Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

There Are No Saints by Sophie Lark

138 reviews

elise4x's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Stalking, Gore, Sexual assault, Blood, Violence, Self harm, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, and Torture

readwithsophsx's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Self harm, Violence, Murder, Torture, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Stalking

jessanicolesingh's review against another edition

dark 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

5.0

Not only do I give both of these 5 ⭐️, but I can confidently say this is my FAVORITE duet/series to date! This author figured out the perfect balance of steam and plot, and had some downright funny scenes too.

 

Our MMC, a psychopath and sculptor, is involved in an ongoing rivalry with a fellow artist and serial killer, who “gifts him the FMC. What is mostly characterized as a dark romance of stalking and obsession, somehow manages a slow burn love simultaneously. It features a game of wits and survival, and also overcoming childhood trauma. The first book in the set has a faster paced plot, while the second covered more timeline overall. The accompanying music playlist suggestions were on point with this one,  I truly felt immersed in this story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Murder, and Stalking

Moderate: Child abuse, Self harm, and Kidnapping

spatterson7's review against another edition

dark 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

Moderate: Murder, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Cursing, Stalking, Blood, Body horror, Violence, and Physical abuse

Minor: Gaslighting, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Self harm

angelina_wlf's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Gore, Sexual content, Stalking, Mental illness, Murder, Emotional abuse, and Misogyny

Moderate: Death, Grief, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Cursing, and Child abuse

Minor: Death of parent and Alcoholism

kyliew212's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Child abuse, Sexual content, Murder, Stalking, and Body horror

Minor: Kidnapping

if_books_be_the_food_of_love's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-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

3.25

I didn’t know what to expect from this book, but I devoured it in 2 sittings. It’s relatively short, and the pace is fast. 

Mara is a struggling artist, and when she is kidnapped and left for dead she stumbles into the path of Cole, a fellow artist (minus the struggling part). Cole doesn’t want to like Mara - but the more he stalks her, the more intrigued he is by her survival instinct and smart mouth, her utter refusal to submit to him. 

Throw a serial killer into the mix and you have an enthralling dark romance. Can Cole protect Mara from the killer? Or is he himself her attacker?

There’s kind of a HEA - with lots of potential to explore in book 2; I’ll definitely read on with this duo. 

Read for May’s Spice up your Life book club pick! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Self harm, Kidnapping, Murder, and Stalking

Moderate: Rape

katcrowe69's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Death, Grief, Torture, Murder, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Kidnapping

smcrain's review

adventurous dark fast-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

4.25

This is a serial killer AU, and like most or almost all serial killer setups requires some suspension of disbelief. Reader must be ready to allow for some stretches like the police are incredibly incompetent, DNA and forensic science doesn't exist, people and bodies are easily unalived and disappeared with very little or no curiosity/questions or investigation. Okay that makes it sound terrible but I really love these kind of dark romances so I will allow it. I was invested enough to keep turning the page. Admittedly as an art school kid the characters all being artists gave me a huge laugh. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Murder, Stalking, and Death

Moderate: Kidnapping and Violence

Minor: Child abuse, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, and Misogyny

serial killer AU, toxic MMC, obsessive MMC, possessive MMC

urfavvdumbass_16's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

 " Evil men always want to justify what they do. "

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Stalking, Kidnapping, Torture, and Blood