J. F. Harding

[b:Heart Recaptured|22107044|Heart Recaptured (Hades Hangmen, #2)|Tillie Cole|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1415799095l/22107044._SY75_.jpg|41452288] by [a:Tillie Cole|7074846|Tillie Cole|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1517004382p2/7074846.jpg]
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Crime, Erotica, Romance, Suspense.
3.5 Stars

I like the series so far. I just don't love it. It hasn't hit the sweet spot that keeps me intrigued. My biggest problem is the repetitive thoughts of both main characters. It also contains numerous editing errors. It is interesting, but I am having trouble connecting with it.

Ky is amusing and brings a lot to the story. Delilah is whacked out and beyond nuts. There is quite a bit of action, violence, and suspense. Some of it is very graphic and disturbing. Those are my favorite parts of the story.

I can understand why a lot of people like this series. I'm just not sure if this series is for me. I'm going to continue to the next book soon.… (more)

okay, i ended up loving this book.

i was a little on the fence about this one at first, i wasn’t sure i could deal with Lilah being brainwashed. but! i love her and she didn’t bother me so much after reading probably 30% through the book. i just wanted her to come to terms with everything she’d been through, and i wanted her and ky to understand each other and be together. the ending was lovely, but i’m not looking forward to any more cult shenanigans. if the next book involves maddie getting kidnapped or any of the girls being kidnapped again im gonna yawwwnnnn because thats just gonna be too much for me lol.

i do look forward to flame and maddie action!! i love them both and i’m excited to how things go down with them!!
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Wow. I mean, wow. I'm not sure what else to say about this book. I thought the first one was intense, but that one doesn't hold a patch on Heart Recaptured. I just can't get over everything in this book. Seriously. Lilah is so amazingly, profoundly broken, and she fractures more in this book.

Lilah, as one of the Cursed, was isolated, abused, and molested. When her sister Mae is kidnapped and brought back the cult they were both members of, her lover and his motorcycle club come to get her back. During that raid, they rescue Lilah and Maddie. One of her rescuers was Ky, the second in charge in the club. He's struck by her beauty and is seriously attracted to her. But since she has spent her entire life hearing that she's got the Devil inside her and she has the power to tempt a man and hold him under his spell, she is sure she's sinning, somehow.

Ky is a big old slut. He likes women and he will go out and do any and every woman possible. He doesn't want to be tied down to anyone. His dad always told him to not worship any women. So, why can't he get Lilah out of his head?

I really hate this cult. They are a bunch of hypocrites, and what their elders are able to do in the name of their religion should get them castrated, at the very least. I'm pretty sure that I can come up with some worse things to happen to them, if I think about it hard enough. I hope that the Hangmen end up wiping them off the face of the earth somehow. What they did to Lilah and how they warped and fractured her is just beyond cruel and torture. Tillie does almost too well at describing the inner workings of the cult and their thinking. I'm horrified by their choices, but it makes for good reading.

Now that I've finished this one, it's on to the next one and to see what happens with Maddie.… (more)