Would you rather have a shitty life where your abused everyday while the one you love most is happy, or would you rather you live without that life without abuse while the one you love the most, is in a deep state of depression yearning for the love they once had. That was how "A cruel God reigns" opened with Jeremy choosing his mother's happiness over his, either choice, someone is going to end up dead physically or mentally.
Jeremy the main character chooses to protect his mother from spiralling into depression by assuring that her fiancee Greg doesn't break up her. Jeremy has to satisfy his new step fathers homosexual desires which takes a toll on him mentally more from the guilt of betray his mother behind her back then the actual homosexual relationship. The further this affair between Greg and Jeremy goes on, the more psychologically damage he comes which ultimately affects his relationships and how he interacts with others.

Jeremy as a character, was not a disappointment, he was trapped but never become a victim of Stockholm syndrome as many other shoujo magizines incorporate when writing about an abusive sadistic relationship. However, Jeremy's mother is probably the worst character in this entire serialisation. She is a wining selfish bitch, and I didn't even think I could hate her even more until *plot twist*. Despite Jeremy's mother and a few other easy to hate characters, the characters are well written.

The art is was a bit above standard for its time period until less effort went into it as the series went on. Probably because the author got lazy.

Overall its a great story that drags on too long, seriously, just read to chapter 55 as intended as it just drags on and becomes an actual yaoi.