Steamy: a few explicit scenes. Sexual power games are integral to Mia and Landon’s relationship, and the romance includes coercion and abuse.
What difficult content should I expect?
Strong abuse and violence feature alongside strong sexual content. Coercion and abuse are integral to the central relationship, and Mia’s childhood trauma is a serious part of the story.
What is the relationship dynamic like?
Mia’s revenge against Landon for targeting her family turns into an antagonistic romance and an obsessive pursuit. Their attraction puts her family loyalties and control over her life under pressure.
Is it hard to read?
Not really, the prose is direct, conversational and dialogue driven, with a brisk, linear story. Alternating first-person viewpoints follow Mia and Landon, though the relationship involves emotionally intense material.
How long is it?
528 pages in the Bloom Books 2025 paperback edition.
Which edition is shown here?
Bloom Books · 2025 · Paperback. ISBN 9781464237324.
How long does it take to read God of Ruin?
About 10 hours 30 minutes at 50 pages an hour, based on the 528-page Bloom Books edition. Dense books can take longer.
About the author
Rina Kent
Rina Kent writes dark romance built around pursuit, coercion, and power struggles, often pairing a resistant protagonist with an antihero whose desire becomes possession. Her prose is direct, conversational, and driven by dialogue, while plots advance through escalating threats and contests of control. In God of Malice, a polished public persona conceals Killian Carson’s manipulative violence. God of Wrath shifts similar pressure into a criminal world, where attraction and danger become difficult to separate. Her school-set novels Cruel King and Deviant King use rigid status hierarchies to intensify confrontations between domineering men and young women defending their autonomy and plans.
