God of Pain

By: Rina Kent

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

From New York Times & USA Today bestselling author Rina Kent comes a grumpy-sunshine, scorching dark college romance.

I made a terrible mistake.

Being a mafia princess, I knew my fate was already decided.

But I went ahead and longed for the wrong one.

Creighton King is bad news with a gorgeous exterior.

He’s silent, brooding, and obviously emotionally unavailable.

So I thought it was over.

Until he awakens a beast inside me.

My name is Annika Volkov, and I’m Creighton's worst enemy.

He won’t stop until he breaks me.

Or I break him.

Tropes:

Grumpy MMC x Sunshine FMCD/s dynamics

Opposites attract

Mafia backdrop.

This audiobook can be enjoyed as a standalone, but for a deeper understanding of the world, consider starting with God of Malice.

This audiobook is re-recorded and republished in duet format as of November 2025..

©2022 Rina Kent (P)2022 Rina Kent

Grumpy Sunshine Indeed

I didn’t notice the post-colon title until writing this review; it is not just a “Legacy of Gods” book, but God of Pain is also a “grumpy sunshine college romance.” It makes it sound a bit sweeter than it actually is, and lord knows that Cray Cray was portrayed as a nearly mute grunter in the last book, so I was pleased to see he had a bit more going on than just Oscar living in the trash can in his head….

So: super sweet, crowd-pleaser girl (masochist—lol don’t I know it!) is attracted to another sadist (slightly less sociopathic than Killian), and I guess we are supposed to go along with the tying up, spanking, and whipping of Miss Daisy Sunshine Pants. This guy takes possession to levels I was deeply uncomfortable with, but Annicka’s family life sort of primed her to become a captive to a caveman someday, so yeah.

The pace and spice kept this one grooving along. I only skipped a few chapters. Highly recommend listening while doing the most banal domestic tasks. It helped.

I loved this book!

Creigh was exactly what I wanted him to be. I always loved Annika’s character and her nickname Creigh gives her. I just melted when I heard it.

Oh Crey!!!

I loved the storyline, you felt every emotion and wanted more. I loved God of Malice and I’m glad I got to read this one. Can’t wait for the next book!

It keeps getting better!

This book has so many twist and turns I loved it! Both MC are strong and so made for each others. Spicy! I can’t wait to hear the next one!

Fantastic voices!

I love this story, it’s my favorite one out of the LOG series. The voices of the narrators for Creighton and Annika fit the characters for this book so well!