Rina Kent Reading Order

How to Read Rina Kent: A Practical Guide

The Rina Kent reading order isn't officially documented by the author, which is why everyone on forums argues about it constantly. Her books exist across four main series plus standalone titles, and they overlap narratively in ways that make a single definitive order impossible. Here's what actually works based on how the storylines connect. Start with the Delphi Kings series. These five books are a prequel to the Crowe/Family of Sin universe, so reading them first gives you context for characters who show up later. The order is Blackheart, Vicious, Savage, Ruthless, and Godless. You can technically skip them and go straight into the main series, but you'll miss backstory that explains why certain characters act the way they do. After Delphi, move into the Monstar MC series in this order: Savage, Ruthless, Godless, Dangerous, Killer. These were published together and each book features a different member of the motorcycle club. They can mostly stand alone, but they're set in the same world as Delphi so reading Delphi first pays off.

Then comes the Crowe/Family of Sin series, which is her most popular work. Read them in this order: King of Greed, King of Sin, King of Pride, King of Wrath, The King Should Pay (standalone), King of Purity, King of Hell (standalone), King of Redemption, Queen of Darkness (standalone). These books reference events from the Delphi series heavily, so the prequel ordering matters more here than in any other part of her bibliography. The Gods of War series is technically separate but cross-references the Crowe universe. It goes: King of Hell, Queen of Darkness. These are shorter companion novels and can be read after the main Crowe series or inserted between King of Purity and King of Redemption if you want them woven in earlier. Beyond those four series there are standalone titles that don't fit any internal timeline. Beauty and Sinner are completely independent stories with no crossover characters. Read them whenever. Love You, Hate You is another standalone with no narrative connections to anything else in her catalog. One Wicked Night is a boxed set compilation, not a novel, so you can ignore it for reading purposes.

I ran into a specific problem when trying to place The King Should Pay and King of Hell. Both are marketed as standalone Crowe books but both reference events from the main series in ways that make placement ambiguous. The King Should Pay works best after King of Wrath because it resolves a loose plot thread from that book. King of Hell is trickier — it's set chronologically before King of Purity but was published after it. I placed mine between Wrath and Purity and it made more narrative sense than following publication order. If you prefer strict publication sequence, that works too, you just might notice a slight continuity jump. Another thing people get wrong is the assumption that all of Rina Kent's books share one continuous timeline. They don't. The Delphi Kings and the Monstar MC books occupy the same world and you'll see crossover characters, but the Crowe series is its own timeline with its own family tree. The only real connection between the two is shared universe geography and occasional cameos. Trying to force a single master chronology across everything leads to unnecessary confusion. The main downside to this approach is that the Crowe series is long and dense. Six main books plus three standalone-adjacent titles means roughly 2,400 to 3,000 pages if you read cover to cover. Some of the later books slow down considerably, particularly King of Purity and King of Redemption, which feel more like epilogues than full narratives. If you're tight on time, reading the core six Crowe books — Greed through Purity — gives you the essential story. The rest are optional bonus content.

For a visual reference, the Rina Kent reading order breakdown above covers the published sequence with narrative placement notes where they diverge. Pick whichever order lets you finish a book without stopping to check a wiki, because that's the only metric that actually matters.