Rachel Hobbs – Soul-Strung

This is the second one book I have read from Rachel Hobbs,the first Shadow-Stained. I read it a few months ago, and I loved it. When @TheWriteReads invited me to this #BlogTour I was so happy. Soul-Strung is the second book in the Stones of Power series. I had my fingers crossed that I would love this book as much as the first.

BATTLEWORN RUBY is putting her darkest days behind her, and where better to start again than the bustling Callien city? Too good to be true, when the demon of her past comes crashing back into her life, the warning he carries with him leaves it in pieces. Where Drayvex goes, chaos and mayhem trail in his wake. And she’s bound to him tighter than ever before.

SCHEMING DRAYVEX has been busy: chasing the demon turned traitor from world to world, keeping furtive tabs on the girl with a piece of his soul; oh, and running a demon empire. Concerned Ruby will be discovered alive, he enlists her on a hunt for the lapis temporis, an object that can quite literally turn back time, to fix old mistakes and kill their mutual enemy in the past. He’s done playing games.

POWER-STARVED SAYDOR is on the run. Converting to his cause one underdog at a time, his eyes and ears are everywhere. You can’t kill what you can’t find, and Saydor’s covert talent is deadly. The bigger you are, the harder you fall. And he’s just getting started.

But when you’re playing for time itself, how do you know when you’ve been here before?

A dark fantasy story that continues Ruby and Drayvex’s journey. Beginning where Shadow-Stained ended, this book returns us right back into the danger and suspense of the demon world. We see Ruby and Drayvex faced with fresh and different challenges. The twists and turns kept me glued to this book as I immersed myself in this fantastic world.

Rachel Hobbs has, like a spider making a Web, built this world so skillfully that as soon as you begin reading, you are transported to the corners of hell and its so convincing you forget you are at home sat on the couch. The drama, tension, and tough options are all there as they were in Shadow-Stained. The author has done it again and created a make-believe world that I loved spending my time in.

Ruby and Drayvex’s relationship is not plain sailing with the amount of turmoil between them. It is a great depiction that’s extremely well written. Neither character is happy with the feelings they are having.

The ending, well! What can I say? Brilliant! I am now looking forward to the next book with an eagerness that surprises even me.

Thanks to @TheWriteReads and Rachel Hobbs for my copy of this worthy sequel.

Genre: Fantasy

Length: 332 Pages

Publishing: 13th April 2021

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B098KDFHJK/ 

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57947576-soul-strung 

About the Author

Rachel Hobbs lives in South West Wales, where she hibernates with with her bearded dragon and her husband. By day she is a dental nurse at a small local practice. By night, she writes.

Her debut novel SHADOW-STAINED is the first in a dark fantasy series for adults, inspired by her dark and peculiar experiences with narcolepsy and parasomnia. She’s since subjugated her demons, and writes under the tenuous guise that they work for her.

Fuelled by an unhealthy amount of coffee, she writes about hard-boiled monsters with soft centres and things that go bump in the night. The Stones of Power series continues with SOUL-STRUNG, the second in this monstrous series of four.