Saint's Confession - an ARC Book Review

November 14, 2025

Saint's Confession - an ARC Book Review

**Thank you to the author, Tori Tomn, for reaching out and providing me with an e-ARC copy in exchange for my honest review. All thoughts and opinions expressed are my own.**

✨️ Book Title: Saint’s Confession: Madness Duet Book 1

✨️ Author: Tori Tomn

✨️ Genre: Dark fantasy romance

✨️ Tropes: Seductive and power-hungry villain, monster in human form, chosen one, loyal sidekicks

⭐️ Star Rating: 4 / 5 stars

🌶 Spice Level: 4 / 5 peppers (hot+heavy - significant amount of open-door scenes)

⚠️ Trigger Warnings: Various forms of abuse, sexually explicit content (including BDSM), kidnapping, death, disappearance, firearms, violence, torture, depictions of blood and murder, cannibalism (not involving the main characters), and explicit language

📅 Release Date: October 18, 2025

All good things eventually fade, leaving us with memories and tears. It is our choice how we respond, and I prefer to cherish what we have rather than blame fate for taking them away from me.

Trained since she could walk, Stefanie Sanders is a hunter. Descending from one of the founding families of the Black Mountain Hunters, she’s dedicated her life to eradicating the world of parasitic monsters like Soulstealers. With the arrival of new blood in town, and his instant infatuation with Stefanie, will she still be able to stick true to her hunter instincts, or will she become part of the monsters she desperately despises?

Oh my - when I tell you I was hooked on Saint’s Confession, I feel like I’m understating the hold this book had on me. I finished it within a day and am desperate (but will do my best to wait patiently) to know what comes next!!

Saint’s Confession was full of twists and turns that made it impossible to put down. Additionally, Tori Tomn throws in some incredibly relatable quotes like:

That’s the issue with all the guys I meet. It takes them just one minute to speak and ruin the entire fantasy I had imagined.

She also throws in some fantastic truths that just slide perfectly into the storyline such as:

The truth is, when someone guilt-traps you, it means they did something they want to hide. Even from themselves. It means they want to change your mind in hopes of hiding their crime. It means you did nothing but were a decent human being who happened to be used for something.

The whole time, I felt like I could connect to each character emotionally, and was in awe of not only Stefanie’s strength but also her strategy. While that most likely comes with the territory of being a trained Black Mountain Hunter, how this was pulled together just flowed wonderfully through her character and into the storyline as a whole.

What kept this from being a 5-star read for me was the title. I know this may seem a bit unusual; however, I felt there was a disconnect between the title of this book and its actual contents. This left me with some uncertainty. While Stefanie is a good and protective person, she doesn’t come off as a “saint”. With quotes from Stefanie like “Darkness has never frightened me; instead, it has allowed me to feel and live as I desire.” (don’t get me wrong, I love this quote, and I love Stefanie’s character), it just made it a little hard for me to connect the title to the story. This then left me a little unsure if I was missing some details to have everything pull together.

With that being said, there is no doubt in my mind that this is definitely going to be a re-read for me. (with a physical copy on my list of books to buy)! I also can’t wait for the second book in the Madness Duet to be released, and I will be reading Tori’s other novel, The Death of Us, soon too!!