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Reading Order - Monster Trilogy
Rina Kent
💕 Sasha Ivanova & Kirill Morozov
The most Russian and most brutal trilogy in the Rinaverse. Sasha Ivanova joins the army disguised as a man with one single goal, avenging her family, and ends up as the shadow of Kirill Morozov, her superior, a calculating monster who hides an emptiness behind a flawless surface. He is manipulative and charming whenever it suits him, she is far more dangerous than she looks, and together they build a game of lies that gets completely out of hand. Russian mafia, military hierarchy, mutual obsession and a couple who spend three books destroying and choosing each other. It is Mulan, but make it mafia.
Reading style · Strict order
Read strictly in this order — the books connect directly.
Editor's note: Strict order, no way around it. The three books are one continuous arc for Sasha and Kirill, and none of them works as a standalone. Blood of My Monster ends on a cliffhanger, Lies of My Monster raises the stakes even higher and Heart of My Monster closes the story with a HEA. The trilogy belongs to the Rinaverse, Rina Kent's shared universe, and brings in the Russian bratva side, but you can read it without having touched any of her other series. If you are new to the Rinaverse, this is a great way in.
Reading order
#1Blood of My Monster
Rina Kent
★★★★★5/5
💕 Sasha Ivanova & Kirill Morozov
Sasha wants revenge, Kirill wants to rule the world. They are as different as day and night, they should never have ended up in the same universe, and yet they meet under the strangest circumstances. He is her superior in the military and the man who will introduce her to carnage. His charm and his flawless exterior should not have tempted her, because behind that smokescreen there is a manipulative, emotionless monster. And that monster could uncover every one of her secrets, starting with the reason she is pretending to be a man. He could also lure her past the point of no return. Book one of the trilogy, ends on a cliffhanger.
⚠ Content warnings
Heavy dark romance. Graphic violence and torture, murder and character death, death of family members, gun violence, military and war setting, physical and emotional abuse, manipulation and gaslighting, blood and gore, grief, alcohol use, misogyny, explicit sexual content. Also features a bodyguard dynamic. The full trilogy ends in a HEA.
#2Lies of My Monster
Rina Kent
★★★★★5/5
💕 Sasha Ivanova & Kirill Morozov
In a world this brutal there is no such thing as the truth, lies pile up until they become reality. Sasha is still set on finding out what happened to her family, but she has a problem, her monster. She and Kirill are not the same anymore, trusting each other has become hard and staying away from each other has become impossible. It is chaotic and it is wrong, but it is them, and they might end up paying for it in blood. Book two of the trilogy, it raises the stakes in every direction.
⚠ Content warnings
Heavy dark romance. Graphic violence and torture, murder, kidnapping and captivity, gun violence, physical and emotional abuse, sexual assault, child abuse in the backstory, manipulation and gaslighting, stalking, panic attacks, blood and gore, grief, infidelity, trauma, explicit sexual content. The full trilogy ends in a HEA.
#3Heart of My Monster
Rina Kent
★★★★★5/5
💕 Sasha Ivanova & Kirill Morozov
The finale, and this time the voice in charge is Kirill's. He is a man with no morals and no feelings, and the only reason he made it this far was to reign, with nothing and no one stopping him. That was the plan, until his only goal became getting back the woman who belongs to him. Sasha thinks it is all over, but they are only getting started. She is his woman, his partner, his wife. His. Final book of the trilogy, this is where the HEA lands.
⚠ Content warnings
Heavy dark romance. Graphic violence and torture, murder and character death, kidnapping and captivity, gun violence, physical and emotional abuse, manipulation and extreme possessiveness, blood and gore, grief, panic attacks, trauma, explicit sexual content. Ends in a HEA.
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