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Ravaged Soul by J. Rose
4.0

"She sees the real me.
The person I didn’t even realise existed until her little smiles and cutting remarks pulled him out from the deep grave I’d constructed in my psyche. No one has ever looked at me like I’m little more than another fallible human… and I fucking love it.
I don’t have to be invincible.
Or anything but… me."


I was lucky to receive an ARC copy of J Rose's newest book, Ravaged Soul (book two in the Anaconda Tales trilogy).

I loved being back in J Rose's shared universe.

Ravaged Soul picks up right where Fractured Future left off, and you are immediately thrust back into the action that the Anaconda Team has found themselves in.

I adore Ember. She has been through absolute hell and back, and my heart broke for her so many times. How much pain and suffering can one person endure? I am in constant awe of how strong she is, especially after everything she has endured. Through everything, she continues to show strength and resilience, never backing down and choosing to fight for those who don’t have a voice. She continues to prove to those around her that nothing will stop her from ending this continuous ring of human trafficking.

Blaine freaking Madden! He is a man on a whole other level, and I love everything about this man. I would have been happy if he had stayed Ember's only love interest. The air of mystery surrounding him keeps me wanting more. The way he cared for Ember after finding her unconscious and helping her through the mental blackout hit me in all the feels. The more I learned about his character, the easier it was to fall in love with him. I love how Blaine and Ember are kindred spirits, and there is no judgment between them.

Axel intrigued me in the first book, and I was excited to learn more about him and the secrets surrounding his past. Unfortunately, I had a love-hate relationship with him this time around, especially when it came to how he was towards Ember.

I still have a love-hate relationship with Warner and Hyland. I am unsure what to make of them, as they have not done anything to win me over yet. The way they were trying to control Ember after everything she had been through and endured broke my heart. I expected to see a lot more growth from them and to see a change in how they are towards Ember. It will be interesting to see whether my thoughts on them will change with the final book.

I enjoyed seeing characters from Blackwood Institute, Sabre Security, Briar Valley, and Harrowdean Manor.

The ending took me by surprise and has left me with questions I need answers to!

I can not wait to see how Ember, Blaine, Axel, Warner, and Hyland's story will end in the last book of the Anaconda Tales trilogy.

Thank you so much to J Rose for this ARC 🖤

* J Rose's dark romance books are all set in the same shared universe, so I highly recommend checking out her recommended reading order! *

⚠️ * Please check the trigger warnings before reading! * ⚠️