by Sarah J. Pepper
Book 1, in the Once Wicked Series
"Soulless"
Genre: New Adult, Fantasy, Romance. 217 pages.
"Soulless"
Genre: New Adult, Fantasy, Romance. 217 pages.
Price: $2.99 ebook (at time of post)
- SYNOPSIS -
Our love is imperfect in the most perfect way. It is love done our way. Raw. Unconventional. Sexy as hell. More importantly, it is honest to the core…Or so I think.
One little, white lie shouldn't do so much damage. Yet, it changes me forever. The worst part is that Declan whispers that sweet nothing out of protection. My safety is in the forefront of his mind, especially since there are others who’d hurt me simply to get to him. I never consider that he will be the one to cut me so deeply. But it all starts with that first prick—the night he saves my life.
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His perilous stare deepened as his grip fastened around my waist. As maniacal thoughts passed over his eyes, his grasp tightened. That look confirmed that I wasn’t the only one who wanted all the space between us eliminated.
I could hardly breathe when his gaze fell to my lips. It left me without words. It was the very way a passing glance could leave you speechless. But Declan didn’t just take a glimpse. No, he unapologetically looked me over.
He loved me in not so many words, but I heard them all the same. I heard them with each moan that echoed in the air. I felt them as he held me gently in his arms. Even if I didn’t feel the desire radiating off of him in a fury of passion, he bore that intensity in his gaze. The world around us melted away until there was only me and him.
Our love is imperfect in the most perfect way. It is love done our way. Raw. Unconventional. Sexy as hell. More importantly, it is honest to the core…Or so I think.
One little, white lie shouldn't do so much damage. Yet, it changes me forever. The worst part is that Declan whispers that sweet nothing out of protection. My safety is in the forefront of his mind, especially since there are others who’d hurt me simply to get to him. I never consider that he will be the one to cut me so deeply. But it all starts with that first prick—the night he saves my life.
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His perilous stare deepened as his grip fastened around my waist. As maniacal thoughts passed over his eyes, his grasp tightened. That look confirmed that I wasn’t the only one who wanted all the space between us eliminated.
I could hardly breathe when his gaze fell to my lips. It left me without words. It was the very way a passing glance could leave you speechless. But Declan didn’t just take a glimpse. No, he unapologetically looked me over.
He loved me in not so many words, but I heard them all the same. I heard them with each moan that echoed in the air. I felt them as he held me gently in his arms. Even if I didn’t feel the desire radiating off of him in a fury of passion, he bore that intensity in his gaze. The world around us melted away until there was only me and him.
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My Rating: 
My Thoughts: Not All Endings End Happily
All I can say is O-M-G and WOW!!! I loved this twist on a fairy tale even more so since it was an expansion on the short story which found in the anthology "Fairy Tale Confession." This story is basically heartbreaking but passionate, the characters love and hate each other, yet the combination of everything lends to a captivating read.
There is power in a spoken name and opening one's self to the vulnerability of love. Declan Stilts aka. Rumpelstiltskin , has bore his curse of the demon who feeds off of peoples life essence for so long he knows he is beyond hope. Until Declan encounters Piper Miller the girl who was meant to be his catalyst to ride himself of his curse but instead would ultimately become his undoing. Piper enthralled Declan in a way no woman ever had, so when the choice came to let her die or share his curse, which would inevitably cause more harm than good for their chance of a relationship, he did as she asked. Piper grapples with her new demonic form and all that entails, becoming the "Pied Piper" is something she moral never contemplated but can her unwavering love for Declan sustain her humanity? Can they both survive the curse, Declan's enemies and past letting love heal them or is love the real danger to them both?
Overall, I loved it!! Normally I really dislike romances where the girl is for the bad boy and hopes to change the guy so they live HEA. However, Declan is so different from any other bad boy or villain written before. Sarah J. Pepper has managed to make me swoon for the bad boy and left me praying that Stilts and Piper lived together as happily as they can. Piper was so emotionally mixed with wanting to never let go of Declan but hating what she became in order to remain with him. Losing herself was something she couldn't live with, which was one of the things I greatly admired her for. However my favorite point in the novel was Declan's adoration for Piper, he lover her with is whole self but he didn't just have an attraction to Piper, Stilts adored her and had no qualms in showing it even in the bittersweet end. Ugh, so beautiful. So if you want to read a raw contemporary heartbreaking fairy tale romance, read this book and be ready to feel emotionally shaken.
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Sarah J. Pepper
Sarah J. Pepper
Sarah J. Pepper specializes in dark, paranormal romance - think "happy ever after" but with a twisted, dark chocolate center. Real-life romance isn't only filled with hugs, kisses, bunnies, and rainbows. True-love can be more thoroughly described in times of darkness and tribulation. It's in those harsh moments where you see what a person is truly capable of - both the good and bad. Sometimes prince-charming isn't always on time, and the glass slipper is a little snug. However, it doesn't mean Charming is not Mr. Right, and who says every shoe is the perfect fit?
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