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Legacy of Gods
The Legacy of Gods series by Rina Kent has 6 books and is best read in publication order, starting with God of Malice (2022).
- Books
- 6 books
- First published
- 2022
- Status
- completed
- Last checked
Start here: God of Malice (2022) — then read straight through in publication order.
Reading order
The order the books were released — the default way to read the series.
- Book 1:
God of Malice
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God of Pain
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God of Wrath
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God of Ruin
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God of Fury
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God of War
Alternative text for cover: Cover of God of War
About the Legacy of Gods series
Legacy of Gods is Rina Kent's dark college romance saga about the Kingpin brothers and their circle — young men from a criminal empire attending an elite university, each hiding violence, trauma, or a double life behind a designer suit. It's a direct continuation of Kent's earlier Royal Elite series (same extended family, same dark-academia-meets-mafia setting), pushing the stakes and the darkness further: expect dubious-consent and morally grey-to-black heroes, obsessive love, revenge plots, and explicit content throughout. Each book pairs one brother or close ally with a heroine who gets pulled into his world, with the overarching mystery of the family's enemies and secrets threading through all six books.
It's a favourite in the "dark romance" and "why-choose-adjacent obsessive hero" corners of BookTok, frequently recommended alongside Kent's own Legacy of Gods prequel material and other mafia-adjacent college dark romance like Rina Kent's Deviant Kings or Ana Huang's Twisted series.
How to read this series
Publication order is the reading order: God of Malice, God of Pain, God of Wrath, God of Ruin, God of Fury, God of War. Each book is a complete romance for a different couple within the same family and timeline, but the overarching plot (the family's enemies, secrets, and running threats) escalates across all six, so reading out of order will spoil major reveals. New readers coming from Rina Kent's earlier Royal Elite series will recognise the same family; Legacy of Gods can be read on its own, but Royal Elite adds backstory for the older generation.
Frequently asked questions
How many books are in Legacy of Gods?
Six: God of Malice, God of Pain, God of Wrath, God of Ruin, God of Fury and God of War.
What order should I read Legacy of Gods in?
Publication order, starting with God of Malice. The overarching mystery and family plot build across all six books, so reading in order matters here more than in a typical standalone-romance series.
Do I need to read Rina Kent's Royal Elite series first?
No, Legacy of Gods can be read as its own entry point, though it's set in the same extended family/universe as Royal Elite and Deviant Kings, and readers who've read those will catch extra references.
Is Legacy of Gods finished?
Yes, it's a complete six-book series as of God of War (June 2024).
How dark is Legacy of Gods?
Very dark — dubious consent, violence, obsessive/possessive heroes, and mafia/crime-family stakes throughout. It's shelved firmly in dark romance, not sweet contemporary.
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