In Soul Corrupted, the sequel to Soul Crossed,
life in Heaven isn’t all "happily ever after" for Josh and Grace. Now
Guardian Angels, they are entrusted with finding and saving the next
potential Antichrist. But Grace is consumed with worry about her family,
which is dealing with the aftershocks of her death. She's particularly
concerned about her brother Noah, who has turned down a dangerous path
of drugs and violence—and she's frustrated by the rules of Heaven, which
forbid her from contacting them.
Josh has troubles of his own. A
former Demon, he questions his ability to guide troubled souls to the
light. When he discovers that Noah made a deal with Lucifer and has even
been hanging around with Josh’s old Demon pal, Keira, he makes a
forbidden counter-deal with the Devil to save Noah's soul. Josh's side
of the bargain? He has to sever his relationship with Grace.
Josh
and Grace's world is about to spin out of control, testing the limits
of true love and blurring the border between Heaven and Hell.
Soul Corrupted is the second installment in Lisa Gail Green’s Of Demon and Angels series, which started with Soul Crossed.
I received this ARC from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review, I was in no way compensated for this review.
Lisa
Gail Green returns to Grace and Josh’s story in Soul Corrupted. We had
the classic demon meets angel story last go around, where the two,
naturally, fall in love
and then chaos ensues. Well, the chaos seems to be continuing as the
hunt for the next Antichrist is still underway.
Grace
spends a lot of her time in Heaven checking in on her family,
especially her younger brother, Noah, who seems to be having a rough go
of things lately. Josh struggles
to make her happier because of all this. And he tries to direct them
back onto their task in finding the next Antichrist. There’s two
possible candidates this go around, a young boy and a preteen girl with a
strange, wandering/dead eye. She somehow reminded
me of Mad Eye Moody, only you know, with the potential to be absolutely
evil!
Then
comes the kicker, in order to protect Grace, Josh makes a deal of sorts
with Lucifer and basically pretends he hates her, breaks her heart and
pretends to be with
Keira, who disguises herself as another girl. All to keep Grace
distracted from Lucifer’s ultimate plan. And it works. Grace is left
heartbroken over Josh’s behavior and is just crushed. To me, this
could’ve been done a lot better. I felt like it was too simple
and clean cut to be believable, with what Josh actually says in his
breaking up with her. And then she readily believes him! After all they
went through in the first book, I would’ve thought there would be a
bigger argument over this breakup rather than the
wishy washy tears we got.
Grace
came off a little childish in this one for me. She seemed to bemoan her
brother’s life a lot. Like how he’s acting out because he misses her so
much. When as we
learn from Keira’s point of view—which also takes place in this
book—Noah has been going through a lot lately and it doesn’t resolve
around missing Grace in that same sense. He’s quite different and it’s
chilling! Though, to be honest, I can’t remember much
about him from the first book.
I
guess one thing I was happy to see in this book was the absence of
animal cruelty. I guess that was more of a Cam thing and not something
to expect from every book,
thank goodness! And the two kids, really, that are the potential
Antichrists weren’t as evil as you’d think. The girl was wicked scary,
though. Also to note, I was surprised by how small of a role they each
played in this one.
There
was a pretty shocking twist near the end, but in truth, I sort of saw
this coming through hints in the story. I thought it was obvious,
really. And it’s not so
much of a bad thing either. Just something to say, I guess! LOL! The
next, and I assume, final book in this series/trilogy is definitely
going to be a doozie! I am curious to see how things will turn out from
that particular outcome. And naturally, see how
Grace and Josh overcome the new obstacles that they are facing!
As
far as romance goes, there really wasn’t much in this one. The little
bit of time that Grace and Josh were a couple, only a few kisses were
shared before the breakup.
Then there’s basically nothing on the horizons for romance. Which is to
be expected. We’re talking about the upcoming end of the world. I think
the kissing can wait! Don’t you? Haha!
Overall,
Soul Corrupted was a pretty good read. I felt like the first one was
better, despite my dislike of animal abuse. This one lacked spark. And
there were a few
too many clichés going around with Grace and her dealing with Josh’s
breakup. Minor nuisances like that were a little heavier this go around
and kind of detracted from my enjoyment of the story. But I still plan
to read its finale whenever that comes out,
once I’m this far into a supposed trilogy, there’s little to stop me
from finishing it!
If
you enjoyed any part of Soul Crossed, I highly recommend reading this
one. Despite a few hangups I had, it was still a pretty decent read.
Just not the greatest!
And if you at all like the whole Heaven and Hell hookups (YA), this is
definitely something you might want to look into! Just be sure to start
with Soul Crossed!
Overall Rating 3/5 stars
Soul Corrupted releases September 6, 2015