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Good first Dark Romance, but it has to be your cup of tea
Because some friends oon Booktok were reading this book, I decided to give it a chance because of the fact it is a dark romance book about a serial killer and a girl who inevitably fall in love. I am normally ot a romance girlie, but I am interested in dark romance and I love true crime, everything about serial killers and the psychological factor in these cases. So I was very much excited to read dark romance about a serial killer, even thoug hin real life, I could never comprehend something like this.
There are no saints is no a very long book, it's just under 300 pages but for me it was still a slowburn. Sophie lark really builds up towards the part where the smut actually happens and in this book, it is all about desire, psychology and how the brain works and reacts to certain things.
i just have to start off and say that the art in this book is amazing. It breaks up the sotry a little, makes eveything more visual and is done perfectly in style with the book. The cover might be slightly confusing, but Sophie knows what she is doing and revelas exactly why this cover was chosen. Evrything is perfectly in line, exactly like the way artists would do it and I can do noting other than admire that.
I loved the way the book was written. It's written from two perspectives, the one from Mara and the one from Cole, which keeps the books very interesting. A third person, his perspective not shown, is also a part of the story. He is also a serial killer, but in a different way than Cole. The two perspectives give a good idea of who Cole and Mara are and how they differ from eachother but are also very much alike. Cole feels nothing, or at least, not when he's not around Mara, but I'm betting he learned how to control his emotions so well that he doesn't even know how to show them anymore. he calls it control, I call it the loss of control. Mara is very damaged but acts like nothing is going on. They both see right through to eachother and match eachother pefectly. He is rich, she is poor. He is emotionless, she is filled by it. He is cold and very calculated, she is driven by impulse.
Mara dares to defy Cole, something almost no one really dares to do because of what he is capable off. I love that about her character. She is always on edge, but also very strong and goes against every urge to flee. Her psychology resembles a lot of mine, but not this part, because I tend to flee from everything so I just grew to love her character. She really has something I admire a lot. She is also very petite. Nowadays you either read about "normal"girls with big front and butt, or about bigger girls in general. This is the first time I have read about a really petite girl, more like myself, and I will admit it was nice to identify myself with someone for once.
Cole is someone I would be very intrigued by, but also someone who would scare me a lot. I would call him the definition of a psychopath, except for the part where he gets so obsessed with Mara, which falls completely out of line with his character.
The story overall was great. There is a lot of tension, a slowburn when it comes down to the actual sex scenes and for me, it was perfect. I love slowburns where everything that leads up the "the act" is much more important than the act itself. I loved every bit of the story but it has to be your thing. Not everyone will appreciate a book about a serial killer getting away wit heverything and a girl that falls in love with him, despite knowing or suspecting his nature. And that's, where for me, lies the fun in writing and reading. You pick what you like, you have the freedom to write what you like and it means that there is some book for every person out there. I would love to meet Sophie and ask her where she got the idea for this book.
There are no saints got 4,5 stars!
~ Live Your Life Reading
There are no saints is no a very long book, it's just under 300 pages but for me it was still a slowburn. Sophie lark really builds up towards the part where the smut actually happens and in this book, it is all about desire, psychology and how the brain works and reacts to certain things.
i just have to start off and say that the art in this book is amazing. It breaks up the sotry a little, makes eveything more visual and is done perfectly in style with the book. The cover might be slightly confusing, but Sophie knows what she is doing and revelas exactly why this cover was chosen. Evrything is perfectly in line, exactly like the way artists would do it and I can do noting other than admire that.
I loved the way the book was written. It's written from two perspectives, the one from Mara and the one from Cole, which keeps the books very interesting. A third person, his perspective not shown, is also a part of the story. He is also a serial killer, but in a different way than Cole. The two perspectives give a good idea of who Cole and Mara are and how they differ from eachother but are also very much alike. Cole feels nothing, or at least, not when he's not around Mara, but I'm betting he learned how to control his emotions so well that he doesn't even know how to show them anymore. he calls it control, I call it the loss of control. Mara is very damaged but acts like nothing is going on. They both see right through to eachother and match eachother pefectly. He is rich, she is poor. He is emotionless, she is filled by it. He is cold and very calculated, she is driven by impulse.
Mara dares to defy Cole, something almost no one really dares to do because of what he is capable off. I love that about her character. She is always on edge, but also very strong and goes against every urge to flee. Her psychology resembles a lot of mine, but not this part, because I tend to flee from everything so I just grew to love her character. She really has something I admire a lot. She is also very petite. Nowadays you either read about "normal"girls with big front and butt, or about bigger girls in general. This is the first time I have read about a really petite girl, more like myself, and I will admit it was nice to identify myself with someone for once.
Cole is someone I would be very intrigued by, but also someone who would scare me a lot. I would call him the definition of a psychopath, except for the part where he gets so obsessed with Mara, which falls completely out of line with his character.
The story overall was great. There is a lot of tension, a slowburn when it comes down to the actual sex scenes and for me, it was perfect. I love slowburns where everything that leads up the "the act" is much more important than the act itself. I loved every bit of the story but it has to be your thing. Not everyone will appreciate a book about a serial killer getting away wit heverything and a girl that falls in love with him, despite knowing or suspecting his nature. And that's, where for me, lies the fun in writing and reading. You pick what you like, you have the freedom to write what you like and it means that there is some book for every person out there. I would love to meet Sophie and ask her where she got the idea for this book.
There are no saints got 4,5 stars!
~ Live Your Life Reading
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