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09 November 2015

❤❤ Dee's review of REAP by Tillie Cole ❤❤


Raised as a prototype for the Georgian Bratva's obedience drug, 221 fails to think, act, or live for himself; he's his master's perfectly-crafted killing puppet. Standing at six-foot-six, weighing two-hundred-and-fifty pounds, and unrivaled in to-the-death combat, 221 successfully secures business for the Georgian Mafiya Boss of NYC, who rules the dark world of the criminal underground. Until his enemies capture him.

Talia Tolstaia dreams to break from the heavy clutches of Bratva life. She dreams of another life--away from the stifling leash of her Russian Bratva Boss father and from the brutality of her work at The Dungeon, her criminal family's underground death-match enterprise. But when she stumbles upon her family's captive who is more monster than man, she starts to see the man underneath. A powerful, beautiful, damaged man whose heart calls to hers. But sacrifices must be made--blood for blood...life for life...souls for scarred souls...

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This. Just. Won't. Be. Enough. For. Me. I just devoured that book. Literally picked it up, and devoured it in one sitting. It was so good. So so so good. If you haven't read Tillie Cole before, this is a book series you want to pick up. 

I could not help but love Talia. Who can't help but love her, our little rebel. And 221, at first I was kind of scared for him. Especially when his path crossed with our beloved Luka. (Yay more Luka, I know!!) I mean this dude was a savage killing machine, just slicing through people left and right. And it's Luka. Nothing can happen to him. But then the drugs start to wear off and we start to meet 221. We start to learn who he is as he does the same. We get to see him and Talia connect. And the words, THE FOUR WORDS he uses for her. They were simply the most incredible way to describe how he felt. 

I'm not going to sit here and say this book was all blood, guys and glory. I cried when Zaal remembers his past. I cried when he learned of his family. I gasped in shock when I read the last page. I smiled in joy when Luka and Kisa were on the couch. I breathed a sigh of relief when she helped him see how much she loved him. These are the feelings this drama filled, steamy as hell, blood and guts, mafia book pulled out of me. Quite seriously they were totally unexpected. 

This may be my favorite Tillie Cole book yet. 

But I will tell you this was a solid 4.5 star read for me

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RAZE (Scarred Souls #1)


To take back life, one must first face death...


One man stripped of his freedom, his morals...his life.


Conditioned in captivity to maim, to kill and to slaughter, prisoner 818 becomes an unremorseful, unrivaled and unstoppable fighter in the ring. Violence is all he knows. Death and brutality are the masters of his fate.


After years of incarceration in an underground hell, only one thought occupies his mind: revenge...bloody, slow and violent revenge.


Revenge on the man who lied.


Revenge on the man who wronged him.


Revenge on the man who condemned him and turned him into this: a rage-fueled killing machine. A monster void of humanity; a monster filled with hate.


And no one will stand in the way of getting what he wants.


One woman stripped of her freedom, her morals...her life.


Kisa Volkova is the only daughter of Kirill ‘The Silencer’ Volkov, head of the infamous ‘Triad’ bosses of New York's Russian Bratva. Her life is protected. In reality, it’s a virtual prison. Her father’s savage treatment of his rivals and his lucrative and coveted underground gambling ring—The Dungeon—ensures too many enemies lurk at their door. 


She dreams to be set free.


Kisa has known only cruelty and loss in her short life. As manager of her father’s death match enterprise, only grief and pain fill her days. Her mafia boss father, in her world, rules absolute. And her fiancé, Alik Durov, is no better; the Dungeon’s five-time champion, a stone-cold killer, the treasured son of her father’s best friend, and her very own—and much resented—personal guard. Unrivaled in both strength and social standing, Alik controls every facet of Kisa’s life, dominates her every move; keeps her subdued and dead inside...then one night changes everything. 


While working for her church—the only reprieve in her constant surveillance—Kisa stumbles across a tattooed, scarred, but stunningly beautiful homeless man on the streets. Something about him stirs feelings deep within her; familiar yet impossibly forbidden desires. He doesn’t talk. Doesn’t communicate with anyone. He’s a man beyond saving, and a man she must quickly forget...for both their sakes. 


But when weeks later, out of the blue and to her complete surprise, he’s announced as the replacement fighter in The Dungeon, Kisa knows she’s in a whole lot of trouble. He’s built, ripped and lethally unforgiving to his opponents, leaving fear in his wake and the look of death in his eyes. 


Kisa becomes obsessed with him. Yearns for him. Craves his touch. Needs to possess this mysterious man...this man they call Raze.


Dark Contemporary Romance. Contains explicit sexual situations, excessive violence, disturbingly sensitive and taboo subjects, offensive language and mature topics. Recommended for age 18 years and up.

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