But Bravermanism is built on lies. In her diatribe, Braverman talks of “British values”. She is far from alone in bandying around this phrase, but what does it actually mean? There is no such thing as a coherent set of British values that bind us all together. Braverman and I are both British, but as this column underlines, I find her values repellent. I should hope, and expect, that the feeling is mutual. An hour after my testimony, the trial concludes, and the jury is sequestered for deliberation. High profile cases can’t be kept out of the media, unfortunately. Judge Gellar is doing what she can to give Charles a fair trial.

My patient is the Angel of Maine. He kills ruthlessly. Without mercy, though his moniker suggests otherwise. And there’s not a bone in my body that can find fault with his logic. All his victims were deserving of punishment. And I identify with him, because I’m glad they’re dead.” It made me uncomfortable a lot of the time. The dialogue felt a bit robotic and monotone, but that was defeated by the over empowering monologue with both the characters. The structure of the book was also really cool. It was strategically orchestrated so that every little jigsaw piece the reader got, was put into place later on in the story. So hats off to the author for that! Grayson Sullivan has long understood his psychotic predilection. He’s calculated and has motives beyond anything anyone dreamed of. He’s an angel of death for the depraved. The serial killer of killers. He only comes for you if you’ve done very, very bad things. If your heart is pure, you have nothing to fear. He will force a very confused and yet eager doctor to face her fears and do the unthinkable.It fell more along the lines of a psychological thriller, and it read like an episode of Criminal Minds rather than a New Adult novel. With that purpose in mind, it actually kept me quite interested, it held certain points of suspense that made me want to read on! However, this is supposed to be a romance and as much as I want to give this book any more stars... I really can't. In his therapy sessions with London we catch glimpses of his ingenuity and sometimes beneath his cold, hard veneer you could peek just a hint of vulnerability. These sessions promptly turn into a game for Grayson where instead of being analyzed by London he starts dissecting her. Learning her quirks, her fears, her secrets. Is it insane that I was hoping for Grayson and London to forego the doctor/patient relationship and head straight into the place of no return? I know, who would ship that? How can I ship that?! It’s wrong and slightly improbable, but I don’t care. The way they were self aware, always in each other's head and catching up with what game the other one was trying to play makes this more enjoyable because they weren't each other's victim. They were both hunters fighting for control. TW: violence; kidnapping; emotional, psychological and physical (sometimes) torture; death; pedophilia: obsession and suicide.

Firstly this woman can WRITE 😮‍💨😮‍💨 incredible writing, I was blown away tbh, it’s extremely descriptive and alluring and depictive but on a very deep level, sometimes I was having to read read sentences to fully grasp wtf was even being talked about He’s the leading expert on all things Nietzsche and occult. And now, to get answers, I’m forced to make a deal with the devil himself. Although London tries to fight her attraction to him, she forgets one KEY thing to seduction- the biggest organ that must be seduced is the human mind- and Grayson plays her like a sexy musician 😅� His lips curl in irritation, but he does a fantastic job at schooling the rest of his features. “Other than this being a blatant attempt to shift the focus of this trial, your assessment couldn’t be more off base, Dr. Noble. Which should prove psychology is hardly credible in a murder case.”They say eyes are the windows to the soul—but when he looks at me through hues of slate-green and flaring blue embers, I’m terrified of what’s watching me from behind his clashing gaze, something primal and feverish that threatens to melt me like fire in ice. spoke in so many riddles it made my head spin. He’s a character I’ve still not been able to fully figure out. 𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐈 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞? 𝑳𝑴𝑨𝑶 𝑵𝒐𝒑𝒆. Don’t make me slam my gavel, Mr. Hatcher.” The judge raises her gavel in warning. “Objection overruled. Dr. Noble was asked to provide testimony of her professional opinion of the defendant’s state of mind. Since she’s come all this way—” Judge Gellar grants me a telling smile, her dark features more youthful when not fixed in a scowl “—I’d like to hear her thoughts.”

I need more time to arrange my emotions, but one thing that I know is that this is definitely a fantastic book. and Grayson Pierce Sullivan (inmate number six, one, four) a convicted killer (the Angel of Maine) that London is psych analysing his disturbed clinical behaviours. He kills ruthlessly without remorse or mercy. He’s highly intelligent, with an IQ of 152. The last handful of chapters threw me off completely! I did not see any of that coming and the twist had me at the edge of my seat. I wanted to give this two stars for all the points mentioned above, but I felt at the end of the day - It would be doing my beliefs an injustice.

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Then again, Grayson is such a twisted individual with this vigilante persona that makes you think of Dexter and then you’re like “oh he’s not that bad I guess, maybe.” Next thing you know he’s burying someone alive and creating a trap straight out of Saw. He needs help. I understand that. Yet, for some strange reason, I kind of like him. Of course, I’d never want to meet him because I feel like he’d find dirt on me (like how I forgot to get a friend a gift for secret Santa). I don’t want to die in one of his traps. Jeffrey Dahmer was responsible for dismembering 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991. Dahmer also indulged in necrophilia and cooking body parts of his victim, then eating them." After examining the defendant, Charles Reker, I believe he displays classic signs of paranoid schizophrenia. In particular, he suffers from a specific delusion: Capgras delusion. Charles Reker, amid this delusion, believed his wife to be a clone—” Anyway, I was liking this a lot until around the 50% mark. Everything that happened during and after Grayson's arraignment scene I felt very indifferent towards. The arraignment itself was anticlimactic and let's just say Grayson could take a few lessons in theater from Daddy Frank Castle👀