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Godless Heathens #1
Bloody Savage God
Leave humanity at the door.
Only godless heathens survive here.
— Saint —
Chryseum Reformatory Academy aka the Asylum.
This is where the rich send their screwed-up sons and daughters, delivering them to a prison in the Catskills of New York.
The Asylum doesn’t cure. It camouflages, protecting old money from apples rotting on the family tree.
They call me a psychopath, a lunatic, unhinged.
But here, I am god.
Now, say your prayers at the door, pet, because this is my senior year, my school, my world.
Even God doesn’t step foot here.
— Willow —
I didn’t want to off myself, not really.
I wanted help.
I wanted someone—anyone—to listen.
But I’m just a flesh-and-bone cry for attention.
Now, my father’s shipped me here, where evil and old secrets seep through the cold, stone walls.
An inky-haired guy with a devilish smile offers me protection, but his price is high.
Wear his collar.
Be his pet.
Give myself to him, body and soul.
Author's Note: Bloody Savage God is a 400+ page, dark academia gothic romance recommended for those 18+. It features mature themes including, but not limited to, an incendiary heat level, bullying, branding, collaring, and, like my other novels, struggles with mental illness.
Please read the content/trigger warnings carefully before reading, available either through the Look-Inside feature or on the author’s website (linked on her Amazon author page and TBA soon).
Only godless heathens survive here.
— Saint —
Chryseum Reformatory Academy aka the Asylum.
This is where the rich send their screwed-up sons and daughters, delivering them to a prison in the Catskills of New York.
The Asylum doesn’t cure. It camouflages, protecting old money from apples rotting on the family tree.
They call me a psychopath, a lunatic, unhinged.
But here, I am god.
Now, say your prayers at the door, pet, because this is my senior year, my school, my world.
Even God doesn’t step foot here.
— Willow —
I didn’t want to off myself, not really.
I wanted help.
I wanted someone—anyone—to listen.
But I’m just a flesh-and-bone cry for attention.
Now, my father’s shipped me here, where evil and old secrets seep through the cold, stone walls.
An inky-haired guy with a devilish smile offers me protection, but his price is high.
Wear his collar.
Be his pet.
Give myself to him, body and soul.
Author's Note: Bloody Savage God is a 400+ page, dark academia gothic romance recommended for those 18+. It features mature themes including, but not limited to, an incendiary heat level, bullying, branding, collaring, and, like my other novels, struggles with mental illness.
Please read the content/trigger warnings carefully before reading, available either through the Look-Inside feature or on the author’s website (linked on her Amazon author page and TBA soon).
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Published June 21, 2023
About the author
Jordan Grant
13 books126 followersJordan Grant is a lost soul, who changed majors three times in college before deciding on English. Because she has about as much patience as her beautiful, wonderful (did she mention ah-mazing!) younglings, she graduated a year early and then went to law school because...
Well, she mentioned she’s a lost soul, right?
A special place in her heart is devoted to edgy alpha males and bad boys with naughty mouths. She loves to get lost in the blur between love and hate and is especially fond of prince charmings with dents in their crowns and strife in their souls.
She is an avid fan of all things sweet including red wine and cupcakes (red velvet, please!). When she’s not daydreaming about the characters in her head, she enjoys (attempting to) garden, petting furry animals, and wrangling her family into day-trip adventures.
Well, she mentioned she’s a lost soul, right?
A special place in her heart is devoted to edgy alpha males and bad boys with naughty mouths. She loves to get lost in the blur between love and hate and is especially fond of prince charmings with dents in their crowns and strife in their souls.
She is an avid fan of all things sweet including red wine and cupcakes (red velvet, please!). When she’s not daydreaming about the characters in her head, she enjoys (attempting to) garden, petting furry animals, and wrangling her family into day-trip adventures.
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March 28, 2024
Asylum for rich kids ✅. True psychopath ✅. Dark academia vibes ✅. A little blood, a little violence, a little insanity ✅.
This was SUCH an underrated book. The writing was truly better than most books of this genre, the psychopath was a bit glamorized still, but it's a stark improvement from the typical rich bored boi that calls himself dark and "drowning in dEmOnS" or some other s#it like that.
The ending felt a little rushed to me, and their relationship needed a little more oomph to convince me that they could actually BE together, but nevertheless, if you're in a mood for a dark high school romance, where the hero is a psychopath and they are in an asylum and shock therapy is as regular as lunch - READ THIS BOOK 👉👈😂
there's a descriptive OW sex scene in front of the heroine to make her jealous. Plus at the end of the book hero and heroine fuck in a pool of blood of their dead psychiatrist 👁️👄👁️
This was SUCH an underrated book. The writing was truly better than most books of this genre, the psychopath was a bit glamorized still, but it's a stark improvement from the typical rich bored boi that calls himself dark and "drowning in dEmOnS" or some other s#it like that.
The ending felt a little rushed to me, and their relationship needed a little more oomph to convince me that they could actually BE together, but nevertheless, if you're in a mood for a dark high school romance, where the hero is a psychopath and they are in an asylum and shock therapy is as regular as lunch - READ THIS BOOK 👉👈😂
there's a descriptive OW sex scene in front of the heroine to make her jealous. Plus at the end of the book hero and heroine fuck in a pool of blood of their dead psychiatrist 👁️👄👁️
September 24, 2023
Glacial ice and Blue Morpho butterflies. Death and life exist together in his irises.
4.5/5 ⭐ 3.75/5 🌶️
Dark, twisted and sinister Saint, surrounded by all the gloominess and melancholy of the asylum, left quite the impression. I hated him then loved him, and then hated and loved him at the same time. He is a proper bully, irredeemably so. Not that he cared to be redeemed. Saint is psychotic and utterly bored of pretty much everything, so once something catches his attention - *coughs coughs* Willow -, he goes into a full-blown obsession. I found myself looking forward to his povs. They were always dark but with something mysteriously hidden under all his darkness. He did the boy-obsessed trope so good.
Even though Saint conquers the spotlight, Willow was interesting. There was a softness to her, twisted by her past and present, that was fun to explore. Willow, even when petrified, found a way to push back on Saint. Well most of the time.
There was some pet play between them, and I wasn’t so sure about it. It is a big part of their relationship, with Willow hating it a big part of the book but eventually finding comfort in it… which made me actually warm to it.
What I found most intriguing was the way Saint "feels". He loves through a very precise spectrum. He feels normal things obscurely, if that can be called feelings. Saint is very much detached from many human sentiments and thoughts, which consequently makes Saint's and Willow's relationship very different and quite intense. I would have loved to have more time with them after they permanently get together, see their relationship grow and them lean into each other.
I will go back for the rest of the series.
Note: Be aware that there is a scene with an OW, as the mmc tries to make the fmc jealous.
ARC Review
Did I like it? Yeap.
Would I reread it? Sure.
4.5/5 ⭐ 3.75/5 🌶️
Dark, twisted and sinister Saint, surrounded by all the gloominess and melancholy of the asylum, left quite the impression. I hated him then loved him, and then hated and loved him at the same time. He is a proper bully, irredeemably so. Not that he cared to be redeemed. Saint is psychotic and utterly bored of pretty much everything, so once something catches his attention - *coughs coughs* Willow -, he goes into a full-blown obsession. I found myself looking forward to his povs. They were always dark but with something mysteriously hidden under all his darkness. He did the boy-obsessed trope so good.
Even though Saint conquers the spotlight, Willow was interesting. There was a softness to her, twisted by her past and present, that was fun to explore. Willow, even when petrified, found a way to push back on Saint. Well most of the time.
There was some pet play between them, and I wasn’t so sure about it. It is a big part of their relationship, with Willow hating it a big part of the book but eventually finding comfort in it… which made me actually warm to it.
What I found most intriguing was the way Saint "feels". He loves through a very precise spectrum. He feels normal things obscurely, if that can be called feelings. Saint is very much detached from many human sentiments and thoughts, which consequently makes Saint's and Willow's relationship very different and quite intense. I would have loved to have more time with them after they permanently get together, see their relationship grow and them lean into each other.
I will go back for the rest of the series.
Note: Be aware that there is a scene with an OW, as the mmc tries to make the fmc jealous.
ARC Review
Did I like it? Yeap.
Would I reread it? Sure.
November 1, 2023
Willow finds herself the newest attendee of the Chryseum Reformatory Academy called the Asylum by the unlucky teenagers who currently walk its halls. It’s a reform school where the wealthy send their troubled offspring to rot. The staff are much worse than the students who seem bad enough themselves and when she becomes one of the reigning king's newest fixation her new nightmare is only just starting.
Sent by her perfectionist father after her mother's death and a failed suicide attempt Willow a former straight-A student naturally feels like a fish out of water, the kids that attend here are extreme, way more than she has ever dealt with before and she feels like she’s entered literal hell.
I enjoyed this it's a new to me author and I found it a well-written gripping read. Genre-wise it’s a new adult dark academia romance that deals with some serious subjects. The romance at its centre is on the extreme side with a heavy slant of dubious consent and a somewhat bully vibe from Saint. Though I actually found him weirdly sweet at times I’ve always had a soft spot for the psycho ones and Saint was definitely all that, the bullying here for me took on a more obsessive vein than a bullying one.
The coercion here felt different due to the extreme personalities and natures involved and the antihero Saint is one seriously messed up dude with numerous quirks and zero boundaries. He fixates on Willow and then has an obsessive need to possess her to stave off his boredom and stagnation by making her his pet.
Once you get to dig deeper you realise just why he is this way and in his own twisted way, he does believe that he is helping Willow giving her the tools to own her own strength and step up by challenging her, even if his way is also extremely diabolical. Let’s be real he also just likes the way she responds to him her fear and tears are their own rewards and are the icing but he’s also the only one allowed to torment his new pet, to all else it’s hands off or else and he does protect her making her off limits to anyone but himself.
Saint has a diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder he’s a self-confessed psychopath who can flip personas on a dime. He can be charming, tell you what you want to hear and present a false face when needed. With Willow, he strips the mask which initially she finds terrifying especially since she also feels an unwanted draw to him.
Definitely read this one if you like your reads on the darker side be aware that there are a lot of blurred boundaries and dubious consent involved. This is the polar opposite of a healthy romance it’s a toxic messed up one but was also completely addictive and totally gripping. I will definitely be reading more from this author in the future.
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November 29, 2023
ABSOLUTELY PSYCHOTIC! 🤯💥 but I love crazy so here we are. Quite captivating. The book is kinda underrated tbh.
2.5/5 🌶
💥H obsessed
💥virgin heroine
💥Collars
💥Stalker (I’d say)
💥locks her in the dark (she’s afraid of dark)
💥fucks another infront of her
💥kills for her
I was so hooked to this book. Kinda felt bad for how their parents threw them so away. Especially for Willow.
I liked their friends. 🖤
I kinda wanted the epilogue to be years later. Bec I wanna what happens after they graduate? How will they stick to each other then? Their dynamics in the future
2.5/5 🌶
💥H obsessed
💥virgin heroine
💥Collars
💥Stalker (I’d say)
💥locks her in the dark (she’s afraid of dark)
💥fucks another infront of her
💥kills for her
I was so hooked to this book. Kinda felt bad for how their parents threw them so away. Especially for Willow.
I liked their friends. 🖤
I kinda wanted the epilogue to be years later. Bec I wanna what happens after they graduate? How will they stick to each other then? Their dynamics in the future
June 24, 2023
I wish the author would’ve put a trigger warning that halfway through this book, the MMC has unprotected noncon sex with a random side character in front of the FMC after nearly choking her out. I seriously loathe MMCs who are absolutely “obsessed” with FMCs and do this shit….not for me. DNF at 56%.
June 21, 2023
Saint + Willow
-dark
-dirty
-depraved
-shminky
-enlightening
-creepy
Chryseum Academy is downright creepy. I got shivers multiple times reading this but Jordan has a way of making me connect with her characters so that no matter are dark & depraved they all are, we all know we want it! There was some new things in here I’ve never read or seen before for for dark romance & even though at first I was like “what how is that gonna work?” It actually turned out to be REALLLYYY sweet. Haha surprisingly. Another great dark story for Jordan!!
-dark
-dirty
-depraved
-shminky
-enlightening
-creepy
Chryseum Academy is downright creepy. I got shivers multiple times reading this but Jordan has a way of making me connect with her characters so that no matter are dark & depraved they all are, we all know we want it! There was some new things in here I’ve never read or seen before for for dark romance & even though at first I was like “what how is that gonna work?” It actually turned out to be REALLLYYY sweet. Haha surprisingly. Another great dark story for Jordan!!
November 3, 2023
"Run, and I will catch you. Hide, and I will find you. This is my kingdom, pretty girl. Even God doesn't step foot here."
So let's take this opportunity to meet our characters, shall we???
H/Hero/MMC:Saint, senior, psychopath and man whore-- by his own admission, he'll sleep with any "warm hole" he can find-- but he also gets bored very easily with people and once he's bored, he cannot get sexually motivated. He's been bored with everyone for MONTHS, which is why he's excited that a new, very intriguing, young lady is being admitted to their little asylum academy (pretty sure that's not the real name of the place, but it's the name of it in my head so that's what it's going to be called, k?)
"I don't want to die. Or live either. I'm ambivalent about my existence because, in my world, there are only three knowns...Life, death, and the incessant creep of boredom."
h/heroine/FMC: Willow, senior, recovering from suicide attempt, virgin, and for the most part pretty normal compared to everyone else that goes to the asylum academy.
"I didn't want to kill myself. I wanted his love. And I got his ire instead."
Saint has been a student at the academy for three years now. He, along with every other student there, knows that he's a little (ok, A LOT) unhinged and have come to accept that it's a place where rich, highly influential families send their troublesome children so they can't want to sully their "good" name. Saint has settled into the monotony of it all and gets his thrills whenever he can through tormenting fellow students and staff. When he learns that a new student, a southern belle from Charleston, South Carolina, is being transferred to the school his interest is piqued. Why is a straight A student, captain of the cheerleading team, and someone who seemingly has all their shit together being transferred to the asylum??? Saint has big plans for this mysterious beauty, whether she wants to be a willing participant or not....
Before I get into what I thought and how I feel, I just wanted to share a few STANDOUT quotes...
"She's like my own personal pornfolio, except I don't do self-gratification—haven't for years since even the hardcore BDSM shit ceased to be enough to keep the urges at bay. Still, it's nice to know I haven't become asexual in its absence."
"I knew fucking Isla would hurt her. It's easy to hurt the good girls."
This is after he decides to screw the librarian up the rear in front of Willow as a punishment.
"Virgins don't normally do it for me. It's such a chore, getting them ready to be properly fucked, and I'm not the guy who's going to take it slow if it's your first time. I have one speed. Hard, brutal, fast. If they bleed, good. If they scream, even better. And if they do both, fucking perfect."
"I will fuck you on the floor, pet, in his blood. Because that's what I need. I'll paint your skin with it until you're red and then I'll do much, much worse." She doesn't even flinch..."
"Maybe that's the curse of being broken, not that you're fucked-up beyond repair, but that you fall for the first person who comes along and offers to fix you."
Well. To put it bluntly, this book wasn't as good as I was hoping it would be. But it’s not bad either.
The first part of this book was very poetic. With prose such as,
"But if they aren't asleep, then they're wishing they were dead, living corpses with one foot already in the ground and scraping by on the remnants of their sanity as they rot in the hole."
and,
"Outside these walls is just one long, distant memory of someone else's life, but I still smell it in my nightmares. It's the place where everything is sugarcoated normalcy and chemically created, lab-perfected sweetness, where the world tastes like a burst of serotonin."
So it was easy to get sucked into and quite impressive too. However, the author didn't maintain this same tone throughout the story and there were times during inner monologue where it seemed they tried to venture back to it, yet it just kept seeming repetitive. This seems like as good a place as any to discuss what I didn't like so much about this book. The two MC's did not interact enough especially to be able to build this strong, intimate connection they had. And if it was implied and I somehow missed it that more time had passed that we weren't aware of that would allow for them to build a stronger relationship behind the scenes, then it may have been beneficial for the author to share that with the reader. You can tell me all day long that they've broken all these barriers and somehow managed to build this spectacular bond, but unless you show me HOW, then it's not believable. Even more so with how heavy the material was intended to be.
Which brings me to my next point. There was a lot of crude and oftentimes disgusting things taking place. Don't get me wrong, I don't take issue with that. I've read some crazy shit. But I like for there to be meaning behind every deranged and deluded behavior. It has to hit in a way that I'm like, "Oh my God! That makes perfect sense because THIS happened, it caused THAT to happen!" And I didn't really get that with this storyline. There was a lot of material for shock value purposes, but the purpose seemed to stop there. I just didn't feel like there was a lot of thought put into the behavior in correlation to the plot.
The personalities of the MC’s didn't remain consistent nor did they change in a way that made sense. It's understandable that the progression of a character can be part of a story arc. However, that change needs to be believable with how the character is first depicted and subsequently with how that original characterization can be affected by the different trauma and/or conflicts the character is faced with. That did not happen. There was no believable reason provided as to why Saint would suddenly be so enamored with Willow, that he would never possibly get bored with her and at the end of the story, that's what the author would have you believe. Likewise, I was not convinced that Willow would so quickly transition into someone who would not only be unaffected by, but also complicit in Saint's deviant and heinous behavior.
Now, I think it's absolutely necessary to disclose that I came into this read on the heels of some perfectly crafted dark, bully romances. I mean we're talking absolute perfection!
So maybe I'm judging this book a little too harshly because of that. But it could have just as easily nestled itself down into that same list of favorites, if it only had some elements tweaked. This is only my opinion, though, and obviously a lot of other people truly enjoyed this book. So, if any of your other GoodReads buddies enjoyed it, then maybe you should give it a try too!
"Sometimes the lies we tell ourselves aren't just to protect our feelings. They keep us alive."
June 21, 2023
Dark and beautiful
The book blew my mind. I was caught in the web of the dark, twisted perceptions of everything that’s Saint. Bloody Savage God is gripping and thrilling and will have you gasping as you devour every word.
I need the other books in this series soon. I'm so far down the rabbit hole.
The book blew my mind. I was caught in the web of the dark, twisted perceptions of everything that’s Saint. Bloody Savage God is gripping and thrilling and will have you gasping as you devour every word.
I need the other books in this series soon. I'm so far down the rabbit hole.
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August 31, 2023I'm really going through a phase where nothing I start keeps my attention. 22 pages in and the h is accosted by the H and, never having laid eyes on him before, is physically turned on by his intimidation and dare I say, assault? If I am reading an Asylum story, I'd prefer "Church" by K.G. Reuss.
I think I'm going to just re-read some old favorites until I get out of this slump...
I think I'm going to just re-read some old favorites until I get out of this slump...
September 21, 2023
WHAT A CRAZY RIDE!
Saint and Willow are so amazing! I loved their story… their push and pull! I love it when a psychopath can find a way to understand his own psychopathy!
Saint is absolutely delicious. But then again I’ve always loved the dark, broody psychos! LOL and Saint did not disappoint.
I am on to book 2 and just know Gabe’s story is going to be a wild, hilarious ride.
Saint and Willow are so amazing! I loved their story… their push and pull! I love it when a psychopath can find a way to understand his own psychopathy!
Saint is absolutely delicious. But then again I’ve always loved the dark, broody psychos! LOL and Saint did not disappoint.
I am on to book 2 and just know Gabe’s story is going to be a wild, hilarious ride.
June 21, 2023
Bloody Savage God by Jordan Grant is book one in the Godless Heathens/Chryseum Academy. This a Dark Enemies to Lovers Romance it’s a standalone book in a connected series involving the academy. This is the first book I’ve read by this author but it will definitely not be the last. All I can say is I’m officially obsessed. (Insert song here.) This book is freaking fantastic! I was hooked from the first chapter, I didn’t move from my couch. Read it cover to cover! As always, check your trigger warning to be on the safe side.
This book was phenomenally written, with an amazing plot/pace and the details/depth that was portrayed when describing the world was incredible. Also how the mental health was described, I could relate to as I’m also dealing the the illness. The characters were amazing and I absolutely adored their story. This book is about Saint and Willow. A boy that’s a psychopath, who doesn’t feel anything until a certain person makes him come alive. A girl who is underestimated, who just wants someone to hear her, to see her. I loved the dynamic between the two, it kept me reading u til the end. This was one heck of a journey and I highly recommend that you check it out! I need book two in my life!
Leave humanity at the door.
Only godless heathens survive here.
Final review:
5 out of 5 stars
This book was phenomenally written, with an amazing plot/pace and the details/depth that was portrayed when describing the world was incredible. Also how the mental health was described, I could relate to as I’m also dealing the the illness. The characters were amazing and I absolutely adored their story. This book is about Saint and Willow. A boy that’s a psychopath, who doesn’t feel anything until a certain person makes him come alive. A girl who is underestimated, who just wants someone to hear her, to see her. I loved the dynamic between the two, it kept me reading u til the end. This was one heck of a journey and I highly recommend that you check it out! I need book two in my life!
Leave humanity at the door.
Only godless heathens survive here.
Final review:
5 out of 5 stars
June 20, 2023
This dark romance book was so good. It starts off with Saint trying to find something to keep him interested instead he was bored with life he didn’t want to die or live and he does find something interesting when he see a car drive to Chryseum Reformatory Academy also known as the Asylum and he know who the girl is she almost committed suicide and he wants to know why and he wants her as his pet. When Willow gets there she says she doesn’t belong there and she meets Saint and he calls her his pet and he he stole her first kiss. As the story goes on she finds out about Saint and she doesn’t want to be his pet or be protected by him she will do anything to get him into solitary confinement to have a couple of days for her self. The scenes are spicy and detailed. While getting to know each other both Saint and Willow fall in love with each other and Saint kills Dr. Cross since he tried to sexually assault Willow when he saw her passed out from drugs. This book was so good I couldn’t put it down. I love how Saint told Willow what happened to him when he was younger and why he is like the way he is and Willow finally admits that she tried to unalive her self and why it happened as well.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 23, 2023
Who would have thought I would knowingly fall for an actual narcissistic pych0p@th? Well, apparently one Jordan Grant. The MMC, Saint, is every bit an obsessive and possessive villain with no regard to others feelings or wellbeing, save his little “pet” Willow. The asylum in itself is evil and oppressive to the point it almost gave me hives. Beware that Bloody Savage God is a dark book with many possible triggers for some but it is also oh.so.sinfully sensual! I can’t wait to get my hands on the next books of the series.
June 21, 2023
OMG!! What a deliciously depraved and fantastically addicting beginning to this new series. This story consumed me from the very first page. I devoured it, and I am completely and utterly enamored, totally rabidly addicted to this series. Saint and Willow. Oh my the Dark Chemistry! Heed the trigger warnings, this is the furthest thing from a safe or conventional romance. It’s dark, the type of romance where you question just why you are into their dynamic, yet you can’t stop compulsively turning the pages. And I just ate it up. The psychology of it, the toxicity, the dynamism of their connection was just so beautiful done. The juxtaposition of power and control, the tension of longing and resistance, the cravings.
Willow is the anomaly within the walls of Chryseum Reformatory Academy. She was the good girl, one that made one mistake that sent her to hell. She doesn’t fit into the mold of the others students who are sent there. The traumatized, the evil, the unsavable. Saint is everything he’s ruthless, unhinged, a psychopath, and he owns you. He has no empathy and feels nothing for others, until her. She becomes his new obsession to help curb his boredom. One that he wants to consume and break as his. There is a lot going on under the cold and detached facade, and I loved him with Willow the contrasts of their personalities create great tension, but also make them perfect together. Saint finds peace with her enough to no longer care just about his desires, but his need to make her desires and physical and emotional needs some to fruition. We see her find herself and accept her trauma, one that Saint helped carve out of her. She’s no less controlled by him, but suddenly it's less about him taking it from her and her giving it. It’s like the dynamic transforms from toxic to healthy, though still messed up.
This was phenomenally dark and gritty perfection! I cannot wait for Gabe’s Story!!
Willow is the anomaly within the walls of Chryseum Reformatory Academy. She was the good girl, one that made one mistake that sent her to hell. She doesn’t fit into the mold of the others students who are sent there. The traumatized, the evil, the unsavable. Saint is everything he’s ruthless, unhinged, a psychopath, and he owns you. He has no empathy and feels nothing for others, until her. She becomes his new obsession to help curb his boredom. One that he wants to consume and break as his. There is a lot going on under the cold and detached facade, and I loved him with Willow the contrasts of their personalities create great tension, but also make them perfect together. Saint finds peace with her enough to no longer care just about his desires, but his need to make her desires and physical and emotional needs some to fruition. We see her find herself and accept her trauma, one that Saint helped carve out of her. She’s no less controlled by him, but suddenly it's less about him taking it from her and her giving it. It’s like the dynamic transforms from toxic to healthy, though still messed up.
This was phenomenally dark and gritty perfection! I cannot wait for Gabe’s Story!!
Shelved as 'avoid'
September 9, 2023I usually avoid bully romances… but this one has OW smex in front of h trope. Which earns a special avoid from me.
And he doesn’t even regret it or see why what he did was wrong. Or at least take cues from the h that she hated it.
And he doesn’t even regret it or see why what he did was wrong. Or at least take cues from the h that she hated it.
July 9, 2023
the H made the FL watch him have sex with another girl for punishment even though he saw she was crying and hurt?? Yet they still ended up together wtf is this bullcrap
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July 10, 2023So much prose in the beginning chapters of this book, both thoughts and scenery. I can’t…
May 1, 2024
This was my first book by Jordan Grant and it will not be my last.
This author is truly talented, her writing is amazing. I would compare it to Pepper Winters and if you know me you know any comparison to Pepper Winters is about the highest compliment I can give. There were quite a few words where I had to click the dictionary button in kindle to see the meaning. I love that, I love learning new words in English.
Saint and Williw were a great couple, I loved the push and pull between them. Willow was so strong she didn't just roll over not even when Saint came at her with everything he had.
I got a new phone halfway into this book and had to wait a few days to get kindle and everything to work. But man was that torture, I was thinking about this constantly, and when I could get back to it.
I'm really excited to read Gabriel and Killian's stories next.
This author is truly talented, her writing is amazing. I would compare it to Pepper Winters and if you know me you know any comparison to Pepper Winters is about the highest compliment I can give. There were quite a few words where I had to click the dictionary button in kindle to see the meaning. I love that, I love learning new words in English.
Saint and Williw were a great couple, I loved the push and pull between them. Willow was so strong she didn't just roll over not even when Saint came at her with everything he had.
I got a new phone halfway into this book and had to wait a few days to get kindle and everything to work. But man was that torture, I was thinking about this constantly, and when I could get back to it.
I'm really excited to read Gabriel and Killian's stories next.
October 12, 2023
“Trust me when I say I will burn this place to the ground before I let anything happen to you. It's you and me against the world, pet, and the world will never win.”
June 21, 2023
Jordan hit this right out of the park! I was not ready for Saint BUT boy does he make an entrance!
Bloody Savage God is the first book in the Godless Heathens and what an entrance Saint made!
He is a true P$ych0path
He has no empathy for anyone.
He does whatever he feels with no remorse.
He doesn't feel anything period. That is until Willow arrives and she sparks his interest which is unheard of, Saint is never interested in anyone or anything BUT Willow has gotten under his skin and he has to scratch...
— Saint —
Chryseum Reformatory Academy aka the Asylum.
This is where the rich send their screwed-up sons and daughters, delivering them to a prison in the Catskills of New York.
The Asylum doesn’t cure. It camouflages, protecting old money from apples rotting on the family tree.
They call me a psychopath, a lunatic, unhinged.
But here, I am god.
Now, say your prayers at the door, pet, because this is my senior year, my school, my world.
Even God doesn’t step foot here.
— Willow —
I didn’t want to off myself, not really.
I wanted help.
I wanted someone—anyone—to listen.
But I’m just a flesh-and-bone cry for attention.
Now, my father’s shipped me here, where evil and old secrets seep through the cold, stone walls.
An inky-haired guy with a devilish smile offers me protection, but his price is high.
Wear his collar.
Be his pet.
Give myself to him, body and soul.
Chryseum Reformatory Academy is where the rich and old money send their children that they can no longer afford to have at home, they do not want their family name tarnished in any way so off they go to the Academy with no graduation in sight, no hope of leaving..... only survival.
This is a dark read that is at times angsty and pushes boundaries. There are triggers (luckily i have none) so check before you read.
5 stars!
Bloody Savage God is the first book in the Godless Heathens and what an entrance Saint made!
He is a true P$ych0path
He has no empathy for anyone.
He does whatever he feels with no remorse.
He doesn't feel anything period. That is until Willow arrives and she sparks his interest which is unheard of, Saint is never interested in anyone or anything BUT Willow has gotten under his skin and he has to scratch...
— Saint —
Chryseum Reformatory Academy aka the Asylum.
This is where the rich send their screwed-up sons and daughters, delivering them to a prison in the Catskills of New York.
The Asylum doesn’t cure. It camouflages, protecting old money from apples rotting on the family tree.
They call me a psychopath, a lunatic, unhinged.
But here, I am god.
Now, say your prayers at the door, pet, because this is my senior year, my school, my world.
Even God doesn’t step foot here.
— Willow —
I didn’t want to off myself, not really.
I wanted help.
I wanted someone—anyone—to listen.
But I’m just a flesh-and-bone cry for attention.
Now, my father’s shipped me here, where evil and old secrets seep through the cold, stone walls.
An inky-haired guy with a devilish smile offers me protection, but his price is high.
Wear his collar.
Be his pet.
Give myself to him, body and soul.
Chryseum Reformatory Academy is where the rich and old money send their children that they can no longer afford to have at home, they do not want their family name tarnished in any way so off they go to the Academy with no graduation in sight, no hope of leaving..... only survival.
This is a dark read that is at times angsty and pushes boundaries. There are triggers (luckily i have none) so check before you read.
5 stars!
June 20, 2023
This book had me at asylum and the LONG grocery list, I mean TW’s. So let’s talk about it. 😉
*Blurb*
Leave humanity at the door. Only godless heathens survive here.
— Saint —
Chryseum Reformatory Academy aka the Asylum. This is where the rich send their screwed-up sons and daughters, delivering them to a prison in the Catskills of New York. The Asylum doesn’t cure. It camouflages, protecting old money from apples rotting on the family tree. They call me a psychopath, a lunatic, unhinged. But here, I am god. Now, say your prayers at the door, pet, because this is my senior year, my school, my world. Even God doesn’t step foot here.
— Willow —
I didn’t want to off myself, not really. I wanted help. I wanted someone—anyone—to listen. But I’m just a flesh-and-bone cry for attention. Now, my father’s shipped me here, where evil and old secrets seep through the cold, stone walls. An inky-haired guy with a devilish smile offers me protection, but his price is high. Wear his collar. Be his pet. Give myself to him, body and soul.
💭I’m going to start this review by saying that I binge read this book and stayed up entirely too late trying to finish it. I was sucked in on the first dang chapter. Saint is ruthless, unhinged, and an actual p$ycho. But god d@mn is he a hot p$ycho. I would let him do unthinkable things to me. Willow is a strong FMC to put up with Saint’s shit. The plot in this book was phenomenal and I loved every second of it. Why do I now want to be admitted to an asylum to find my own Saint?? 😅
Fave quote: "You're afraid, pet," he tells me, his words delivered hot and thick. "You're afraid that deep down beneath that good girl persona you like to wear is someone just as deranged as me."
Plot: 5⭐️
Spice: 4🌶️
Overall: 5⭐️
*Blurb*
Leave humanity at the door. Only godless heathens survive here.
— Saint —
Chryseum Reformatory Academy aka the Asylum. This is where the rich send their screwed-up sons and daughters, delivering them to a prison in the Catskills of New York. The Asylum doesn’t cure. It camouflages, protecting old money from apples rotting on the family tree. They call me a psychopath, a lunatic, unhinged. But here, I am god. Now, say your prayers at the door, pet, because this is my senior year, my school, my world. Even God doesn’t step foot here.
— Willow —
I didn’t want to off myself, not really. I wanted help. I wanted someone—anyone—to listen. But I’m just a flesh-and-bone cry for attention. Now, my father’s shipped me here, where evil and old secrets seep through the cold, stone walls. An inky-haired guy with a devilish smile offers me protection, but his price is high. Wear his collar. Be his pet. Give myself to him, body and soul.
💭I’m going to start this review by saying that I binge read this book and stayed up entirely too late trying to finish it. I was sucked in on the first dang chapter. Saint is ruthless, unhinged, and an actual p$ycho. But god d@mn is he a hot p$ycho. I would let him do unthinkable things to me. Willow is a strong FMC to put up with Saint’s shit. The plot in this book was phenomenal and I loved every second of it. Why do I now want to be admitted to an asylum to find my own Saint?? 😅
Fave quote: "You're afraid, pet," he tells me, his words delivered hot and thick. "You're afraid that deep down beneath that good girl persona you like to wear is someone just as deranged as me."
Plot: 5⭐️
Spice: 4🌶️
Overall: 5⭐️
June 29, 2023
dark, depraved, and delicious
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/🌶️🌶️🌶️
check trigger warnings FOR SURE.
It’s like a CVS receipt worth of them.
I ate this up. I loved it. I honestly didn’t think I would love it like this because I’ve never read anything in this setting, but I am so pleasantly surprised by it. Also, maybe a little concerned by how much I loved it. It’s dark, it’s depraved, it’s degrading, but it’s absolutely worth the read and so delicious.
Willow and Saint, oh my god.😮💨 our sweet little southern belle ain’t so sweet and Saint the psycho makes it his mission to get her to admit it.
The morgue scene (don’t worry, he’s not THAT kind of psycho) was so hot. But the final scene… THE FINAL SCENE! Farewell. Rest in peace to my soul.
Definitely recommend for all my dark romance girlies 🖤
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/🌶️🌶️🌶️
check trigger warnings FOR SURE.
It’s like a CVS receipt worth of them.
I ate this up. I loved it. I honestly didn’t think I would love it like this because I’ve never read anything in this setting, but I am so pleasantly surprised by it. Also, maybe a little concerned by how much I loved it. It’s dark, it’s depraved, it’s degrading, but it’s absolutely worth the read and so delicious.
Willow and Saint, oh my god.😮💨 our sweet little southern belle ain’t so sweet and Saint the psycho makes it his mission to get her to admit it.
The morgue scene (don’t worry, he’s not THAT kind of psycho) was so hot. But the final scene… THE FINAL SCENE! Farewell. Rest in peace to my soul.
Definitely recommend for all my dark romance girlies 🖤
June 20, 2023
4⭐️ 2.5🌶️
Book 1 of 3 in the Godless Heathens series.
Release date: 6/21
I was fortunate enough to be able to ARC read this, because holy cow it was good. Saint is a beautiful psychopath who has his sights set on Willow and he will push her further and further until he gets what he wants from her. He wants to collar her so she can be his pet, he wants submission in return for protection from the terrible reform school that her dad shipped her off too and the people in it. PLEASE READ THE TRIGGER WARNINGS! The list is extensive. This is a Dark Romance and will not be everyone’s cup of tea.
Book 1 of 3 in the Godless Heathens series.
Release date: 6/21
I was fortunate enough to be able to ARC read this, because holy cow it was good. Saint is a beautiful psychopath who has his sights set on Willow and he will push her further and further until he gets what he wants from her. He wants to collar her so she can be his pet, he wants submission in return for protection from the terrible reform school that her dad shipped her off too and the people in it. PLEASE READ THE TRIGGER WARNINGS! The list is extensive. This is a Dark Romance and will not be everyone’s cup of tea.
June 25, 2023
Holy moly 🫠
This book was hands down my fav book by Jordan 🖤
The way the characters were written was absolutely beautiful. I also found a few more things I didn’t think I would be attracted to but she changed my mind real freaking quick 😂
This story was a mix of “what the fuck” and “aweee I shouldn’t think this is cute but I do “😂
Saint has made his way to my top 5 book boyfriend list.
That man is unhinged and perfect 🖤
Definitely check the TW/CW 🖤
This book was hands down my fav book by Jordan 🖤
The way the characters were written was absolutely beautiful. I also found a few more things I didn’t think I would be attracted to but she changed my mind real freaking quick 😂
This story was a mix of “what the fuck” and “aweee I shouldn’t think this is cute but I do “😂
Saint has made his way to my top 5 book boyfriend list.
That man is unhinged and perfect 🖤
Definitely check the TW/CW 🖤
August 23, 2023
It's quite short, but that's okay. But oh man, I really wish Saint hadn't f**ked Isla to punish Willow ☹️ and right in front of her too. Major turn off for a reader.
August 4, 2023
Not for me. I need the MMC to be all about the FMC and I got to 50% were he's all about her been MINE but then rapes a girl infront of the FMC. I'm all about a bit of dark but this just ruined the whole thing for me
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 5, 2023
This book started off good and then kinda went down hill, after reading the triggers on the authors website I thought oh my! I'm in for a treat of the kink variety butttttt I did not get said kink treats, the mummification kink, knife play, blood play etc I felt were all very diluted, like they were barely anything!!
I liked Saint in the first few chapters he intrigued me so damn much, his thought process when it came to Willow was something else, but then he lost me and became a little irritating. Willow was just Willow I neither liked or disliked her if I'm honest, I wanted to see some major push back every time Saint pushed her but she didn't. Something Saint said really rubbed me the wrong way 'she's a pet, not a person, and pets are supposed to listen and do what they're told, not ask ridiculous questions' that really grinds me gears lol.
I liked Saint in the first few chapters he intrigued me so damn much, his thought process when it came to Willow was something else, but then he lost me and became a little irritating. Willow was just Willow I neither liked or disliked her if I'm honest, I wanted to see some major push back every time Saint pushed her but she didn't. Something Saint said really rubbed me the wrong way 'she's a pet, not a person, and pets are supposed to listen and do what they're told, not ask ridiculous questions' that really grinds me gears lol.
June 28, 2023
This was wonderful! Amazing, such a breath of fresh air. I loved the writing, the world-building, the gothic tone, the pacing, the characters, the chemistry... all homeruns.
The dark humor was really something special, though. To illustrate, one of my favorite moments was when there was a bunch of drama in the cafeteria and someone was bleeding profusely, and in all of the hullabaloo where the injured character was being treated by paramedics, Saint took note of the kid with Renfield's syndrome quietly lapping up the blood on the floor in the background. Genius.
It would have been tens across the board, but something about the resolution at the end was kind of disappointing. I hate to have any criticism at all, because I don't want to take away from everything about it that was so good, but it felt kind of integral.
SPOILERS from here on:
It could easily be totally satisfactory for anyone else, though, so don't take my word for it!
The dark humor was really something special, though. To illustrate, one of my favorite moments was when there was a bunch of drama in the cafeteria and someone was bleeding profusely, and in all of the hullabaloo where the injured character was being treated by paramedics, Saint took note of the kid with Renfield's syndrome quietly lapping up the blood on the floor in the background. Genius.
It would have been tens across the board, but something about the resolution at the end was kind of disappointing. I hate to have any criticism at all, because I don't want to take away from everything about it that was so good, but it felt kind of integral.
SPOILERS from here on:
It could easily be totally satisfactory for anyone else, though, so don't take my word for it!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 29, 2023
WELL. “Bloody Savage God” was my introduction to the world of Jordan Grant and I will just say, I have bought a first class seat on the airplane to Chryseum Reformatory Academy with no return flight.
Y’all, I felt like a real southern belle with my fan fanning away from start to finish. This book is so dark and dirty, I straight up needed a shower once I finished the last page… I also needs to do some laundry 🤣 IYKYK.
We meet out MMC, Saint Laurier, first and he is the literal definition of a psychopath — no really, he has the diagnosis to back up the behavior — and I’m here for it. Grant does a heck of a job using his character to really set the stage for where the rest of the story takes place — Chryseum Reformatory Academy. It’s essentially a crazy house and is full is secrets and plastic tables and has a clear definition of who is in charge, and that’s the Lords Saint, Killian, and Gabriel. Our FMC, Willow Cadelle, the newest obsession of Saint’s eye, comes strolling in from South Carolina and to put it lightly, she is more than a little confused as to why she’s at the academy and why this dark hair, blue eyed monster is chasing her around…. light stalking is probably a better way to put it. Willow at first is not my favorite FMC but once she gets on board at “Accept I have some issues” station I like her more and more. Their angst though is top tier and does take about 50-60ish% to get the spice rolling but when it does, boy and boy, they ignite like an inferno!
All in all, the story just shoots off like a rocket and does not stop until the end. Grant’s writing is so good, so descriptive, so well done, I am literally itching to get my hands on Book 2. The character development is ALSO amazing giving us lots of mystery as to why the characters are the way they are versus smacking us on the head. I liked that I was kinda guessing throughout about what may have happened in their past. This world of a messed up reformatory school where “difficult” kids are sent to essentially rot is a tale as old as time but THIS UNIVERSE is something entirely different and intriguing and deeply disturbed but handled so well that it felt like, personally, I was experiencing this trope for the first time. I’ll be back for more and more and more.
Saint may not be a saint, but he’s a new book boyfriend that I’ll store in my “Unhinged” box and never ever let out!
In conclusion, all I have to say is: the doctors office scene. *chefs kiss* 💋
Rating: 5/5⭐️
Spice: 2.5/5🌶️🥵
Tropes:
☠️ Dark academia
🦮 Gothic romance
☠️ Bully-to-lovers
🦮 Obsessive MC
☠️ Virgin FMC
🦮 Collar kink
☠️ Mental health rep
Triggers:
💥 Mentions/actions of unaliving
💥 Mentions of rape
💥 Mentions/ideation of suicide
💥 Assault
💥 Blood play
💥 Infidelity (MCs weren’t officially together)
💥 Stalking
💥 Patient mistreatment
💥 Forced drug use
Y’all, I felt like a real southern belle with my fan fanning away from start to finish. This book is so dark and dirty, I straight up needed a shower once I finished the last page… I also needs to do some laundry 🤣 IYKYK.
We meet out MMC, Saint Laurier, first and he is the literal definition of a psychopath — no really, he has the diagnosis to back up the behavior — and I’m here for it. Grant does a heck of a job using his character to really set the stage for where the rest of the story takes place — Chryseum Reformatory Academy. It’s essentially a crazy house and is full is secrets and plastic tables and has a clear definition of who is in charge, and that’s the Lords Saint, Killian, and Gabriel. Our FMC, Willow Cadelle, the newest obsession of Saint’s eye, comes strolling in from South Carolina and to put it lightly, she is more than a little confused as to why she’s at the academy and why this dark hair, blue eyed monster is chasing her around…. light stalking is probably a better way to put it. Willow at first is not my favorite FMC but once she gets on board at “Accept I have some issues” station I like her more and more. Their angst though is top tier and does take about 50-60ish% to get the spice rolling but when it does, boy and boy, they ignite like an inferno!
All in all, the story just shoots off like a rocket and does not stop until the end. Grant’s writing is so good, so descriptive, so well done, I am literally itching to get my hands on Book 2. The character development is ALSO amazing giving us lots of mystery as to why the characters are the way they are versus smacking us on the head. I liked that I was kinda guessing throughout about what may have happened in their past. This world of a messed up reformatory school where “difficult” kids are sent to essentially rot is a tale as old as time but THIS UNIVERSE is something entirely different and intriguing and deeply disturbed but handled so well that it felt like, personally, I was experiencing this trope for the first time. I’ll be back for more and more and more.
Saint may not be a saint, but he’s a new book boyfriend that I’ll store in my “Unhinged” box and never ever let out!
In conclusion, all I have to say is: the doctors office scene. *chefs kiss* 💋
Rating: 5/5⭐️
Spice: 2.5/5🌶️🥵
Tropes:
☠️ Dark academia
🦮 Gothic romance
☠️ Bully-to-lovers
🦮 Obsessive MC
☠️ Virgin FMC
🦮 Collar kink
☠️ Mental health rep
Triggers:
💥 Mentions/actions of unaliving
💥 Mentions of rape
💥 Mentions/ideation of suicide
💥 Assault
💥 Blood play
💥 Infidelity (MCs weren’t officially together)
💥 Stalking
💥 Patient mistreatment
💥 Forced drug use
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