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3.5 stars!

Soulmates picks up shortly after Karma ended and we are thrown back in the world of magic, mystery, and suspense. Amanda is attending a school in New York City trying to live a normal, magic free life. This isn’t easy when she is plagued with nightmares and has a constant bad feeling of being watched. These weird things don’t seem insignificant when it becomes apparent that she may actually be in danger.

Things start happening that make Amanda question what’s going on around her. Magical and spooky things she can’t explain. Then when Alex enters the picture again, everything goes downhill quickly. When the secrets that were hidden in book one are revealed, it turns out things are much grimmer than Amanda could have imagined.

Angry is what I should be…For the very first time in my life though, there’s no spark left inside me. The blazing fire is extinguished, and it left nothing but smoke and ashes.

This book was entertaining, funny, and suspenseful. It’s got demons, witches, and hunters and a whole lot of mystery and magic going on. Though the story starts a bit slow, the moment Alex re-enters Amanda’s life, it picks up quickly and was very hard to put down. There is a lot going in the story and the sub-plots add to the main theme building a very complex story. We get some of the answers to the questions I had from the first book (two of my theories were right, yay!) but as book two goes on there are so many more questions I need to ask. There are twists in the story I didn’t see coming that worry me because of the possible impact they will have on the characters. Things that I have no idea how they will make right. I am so curious how everything will play out in the next books.

As for the romance, I wanted more. I was rooting for Amanda and Alex and I so hoped they could resolve their issues but alas we must wait to see if they can figure it out in the books to come. They drive each other mad while driving me mad at the same time! Their relationship is complex, volatile, and seriously crazy but there is a connection between them that they can’t explain. They hate, they love, then they hate some more and the cycle continues in a never-ending loop and it is so irritating for them and for me.

One minute, I’m high off his love. The next, I’m drowning in his hate. I keep asking myself what’s wrong with him. How can he be so loving and protective, yet so mean and abusive? What I should ask myself, though, is what the fuck is wrong with me?

Deep down they care even though they fight it. They are cruel and extremely hurtful, and honestly, I am not sure how they can ever be together with everything that went down in their past. But I still have hope…

There’s no doubt in my mind. What we have is sick and twisted. Wrong for all the right reasons, but as long as the wrong feels so right, I’m in flight.

Amanda isn’t the nicest of people and is a self-proclaimed bitch so it took me a little while to get used to her character again. But she owns her actions and we see that she does things for other people no matter how selfish she seems. I got back into the story when her feelings started shining through the walls she has up around her heart. I liked seeing things in the past that affected her giving us a glimpse into why she is the way she is. She is still harboring a HUGE secret and I am sure I know what it is. I am just not sure I agree with the way she is handling the situation so I need to know the outcome when everything comes to light.

And Alex. What are we going to do with him? He confuses me completely with what he wants and what he doesn’t want. All of his actions are complete contradictions and he frustrated and angered me throughout the whole story. I know there is more to his secret and I really want to know what it is because I have a feeling it has to do with Amanda directly. But we don’t get much revelation in this book as to the whys of his actions so we have to wait for answers.

For Amanda and Alex, there really is a fine line between love and hate. I know they love each other. I just know it. They don’t let anyone else see it though and it gets more difficult the more the more time they spend together. The sexual tension increases throughout the book and you know it is only a matter of time before they can’t resist each other anymore. And when they give in it is intense and passionate. But just when you think they are headed toward working out their issues, dreadful decisions must be made and the love that could be slips between their fingers.

OMG that ending?! Talk about a cliffhanger! I hope we get answers in the next book because I need to know what happens next! Overall, Soulmates was an enjoyable addition to the Drag.Me.To.Hell series and I can’t wait for more!

*ARC generously provided by the author in exchange for an honest review*