Rule Breaker

I knew there was a good reason I skipped this book in the series. I strongly dislike the “it's okay for the MC to be a cruel bastard because he had a traumatic childhood” trope. Yes he has his “come to Jesus” moment and reforms spectacularly, in time for a saccharine-sweet epilogue, but his earlier behavior is hard to forget, much less forgive. YMMV if you are a fan of the author and can tolerate darker behavior than I can currently manage.