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There Is No Devil by Sophie Lark

14 reviews

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

luvkillzall's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

loved this one even more, i flew through these books and i’m glad i stumbled on this series considering reading more of mrs sophie 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Death of parent, Pedophilia, Self harm, and Sexual content

booksandcoffeewithlexi's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Sexual content

Moderate: Torture and Death

Minor: Alcoholism

stacy_gets_lit's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, Rape, Child abuse, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Cannibalism

Minor: Alcoholism and Addiction

jen1804's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Yesss, I thought this was really good! I adored Mara and Cole’s obsession with each other and how it only grew. I loved Mara’s development into the darkness and the overall air of insanity within this book.
We get more backstory of her childhood trauma too which is harrowing to read, as well as more of Cole’s journey and how he became who he is now. Questions are answered and loose ends are tied up and it was all just very well done.
Both Mara and Cole are deeply fucked up but the dynamic of them now being fucked up together is honestly so powerful, I loved. The lust transforms during this read into love. And the intense (and literal) ‘touch the one I love and you fucking die’ trope is all over this book from both sides, it’s great, I love that their unhinged passion is reciprocated by each other and that they’re a force to be reckoned with.
And the soundtrack whilst reading provided by Lark just transforms the experience! 
Epilogue was kinda insane but it just shows how fucked they both are and Mara’s officially popped all the way off.
Satisfactory ending? Yes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Murder, Torture, Violence, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Blood

Moderate: Alcoholism and Drug use

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

ariana_m's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.75

4.75 stars. It's 3am and I just finished reading this. I loved this from start to finish. I loved learning about Cole and Mara's past. I liked Cole's development if you can even call it that lol I liked seeing Mara become more confident in herself. The last few chapters had me on edge especially with Shaw. The only thing I guess I could say is I guess I still wanted Cole to be as aggressive as he was in the first book but it was still good. Overall I loved this and I think I finally understand the "Sophie Lark has drugs in her books"posts that I've seen on tiktok lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism

lizslazylibrary's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

first of all this book had NO RIGHT to be that good. that’s it. it was amazing!! my brain is mushy and i can’t form a cohearent thought because all i’m thinking about is cole blackwell. i hate men but DAMN that man is IT! woooooooooooooo weeeeeeeeeee yessssssssssss 

sophie lark did it yet again when she wrote There Is No Devil. i want to write a well thought out review but that’s just not me. i want to scream and rant and rave about the books i read and that’s what i’m doing! the things i would let cole blackwell do to me... 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Torture, Body horror, Blood, Death, Gore, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Cursing, Gaslighting, Alcoholism, and Child abuse

lilithreads's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Drug use, Mental illness, Murder, Emotional abuse, Violence, Alcoholism, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting