Reviews tagging 'Violence'

There Is No Devil by Sophie Lark

40 reviews

liber_draconis's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

“𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶: 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘳𝘦, 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘺, 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘢, 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘱𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘱𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦. 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘦, 𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦, 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘦. 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦.“

Mara is flourishing, Cole is adapting, but Shaw is waiting. The shadows aren’t safe. There’s an invisible clock ticking and time is running out. Mara is starting to become comfortable with Cole’s life choices. Cole is showing her his darkness and his past.

The battle that is to come can only have one outcome Mara and Cole intend it to be them standing over Shaw. He intends to take Mara as his third victim to make Cole pay. With a detective snooping around every corner, they have to be cautious. 

The night of the show, the plan goes to hell. Mara is running for her life, Shaw is on her tail, and Cole is scrambling to save her. Will Shaw finish the job this time? Will Cole be able to reach her in time? Will Mara be able to survive the night? 

‼️THOUGHTS‼️

These two! I couldn’t get enough of them. I love a good Morally Grey, Murderous, Psychopath and Cole is a delicious one. And the love declaration from Mara. ♥️

“𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶!“ 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗋𝗂𝖾𝖽. “𝘐 𝘧𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶.“

LIKE THIS WAS EVERYTHING 😩🫠

I couldn’t put this down! I truly enjoyed this Duet and if you like dark romance, READ THIS! These were my first introduction to Sophie Lark and I’m hooked. I cannot wait to read more of her books!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Blood, Sexual content, and Violence

katie24bug's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

UMM okay… much better than the first book. I thought that the plot actually got pretty interesting here. I suppose it was just because the obsession was being embraced by both parties here. Very dark given Cole is a killer and everything, but I wasn’t so sure how everything was going to work out, yet sure enough, it did. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

ktkeps's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, Death, Murder, Child abuse, and Blood

stacy_gets_lit's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, Rape, Child abuse, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Cannibalism

Minor: Alcoholism and Addiction

erinmd156's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Sexual content, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal death and Pedophilia

Minor: Sexism

jen1804's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Yesss, I thought this was really good! I adored Mara and Cole’s obsession with each other and how it only grew. I loved Mara’s development into the darkness and the overall air of insanity within this book.
We get more backstory of her childhood trauma too which is harrowing to read, as well as more of Cole’s journey and how he became who he is now. Questions are answered and loose ends are tied up and it was all just very well done.
Both Mara and Cole are deeply fucked up but the dynamic of them now being fucked up together is honestly so powerful, I loved. The lust transforms during this read into love. And the intense (and literal) ‘touch the one I love and you fucking die’ trope is all over this book from both sides, it’s great, I love that their unhinged passion is reciprocated by each other and that they’re a force to be reckoned with.
And the soundtrack whilst reading provided by Lark just transforms the experience! 
Epilogue was kinda insane but it just shows how fucked they both are and Mara’s officially popped all the way off.
Satisfactory ending? Yes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Murder, Torture, Violence, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Blood

Moderate: Alcoholism and Drug use

dkgreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

That was definitely a satisfying conclusion to Cole and Mara’s story. Still really liked the serial killer angle.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence

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

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

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

Moderate: Pedophilia

Minor: Body shaming and Abortion