God of Pain by Rina Kent

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God of Pain by Rina Kent is a dark, emotional, and addictive romance that pulls you deep into a world of power, obsession, and broken hearts that still crave connection. With intense chemistry, beautifully flawed characters, and writing that hits like a punch to the chest, this book kept me hooked from start to finish. Below is my book journal entry inspired by the story—filled with favorite quotes and visual elements that captured the mood and energy of the book.

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Title: God of Pain

Author: Rina Kent

Pages: 446

Formats: audiobook, paperback, and hardback

Audio: James Joseph, Mackenzie Cartwright, Shane East, Jason Clarke, Desiree Ketchum

Genre: Fiction, Romance, Erotic, Contemporary romance

Tropes: Grumpy x Sunshine, Praise Kink, Dark Past, Anti-Hero, Mafia Themes

stars:

★★★★★

Quotes:

“It’s more than love. Eli and I know that if she somehow dies, he’ll join her, no questions asked.”

“Death is the only thing that will keep me away from her.”

“Creighton…this is called kidnapping.” “And you shooting me is called attempted murder, but you don’t see me putting a label on that.”

“She’s the light I never thought I needed and the one person who can fill up the hollowness.”

"My fingers splay around a leather belt and I do a slow show of rolling it around my fist as I stalk back to the bed."

“I kiss her like I’ve never kissed before, because I have never kissed before, never considered the act of any value—not until this wrecking ball bulldozed through my life. My lips feast on hers with the energy of an unsatiated beast until she’s gasping, until her body molds against mine. Until I can no longer decipher where she starts and I end. The rain beats down on us like a witness of this moment. The moment I decide that Annika Volkov won’t be able to escape me. Not even if she wants to.”

Jeremy doesn’t leave my side. Not when I finally pass out. Not when I wake up crying.

Not even when I hit him and blame him for interrupting us that night in the grocery store. For taking me back home. I blame him for being the reason I found out the truth about my ill-fated relationship. I blame him for blindly going to Nikolai’s aid when he didn’t have to. I’m illogical and emotional, and a mess of epic proportions. But my brother stays by my side the whole time, offering his support silently, taking the lash of my words with understanding.

I’m plagued with this need to brand myself on and beneath her skin, so she can’t breathe without feeling me. So she’s unable to breathe without me. Unable to exist if I’m not there. I want her to feel the fucking pain I felt when I woke up and found out she’d left.

“She hates that she loves me—or loved me. And I want to bathe in the blood of whoever changed her mind. Of whoever made her dig a knife, or more accurately, a bullet, into my chest.”

“I love you, Annika. I love you to the point I see darkness without you and light only when I’m with you. You’re my sanctuary and the one person who makes me whole.”

No clue if it’s due to that or the weight of all the events catching up to me, but I confess it all.

“I wanted her to kill me, Mum. I wanted the one person who made me feel alive to shoot me.

I would’ve died and ended it all and she’d never forget about me. I wanted her to not be able to move past me. I wanted to be a stain on her life forever so whenever she looked in the mirror, she saw my shadow. I wanted to haunt her, to prevent her from being with anyone else after me. How fucked up is that?”

“I would rather die than live without you.” His chest rises and falls with violent ferocity. “You don’t complete me, you’re a part of me. If you go, that’s not different than erasing me along with you.”

“Don’t even try to be cool. I’m not that sick and I can handle these. After all, she made them for me.” I wince at the overly-cooked thing. “Have you heard the part where she fell in love with me at first sight? Something that didn’t happen with you or Eli?”

He narrows his eyes. “You get a pass for being sick.”

“That means I’m more important than you two.”

“Don’t push it. And quit channeling Eli or I’ll smack you. Sick or not.”

“Annika.”

“Yeah?”

“It’s raining.”

“I know.”

“Dance with me.”

Her eyes widen, the blue and gray clashing for dominance. Despite her constant nagging about her hair and clothes, Annika loves when we dance

in the rain. It brings out memories of our first date and kiss. Of the time I decided she’d become mine for good. Her chin trembles and so does her voice. 

“But you don’t dance.”

“I do with you.”

“I don’t like the rain.”

“You do for me.” 

This time when I nod at my extended hand, she takes

it. I tug her so forcibly that she lands against my chest and her small palms fall on my shoulders. My hand grabs onto her waist and we sway slowly to the sound of the rain.

"You might be able to live without me, but I won’t survive a day without you, so your death won’t solve any-fucking-thing. If you pull that trigger, mark my words, I will follow right after you.”

My fingers tremble as an onslaught of emotions overtakes me.

“You’d rather die than let go of the past?”

“I would rather die than live without you.”

His chest rises and falls with violent ferocity.

“You don’t complete me, you’re a part of me. If you go, that’s not different than erasing me along with you.”

This journal entry is inspired by God of Pain by Rina Kent. All rights to the text belong to the author and publisher. This post is created for fan-based literary reflection and commentary under fair use. No copyright infringement intended.

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