please, I'm going to hell for reading this.

A love story between a serial killer and a nun... Raphael is the darkest romance book I've ever read. There were scenes and descriptions that were almost too dark for me. But the main romance, between Maria and Raphael made up for it.

I adored Maria. She was SO innocent, which some people might find irritating. I think that she was the perfect balance to Raphael's darkness. I liked that Maria had faced her own demons, and had her own past to face up to. It was definitely needed in order to push her character beyond the 'innocent, pure woman' stereotype, which i don't usually like in books.

I also developed such a soft spot for Raphael. He was victim of awful abuse, and seeing that trauma manifest itself in his life, now that he's older, was definitely difficult to read. Both Maria and Raphael, the horrible things they faced, pulled on my heartstrings. Raphael was fucked up, and twisted, and a literal serial killer, but I loved him