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There Is No Devil by Sophie Lark

18 reviews

annabelle's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense

3.5

I enjoyed this conclusion to Mara and Cole’s story. Definitely liked the first one more, but this was still good. I really loved Mara and Cole’s relationship and seeing them grow together!! They had  many very cute moments together. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

golden_like_dior's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

shaipanda's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Ok absolutely binged this duology and definitely preferred the first one - this one gets wayyyy darker which was a lot at times and just overall this was a lot but still definitely really liked this series despite it being super tucked up lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Pedophilia

Minor: Body shaming and Abortion

ariana_m's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

4.75 stars. It's 3am and I just finished reading this. I loved this from start to finish. I loved learning about Cole and Mara's past. I liked Cole's development if you can even call it that lol I liked seeing Mara become more confident in herself. The last few chapters had me on edge especially with Shaw. The only thing I guess I could say is I guess I still wanted Cole to be as aggressive as he was in the first book but it was still good. Overall I loved this and I think I finally understand the "Sophie Lark has drugs in her books"posts that I've seen on tiktok lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism

uvsrdg's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Body shaming, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

lizslazylibrary's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

first of all this book had NO RIGHT to be that good. that’s it. it was amazing!! my brain is mushy and i can’t form a cohearent thought because all i’m thinking about is cole blackwell. i hate men but DAMN that man is IT! woooooooooooooo weeeeeeeeeee yessssssssssss 

sophie lark did it yet again when she wrote There Is No Devil. i want to write a well thought out review but that’s just not me. i want to scream and rant and rave about the books i read and that’s what i’m doing! the things i would let cole blackwell do to me... 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, and Gaslighting

anaya_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book had more of a thriller vibe to it and I loved it. Mara is crazy and Cole is a literal psychopath but they are made for each other. Kinda love that they’re obsessed with each other. Once again, check trigger warnings

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

sam019's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

Good sequel and loved the ending! Super good story but there was just something about it that I felt was missing but I don't even know what so I'm just rating it 4 stars. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting