Kiss the Villain

Legacy of Gods

By: Rina Kent

Narrated by: Stephen Dexter, Grayson Owens, Teddy Hamilton, Shane East, Corvin King, Samantha Brentmoor, Vivienne LaRue, full cast

From the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Rina Kent comes a scorching standalone professor/student dark MM romance set in the Legacy of Gods' world.

My darkness meets a darker soul.

I’m a golden boy.

A genius law student, the heir to the Carson empire, and the dutiful son.

Or, at least, that's what it looks like from the outside.

Deep inside, I have the urge to set the world on fire.

I keep these impulses in check, rarely indulging in mayhem.

Until one night of debauchery backfires, and I'm caught by a villain.

I bury the entire ordeal with the rest of my skeletons.

That is, until that night walks into my classroom in the form of my new professor.

Kayden Lockwood.

A criminal who’s teaching criminal law.

I can't expose what he's done without unmasking my secret life.

What I can do, however, is force him to taste the poison he gave me.

In the clash of titans, Kayden and I break and crumble.

And I'm starting to realize this dangerous game may have no winners.

This is a dark romance with themes that may not be for everyone. Please visit the author's website for content warnings before listening.

©2025 Rina Kent (P)2025 Rina Kent

🖤5/5 Bratty starts for our little monster 😋🖤

THIS NARRATION WAS GIVING EVERYTHING!
The voices matched the characters so well. Specially Kayden!

- The way I consume this book in one sitting! I swear I pulled an all-nighter because I couldn't put it down. 😆

- Rina gave us the right amount of darkness with her typical obsessive characters that gave me all the feels. In true Rina fashion, the story was a crazy roller coaster with high emotional tension and some angst. We got both a bully and a revenge plot that went to places that I did not expect but I was not disappointed.

🍓Gareth🍓 Our bratty and stabby boy with baby girl energy and gift-giving as his love language. It was instantly loved with his crazy inner monologues and conversations with his demons, making him really funny.

🐍Kayden🐍 Oh hello there! To our very morally gray professor. He was unapologetically intense, stoic, ruthless, dark, and even more obsessive than Gareth. I was undeniably melting in every chapter where we got his POV. He gave as much as he took, pushing the bottom of our boy and giving the villain we definitely wanted.

The spice The story was very heavy on spice with lots of 🌶️🔥 scenes with a level of 5/5. We get a lot of non-con scenes and others that were really 🥵.

The relationship was a bit similar to NikoBran but it still stands on its own. I love the push and pull, the banter, and mostly the dark twisted intensity, and how they both were feral stalkers of each other.

THINGS I LOVED:

- The INITIATION. OHH BOY everyone was busy that night! 🤣

- All the Niko scenes with bits of Bran crumbs. My baby (Niko) was sooo funny with all his antics.

- Vaugh and Gareth's friendship. I wish there were more scenes with them since they seem to be a menace together.

- How the cat distribution system gives Gareth Moka the cat and he secretly becomes a future cat lady.

- All the cameos from my favorite Heathens and others from the LOG.

- Gareth gay freak out. Poor boy was spiraling when nobody was telling him what he wanted to here. That was fun to read.

- Gareth and Kill getting closer as brothers. You know psychos gotta stick together 🤣

- The mentions of Landon. Even when he is not part of the story and is only two lines, Lan manages to squeeze some of his awesomeness in there.

I definitely cannot wait for Vaugh and Yulian!!

WHAT WE GET:
💚 MM dark romance
🖤 Professor and student
💚 Age gap
🖤 Forbidden romance
💚 Enemies to lovers
🖤 Gay and bi awakening
💚 Dom and sub
🖤 College setting
💚 Set in the LOG universe
🖤 Lots of non-con and dub-con
💚 Cameos from our favorites
🖤 HEA

Too much sex

I am all for sexy books, but there was SO much in this book. I wish there was more on the background of Kayden... and Gareth was a bit too dramatic to me. I am also disappointed that Vaughn is going to be gay in his book. I love a good MM book, but Blood of My Monster is my favorite books of all time and I wanted I more relatable sequel. I love the depth to the characters personalities and emotions. They are raw and real. Rina Kent writes beautifully and each of her books is a piece of art. Thank you for giving us Rina verse!

Yes 🙌 omg amazing

I didn’t think I would like , men on men ! But omg ! She the best writer ever! Amazing! I am listening to all them again! lol ! Amazing

Why do I now feel like I’m a crazy obsessed person like Gaz?!

The intensity, the acceptance, and the toxic love these two feel is unmatched! Kayde and Gaz taught me a lot of new things and Rina does a beautiful job at showcasing how one individual can calm all the demons one faces.

Bean and Niko still have my heart, but Gaz made me laugh so many times, he truly is a charmer.

Worth wait

I finished this in 7 hours. And oh my god it was amazing. Some parts were too similar to GOF and felt overused. But I loved the story either way. And I like the vulnerability scenes with Gareth. I thought the first chapter was an interesting parallel in GOM killian forced Glyndon to you know. And in the first chapters of KTV Kayden forced Gareth to you know.