Crave the Villain

Villain #3

by Rina Kent

From the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Rina Kent comes an angsty dark MM romance.

Cyrus & Eduard/Jethro's Book.


Crave the Villain is a dark male x male romance. While this book can be enjoyed as a standalone, it's recommended to read Kiss the Villain & Hunt the Villain first.

Genres: Dark Romance, M M Romance, Romance, Dark, LGBT, Gay, Enemies To Lovers

Unknown Binding

Expected publication March 17, 2027

About the author

Rina Kent is a New York Times, USA Today, and #1 bestselling author of all things dark romance.
Better known for writing unapologetic anti-heroes and villains, Rina weaves tales of characters you shouldn’t fall for but inevitably do. Her stories are laced with a touch of darkness, a splash of angst, and just the right amount of unhealthy intensity.
When she’s not busy plotting mayhem for her ever-expanding Rinaverse, she leads a private life in London, travels, and pampers her cats in true Cat Lady fashion.


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Reviews

[Rina Kent]

CRAVE THE VILLAIN IS A STANDALONE MM ROMANCE
➜ Pre-order ┃ Release Date: March 2027

Tropes:
TBA

[khadeja]

cant wait to see what woman rina kent has written to be slutshamed, degraded, and/or raped in this one!

[Youssra (semi ia- shelving books don't mind me)]

Against my better judgement, I actually have high hopes for this one 😶‍🌫️

[levi (pretty sad for a boy so in love) (BREAK)]

I have heard a lot of negative stuff about this series so a normal person here would probably not read it but since i have major FOMO I’ll read this series

[Kimberley x · Rating 5 out of 5]

Can we please just stop with the negativity and unnecessary hate towards Rina, and her upcoming MM stories.

She literally said "…I totally understand if MM isn't your thing. If that's the case, feel free to skip this series..." (from Rina's Newsletter, 2nd April).

If you’re not a fan of the tropes or themes, then move on and read SOMETHING ELSE!!

[Hannah · Rating 5 out of 5]

FOR THE HOMOPHOBIC HERE: FUCK YOU!


For lay: 🖕

[annie]

Yulian's bestfriend and Jethro (a hacker, introduced in KTV) are gonna be a couple 🤌🏻

I'm not sure about his bestie, but Jethro being a hacker and caught spying on serpents, well I'm interested 😭

[manas]

i think this is gonna be jethro’s book 🌚

[rou]

Instead of hating could we maybe start guessing ab who it is?????

My money is on Jethro cs for it to be a well maintained series it has to have atleasttt a small mention and since the only book currently out- ktv- we only got Vaughn and Yulian and well Jethro at the end so im pretty confident its gonna be about him and a serpent.

Everything we know about Jethro:

• hacker - i just know he’s gonna have stalker allegations and well im not opposed to it. Also:

**“The other day, I caught him spying on the Serpents’ mansion, and I don’t know what’s up with all that.”**

Definitely stalker allegations. Bro literally got arrested for breaching some Pentagon security?!?! Yh.

• Jethro is a NERD, geek idk - i love reading about a geek from a geek. Im 70% convinced (if it’s rlly abt him and a serpent) that his book will be my fav(i looove the fact that it comes out in TWO YEARS BYE) also with the way rina does things the mysterious serpent will be jealous of a computer… idk what’s with these men and being jealous about the littlest things but whatever. It will be something like “he’s not paying any attention to me and instead is typing away on his beloved computer (that thing for suuuure has a name bye) so i fucked him bend over said computer” typa sh. That is if my man Jethro bottoms.

• Physic -
**“Jethro is tall but lean and wears frameless glasses that sit low on his nose. As a typical nerd, he usually dresses in hoodies with anime characters or metal band logos, but Simone forced him into combat gear today. Something he hates more than getting his prim, soft hands dirty.”**

Bye i love him. The glasses? Yes. The anime and metal bands? YES. This just proved my absolute geek take

• hes diva. Gareth alone called him one and yeayes i love everything abt this.

• for some reason he really reminds me of a bran and Gareth mix???? Idk dont ask me why.


Overall im really excited for a hacker character that actually hacks, not just bit yk? Coding and all that sh. I just realllly hope she won’t give it the stereotypical lines hackers have and that she won’t fuck this tf up pls.

OMG and idk what made me think of the heathens initiation BUT I RLLLLY wish they kinda inter-connect there. We know Jethro was not there but he was cut off in the midst of it so there is a small chance. Mby he looked for kayden everywhere in the cams and instead found a lost serpent or sh- could even be connected wt Yulian or smth idk ok?!

Serpent:

• Sadly i have zero imagination skills so i have no clue nor idea what the serpent gon be like (obviously when he was only mentioned) but i just wish hes ruthless but quiet. Yk like hes gonna let Jethro ramble about his likes and dislikes?????? Peak dynamic bye. We need another Creigh.

• what we can kind of all guess is bros for sure very close to Yulian. Like how we have the Heathens we have the seathens idk just the serpents so yh. Also i think some of the Seathens will be in the hockey series idk.

That’s it from me, thanks for reading uff and if u have any headcannons or something u wish the book to have pls drop it!!!! I love other humans suggestions etc.


-EDIT: i think i js saw someone mention that the mentioned serpent IS in fact Yulians best friend?? If not then im sorry BUT if there is a chance that this is true then be sure to lmk to do ‘life predictions’ for myself where i predict wealth and sh. Thank you very much

Bye! ♡

-EDIT2: I’m a goddamn genius like i deserve an applaud for that! So with the first 50 pages being released by penguin i can officially say it is Yulians best friend called Cyrus!!

ALSO we don’t necessarily knoww if he’s ruthless but we for SURE know he’s super quiet so once again yes thank you im the best.

ALSO2 Cyrus probs will get a veryy sad backstory just by the pages alone, he looks fucked bro.. wdym he waited at the gate and looked like he was waiting for someone to come pick him up?!? Okay pack it up i can’t deal with the wait no longer. IM DONE WT THIS SERIES- the only thing it gave me was a patience problem and that i apparently am a sl’t for professor x student… which i vowed id never like

Anywho peace!

[Lily_Rou24 · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm so excited! First comment here💖

[❀]

okay after HTV i'm actually excited, so pls Rina don't ruin it by writing another psycho and rapist MMC




???????
the real girl boss of quantity instead of quality

[Felix · Rating 5 out of 5]

My parents might not have spoiled me but Rina Kent sure does

[Melissa]

Let’s fucking go

[Angelica · Rating 5 out of 5]

Here I am, already seated 2 years before

[isy]

CYRUSJETHRO COME HOME RN I DEMAND IT!!!!!!

[shy_bjourney · Rating 5 out of 5]

Please let it be a bad boy x good boy trope unlike ktv and htv 🙏🙏

[RuinedLux]

Some of y’all are weird asf for these comments. Just don’t read the book and move along if you don’t like mm. It’s that simple.

[dawn ౨ৎ [exam-hiatus]]

ʚ• ·˗ˋ୨🐍୧ˊ˗· •ɞ
𝒑𝒓𝒆-𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆:

STFUUUU the one star reviews for this book ARE RIDICULOUS! Considering this is book 3 and book 2 isn't even out yet, why are people already hating on it? Like I understand that everyone is allowed to be a hater... but what the fuck that's intense 😭

ps: personally I'M EXCITED hehe

[Amelia · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wonder what couple this will be. Remi maybe?

Edit: ITS CYRUS AND JETHRO. THIS IS GONNA BE GOOD!

[Dynaa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Could it be about Jayden and Jethro...
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[Katrina♡••]

Best news ever! From 2 mm books it's now 3. Thank you Rina!!! 🐍 💀

[Beau]

the amount of homophobic comments here even before realising the book is actually so disturbing 😶


and here I'm munching on pop corns watching all bijjes loose their shit in review section lol 😂😭😂

[KEVIN AUGUSTO]

People, who do you think will be Jethro's partner because I think he will be the owner of Crave The Villain.
Now who will be the other one?
I have some options, based on history, it has to be someone from the 2nd generation among everyone. I think the Serpent he was watching must be the one he is interested in.
Now here's my theory: I think it will be the son of Mia x Sebastian.
It could also be someone from the 2nd generation of Empire, but I don't think it will be because Empire is not Dark.
So what do you think, who will it be?

[Caine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just here to wish people a good day and the homophobes and haters a very Lego filled floor, wet sleeves and a lot of toes stubbed on tables.
Like why? Let Rina write what she wants. If you don't want to read mm, fine. No one cares. Read straight romance, but why hate on others for writing and enjoying such books?
To the actual book. I am very excited for this, though I haven't even finished Kiss the Villain yet, but I just know it'll be good. Excited to find out who it's about. But I'll wait to find out.
Positivity to the nice reviewers and of course to Rina Kent.
Have a nice day :)

[Absar]

I am pretty sure the characters are going to be




Eduard aka Jethro x Cyrus🤭
I have a feeling about this.


Jethro description has me hooked like my man hacked pentagon, went to jail for it, faked his own death and escaped 😂


Yes he is now my favorite 😁

[Vilia Wolf · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am so excited for this! I honestly don’t get the hate around her writing MM books. As an aspiring author myself, I love writing and reading MM books. My only request/want is that she writes a wlw book. I feel like we need more wlw in dark romance, and I think Rina would be really good at it.

[Toriఌ]

Coming out March 17 2027

[rami]

“No, seriously, Cy has changed lately. At the reception, I caught him sitting in a corner, wearing a manic expression, staring at a photo that had been ripped in half, then glued back together. In it, there was a younger version of him, maybe thirteen, with his arm thrown over the shoulder of a guy in frameless glasses. And lo and behold, it was the nerdy-looking guy Cy’s been stalking in the library. The guy looked almost the same, even though the picture is several years old. Cy, however, seemed completely different. For one, he was smiling, so wide that his eyes were half closed. In all the years I’ve known him, I’ve never, and I mean never, seen Cy smile that wide.”

I’m really curious to learn more about the origin of their relationship.

[Ida]

So this will be abaut Jethro and Cy and it looks like they know each other form past and Jethro abandoned Cy or somthing like that bc he start living with Dimtrov famely at age 13 and Jethro stayed with Davenport famely and Jethro it’s older sooo haw will they there relationship will go I have no idea and Cy waited for him in front porch for a long time he still dose after 7 years sometimes 🥹
And Jethro was stalking him in Kiss the Villan so will see this will be Frinds enemies to lovers I’m sure

[Elizabeth]

GUYS THIS COULD BE DAMIENS SON OR MAYBE DAUGHTER??? OR MAYBE EVEN MIKE!?!?008