Who are the Saints of Sorrow you may ask? They are your Library of Angels representatives!

Not only is this team the embodiment of the dark romance community, but they are also beacons of light ready to bring you all into the fold - safely and responsibly. Our work often affords us the opportunity to explore themes that are raw, emotional, and evocative and the team name honors our artists, writers, and dreamers by being a Saint of Sorrow.

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Founder & Editor

  • Angel

    FOUNDER & CEO

    Fave Tropes: one bed, secret society, blood play, bdsm, cnc, stalking, somno, why choose, dark mafia

  • Hannah

    EDITOR

    Fave Tropes: hate to love, enemies to lovers, one bed, bully, stalker

    NOTE: Loves SAPPHIC romance and is not a big fan of mafia

    ARC or Street Teams: Alexia Onyx, Sara Cate, Naomi Loud, Pam Godwin, Shantel Tessier, Victoria Wiler, and Brynne Weaver

Review Team

  • Paula

    Fave Tropes: Age gap, best friends dad, dads best friend, and step family

    NOTE: Loves taboo & forbidden stories

    ARC or Street Teams: Naomi Loud, Jescie Hall, Emily McIntyre, Sara Cate, Santana Knox, Layla Fae, Candice Clark, Lee Jacquot

  • Aubrey

    Fave Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, why choose, forbidden/ taboo, stalker, bully

    NOTE: Accidental pregnancy is her least favorite trope. NO TRIGGERS.

    ARC or Street Teams: Ruby Medjo, S. Massery, Nichole Green, Lilian Harris, and Maggie Rawdon Creator Team

  • Emily

    Fave Tropes: forced proximity, age gap, and forbidden romance. 

    NOTE: Not a fan of love triangles

    ARC or Street Teams: K.A. Knight’s street team and Bea Paige’s

Creative Writing Team

  • Jay

    Fave Tropes: bully, touch her and die, serial killer, stalker, and taboo

    ARC or Street Teams: on MANY MANY Teams

    Jay does PA work and can be contacted via her Instagram for inquiries (@jay_depraved) on working with her.

  • Nina

    Fave Tropes: Grumpy x Sunshine, “Who Hurt You?”, Age Gap, Friends to Lovers, Arranged Marriage , Forced Proximity , Morally Grey, Forbidden Romance

    Least Favorite Tropes: miscommunication trope, and amnesia trope

    Triggers: Child abuse, animal abuse, and CSA

    ARC or Street Teams: Raya Morris Edwards, Alexia Onyx, NJ Weeks , Bex Dawn & Phoenix Saint, Monty Jay, Ophelia Reign, Azalea Crowley, Dee Garcia, Evelyn Leigh, Izzy Ravas

  • Shania

    Fave Trope: mafia, enemies to lovers, forced marriage, forbidden, found family, age gap

    NOTE: No Triggers

Influencer Team

  • Cris

    Fave Trope: mafia, enemies to lovers, forced marriage, forbidden, found family, age gap

    NOTE: No Triggers

  • Jasmine

    Fave Tropes: age gap

    NOTE: not a fan of the cheating trope

    ARC or Street Teams: Avina St. Graves, Tilly Ridge, Xochitl Garcia Guillen, Tyler Edwards

  • Chloe

    Fave Tropes: age gap, enemies to lovers, stalker/ masked stalker, found family, why choose, taboo

    NOTE: brand ambassador for nocturnal ink

    ARC or Street Teams: Elliot Rose, Lo Gold, NJ Weeks, Tierney Alina Eddy

  • Shannon

    Fave Tropes: one bed, enemies to lover, nowhere to go, the chosen, and forced proximity

Review Policies

Paula

I read any and all tropes, I don’t have triggers and I like going in blind overall. 

I review base off vibes - did it move me? Did it make me cry? Made me reach for my rose? Lock the door? Did I feel and connect with the characters?  It’s getting a 4.5/5.

I love spice, I love tension, I love banter.

I put my reviews on Goodreads, Instagram, Amazon, and sometimes TikTok (I’m trying to be better at that).

I like to go on a journey with the books I read because I see them play out like a movie in my head whether it’s all smut no plot or if it’s a good balance between both or if it’s the slowest burn but then tension has me feral and wanting.

Jay

I accept all tropes.

I rate my books on a STAR scale 

I typically review on Amazon and GoodReads, sometimes IG

With my reviews, I never spoil a book. I make notes and statements of how well the book was written, if it made me scream or squeal, etc but I never spoil anything when it comes to the book. Instead I STRONGLY suggest someone picking up the book first.

Hannah

I don’t tend to rate anything below 3 stars and I never rate or review a DNF.   I also review solely on vibes, and I can overlook grammatical error and spelling mistakes unless it takes me out of the book.  I tend to overthink, so if there’s a glaring plot hole, that might also cause me to rate lower.  I tend to be a plot over spice girl, so if there is at least equal parts plot and spice, I’ll be a happy camper.  If it’s straight spice, it may not be for me, but as a mood reader that could always change. 

 

1 star: Just like when I watched Magic Mike, I will never get my time back and I probably finished it out of spite.   That said, if I rated it a 1 , most people will never know as I wont review it.

2 stars: I didn’t have a good time and if I didn’t DNF, it’s because I made it too far and couldn’t make myself stop. Again, I don’t post reviews below a 3 anywhere 

3 stars: I enjoyed aspects of the book, but some part of it threw me off.  Likely, I thought it was too long or I didn’t like it, but thought it might be a mood issue, so someone else may love it.

 

4 stars: I enjoyed the book a lot but it may have taken a bit for me to get into it.  Once I did though, I really enjoyed it. 

5 stars: If I had a great time, it’s 5 stars.  If it makes me cry, it’s 5 stars (as a Pisces, I cry a lot).  If it makes me go wtf and stare at the wall, 5 stars.  If I rate it 5 stars, I thoroughly enjoyed the book and had a great time reading it.  I will likely recommend it to everyone I know if it’s something they would be in the mood for.   Or not, depending on how much I want to make it my personality.   I give out a 5 star rating generously for many reasons. 

 

Things in books I love:  Plus size rep, queer rep (especially sapphic stories), enemies to lovers, bully romance, step-anything romance, only one bed, hate to love, stalker, taboo, grumpy x grumpy

 

Things in books I don’t tend to love:  mafia, accidental pregnancy, cowboy (sorry, I’m just not in my yeehaw era), why choose romance (unless it is plot heavy), any danger to animals

 

Where I post my reviews: I always rate and post reviews on Goodreads, but I try to also review on Storygraph, Amazon and IG where I can and post on Library of Angels if time permits. 

Aubrey

Where I will always review:

Library of Angels Blog, Goodreads / Storygraph, and Amazon

I am more than happy to also review without a star rating on my IG page if asked. 

Please know these reviews will focus on my favorite moments, scenes, characters, and quotes. This review will solely be based on my vibes while reading. 

Sometimes the quotes may hint or be considered spoilers. Please keep this in mind. 

Tropes:

Accepting all tropes aside from small town and accidental/secret pregnancy. 

Book Ratings:

All of my reviews will always receive a book rating between 3-5️. 

I am a mood/vibe reader. If I didn’t enjoy the book at that time for whatever reason and I stopped reading the book. I don’t feel the need to review it 1-2️. I know myself well enough to know I could easily enjoy it at another time and have lol. Plus, if the book isn’t for me, it could easily be for someone else. 

3️ - This is a book I felt disconnected to more than once but still had sections where I was engaged and enjoyed it. For me, this book probably had more filler chapters than I would’ve liked. I enjoyed some of the characters/storyline, but I didn’t connect to all of it.

4️ - I had a good time and enjoyed this book. I was engaged most of the book and felt connected to the character and story. It may have taken a while to get engaged, but once I was, I was hooked. Maybe I enjoyed the whole story but the ending fell flat. Something happened that took me out of the book enough for it not to be a knockout for me.

5️ - THIS WAS MY SHIT! The plot was compelling through the whole book, and there was the detailed world building. The characters were developed well and I wasn’t confused or losing track of who was who. This is going to be a book that has scenes that stick with me and I probably was sad once I finished it.

ARCS/ALCS

I am accepting both ARCS/ALCS at this time. The ARCS can be E-book or physical copies. For any advanced copy sent I do ask for a 2 week window to read/listen and review the book. 

For physical arcs I will do an unboxing once received either with photos or a reel prior to my review post.

Emily

I read all romance genres and erotica. I just find that I have a harder time finding interest in Fantasy, Dystopian, and Historical Romance.

I rate books depending on how much I enjoy the books. A lot of the time, when reviewing, I find myself asking these questions. Did the book make me feel multiple emotions? Did the book hold me captive? Did I get so lost in the book that I lost my sense of time? Did the action and the characters have me on the edge of my seat? If all answers are yes, then I’m giving the book five stars no matter what.   Most of my reviews that get lower ratings are because of inconsistencies, so many characters I can’t remember who is who, and consecutively going from the past and present.

I review books on Library of Angels, Amazon, Goodreads, and Instagram. 

Nina

Tropes I’ll least likely rate/review:

Miscommunication Trope

Amnesia Trope

Love Triangles

Book Ratings:

My rating policy is truly based off of vibes alone so do not fear 😂 For ratings I use the following star system:

5 Stars: Loved everything about the book, the reading experience, characters. Highly recommend.

4 Stars: Definitely enjoyed myself; the book was good, characters were great, and the plot was interesting to follow. Recommend for others to check out

3 Stars: Genuinely still enjoyed myself. There were a few moments either with the characters or plot where I was taken out the reading experiences, but it never took away from the experience. Still Recommend.

2 Stars: There were things to improve on either with the characters, plot, or something that I didn’t mesh well with in the book. More than likely still finished but wouldn’t recommend.

1 Star: DNF or absolutely was not a book for me. 


Here’s my following spice system:

5 peppers: Highly explicit content.

4 peppers: Descriptive, explicit sexual content, but not consistently throughout the book.

3 peppers: Explicit content sprinkled throughout the plot. 

2 peppers: Sporadic suggestive or detailed content, but overall not heavily spice

1 pepper: Few scenes with suggestive or detailing open door scenes, but overall mostly void within the story. 


Where I’ll post the review:

I’m majorly present on Instagram for current reviews, promotions, and general Bookish content. 

I accept e-Arcs, Physical ARCs, and any promotional content wished to be provided. 

For review requests, I’ll provide review posts on the following websites:

  • Library of Angels Blog

  • Instagram

  • Amazon

  • Goodreads

  • Story Graph (Occasionally)


Special Notes: 

When providing reviews, one important task for me when creating reviews is affording the reader full transparency without completely telling and/or sharing the plot. So, I make sure to provide any possible trigger warnings and discuss any themes I found important to highlight. Otherwise, I’m a chill reader and reviewer.

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