Reviews with content warning for Stalking - There Are No Saints

Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

There Are No Saints by Sophie Lark

133 reviews

kyliew212's review

Go to review page

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

Content Warnings

if_books_be_the_food_of_love's review against another edition

Go to review page

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!

Content Warnings

katcrowe69's review against another edition

Go to review page

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

Content Warnings

smcrain's review against another edition

Go to review page

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.

Content Warnings

urfavvdumbass_16's review

Go to review page

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

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

Content Warnings

hapalyn's review against another edition

Go to review page

dark tense slow-paced

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

3.75

The book would've been a lot more riveting if the conflict and main point of plot wasn't so simple and somewhat bland. It definitely feels a lot more like a character study of a serial killer and his muse (much like "You", but without the intellectual charm). I found aspects to be really enjoyable and then found myself like "WTF did I just read", but not in a great way? I think the backstory of the FMC was a lot to unwind, and I enjoyed seeing her overcome some of it, but in the sexual manner that she did made some of it feel incredibly icky to me sometimes. I wish there had been more explanation of the MMC's nature than we were given.

Content Warnings