The Less You Know The Better: The Marks of V

Ru de Luna certainly brings her background in the film industry to her writing, because her debut 'The Less You Know The Better', plays out like the action mafia flick we all deserved to see on screen. The story has sharp dialogue, a linear narrative with one flashback scene, and colorful morally gray characters peppered in the end. It has somewhat stylized violence as it forces you to detach yourself from murder, gore, and death to an extent. But the sassy Mississippi Delta Darling Aerilyn keeps you grounded and constantly reminds you that this is NOT normal to witness. Again I can't stress enough the body count in this book is high. It's thematic of something you'd see in a Chad Stahelski film, plotted like something Martin Scorsese might whip up, and written like Quentin Tarantino if he were a sapphic woman with the team of the twenty contributors on the 'Sopranos' in her back pocket. V is the butch contract killer a.k.a. cleaner, the lesbians, bi/pans, and bi-curious spectators have been waiting for. Strong, silent, deadly, but with a self awareness of her sins that is somewhat admirable. A character that honestly anyone of any identity could enjoy, because she's so legendary the boys and the girls wanna be her. The story moves fast, within the second chapter you are already on the run trying to survive. And while it slows down enough for romance you are constantly on the edge of your seat wondering if your characters are going to make it out of this alive. Aerilyn…

I was hooked the moment I opened Ru’s manuscript. The first book of The Marks of V delights and excites. Gritty, sexy, thrilling, this high-stakes, sapphic tale pulses with tension and sizzles with chemistry. The first book of this planned anthology isn’t a slow burn—it’s a lit fuse. Dark, stylish, and slightly unhinged, once it starts, the action doesn’t stop until V saves the day. Don’t miss out on this exhilarating story.