Raze (Scarred Souls Book 1)

Exciting as always but this had small flaws for me. The concept, story line, characters were as usual the excellent quality of all Ms Coles book, but alot didn't add up in my mind.The character of the heroine just didn't add up, she was a mobsters daughter but not like any mobsters daughter I'd imagine let alone the head honcho. She always had tears in her eyes or was in a state of crying yet we are told she's tough enough to run her daddy's fight ring. Really!In fact her character just put me off the story, her ability to be the case of obsession for these men just didn't fit what we were reading about her. She seemed gutless, boring and plain......yet we're told she isn't.Another point which actually had me turning pages to move forward which I rarely do on a good book , and this is a good book. (Slight spolier alert).When the final confrontation happens she spends ages getting to the point while alongside a fight happening, which we've been told previous fights happen quickly and the hero is a dangerous and 'speedy fighter, so what does she do....she makes sure she gets her 5 mins of glory by dragging out the explanation when in reality I'd imagine her splitting it out much faster to stop the fight and get justice. But we are made to believe she, whose shown no 'balls' so far, suddenly can walk miles and wait till ALL her reveal is just as she wants it. Hmmm, I think not.I liked the hero's character, the thought put behind fleshing out his character paid off totally. But the mobsters life and background didn't really inspire me for a setting of love. Yet I get the novel idea of it.It's still a book that's beyond others and we'll worth a read as so far all the books of Ms Cole that I've read so far are. This just had those little inconsistencies that irked me. I'm sure others won't even see them, but I did.The character I loved the most was 362. He had limited word time but wow did he steal my imagination.

This book was beyond anything I imagined. At such a low price I wasn't really expecting much but I could not have been more wrong. It was an intense read, filled with events that were very hard hitting but then it was beautiful and heart warming.My friends all think I'm a freak because I can't cry at films, while they're all crying their little hearts out, im sat stony faced and waiting for it all to end. However, I've recently learned that I can cry at books. The first was Destroyed by Pepper Winters, a book with a similar story line to this.Raze made me sob.There were certain parts where I was crying and I didn't even know it. Both happy and sad tears, this book broke me, put me back together, broke me again and then carried on in a cycle.I love this author, she has a way of writing that allows the emotions of the character to become your own. The two main leads were brilliantly written and you fell in love with them. Kisa was so strong and so loving. She went through so much, had to put up with so much and was still standing where so many others would have crumbled and broken. Alik was evil. Truly truly evil and it was his moments of involvement that were hard for me to read. You hate him but you also acknowledged his vital role in the story. Luka was a beautiful character. His confusion and his heartbreak, his journey to recovery and his love for Kisa made me fall in love with him. What I love most was that while Tillie made him dangerous and hard and alpha male, she gave him a vulnerability that most authors leave out, she wasn't afraid to let him break and this quote jumped out at me and has stuck with me..."I stroked his hair and pressed a long kiss to his head. "Are you okay, baby?"He shook his head indicating 'no', and I held him tighter."The underlying concept of this book, beneath the violence and the hurt is, in my opinion, this unstoppable force of Kisa's and Luka's love. I have never had such an emotional reaction to this book and its taken me 4 days to come back and write this review because I couldn't, and I'm not even sure I have now, articulate how I felt about it. Simply stunning.I recommend this book to everyone and anyone. It is difficult at times but so so so worth it and I know it's one i'll come back to again and again. Thank you Tillie!!