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Hapi Kindle Edition

3.8 out of 5 stars 166 ratings

Jayden Sanders is a dead man.

Jayden is trying to reach Cairns when his car dies on the highway and leaves him stranded in a caravan park in Innisfail. As the rain comes down and the crocodile-infested river rises, Jayden becomes fascinated by the strange man who lives across the river—Hapi. What Jayden doesn’t know is that Hapi has already marked him for his own.

Hapi and his brothers, the sons of Horus, prepare the souls of the dead for their father, and each claim protection over a part of the body. When Hapi pulls Jayden from the flooded river, he claims Jayden’s lungs, and his breath, as his due. But what happens when he decides he wants more than that? Jayden refuses to believe it when Hapi tells him he’s dead, but his only hope of getting out of Innisfail alive is by playing along with Hapi’s delusions. And with Horus due to arrive any day, time is running out for Jayden.

Or maybe it already has.

Welcome to the dark world of Malicious Gods: Egypt. A collection of mm standalone modern tales, both magical and non-magical, featuring deities from Ancient Egypt. You’ll find reincarnated Gods, assassins, gangs, madness, and different realities. Expect high heat and morally ambiguous themes. Seductive and often twisted, they are not for the fainthearted.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B094YY7Q4S
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 4, 2021
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1.6 MB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 164 pages
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Part of series ‏ : ‎ Malicious Gods: Egypt
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.8 out of 5 stars 166 ratings

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Lisa Henry
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Lisa likes to tell stories, mostly with hot guys and happily ever afters.

Lisa lives in tropical North Queensland, Australia. She doesn't know why, because she hates the heat, but she suspects she's too lazy to move. She spends half her time slaving away as a government minion, and the other half plotting her escape.

She attended university at sixteen, not because she was a child prodigy or anything, but because of a mix-up between international school systems early in life. She studied History and English, neither of them very thoroughly.

She shares her house with too many cats, a dog, a green tree frog that swims in the toilet, and as many possums as can break in every night. This is not how she imagined life as a grown-up.

Lisa has been published since 2012, and was a LAMBDA finalist for her quirky, awkward coming-of-age romance Adulting 101, and a Rainbow Awards finalist for 2019’s Anhaga.

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Customers find the book's pacing positive, describing it as dark storytelling with mysterious elements. However, the story quality receives mixed reactions. Moreover, the romance aspect receives negative feedback, with one customer noting it's not suitable for those faint of heart.

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4 customers mention "Pacing"4 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the pacing of the book, appreciating its dark storytelling and mysterious elements, with one customer describing it as a deftly crafted psychological horror/dark romance.

"Lisa Henry, writing here as Cari Waites, writes a good story. A good dark story...." Read more

"...It's a mix of intriguing elements that I loved, and that's another reason why I couldn't stop reading, but I'm not sure they worked for me in this..." Read more

"...but it utterly absorbed me. A mixture of horror with dark, twisted love story, Hapi explores the edges of reality." Read more

"Deftly cratfted psychological horror/dark romance..." Read more

6 customers mention "Story quality"3 positive3 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the story quality of the book.

"Lisa Henry, writing here as Cari Waites, writes a good story. A good dark story...." Read more

"...6. Nothing exciting really happens in the book the main character just goes from sitting around and doing nothing in one place to sitting around and..." Read more

"...This book does have some great writing, mostly around Jayden and his backstory, and there's a part near the end that is genius, and touched me on a..." Read more

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3 customers mention "Romance"0 positive3 negative

Customers find the romance aspect of the book underwhelming.

"...This is not the book for those faint of heart - read the trigger warnings! - but it utterly absorbed me...." Read more

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  • Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2021
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    Lisa Henry, writing here as Cari Waites, writes a good story. A good dark story. The atmosphere of Hapi was perfection: An potential Egyptian deity of flooding and water, and breath. Set in Nth Qld during ongoing rain, you feel the moisture on you, the wet, and the kind you just can't get rid of quickly. Everything is damp. I swear I've been there and had a shower, dried off and then I was wringing wet again. I relived that experience as I read.

    The Johnstone River in Innisfail is a backdrop, a rundown caravan park, mud, crocs, and then there's warnings of the dangerous Horus boys. And lost souls - whether literally or figuratively - reside here, as does fear, violence, some moments of off-kilter tenderness, and massive vulnerability. This book oozes the most visceral of reading experiences. The whole book is open to interpretation, the ending included.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2021
    Format: Kindle
    Definitely pay attention to the blurb. This book is not for the faint hearted. I had a hard time with this book. I'm not going to lie. I love everything about Egyptian and Greek gods and all the stuff that goes with it, and even knowing everywhere, in almost every story that Horus is an a**, this still was a little much. And it's odd for me because I like dark stories and such as well but something was off for me with this book. And I'm kind of sad about that. 

    I just wish I knew what to really say to be honest. I've read so many stories that deal with rape and torture, non-con, slavery, etc. But something about this non-con just got to me. Maybe it's something about Jayden that hit me. Jayden just wanted a family. In all his life, with all that he had been through, all he wanted was a family. And at every turn, he's been robbed of it. And the one time he thinks he might find closure as far as family, it's taken away from him again from gods who could care less about what humans could think. If they pick you, you're out. 

    The only redemption for me for this story was that Hapi finally did the right thing. But it still came at a cost. I forget what it's called….that survivor's thing after you've been kidnapped. And part of me wonders if that is what Jayden is really feeling. Because in the end, Hapi saved him. But Hapi still more or less treated him like crap so it's kind of a weird situation.

    I don't know. I know not everyone likes what I do or dislikes what I do, so I'm just saying give it a read and see what you think for yourself. See if it's good for you. I hope it is.
  • Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2021
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    I love reading Stockholm syndrome type stories, but this one didn't impress me. I'll admit the previous book I'd read from the series was a tough act to follow, at least for me, but this could have been more interesting.

    The couple, and the premise were pretty good, and they were the reason I finished this, but I didn't get what I was looking for.
    It's a mix of intriguing elements that I loved, and that's another reason why I couldn't stop reading, but I'm not sure they worked for me in this configuration.

    I almost DNF this a few times because it was honestly a little frustrating and I could tell it wasn't going to be the book I expected. I kept going because it kept getting me invested somehow, mostly because of Jayden.

    Jayden is a heartbreakingly loveable character, and the reason I managed to enjoy this. I desperately wanted him to get his HEA. Hapi was one dimensional, but hot. Literally, that's the only thing we know about him. He's hot. I didn't mind it, and the sex and the breath play were super hot too, but I needed more than that.

    This book does have some great writing, mostly around Jayden and his backstory, and there's a part near the end that is genius, and touched me on a personal level. It's just that the rest of this doesn't measure up. The second part of the book is better than the first one. It started strong but then got boring, and then it picked up, but I was rarely truly immersed in the story. I don't know how to describe it, but one example is, there's a bait-and-switch type twist in the middle, and even though I was a little surprised as it was set up, when it was revealed, I just rolled my eyes because of course this happened, should have seen it coming. And even the couple's chemistry ebbed and flowed throughout.

    And of course, my biggest problem - THE CAT. Sure- Egypt, cat, symbolism, but my God most of this book's mystery depended on a cat crossing a river. Yes, cats and rivers generally don't mix, but I'm sure stranger things have happened in human history. I don't know, maybe it was supposed to be a reflection of Jayden's deteriorating mental state that he just starts doubting himself, and almost buys into the delusion, but I don't think it was. The ending was the only part where the ambiguity worked but at that point I was so sick of the damn cat dillema I just decided it probably stowed away. Maybe it likes traveling, and it has a tiny cat suitcase full of catnip and cat toys and these two are together anyway so who cares. I don't know, I think this book was meant to be very ambiguous and mysterious, but I could see it trying hard to be ambiguous and mysterious, and that's why it didn't work for me as much as I hoped.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2021
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    Well-done story about a young drifter looking for roots and getting ensnared in either the Egyptian purgatory or a band of violent, delusional brothers. Could go either way, really (or both).

    Lisa Henry has quite the massive range of genres she crosses when writing romance and romance-adjacent stories. Always enjoyable reads in my experience. I hope she teams up with Cari Waites again if this is the sort of quality work and ideas that are produced. Lovely work, y'all.
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  • Sue
    5.0 out of 5 stars Very atmospheric mm romance
    Reviewed in Canada on July 26, 2021
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    I just finished this book and honestly can’t tell if I liked it or not. I think that I need to let it sink in. I will say that it it very well written though which is why I gave it five stars. This is a very dark and atmospheric mm romance story in the Malicious Gods series all based on the gods and tales of ancient Egypt. I think that the problem I have with this story is that things are left very open ended for you to draw your own conclusions at the end and I guess I like more concrete stories. I will definitely be thinking about it for a while and I guess that shows how good it was.
  • ❤2Read
    4.0 out of 5 stars Really good
    Reviewed in Canada on July 9, 2021
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    I liked this book more than I expected to. It was dark, but I just couldn't stop reading. Read it in one sitting in fact! The descriptive writing is awesome... It felt as though I could hear the rain and feel Jayden's fear. So, is Hapi a god or not? Hmmm... would love to read more about them, but the author says it's a standalone. In any case, I really enjoyed it! On to the next one...
  • Kindle Customer
    3.0 out of 5 stars Werid and a little dark
    Reviewed in Canada on September 25, 2021
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    What a weird book, but for whatever reason I couldn't put it down. I thought I'd get more answers by the end but at least the author kept be wondering the whole book. While it was definitely a little dark, I expected a little more.

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