A review by mara_bsg
There Is No Devil by Sophie Lark

dark emotional inspiring fast-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

 "𝓐𝓷𝓭 𝔀𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝓘 𝓼𝓪𝔀 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓜𝓪𝓻𝓪... 𝓘 𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱𝓽, 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓰𝓲𝓻𝓵 𝓲𝓼 𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓵𝓵𝔂 𝓯𝓾𝓬𝓴𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓰𝓸𝓸𝓭. 𝓘 𝓭𝓸𝓷'𝓽 𝔀𝓪𝓷𝓽 𝓽𝓸 𝓱𝓸𝓵𝓭 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓭𝓸𝔀𝓷, 𝓬𝓱𝓸𝓹 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓭𝓸𝔀𝓷, 𝓭𝓲𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓲𝓼𝓱 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓲𝓷 𝓪𝓷𝔂 𝔀𝓪𝔂. 𝓘 𝓪𝓵𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓭𝔂 𝓴𝓷𝓸𝔀 𝓘 𝓯𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓭 𝓼𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓼𝓹𝓮𝓬𝓲𝓪𝓵. 𝓝𝓸𝔀 𝓲𝓽'𝓼 𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝓮𝓵𝓼𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓼𝓮𝓮 𝓲𝓽."

The second book of this duet was more character-driven than plot-driven, but I still enjoyed it. A lot. I loved the character development of the MCs. How Cole is always there and cares for Mara, how he helps her overcome her trauma. He shows her that there's more than simply focusing on her flaws. He’s everything she wanted in her life, but did not think she deserves. On the other hand, Mara shows him that change is possible and that there's no shame in opening up to someone. 

Regarding the plot, the tension and the angst were still very much present. However, I did find the ending a bit rushed. I also liked how the books approached the different types of revenge. The one you don't necessarily need to seek, the one you need in order to move on, and the one you take just because you can. 

Overall I really enjoyed this duet. I’m always doubtful when it comes to series that are popular, but this one really deserves it, in my opinion.