8/27/2023 0 Comments No saints sophie larkRedeeming a character who starts so evil was a challenge that inspired me to entirely new heights and entirely new depths. A serial killer is, of course, the ultimate anti-hero - the baddest of the bad boys. Cole is teaching Mara to get what she wants… what does he want in return? The Lark Notes : I have always been fascinated by true crime, as well as by villains and anti-heroes. Mara knows he’s dangerous, but Cole is the only person who’s ever recognized her talent. Cole becomes obsessed with Mara, breaking the rules that keep his true nature hidden. He starts stalking her, realizing there’s more to the struggling misfit than he ever would have guessed. When Mara escapes what appears to be certain death, Cole is intrigued. A chance encounter throws Mara into Cole’s path. Broke and damaged, she works three jobs while creating paintings no one will ever see. His only weakness is the dark impulse he carefully conceals… Mara Eldritch is a nobody. He’s the hottest sculptor in San Francisco, wealthy, successful, and respected. If you like your antiheroes not just morally gray, but completely fucking black? Welcome to your next addiction, friends.Cole Blackwell values control. I gobbled it up in one sitting and it left me absolutely crazed for my next fix. She’s a survivor and she also harbors her own brand of fucked up. But this is a girl that’s seen some shit and has certainly lived it. She may be the definition of a starving artist and very young. And Mara, well this girl caught me completely unaware. Cole and his narcissistic and sociopath tendencies. Any connection between the characters doesn’t come until much much later, and man, I loved that. It takes the time to build it up, to set the scene, to lay the foundation. And this book? Made me eat my words with some crow pie. Like I always found it to be too quick in the books of hers I’ve read. It’s interesting, my one missing piece with Sophie’s books has always been the quickness of the connection of the MCs. The more she rebels against me, the more I want to crush her.Īnd the more she clings to her convictions, the further I intend to drag her down dark and twisted pathways. So if that’s not your cuppa, and you want at least some redeeming qualities, this ain’t the book for you. There is nothing good or redeeming about this man. Cole Blackwell is a textbook sociopath and his moral compass is completely broken. Or they have them start out as one, but then change into something else. Because a lot of books will tell you that the character is one, but they don’t act like one. One thing I will tell you, is because of my obsession with psychology, I’m super picky on the whole sociopath descriptions. “Then have you ever tried being obedient?” “In my experience, when men say ‘cooperative,’ they mean ‘obedient.’ ” But some years have passed, and my limits, seems they’re mostly non existent when it comes to fictional bad guys. I remember feeling completely out of my comfort zone reading Take Me with You. Which is exactly what had me binge watching episodes of Dexter back in the day. But in the same breath, there’s just something about a fictional killer that’s entirely too fascinating. Like I’m not in the Ted Bundy or Richard Ramirez fan club. I also get grossed out by people who sexualize serial killers. I can binge watch true crime documentaries and podcasts and never grow tired of it. I love criminology and criminal psychology. Where did this book come from, Sophie Lark? Because we need to talk.Ī little fun fact about me, I’m fascinated by psychology. To shatter her into so many pieces that she could never put them together again. She has me wondering what it would take to break her. Reader be warned: this is a dark and steamy serial killer romance that will take you on a journey through the twisted mind of an artist on the brink of madness “There Are No Saints” is the first book in the Sinners Duet. Come on this darkly sensual and utterly brain-bending ride with me! - Sophie I have always been fascinated by true crime, as well as by villains and anti-heroes. But she has no idea she’s dancing with the devil… I don’t know if I should protect her at all costs… or destroy her before she ruins me. She makes me feel things I never thought I could feel. I’m fixated on her for a different reason… Shaw wants to use her as a pawn in his twisted game. Until the night we both laid eyes on Mara Eldritch. In truth, we’re predators battling for hunting ground. The city of San Francisco thinks we’re rival artists.
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