Her Soulkeepers by Sadie Moss
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Three dangerous warriors each hold a piece of my soul. I won’t let them claim my heart too.
Her Soulkeepers
My people are dying.
Our god has abandoned us, leaving us starving and weak. In a desperate attempt to save those I love, I offer up the ultimate sacrifice to our neglectful god.
Myself.
He accepts my offering, and I forfeit my life. But when I arrive in the afterworld, a rival god who despises mine binds my soul to three beautiful, terrifying men–powerful beings he calls his messengers.
Callum, Echo, and Paris.
I’m little more than an annoyance to them, a lost soul their master has foisted upon them.
Still, the bond between us draws me toward them constantly, like a lodestone finding true north, and the more time I spend with these enigmatic men, the more confused my feelings become.
I hate them. I want them. I fear them. I need them.
But no matter what happens, I won’t let myself love them.
Magic and mayhem in the afterworld!
The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 💙🖤💜❤️
Heat/Steam: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📙📘
World building: 🌏🌍🌎🌍🌎
Character development: 🤨😟😳😍
The heroine:Sage – she lives in a small village with her mother and younger brother Nolan. Though the villagers have all been faithful, prayed diligently and given sacrifices to their god Zelus, he has forsaken them. The crops have mostly all failed and they go out in hunting parties but there is less game to be found and even when they do, the animals are also starving.
The Heroes: Paris – he a tall, languid man with blonde hair and blue eyes. He loves to cook.
Callum – He is big, muscular, has long dark brown hair and green eyes and looks like a warrior. He is in charge and somewhat grumpy.
Echo – He has black hair and brown eyes, he is a bit shorter than the other two, but still tall, he has a sparkle in his eye and is easy going and jovial.
“We’re messengers for Kaius.” Echo grabs the bottle and refills my wine glass as he speaks. “We exist to serve him, and we do whatever he asks of us. We are warriors and emissaries, guards and attendants. We aren’t human, nor were we ever human. Somewhere in between, really.”
The Story: When Sage’s brother is hurt during a hunt for a bear, Sage goes out to look for some herbs to stop infection and she sees some magical creatures who tell her that her god Zelus won’t help the village without a bigger sacrifice. So, Sage decides to Sacrifice herself to Zelus in exchange for helping her family and her village. She ends up as a lost soul and is found by Paris, Callum and Echo who are messengers for the god Kaius, who is brother to Zelus. They take her to Kaius who takes pity on her and gives each of the guy’s part of her soul to keep. Now they have to look after her in Kaius’ realm of the afterworld.
The story is interesting, though there were certain things that bothered me. Mostly having to do with the fact that Sage never questioned things enough. I wanted her to immediately find out more about how the afterlife works, more about her guys, and the magic they had access to, but she just seemed to think that the guy’s wouldn’t welcome her questions, so she didn’t bother asking. Also, it seems she can get hurt and even die in the afterlife, so I wanted her to ask more questions about that.
I also loved the description of the ‘weave’, where the magic comes from and of the magic itself that is performed by Sage and her Heroes. They do some pretty cool stuff with the magic by seeing the strings in the weave and pulling on them. They can travel really fast, they can strengthen their weapons, they can heal, make things move and much more. The world building was fantastic. Plus in the first two of the the three books, there was a nice blend of steaminess and action for a reverse harem which sometimes end up on the smuttier side. The third book had more steamy scenes than I liked, but overall it was a good mix.
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