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From the moment I spotted him on the side of the road, I knew he was trouble.

Now I'm kneeling at the mercy of a masked devil with my boyfriend's blood on my hands.

He tells me to call him Saint because he saved me... that I should be thankful he spared me a worse fate. I'm tempted to fight him or bargain.

But when Saint tells me to run, a twisted part of me wonders if he'll chase.

409 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 26, 2024

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Eva Simmons

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Eva Simmons writes dark contemporary and gothic fantasy romance. With over twenty published books, Eva is constantly crafting new worlds and falling for the anti-hero in all of them.

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212 reviews42 followers
March 15, 2025
[dnf @ 55%] women should be allowed to shoot at least 5 men every day.
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2,620 reviews10.9k followers
August 3, 2024
First I saw the cover ❤️ then the words dark stalker stood out, 💣 I’d seen this pop up on my feed a time or two on here and thought I’d give it a shot, and I’m so glad I took that plunge and purchased this..

Once started it took me down a path I wasn’t expecting, blood shed straight away, and from that point onwards I couldn’t put it down.

She was his weakness, obsessed to the point he’d even kill for her.

He knew all her secrets
All her dark desires
And he used them all against her to claim her.

She called him Saint, he was anything but..

Touch her and die (literally)
First it was a finger presented as a present
Next it was a tongue
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231 reviews14 followers
September 27, 2024
[dnf @ 55%]

this loser killed two men who tried to assault her only for him to end up being the one to rape her 😂

“I’m not ready. I’m not—"
“You are.” He positions the head of his cock at my ass, and the thought alone makes me want to black out so I don’t have to feel this. “And you’re going to reward me for all I’ve done.”
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368 reviews164 followers
March 10, 2025
I’ll start by saying that if you want normal reactions to highly f*cked-up situations you will not find that here. Move along, thank you for visiting. If you stayed, let me say this book had me in a chokehold !

I don’t know if I should be concerned that all the books I currently gravitate toward start with murder, but that’s a worry for another day.

This was one of those books where you must be patient to see the bigger picture. It was like a crime board full of red strings that slowly started to connect. When all the pieces came together it was glorious 🙌

The early chapters were quite predictable when it came to revealing who Saint was, but I think that was the author’s intention. You are lured into thinking you know more than you know, when in actual fact you know nothing at all.

When it came to the MMC, boundaries did not exist for this man. I’m talking video surveillance on the FMC, I’m talking constant contact. Even before he knew her, he knew her. He was highly possessive and she consumed his every waking moment. It was exciting to see how he would react to situations, as he never responded how the FMC thought he would or gave her the reaction she wanted.

The FMC was far from sane. The more time she spent around Saint, the more her dark desires started to bleed out. At points, she questioned his morally grey behaviour, but then quickly justified it. I’m not saying she was weak, more so that she tried to make herself think like a ‘normal’ person when she wasn’t a ‘normal’ person anymore.

I loved most of the characters even when I hated them. When it became evidence that Teal & Declan were being mentioned more to set up the next book in the series, I wasn’t mad about it. It was subtle and made me excited to read it. I want to hear more about the f*cked-up world of Greek Row. Not the manicured facade, but the underbelly full of secrets and lies.

I honestly did not expect that final plot twist and was genuinely shocked. In light of that revelation, I’m not going to think too hard about past events that occurred 😅

Onto my next book where I will probably also be romanticising red flag men ♥️
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599 reviews25 followers
July 19, 2024
Literally on my hands and knees for Saint right now.

Will scream from the roof tops “BUT DADDY I LOVE HIM”

The twists and turns of the story had me questioning everyone and anyone. I was pretty proud of myself for guessing things correctly as I read (that never happens 🤣)

Violet didn’t know what she needed until she met Saint, her savior. THE SPICE WAS SSSPPPICCCINNNGGG, you should see all my highlights. Im a whole ass slut for this man.

I never wanted this to end, it was so freaking good.
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112 reviews46 followers
December 18, 2025
This one just didn’t work for me. The characters felt VERY flat, there wasn’t much growth, and I struggled to stay invested. I probably should have DNFed.
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793 reviews17 followers
October 8, 2024
Rape, Rape and more Rape

Uhm, so this sucks.

He rapes her.

After claiming to save her.

But I guess the affluent white women, safe behind their white picket fences, built from the bones of the victims od westerns imperialism, don'r have enough conflicts in their life, they must pretend rape can be sexy.

Violet is not meant to be a person.

Of course she isn't.

People have neuroplastic tissue that responds to every type of rape.

But like I said, she's not real.

She's there for the Unseen and Unloved and utterly Unfucked to feel jealous of rape victims over.

He not only vaginally rapes and lacerates her, he anally rapes and lacerates her.

Green Pilled Patriarchial Parable of Toxicity.

For the Unfuckable to compete with Rape Victims over.

The way this toxic author celebrates saving the rapist, to rape another day.

Oh to have such a conflict-free life.

I imagine appropriating and grifting on others peoples trauma is rewarding, its the favourite art style of the affluent, "What I'd do if raped! Well, first off, was he a hot rapist? Was he a possessive rapist? These things are important, other people attacked me too and I need closure."

The way the affuent rush to save groomers and rapists, continuing the cycle of groomers and rapists.

Maybe the next rape tale will be the one thay satisfies you, you know, for rape victims.

This is literally the reason we Irish are dragging character references out of court, imagine giving your rapist a character reference as he fucking rapes you.
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292 reviews34 followers
March 17, 2025
DNF at 63%. The mmc is a psychopath who has absolutely no respect for the heroine or her wishes, insisting that he knows better than her what she needs.
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487 reviews1,794 followers
December 8, 2025
3.5⭐️


I was recommended that series by an angel named Ali and I am happy I listen to her because I LOVED it.
Saint is exactly the type of MMC I like it and he caught my attention from the very beginning. When I saw what a psycho he was I was like : YESSSSSS 😂😂😂😂
I am going to be honest, he made the book for me and I liked the story a lot and I am excited for Eternal but the one I really am excited is Atone ! I say Saint made the book for me because Violet game me close to nothing. She was ok….. fine…… I guess she was cute ! But he was everything and the obsession he has for her was as crazy as I love to see in my dark romances ! Now I am going to Declan 😍❤️
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1,645 reviews19 followers
July 25, 2024
Tropes/Themes:
✨M/F dark romance
✨masked stalker hero
✨touch her and die (literally)
✨morally irredeemable hero
✨virgin heroine
✨new adult college setting
✨twisted fraternity
✨dual pov
✨book #1 in an interconnected standalone series

Thanks so much to The Author Agency for this ARC in exchange for an honest review!

Release date: July 26th, 2024

”He tells me to call him Saint because he saved me…that I should be thankful he spared me a worse fate. I’m tempted to fight him or bargain. But when Saint tells me to run, a twisted part of me wonders if he’ll chase.”

Wow, the dark romance girlies are going to EAT THIS UP!! I obviously knew this was going to be dark based off the synopsis/content warnings, but this is definitely one of the darkest romances I’ve read in a while! This was the perfect book I needed to shake up my reading slump. Violet is a criminal psychology major in a semi-long term relationship with her toxic boyfriend, Liam. Saint is a mysterious masked psychopath that Violet and Liam pick up after finding him hitchhiking on their way to a Valentine's Massacre party. The encounter ultimately leaves Liam dead and Violet the target of Saint’s obsession.

Fun may not be the best word for it, but I seriously had so much fun with this! The twisted academia setting was incredibly atmospheric and was such an interesting background to Saint and Violet's twisted games. Saint is a morally irredeemable psychopath, but you can’t help but root for him at times. Violet goes through so much growth over the course of the book as she gets in touch with the darker side of herself that she's kept buried over the years. I wish we could have gotten a little more from the side characters, but I'm excited to see that some of them are already getting their own books! I'm excited to see where this series goes.

This is a very dark romance, so be sure to do your own CW research before diving in. Author includes a detailed list of content warnings on her website, but I included some notable ones that stuck out to me below:

dubcon, cnc, sexual assault, stalking, domestic violence, suicide, torture, murder, abduction, primal play, fear kink, knife play, blood play, pregnant woman completing suicide, corpse mutilation, and a whole lot more
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265 reviews
January 26, 2025
omg my god this book had me in a chokehold. from the very first page i was gripping my kindle so tight i might've bent the mf but omfgggggggg it was so fkn good. not a single miss! saint might just be the sexiest mmc on planet earth like yall im srs. they just don't make stalkers like this anymore im truly yearning 😭😭😭😭
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427 reviews1,136 followers
February 2, 2025
5/5 ⭐️
4/5 🌶️

Eva has quickly become one of my new favorite authors. Her stories are so captivating with the perfect mix of both plot & spice. The MMCs are always so DOWN BAD, but this man… he was completely UNHINGED & I loved every single second of it.

The plot twist completely blindsided me & I couldn’t wait to immediately dive into book two, which was just as amazing! I’m so excited for the rest of this series. I can’t get enough of this world & these characters.

This book is definitely VERY dark so be sure to check TWs!!

- Dark Romance
- Masked Stalker
- Ex’s Best Friend
- Secret Society
- Boy Obsessed
- V!rg!n FMC w/ fear k!nk
- Pr!mal Play
- Touch her & 💀
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177 reviews205 followers
July 25, 2024
STOP WHAT YOURE DOING AND READ THIS RIGHT NOW.

absolute stalker perfection. Saint was EVERYTHING you could’ve wanted and so much more. I loved Violet as an FMC. She was headstrong and I loved her being a fear slut 🫠 the primal and fear play in this was INCREDIBLE. The dark academia and secret society vibe was everything. I loved the story and the twists and turns. Ahhhh holy fuck this was amazing.
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1,993 reviews276 followers
May 13, 2025
Solid 3 stars. It has everything I want in a book – but it’s just missing that extra oomph that would have made it a hit for me. I’ll def still read the next book. PS. I’m writing this recap in a way that leaves as much mystery as possible, while sticking as close to the truth as I can.

My Saint. My devil. My destruction.

Violet Morrow (19, virgin, criminal psychology student) has been talked into attending the annual Valentine’s Massacre party by her boyfriend, Liam, when they happen across a masked stranger in the middle of the deserted road. A blown tire leads to terrible things happening, and Violet ends up with a secret to keep.

Kole Christiansen (19-ish, member of Sigma Sin, psycho), along with other members of Liam’s fraternity, are curious where he is – and since Violet was the last known person to see him, they start to ask her questions. When Violet starts to get messages from someone who not only claims to know the secrets from that night, but also knows the secret confessions she made on the Dark Desires website, things take unforeseen turns.
I’m leaves in the wind, and Saint is my forest. My maze. My purgatory.

Fraternity life, “ain’t right in the head”, initiations, lots of freaking secrets, boxed gifts, daddy dearest, forest frolics, and a HFN.

I don’t know how to love you right, but I love you every way I know how. Because you are everything to me

VIOLET: She has most of the qualities I should like in an FMC. When she has doubts based on what she should feel/do, or has normal girlie insecurities, she talks them out quickly and comes to the right conclusions. It’s not dragged out for the entire book and there’s no breaking up. That said, she’s really naïve and dumb when it comes to regular stuff. She doesn’t suspect the things that typically go on in fraternities and she’s got no problem thinking guys won’t take advantage of you.

MMC: He’ll chase you, choke you, and fuck you like the dirty girl you are, while also doating on you, calling you, texting you, watching you. Basically doing all the good boyfriend stuff. His only hard limit - nobody touches what's his.

SEX: There’s plenty of it, and it starts early. The V card is slashed at 39%. There’s some pounding, but honestly it never got me hot. He never paid attention to her pleasure, especially lacking on the oral for her. It just felt like words on paper.

CHEATING: I almost forgot to put this in.

MYSTERY: I guessed most of them. There are still some things open that I think may come up in other books.

UNFINISHED: Unfortunately, this series isn’t finished yet, we’re only two books in. I’ve got to write my review so that later on when the other books come out, I don’t have to reread this one.

RECOMMEND?: Well, I kind of want you to read it so you can tell me if you think it’s missing something too. Like I said – it just didn’t have that spark. I didn’t feel like they were madly in love. Everything was done that I like and in the order I like it, but it all seemed so one-dimensional.

SIDE PIECES: There are a lot of them. I need to keep track for myself, so you can skip if you don’t want the info. If it’s hidden under spoiler, don’t click it unless you really want to know!!!

Patience: Vi’s roommate. Hates SS because of what they did to her brother.
Mila: Vi’s roommate. Messing around with Marco.
Teal: Vi’s roommate. Art student. Hates Declan.
Alex: Patience’s brother. Former SS pledge.

Liam Westwood: SS member. Violet’s former boyfriend.
Braxton Westwood: SS member. Liam’s brother.
Declan Pierce: President of SS. Kole’s closest “friend”.
Nixon: Pursuing Vi.
Maddox: SS member.
Asher: SS member.
Zane: SS member/pledge.
Jase: SS pledge.

Trinity: was Liam’s girlfriend when he first came to Briar.
Ophelia: Reportedly loving up on Marco.

Catherine Morrow: Vi’s mom. Nurse.
Mona Evans: Kole’s horrible mom.
Captain Evans: Kole’s stepdad. Police captain.
Oliver Westwood: Dad to Liam & Braxton. Senatorial candidate.
Ian Pierce: Declan's dad. Senator.
Professor Perry: Vi’s professor.
Professor Gray: Vi interned for him in Los Angeles.

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548 reviews29 followers
December 9, 2024
This book gripped me from the very first page and refused to let go, I’m absolutely obsessed. The tension is relentless, fueled by Violet's complex relationship and the chilling arrival of Saint, whose dangerous fixation on her kept me on edge. With a thrilling blend of obsession, secret societies, and undeniable chemistry, each twist pulled me in deeper. Saint’s intensity and unapologetic obsession were utterly captivating, making it impossible to put this book down. If you're a fan of dark romance, this is a must read!
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557 reviews74 followers
August 2, 2024
Saint was a wannabe obsessed stalker.
Violet was a doormat and desperate virgin.

How come authors are not tired of writing the same virgin x manwhore trope?

I felt it was a rip off of Jeremy and Cecily!
Saint was no where near our og highschool stalker Jeremy.

Violet and Cecily were kind of similar, weak and no personality whatsoever.

‼️no cheating, no ow drama‼️
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1,835 reviews365 followers
August 21, 2025
4.75 stars!

Wow, what a ride! Violet is with her shitty boyfriend one moment and the next moment a masked man named Saint is slaughtering him and taking her as his own.

This story had all the red flags, violence and suspense I love in my romance. Saint who we later learn is also someone else isn’t letting Violet go and she isn’t too bent out of shape about it either 😂.

“You’re mine,” he repeats. “Even if I have to bleed dry any man who so much as looks at you. I’ll send their parts to you one by one just to remind you what I’m willing to do for you.”


A secret brotherhood that’s gone corrupt and a man on a mission sets this story up with so much intrigue. Whatever you think is happening goes far deeper. I loved Violet and I adored Saint and all his red flags. This man didn’t know the word boundary. Be sure to check your triggers on this one. It’s dark and dirty in the best ways.

“I don’t know how to love you right,” Kole says, brushing his fingers along my jawline and tracing it the same way he traced my scars. “But I love you every way I know how. Because you are everything to me. I’d die for you.”


If you like dark romance with a psychopath MMC and a FMC that loves him just the way he is…well this is your jam.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
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118 reviews68 followers
October 19, 2025
DNF at 44% 1.5🌟

so boring and the characters weren't any better
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88 reviews30 followers
December 4, 2025
1 🌟
para no olvidarme lo malo que fue

“Cuéntame tu fantasía, gatito”
“Quiero sufrir”

YO ESTOY SUFRIENDO LEYENDO ESTO
35 reviews
October 21, 2024
My rating for this book: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

My review contains a lot of spoilers :

Virgin heroine
No manwhore ( he didn’t touch a woman since he saw her a year ago)
No cheating
Obsessive / Possessive MMC
Abduction
Abuse
Anal sex
Blood play
Blasphemy
Body mutilation
Branding
Breath play
Biting
Childhood physical assault
Consensual Non-consent
Corpse mutilation
Depression
Dismemberment
Domestic violence
Dubious consent
Drugging (of the FMC by the MMC, as well as others)
Explicit sex
Excessive profanity
Exhibitionism
Fear kink
Knife play
Morally irredeemable MMC
Murder
Organized crime
Primal play
Pregnant woman committing suicide
Restrained sex
Revenge
Sharing of the FMC (yeah but not really I explained below ⬇️)
Spanking
Stalking
Throat fucking
Torture
Trauma
Degradation / Praise kink
Voyeurism ( Saint let Declan his best friend watch while he f*ck Violet in the ass bc she witnessed Declan having threesome)
HEA

This is a dark college romance story. Violet and her boyfriend, Liam, are on their way to a creepy party in Liam's car. Along the road, Liam picks up a masked stranger, who he actually knows-it's his friend. Violet is furious, thinking it's dangerous to pick up strangers because they could be serial killers, but her idiotic boyfriend doesn't listen and treats her like trash.

Suddenly, the car breaks down, and Liam gets out to check what's wrong. While he's outside, the masked man talks to Violet briefly, then steps out to have a conversation with Liam. Moments later, the masked man kills Liam right in front of Violet. What's almost comical is that instead of reacting like a normal person and running away, Violet calmly walks over to Liam's dead body and starts talking to the masked man.
He tells her to run because he wants to play, and we find out that he knows Liam. In fact, he claims that he saved Violet from something much worse that would've happened that night.

It turns out Violet and the masked man had been chatting anonymously in an online app, where she confessed her darkest desires to him. The two engage in primal kinks, with the masked man forcing her to perform oral sex and drugging her afterward to drop her off at home. Despite everything, he doesn't take her virginity in the woods, deciding to save that for another time.

Back at school, Violet runs into Declan and Kole, who ask about Liam's whereabouts. She lies and says she doesn't know. That night, she attends a party organized by Declan, Kole, and their group. She goes there to confirm if Liam is really dead, but Saint, the masked man, sends her a gift-it's Liam's finger. At the party, Violet talks to Liam's brother, who tells her that Liam went away because she dumped him, which isn't true-only Violet knows that Liam is dead.

Violet finds herself alone with Liam's brother when Kole and Nixon show up. Nixon douses her with alcohol and leads her to the bathroom, but they end up in a bedroom where Nixon tries to have sex with her. She refuses, but Saint appears behind her, telling her they're going to play a game. Saint orders Nixon to perform oral sex on her, but in Violet's mind, she imagines it's Saint, not Nixon, and she becomes aroused, despite herself. Just as she's about to orgasm, Saint grabs Nixon by the hair, pulling him away, and kills him because no one touches what belongs to him.

Saint then asks Violet if she enjoyed it. She admits that her body reacted, but she didn't want it-she moaned for Saint, not for Nixon. She tells Saint that she doesn't want to be shared, and Saint "reassures" her that he doesn't share what's his. He claims he was just granting a dying man his last meal before taking what belongs to him. He then gives Violet dismembered body parts of Nixon the next day, further playing with her mind.

Violet is desperate to know who Saint really is, and later in the story (around 32% of the book), she finally learns that Saint is Kole, one of her classmates. She attends a party organized by Declan, where she tempts Kole to know if he’s really Saint, leading to them having rough, primal sex. She loses her virginity to him in a brutal, not-at-all romantic way.

We also learn that Kole is part of Sigma Sin House, an elite group with strict rules and trials based on sins. Violet is actually part of a test Kole must pass to become a full member. Although Kole was already a member, each person must pass seven tests related to the sins. Kole had passed all but envy. When he first saw Violet, he wanted her badly, and Liam noticed. Liam then started dating Violet to torture Kole. Kole had to endure seeing Violet with Liam in order to pass the test. We find out that Liam only dated Violet to test Kole, and Violet was Kole's (Saint's) ultimate weakness. Sigma House forces its members to undergo these trials, where they bargain their freedom and sanity to join. Saint killed both Liam and Nixon because he couldn't stand anyone touching what was his. He even stayed away from Violet for a year, letting someone else (Liam) have her, in order to complete the trial and pass the test.

The way Saint/Kole's mind works is really uncommon. He's insanely possessive, but if he wants to punish his woman, he wouldn't hesitate to "share" her and then punish the person he shares her with—like he did with Liam and Nixon, both of whom he ended up killing. He also wouldn't think twice about letting people watch them have sex, as he did with Declan, as a form of punishment.
However, now that Liam and Nixon are dead, no one is allowed to touch her.

Saint killed Liam because Liam found Violet's conversation on the Dark Desires app, where she talked about her deepest, darkest desires. Liam wanted to act on them, film it, and truly hurt Violet. Saint was so enraged by the idea that Liam would harm her like that, he killed him in a fit of rage!

Kole/Saint’s first kiss was with Violet, although she wasn’t his first time sexually. Still, it was sweet to know that she was his first kiss!

We also learn that Liam had ulterior motives for getting close to Violet—he had a specific reason for wanting to hurt her. Liam’s former girlfriend, Trinity, was someone he used to share with his friends and film during those encounters. These videos were leaked due to a trial Liam was undergoing at Sigma House, even though Sigma House was supposed to keep such things secret. However, Ian Pierce, Declan’s father, who was running for senator, leaked the videos to tarnish Trinity’s reputation because her father was his political rival.

The leak devastated Trinity, and since she was pregnant at the time, she ended up taking her own life. Liam’s family wanted revenge for what happened to Trinity. Unfortunately, before they could act, Saint killed Liam, and now Liam’s brother, Braxton, seeks revenge. He kidnaps both Violet and Declan, and it’s revealed that the two are actually siblings. Braxton’s plan is to hurt Violet to get back at Ian Pierce.

Saint ultimately saves both Declan and Violet, and they kill Braxton. Since Braxton and Liam are considered traitors to Sigma House, nobody can seek revenge on Saint. In Sigma House, killing another member without a valid explanation results in severe punishment, but because Liam and Braxton betrayed the fraternity, Saint is safe—no one can touch him.

There’s a bonus epilogue on the authors website where Kole "asks" Violet to marry him and she said yes.

Overall, I loved the book, but I wish we had learned more about Kole’s stepfather and his mother. Their relationship is completely toxic—his mother is terrified of his stepfather, and she’s also afraid that Kole might hurt Violet.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
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268 reviews75 followers
May 12, 2025
Overall I enjoyed this. It was fast paced and the spice was ❤️‍🔥 The parallel to the LORDS series was maybe a little too close for comfort but I’ll still continue the series. Especially after that twist! Overall recommend for my morally black, stalker girlies 💀🖤

“Your boyfriend’s bl00d is still drying on the pavement, and your pu33y is begging to let his k1ller f*ck you.”

“I’d like those teeth to sink into my skin. Tasting my bl00d. Drinking me down until I’m nothing but a part of her.”

“If he’s twisted, I’m no better. If he’s sick, I’m terminal.”
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997 reviews161 followers
June 7, 2025
5 psychotic stars!!

I just accidentally deleted my long ass review, so i'll be quick because i am really furious with myself now.

But I'll tell you this:

I loved it!

LOOOOOOVED IT!!!!




Violet and Saint are my new fave couple and it was all so dark, so unhinged and so fucked up, I couldn't unglue myslef from my kindle.

What to expect:

🖤 dark academia
🖤 unhinged masked hero
🖤 touch her and die
🖤 stalking
🖤 secret society
🖤 dub con/ non con
🖤 loved you from afar
🖤 psychopaths
🖤 virgin heroine
🖤 morally grey/black characters
🖤 fear/ chase kink



Also there a whole bunch of TWs for the faint-hearted:

-dubcon,
- cnc,
- sexual assault,
- stalking,
- domestic violence,
- suicide,
- torture,
- murder,
- abduction,
- primal play,
- fear kink,
- knife play,
- blood play,
- pregnant woman committing suicide,
- corpse mutilation, and a whole lot more

so my obvious reaction would be:



I admit, Eva Simmons is my new discovery and I just fell in love with her writing.
And be sure i will read her entire backlist.

So without much further ado, if you are a fan of Rina Kent, love the tropes above, then this is a freaking MUST-READ!!!

HIGHLY RECOMMEND!

I will sure as hell read the next book in the series, Eternal and I suggest you do the same!!!🖤🖤🖤


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162 reviews41 followers
March 26, 2025
⭐️4 🌶️3

”Why snuff you out when I rather watch you burn?

COMPLETELY UNHINGED , POSSESSIVE AND OBSESSIVE MORALLY BLACK MMC THAT HAS NO BOUNDARIES ? CHECK .

COMPLETELY INSANE FMC THAT YOU NEVER KNOW IF YOU WANNA HUG OR KILL YOURSELF ? CHECK .

FRIEND GROUP THAT ALL HAS THEIR SECRETS YOURE BEGGING TO LEARN ABOUT ? CHECK .

MALE SOCIETY/ FRATERNITY THAT COMPLETELY SHAPES EVERY SINGLE MALE IN THE BOOK ? DOUBLE CHECK .


I literally felt like Stiles from Teen Wolf trying to Nancy Drew my way to every mystery and question in this book . I was hooked from the start and that’s saying something for me bc I get bored quickly!!


I was so intrigued w every single thing that was going on and each role everyone played . Whew I can’t wait to finish this series . The mmc / fmc dynamic was crazy to say the least but hey everyone needs a saint right 🤷🏾‍♀️🤭


”I’m your saint.”
“My saint.
My devil.
My destruction.”
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1,478 reviews95 followers
February 17, 2025
Rating: 4.5/5 🌟
Spice: 4/5 🌶️
Characters: Saint and Violet

Secret Society. Masked stalker psychopath. Obsessed hero.
This had everything I love in a dark romance. It's definitely dark so check the TW's before reading it.

I really enjoyed this and loved Saint. It's one of those books that I kept thinking about after I finished it and had to up my rating because the more, I sat on it the more I liked it.
I'm excited to continue the series.
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318 reviews49 followers
January 27, 2025
3.5 🌟
Pretty good after all the shitty books I’ve been reading beforehand. Anyways I would have enjoyed it more but the story kinda seemed like a book I’ve read before (can’t remember the name lol).
Actually looking forward to reading Declan and teal’s story more!
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691 reviews152 followers
July 18, 2024
Oh my gosh what an amazing dark college romance read! This book had me hooked on the suspense from the first page as we meet Violet and her current boyfriend. And then we meet Saint- who is totally obsessed with Violet and completely unapologetic for it. This book had so many twists and turns- we get some stalking, some secret society and of course plenty of steam between our two leads! This one had me questioning my moral compass of why I was rooting for Saint but I just couldn’t help it 🤣.

Make sure you read the trigger warnings and buckle up for a wild ride on the dark side!
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259 reviews22 followers
July 21, 2024
Hell yeah Miss Eva did it AGAIN. I knew I could trust this woman to write a thrilling and delicious dark stalker romance and I was NOT disappointed (am I ever though when it comes to her books?) Saint was depraved, demented, and oh so dark and dreamy and Violet was a fiery little thing that needed that depravity to become her true self. The plot had me not wanting to put it down with all its twists and turns and the screaming and giggling that came out of me when we found out who Saint truly was, was off the charts. Violet and Saint were SOOOOO so good and I can't wait to see what Eva has planned next for this world and the other characters.
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I am on Eva's ARC team.
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35 reviews
August 4, 2024
This book might be the reason I go back to my 1 year reading slump. The amount of times I rolled my eyes it probably stuck as I write this review. RIP to the days when authors would come up with interesting plots not just surface level storylines to make way for more unnecessary smut. The only reason I gave it a two star is because the last 100 pages truly saved the entire book.
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499 reviews
November 12, 2025
This is my first Eva Simmons book and I went in head first. This is her darkest romance and I ATE IT UP. I really enjoyed the storyline. I loved the characters. Kole is the perfect amount of crazy. I can't wait for the next book in the series.
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