Whispered Thoughts: Review: Our Souls to Keep By: Gary A. Caruso

Synopsis

After seventeen-year-old Wake Reynolds agrees to trade his life to prevent the damaged soul of his suicidal mother from the fiery tortures of Hell, Satan strips him of his humanity and forces him to become a demonic collector of souls. With no memory of his human existence, Wake preys on defenseless teenagers until they willingly end their own lives.

After many years of loyal service, something inside Wake is changing. Images of a forgotten life, lost human emotions begin to emerge. As Wake struggles to keep these new sensations hidden, Satan orders him to corrupt the soul of a pregnant girl, Annemarie. Beautiful, gentle Annemarie. From the moment Wake sees her, she brings lightness to his blackened heart. If he chooses to defy Satan and spare the lives of Annemarie and her unborn child, his mother’s soul will writhe in Hell’s deepest pit for eternity. Annemarie or his mother? It’s a choice no one should have to make.

My Review

I like this cover a lot and in a way it kinda threw me off I thought it was going to be more about keeping one's soul intact, But of course I was wrong. Imagine that me wrong about a book by it's cover lol, call me judgmental over this one lol. IT did turn out to be a great story although I would have went with a different ending it was still very good. In the process of reading this story I had a lot of personal things to attend to which did keep me from reading it within a week from starting it. I'm glad that I was able to take my time with this one.

First of I really liked how it was about a guy this time and not all about a girl. Wake is the main character in this story who is a demon by choice ( it's explained in the story how he became one), who's got is humanity back and is falling in love with Annmarie whom he is suppose to collect the soul of. Annmarie is this great strengh of this young soon to be mother who goes on this journey with Wake and ends up falling in love. This story was action packed and full of Demons and Angels, who all want the same thing for just about the same reasons and it's up to Wake to save Annmarie and her unborn child. Believe me when I say this story does get good and the Action in this story was just to great way to keep you reading.

The setting of the story was good, how the author explained everything was great, it really made the story just flow smoothly. OK, to be honest I absolutely hate the ending I really thing it should have been written differently, the hole story your drawn in then BAM the ending happens and your like what the living hell happened. Besides that it was good.

Author's Corner

Gary Caruso lives in northern Virginia with his wife Jill, but their favorite place is in Ohio with their three beautiful grandchildren. Although Gary is exhilarated when he sits down to write, teaching middle school science is his first love. He’s passionate about empowering students to make thoughtful decisions and positive choices in life. Gary enjoys reading, especially fiction that blurs the line between what’s real and what’s fantasy. He never imagined becoming a writer until an ordinary car ride on a spring day jolted an unlikely thought into his head. Gary’s early experience writing is a reminder that no matter how intimidating the challenge, action and determination are the foundations for fulfilling any dream. Gary has an insatiable love for writing, a blessing he’s excited to share with his readers.

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