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Torture to Her Soul by J.M. Darhower

duchessrin's review against another edition

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3.0

★★★☆☆

I'm gonna post a review soon. I think I'm the only one who didn't like the second book that much. Hmmmm.

emilydaniela's review against another edition

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4.0

Mucho mejor que el primero. Lo disfruté bastante.

eurynome's review against another edition

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4.0

İlk kitap beklentilerimi, standartlarımı öyle yükseltti ki, bu güzel kitaba belkide haksızlık yapıyorum.
Paul konusunu geçiştirmesini pek mantıklı bulmadım. Anlıyorum diğerlerine kıyasla o kadar önemli değildi, ancak o konu ortada kaldı bence.
Kız ne aşık ya, aklım alamıyor nasıl devam edebildiği ilişkilerinin. Kurgu olsa bile annesine daha fazla üzülmesi gerekmez miydi?
Ama güzeldi bence.

spaceyguitarpop's review against another edition

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4.0

3.5 STARS!

erinarkin20's review against another edition

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4.0

Review to come

lisamh68's review against another edition

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5.0

So good.. There is so much hate and anger but they love each other. So much death.. But such a good story..

alanagrenfell's review against another edition

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5.0

Aghhh❤️❤️

rutatheythem's review against another edition

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DNF at page 141

İlk kitabı hiç beğenmemiştim bu kitaba neden başladığımı bile bilmiyorum. Ama başlayacak kadar mazoşistik dürtülerim olsa da bitirecek kadar kendimden nefret ettiğimden emin değilim. Bu nedenle kitabı yarım bırakıyorum.

İlk kitapta Naz -baş erkek karakter- Karissa'nın -baş kadın karakter- babasını Karissa'nın önünde öldürüyor ve gerekçesi de Karissa henüz doğmamışken ya da yeni doğmuşken Karissa'nın babasının Naz'ın hamile karısını öldürmesi. Tamam, intikam duygusu falan buraları bir mantığa oturtup anlayabiliyorum bir nebze de olsa ama anlayamadığım kısımlar bu noktadan sonra bu kitapta başladı.

Naz babasını öldürmek için Karissa'ya yaklaşıyor ve başarılı da oluyor. Ama Karissa'ya aşık olduğu için Karissa'yı hayatta tutmaya karar veriyor ve Karissa'nın hiçbir şeyden haberi yokken verdiği bir sözden dolayı onu hayatında tutmaya devam ediyor. Hadi adam ruh hastası buraları da anlayabiliyorum. Sonuçta en azılı katiller bile bir mantığa göre hareket ederler, bir kodları olur. İlerleyen sayfalarda Naz, 20 yıl önce ölen karısının ölümünden dolayı acı çektiğini ve Karissa'nın birkaç hafta önce ölen babasının yasını tutmasını acısına saygısızlık olarak algıladığını belirtiyor. Mantık bunun neresinde?!

Okuduğum 140 sayfanın içerisinde bu ve bunun gibi pek çok -bana göre- saçmalık vardı. Bu nedenle bu yazarın bir daha bir kitabını okur muyum bilemiyorum. Bu seriyle birlikte dark-adult türünün bana göre olmadığını da anladım. Ben çizgi roman okumaya devam edeyim en iyisi. Bana kazandırdığı tek şey de bu oldu yazarın: türden soğutmak.

kayla_llbr's review against another edition

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2.0

"We're a tragedy in the making. The game of tug-of-war we're playing will end up destroying us, because she doesn't have it in her to surrender, and I can't let go."

Tug-of-war is definitely one word I would use to describe my feelings toward this series. On one hand I LOVED Monster in His Eyes. It was intriguing and sexy and left me wanting more. I loved it so much that I read it 3 times in one week. It was a solid 5 star read. So imagine my surprise and sadness when I had to force myself just to finish Torture to Her Soul. There a quite a few things that just didn't work for me and surprisingly one of them was Naz.

"She doesn't want to love me. I don't blame her. But the fact remains that she does. She loves me. And she probably hates that fact more than she hates me most days."

What worked so well from MIHE was seeing how mysterious and secretive Naz was from Karissa's POV. You never really got a grasp on how he was thinking. Sure, he could love you one minute and have his hand wrapped around your throat the next, but that was the beauty of it. All of Naz's vague responses, his explosive reactions, and the mystery surrounding his life were lost when the story switched to his POV in Torture. While I would have appreciated a couple chapters from him, especially after that killer prologue that Torture starts out with, I was really disappointed that it never went back to Karissa. Some books work great with male POV and to me this just wasn't one of them. No amount of Naz's dry wit and charm could save what was already a sinking ship.
"This kiss feels like hunger and more like heartache, like she's quenching a thirst by trying to remember how to drink. Tiny sips."

But mostly I was really disappointed by how underwhelmed I was with the plot. For almost the entire book it's nothing but Naz wanting Karissa and Karissa hating Naz. Not even their explosive chemistry could stem the boredom I felt while reading. It was a literal tug-of-war with not much else going on and it go old real fast. It wasn't until that last 50% of the story that it finally started going somewhere and by that time I just wanted it to be over with. Had I not enjoyed Darhower's writing (despite how bored I was with the story) and wanted resolution (one that left me underwhelmed) I would have DNF'd this early on.

"Regret. I've never regretted anything. I certainly don't want to start now."

I'm not sure exactly what I was expecting to feel from the conclusion to this story but regret wasn't it.

2.5 stars*

*ARC provided by author in exchange for an honest review*

bookishbeagle's review against another edition

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3.0

Screw giving this book a second chance. I can’t for the life of me finish it. It’s just flat out boring and repetitive. Ahhhhh I keep waiting and waiting for it to get good, but it’s just a fricking pipe dream.