A review by rochelle_reads
There Are No Saints by Sophie Lark

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.5

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Dark. Addictive. Toxic.

The story follows Mara and Cole: she’s a broke aspiring artist with childhood trauma and zero fucks to give, he’s a wealthy artist with a talent for filleting people alive for shits and giggles and gives even less fucks because he feels nothing. Until he meets her. Cue a sickeningly dark romance that’s as toxic as mercury. 

Now, I don’t do this often, but I finished this in one go. I was completely and unashamedly sucked in by these characters. His obsession with her, her ability to bounce back (and let’s be real she experiences some really traumatic stuff in the first 3 chapters alone..) and watching their twisted relationship grow was exactly the enemies to lovers I needed. The only thing that stopped this from being 5 stars was her final “therapy” session. I got the concept and it made sense - the “execution” style if you will just wasn’t for me. 

And we can’t not talk about that soundtrack. How have I never read a book with a playlist before?! Absolutely genius and, in my opinion, changed the entire reading experience. The songs were so perfectly matched and at one point I read the lyrics at the exact point they played through the headphones and I honestly don’t think the stars will align for me like that again. 

Overall, this was fairly dark and the TW should definitely be addressed before you read this. But I bloody loved it and I’m ready to find out what happens to these two psychopaths in book 2!
Rating : 🔪🔪🔪🔪.5
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