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There Is No Devil by Sophie Lark

17 reviews

mnap's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I liked this book more than the first one, however I still don’t think this duet is worth all the hype it gets. Like, sure, the mmc is extremely morally gray and quite literally kills someone for the fmc. But it still doesn’t hit like Haunting Adeline does. There’s some aspects that remind me of it, like Mara tuning into Cole’s “dark side”, but other than that there’s not much else. I do like their scenes, and seeing the relationship and character development from book one to book two was nice because it was very clear with the developments. Cole started feeling some stronger emotions towards Mara, whether that be because he had an obsession with her or because he genuinely felt that way with her we don’t know, but I still like how it was pretty clearly stated. Mara’s growth was VERY clear, as she was less timid and scared by things and started to take on the more morally gray concept as well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Murder

allymurphy's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Very enjoyable, almost seems like both books could’ve been one with each being a different part. Finished both in one sitting each

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Grief, Abandonment, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Self harm, and Sexual content

isabelleroyall's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Gore, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Sexism, Gaslighting, Drug use, Addiction, and Alcohol

mae_123's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Murder, Violence, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Stalking

amanda_reads13's review against another edition

dark 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Car accident, Grief, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Gaslighting, and Mental illness

boomwormbrittany's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny 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

There Is No Devil is the second book in the Sinners Duet duology by Sophie Lark. The first book follows Mara who ends up int he middle of a feud between rival artist and serial killers, Cole and Alistair. When Cole becomes obsessed with her, her life ends up in greater jeopardy than she could ever know. 
Sophie Lark has quickly become one of my favorite authors and an auto-buy author within the last two years. I wasn't sure how I would feel about a serial killer romance as I haven't dived into really dark romance before but I really loved this book. 
First off, I love Sophie Lark's writing style. Her writing is very easy to get into and it helps the books fly by as you are reading. It's clear that she knows her characters and knows how their voices sound. This is told in a dual POV and the characters were very distinct from each other. I could tell who was speaking at what time and I really loved how distinct the characters were. 
I thought Cole and Mara's relationship was so interesting. Cole is madly in love with her and madly obsessed with Mara. Yet he doesn't take away her free will or her choice. Whatever she choses to do, he is supportive of her. He sees so much potential in Mara as an artist and really respects her as an artist. I loved seeing their relationship grow together. I also loved seeing how Mara grows as a character in this as well. She really learns to stand up for herself and take no shit in this book and I loved that.
I was on the edge of my seat during most of this book. I wanted to know how this book was going to wrap up because I was invested. I was so nervous at the end of this book and I think Sophie Lark did a great job of wrapping this duology up. 
Overall, I really enjoyed this book. If you haven't read dark  romance before, I would say try this duology out. It eases you in without it being overly graphic. I would recommend it if you are a newer dark romance reader like I am. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Murder, and Child abuse

ktkeps's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, Death, Murder, Child abuse, and Blood

annabelle's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense

3.5

I enjoyed this conclusion to Mara and Cole’s story. Definitely liked the first one more, but this was still good. I really loved Mara and Cole’s relationship and seeing them grow together!! They had  many very cute moments together. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Death, Sexual content, and Violence

golden_like_dior's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Abortion, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Murder, Pregnancy, Grief, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Sexual content, Violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Gore, Self harm, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Blood, Bullying, and Cursing

shaipanda's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

Ok absolutely binged this duology and definitely preferred the first one - this one gets wayyyy darker which was a lot at times and just overall this was a lot but still definitely really liked this series despite it being super tucked up lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Alcohol, Torture, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Blood, Emotional abuse, Death, Violence, Murder, Mental illness, Death of parent, Classism, Physical abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Pedophilia

Minor: Body shaming and Abortion