Souls Unfractured (A Hades Hangmen Novel Book 3) Kindle Edition

“For fractured souls are like magnets. Drawn to collide into impossible bliss.”Souls Unfractured has been on my TBR since I realized it was being written. I’ve read It Ain’t Me, Babe and Heart Recaptured, but this one had me chomping at the bit to have it in my greedy little hands. This is Flame and Maddie’s story and before you dive in, you need to have read the previous two books. This series is not written as standalones, but as directly interconnecting sequels.“Your touch is poison. You’ll hurt her.”This series is not for squeamish readers, it contains very dark and often traumatic events. The subject matter alone is very provocative and deeply disturbing. That being said these books are beautifully written, they’re touching and tragic, they have even given me nightmares in the past. Flame’s childhood was beyond horrific. Learning about his past and reliving it through his eyes eviscerated me. This series has been intense up to this point, but this book drove it to a whole new level, I’m not even sure if intense is a strong enough word to describe it. Maddie has not had it any easier; her experiences at the hands of the men within the church have been no less traumatic or devastating. When these two first set eyes on each other they each recognize something in the other, and they are inexplicably drawn together. Maddie has survived hell, as have her sisters, but Flame has also survived his own hell, many years ago. The reason why Flame is the way he is, becomes crystal clear and to be honest, he like the women are very lucky to be alive. Although I’m not sure what he has been reliving daily would really qualify as living. The circumstances that these characters have had to overcome and withstand are incomprehensible to me. I cannot even imagine these kinds of horrors and torture. His brothers of the MC love him, unconditionally but when he succumbs to the darkness and they can now longer reach him, it is Maddie steps into hell with him.“When his dark eyes did fall upon me, I could see his silent plea. He no longer wanted to live in this manner. He wanted to be free of his pain. Like I had, for so many years, he wanted to be free.”Maddie and Flame’s connection is one born out of understanding and compassion. But over time and after another horrific event their relationship evolves into something else. Something that has now bound them for life. Their love and devotion to each other is out of this world. It’s simply impossible to unaffected by it.“I am yours. It took you falling into darkness to make me see the truth and light.”Tillie Cole has proven over the course of the past two novels in this series and yet again with this newest book, that she has spectacular talent. This story has taken an already phenomenal series to yet a whole new level. This story was immensely compelling; I flew through the pages and over the words in an afternoon. I was fascinated and yet unsettled but what took place within this story. Some of the characters have begun the healing process; while others are still struggling with the demons that not only haunt them in their dreams, but still very much exist in the real world. The amount of work, dedication and sheer will that must have gone into crafting this story, this series, just leaves me in total awe. Tillie Cole doesn’t shy away from what had to be an extremely emotional story to create; she poured herself into its pages. I have to imagine she bled for it, it’s that impassioned.“I am darkness. I am pain. I am motherf***ing death.”I cannot possibly stress how incredible this story was, the next books that follow in this series are going automatically onto my TBR, I am now officially obsessed with this story and its characters. Discovering how this story will end is now my mission. I now like Flame, have a deeply seated need for revenge, retribution and blood. They all need to pay and I want front row seats to the main event.“I used to wonder how two people-one broken girl, and one broken boy-could ever move on from their dark and tortured pasts. But now I know. Together, that’s how. They fight their way through…together.”

WoW! Where do you go from here ... what book do you dare pick up after finishing this one!! I have no clue!! Tillie Cole once again you have written an epic tale. I fell in love with Flame and Maddie in the first book in this series, Flame the tortured soul that he was, and Maddie with her calming presence. Their first interaction together left with me a multitude of questions and I couldn't wait to read their story. This is the third installment in this series and you must read the other two to really appreciate this story."The unlikeliest of saviors. Flame you saved me from him. From that life... from never knowing what it was like to hold hands. To kiss and to make such sweet love that it feels like a dream. You have no idea how special you are to me." Maddie held up our joined hands and said, "Even now, looking at these hands, I am terrified this is all in my head, that being here with you, is just another fantasy that will never be realized. That I am sitting at my window, sketching a future i pray will happen, before i blink and discover it is all in my head, that I must be content to simply watch you from afar."This book starts off right where Heart Recaptured ends. We have Flame and Maddie, two broken characters who are barely able to function. Flame is consumed by Maddie, Maddie is confused and frightened by this new world she has entered into. Flame is a not your typical hero, he is a tortured soul, the things he has experienced in his life continue to haunt him at every turn. He keeps the "flames" at bay with self mutilation, and he honestly broke my heart repeatedly throughout this book. Listening to him reveal his past was gut wrenching and difficult to read. But with his past brought to light Flame just might finally have a chance at moving forward.Maddie, the silent little one who simply watched him from the windows of the compound seems to be the only one who can reach Flame. When a vision from his past makes him crawl into his own head and literally lose it, she is the only one who can calm him. She is the light that brings him out of the darkness and she calms the flames that burn him from within. With the tables turned Maddie steps up and helps bring Flame back out of his head and these two become inseparable. These two are each others saviors, two broken souls healing together."I used to wonder how two people- one broken girl, and one broken boy- could ever move on from their dark and tortured pasts. But now I know. Together, that's how. They fight their way through ... together."Of course there were still issues with The Order, the girls are taken, Cain is lost he has no idea whats going on under his nose. When things are brought to light and he realizes how bad things actually are and that the girls weren't lying to him he is determined to lead his people without the sinful acts they continue to partake in, but his brother Judah has other plans ... I can't wait to see what happens with that!!This story was gut wrenching, heart breaking, heart warming, emotional, dark, raw, and absolutely magnificent. Tillie Cole is a writing rock star and I am officially a flame whore!!