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Heart Recaptured by Tillie Cole

17 reviews

hilary89's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

“Heart Recaptured” just broke my heart and built me up again. I honestly didn’t think it could get much darker than the previous book, but man this one went to some horrifically dark places. Lilah and Ky both were a bit gratting to me, but I appreciated how fully fleshed out their characters were. And their relationship in the face of Lilah’s immense trauma (and brainwashing) was so inspiring. 

I know I’m building up to the most controversial book, but so far this series has really captured my heart. The themes are tragic and heart-wrenching, but the character development and relationships make it all worth it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Rape, Self harm, Murder, Torture, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Child abuse, and Cursing

Moderate: Gore, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Gun violence, Child abuse, Incest, and Misogyny

anovelglimpse's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

This book was a tough read for me. I was interested in seeing how Ky and Lilah's romance worked out after reading the first book. Lilah was indoctrinated into her cult teachings and Ky was a wild, womanizing MC. The cult stuff ramped up even more in this book and was too much for me. I also had an issue with the way Lilah's character arc went towards the end. I didn't love that she didn't receive mental health counseling, nor did her sisters. That was a big miss in my book. That being said, I loved the way that Ky introduced Lilah to the modern world and that Ky and Lilah got their happy ending.

CW: violence, cult activity, child physical and sexual abuse, rape, neo-Nazis 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Blood, Confinement, Sexual violence, Rape, Self harm, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Violence, Torture, Pedophilia, and Medical content

Moderate: Incest

carall18's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Slow burn but man was it worth the read. The character development is so in depth and I can’t help but feel like I am right there in this story line feeling all the emotions everyone is going through. This book had me in tears from the emotions it evoked. The ending was fast and juicy. Can’t wait for book three!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Rape, Toxic relationship, Torture, Sexual violence, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Gun violence, and Child abuse

Moderate: Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, and Mental illness

joxeia's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

i was pushing through 😂😂 started in april and finished in july… woooow 

so heres the thing: its NOT a bad book. its really not unless you DONT like dark romance books with HEAVY HEAVY topics. but i stopped reading this bc i couldnt get over ky. like, he was annoying and caring at the same time and it made me so mad that i couldn’t concentrate on the book and decided to pick it up later on.

i think on the first book i wrote that the constant “bitch” was a turn off, and that still applies 😂

i rlly just finished this so i wouldnt DNF since i had like 30-40 pages to go and maybe skimmed like half 🤦🏽‍♀️

i def will not be reading book 3 for now since i read book 4 (my goal cause i wanted to be “fiel” to the book order but i said “fuck it” and read book 4 w/o finishing this one 😂) 


anyways, great plot, but the men are…. eh 🤣🤣 the spice is sososososo good, tho, cant deny that

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Pedophilia

elisa_shae's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I liked in this book the difference between Lilah and her sister. I liked how at just one moment she didn’t just decide she didn’t believe in her religion, and instead braced a more loving side of it instead. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Incest, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Murder, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, and Violence

bookswithvicky's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Medical content, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Torture, Rape, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Sexual content, and Violence

kodafaith's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This one was not quite as good as book one, the characters weren’t as interesting or convincing but I still enjoyed watching their journey unfold! This series is very addicting and has sucked me in so deep, cannot wait for books 3 and 4!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Blood, Death, and Self harm

Moderate: Kidnapping, Cursing, Racial slurs, and Incest

kaitlynali's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

0.75

topics in book poorly written about and some unnecessary details that can be offensive....

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Pedophilia

Minor: Racism

j4ywalker's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

And I thought the first one was graphic and Mae had it bad.... Poor Lilah😭 This shit physically hurt to read. You telling me that this wasn't even the worst to come? That Maddie had it worse??? Dear God, ready my heart. Cuz I mean I have to read it, Flame duhhh😂


Nah but fr fr, all my homies hate every single elder AND Cain cuz wtttffffff? He really supposed to have some damn redemption arc too😒. Ion give a shit if he got nowhere else to go or nothing to do; he still hell-bent on Mae for cryin' out loud

Sighhh, may just skip his book altogether. WHO GON STOP ME?😈

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Death, Torture, Blood, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Rape, Child abuse, Gore, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Bullying, Confinement, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Incest

candacefromcanada's review against another edition

challenging tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence