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Hades Hangmen #8
My Maddie
Not even love can conquer the demons of our pasts...
Flame and Maddie have found solace and safety in one another’s arms, two fractured souls beginning to heal. But no matter how strong their love grows, it can never completely vanquish the demons of their pasts. These demons are dormant, not defeated.
Now a new enemy threatens the Hangmen, and a new revelation threatens the peace Maddie and Flame hold so dear. Flame is fighting a multitude of wars – against the club’s new foe, against the horrors of his past, and against his fears – but the fire in his blood may be the only victor.
As Flame begins to spiral into his own personal hell, it is up to Maddie to bring her husband back into her heart. To remind him that, together, they can face any obstacle standing in their way. To show him that no one and nothing can tear them apart again.
His Maddie.
Her Flame.
The fight for their forever.
Dark Contemporary Romance. Contains sexual situations, violence, sensitive and taboo subjects, offensive language and mature topics. Recommended for age 18 years and up.
Flame and Maddie have found solace and safety in one another’s arms, two fractured souls beginning to heal. But no matter how strong their love grows, it can never completely vanquish the demons of their pasts. These demons are dormant, not defeated.
Now a new enemy threatens the Hangmen, and a new revelation threatens the peace Maddie and Flame hold so dear. Flame is fighting a multitude of wars – against the club’s new foe, against the horrors of his past, and against his fears – but the fire in his blood may be the only victor.
As Flame begins to spiral into his own personal hell, it is up to Maddie to bring her husband back into her heart. To remind him that, together, they can face any obstacle standing in their way. To show him that no one and nothing can tear them apart again.
His Maddie.
Her Flame.
The fight for their forever.
Dark Contemporary Romance. Contains sexual situations, violence, sensitive and taboo subjects, offensive language and mature topics. Recommended for age 18 years and up.
424 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 4, 2020
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Tillie Cole
59 books25.9k followersAmazon & USA Today Best Selling Author, Tillie Cole, is a Northern girl through and through. She originates from a place called Teesside on that little but awesomely sunny (okay I exaggerate) Isle called Great Britain. She was brought up surrounded by her English rose mother -- a farmer's daughter, her crazy Scottish father, a savagely sarcastic sister and a multitude of rescue animals and horses.
Being a scary blend of Scottish and English, Tillie embraces both cultures; her English heritage through her love of HP sauce and freshly made Yorkshire Puddings, and her Scottish which is mostly demonstrated by her frighteningly foul-mouthed episodes of pure rage and her much loved dirty jokes.
Having been born and raised as a Teesside Smoggie, Tillie, at age nineteen, moved forty miles north to the 'Toon', Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, where she attended Newcastle University and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts honours degree in Religious Studies. She returned two years later to complete a Post-Graduate Certificate in Teaching High School Social Studies. Tillie, regards Newcastle to be a home from home and enjoyed the Newcastle Geordie way of life for seven 'proper mint' and 'lush' years.
One summers day, after finishing reading her thousandth book on her much loved and treasured Kindle, Tillie turned to her husband and declared, "D'you know, I have a great idea for a story. I could write a book." Several months later, after repeating the same tired line at the close of another completed story, she was scolded by her husband to shut up talking about writing a novel and "just bloody do it!" For the first time in eleven years, Tillie actually took his advice (he is still trying to get over the shock) and immediately set off on a crazy journey, delving deep into her fertile imagination.
Tillie, ever since, has written from the heart. She combines her passion for anything camp and glittery with her love of humour and dark brooding men (most often muscled and tattooed – they’re her weakness!). She also has a serious side (believe it or not!) and loves to immerse herself in the complex study of World Religions, History and Cultural Studies and creates fantasy stories that enable her to thread serious issues and topics into her writing -- yep, there's more to this girl than profanity and sparkles!
After six years of teaching high school Social Studies and following her Professional Rugby Player husband around Europe, they have finally given up their nomadic way of life and settled in Calgary, Alberta where Tillie spends most of her days (and many a late night) lost in a writing euphoria or pursuing a dazzling career as a barrel-racing, tasselled-chap wearing, Stetson-sporting cowgirl... Ye-haw!
Being a scary blend of Scottish and English, Tillie embraces both cultures; her English heritage through her love of HP sauce and freshly made Yorkshire Puddings, and her Scottish which is mostly demonstrated by her frighteningly foul-mouthed episodes of pure rage and her much loved dirty jokes.
Having been born and raised as a Teesside Smoggie, Tillie, at age nineteen, moved forty miles north to the 'Toon', Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, where she attended Newcastle University and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts honours degree in Religious Studies. She returned two years later to complete a Post-Graduate Certificate in Teaching High School Social Studies. Tillie, regards Newcastle to be a home from home and enjoyed the Newcastle Geordie way of life for seven 'proper mint' and 'lush' years.
One summers day, after finishing reading her thousandth book on her much loved and treasured Kindle, Tillie turned to her husband and declared, "D'you know, I have a great idea for a story. I could write a book." Several months later, after repeating the same tired line at the close of another completed story, she was scolded by her husband to shut up talking about writing a novel and "just bloody do it!" For the first time in eleven years, Tillie actually took his advice (he is still trying to get over the shock) and immediately set off on a crazy journey, delving deep into her fertile imagination.
Tillie, ever since, has written from the heart. She combines her passion for anything camp and glittery with her love of humour and dark brooding men (most often muscled and tattooed – they’re her weakness!). She also has a serious side (believe it or not!) and loves to immerse herself in the complex study of World Religions, History and Cultural Studies and creates fantasy stories that enable her to thread serious issues and topics into her writing -- yep, there's more to this girl than profanity and sparkles!
After six years of teaching high school Social Studies and following her Professional Rugby Player husband around Europe, they have finally given up their nomadic way of life and settled in Calgary, Alberta where Tillie spends most of her days (and many a late night) lost in a writing euphoria or pursuing a dazzling career as a barrel-racing, tasselled-chap wearing, Stetson-sporting cowgirl... Ye-haw!
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February 9, 2020
3 Stars
I am definitely in the minority by not loving this book more, but I think it's my own damned fault on some level too...
I was so excited when I saw this (because I LOVE Maddie and Flame and their path throughout the series), but as I read I couldn't help but feel like I was missing something. Then I realized that, in my haste to get to this, I had forgotten that I have not caught up with this series - meaning, I still have to read book 7...
Thus, I felt lost with Smiler and whatever was happening with him and Ash...and the fact that Lilah was ?
Good. To. Know.
Then..not gonna lie...I just don't think I was in the mood for TC's brand of psychoanalysis right now; thus, I found myself skimming through a lot of Flame's flashbacks and breakthroughs - which, again, is somewhat on me. I KNEW what to expect, and it's 100% my fault for jumping into it when I knew I wasn't in the mood.
That said, I do feel like the constant flashbacks of Flame's abuse and the scenes with him...re-enacting the scenes with his baby brother...were a little too frequent. We get it. He was abused. Don't lessen the impact of that by over-saturating us with scenes depicting it.
There were also editing issues with this book (their vs there, etc., type stuff), which was kind of annoying. I hold Cole to a pretty high standard and her books are usually pretty flawless in this regard. So I found it slightly distracting.
So, for now, I will leave this as a solid 3 stars...which is a good rating...but I reserve the right to come back and reassess after I catch up on the series and re-read this one after.
I am definitely in the minority by not loving this book more, but I think it's my own damned fault on some level too...
I was so excited when I saw this (because I LOVE Maddie and Flame and their path throughout the series), but as I read I couldn't help but feel like I was missing something. Then I realized that, in my haste to get to this, I had forgotten that I have not caught up with this series - meaning, I still have to read book 7...
Thus, I felt lost with Smiler and whatever was happening with him and Ash...and the fact that Lilah was ?
Good. To. Know.
Then..not gonna lie...I just don't think I was in the mood for TC's brand of psychoanalysis right now; thus, I found myself skimming through a lot of Flame's flashbacks and breakthroughs - which, again, is somewhat on me. I KNEW what to expect, and it's 100% my fault for jumping into it when I knew I wasn't in the mood.
That said, I do feel like the constant flashbacks of Flame's abuse and the scenes with him...re-enacting the scenes with his baby brother...were a little too frequent. We get it. He was abused. Don't lessen the impact of that by over-saturating us with scenes depicting it.
There were also editing issues with this book (their vs there, etc., type stuff), which was kind of annoying. I hold Cole to a pretty high standard and her books are usually pretty flawless in this regard. So I found it slightly distracting.
So, for now, I will leave this as a solid 3 stars...which is a good rating...but I reserve the right to come back and reassess after I catch up on the series and re-read this one after.
February 4, 2020
'MY MADDIE' is the eighth book in Tillie Cole's 'Hades Hangmen' series. Spoken in 'Multiple Perspectives'.
My most highly anticipated book of forever was finally in my hands and I devoured it!! I inhaled it, loved it, couldn't get enough of it!!
Flame & Maddie first captured our hearts in 'Souls Unfractured' (Hades Hangman #3) so meeting up with them again was like coming home from a long trip away. And that love I'd felt back then cannonballed yet again making my heart full. This book, this couple have been to hell and back and just when we think that's all behind them some demons have come out to play again and it's going to take a lot to banish them because the fires that burn within Flame grow more and more intense, and it's only Maddie's love that can set him free.
'🅈🄾🅄 🄲🄾🅄🄻🄳 🄽🄴🅅🄴🅁 🄷🅄🅁🅃 🄼🄴, 🄱🄰🄱🅈. 🅈🄾🅄 🄰🅁🄴 🄼🅈 🅂🄰🄻🅅🄰🅃🄸🄾🄽, 🄼🅈 🅁🄴🄼🄴🄳🅈, 🄼🅈 🅂🄰🄻🅅🄴. 🅈🄾🅄 🅆🄴🅁🄴 🄰 🄳🅁🄴🄰🄼 🄵🅄🄻🄵🄸🄻🄻🄴🄳 🄰🄽🄳 🄰 🄷🄾🄿🄴 🄶🅁🄰🄽🅃🄴🄳'
Maddie is such a strong heroine, she's fierce when it comes to loving Flame and a force to be reckoned with if anyone tries to keep her away from him.
Flame, our tortured hero has endured so much, my heart literally broke in half and that was just in the 'Prologue' the worst was yet to come. And believe me it made for hard reading. You might need to have tissues on the ready. This book packs one hell of a punch!!
'🄼🅈 🄷🅄🅂🄱🄰🄽🄳, 🄿🄰🅁🅃 🄳🄰🄽🄶🄴🅁🄾🅄🅂 🄺🄸🄻🄻🄴🅁 🄰🄽🄳 🅄🄻🅃🄸🄼🄰🅃🄴 🄿🅁🄾🅃🄴🄲🅃🄾🅁, 🄿🄰🅁🅃 🄻🄾🅂🅃 🄰🄽🄳 🄱🅁🄾🄺🄴🄽 🅂🄾🅄🄻 🄵🄾🅁🄴🅅🄴🅁 🅂🄴🄴🄺🄸🄽🄶 🅂🄾🄼🄴 🄺🄸🄽🄳 🄾🄵 🄻🄸🄶🄷🅃.'
A Rollercoaster of emotions came at me chapter to chapter, I sighed, I cried, I swooned, I loved, I waited with bated breath at what was going to come at this crew next because danger is lurking in the background. Someone is out to get them yet again. An unknown force.
Next book is going to be Viking’s and I can tell you that I'm all sorts of nervous!! But boy am I ready!!
February 24, 2020
huh well im sorry but this is a bit repetitive. all of the tillie cole's signature style are there and as much as it pained me to read about flame having a relapse (which was basically just a recount of what happened in souls unfractured), this book just didnt do much for me.
i was glad to be back in this world. god knows ive missed the characters. tbh i wasnt sure what to expect when queen tillie decided to write about these characters again instead of moving forward with the others. i didnt feel like there was anything unresolved in flame and maddie's last book.
the only good thing that came out of this was lil ash and viking, who was even more hilarious in this one. i think this book set a good basis for ash's book—if we'll ever get one. he really is flame 2.0. i hope his story will take a different route from flame's even though he suffers from a similar trauma.
OTHER BOOKS IN THE SERIES
#1 it ain’t me, babe — 4 stars
#2 heart recaptured — 3 stars
#3 souls unfractured — 5 stars
#4 deep redemption — 4.5 stars
#5 damnable grace — 4 stars
#5.5 i do, babe — 3 stars
#6 crux untamed — 3 stars
#6.5 beauty found — 4 stars
#7 darkness embraced — 4.5 stars
#8 my maddie — 3 stars
i was glad to be back in this world. god knows ive missed the characters. tbh i wasnt sure what to expect when queen tillie decided to write about these characters again instead of moving forward with the others. i didnt feel like there was anything unresolved in flame and maddie's last book.
the only good thing that came out of this was lil ash and viking, who was even more hilarious in this one. i think this book set a good basis for ash's book—if we'll ever get one. he really is flame 2.0. i hope his story will take a different route from flame's even though he suffers from a similar trauma.
OTHER BOOKS IN THE SERIES
#1 it ain’t me, babe — 4 stars
#2 heart recaptured — 3 stars
#3 souls unfractured — 5 stars
#4 deep redemption — 4.5 stars
#5 damnable grace — 4 stars
#5.5 i do, babe — 3 stars
#6 crux untamed — 3 stars
#6.5 beauty found — 4 stars
#7 darkness embraced — 4.5 stars
#8 my maddie — 3 stars
February 4, 2020
*****FIVE STARS*****
{ARC Generously Provided by Author}
In this moment, I hated myself. Because here I was, leading him straight into the fire. But as always, I would be beside him. Together we would burn and, in the very depths of the inferno, we would be reborn.
Flame has always been my favorite Hades Hangman. He and Maddie are the most tragic and beautiful couple out of all the characters in this series. Their story is too great to be told in just one book. These two have suffered such unimaginable horrors when they were innocent little children. Flame, in his early years, lived the same life that the beautiful women who were saved by the sadistic cult once endured. To most, he appears to be psychotic, but to his Maddie, he is that innocent and lonely boy, who came from horrifying beginnings but still can love her beyond measure. Maddie has always been Flame’s anchor and his haven, but he’s starting to revert to his old ways. He’s free-falling into a dark abyss in which Maddie may not be able to pull him out from, and it looks like his brother, Ash, is destined to suffer the same fate.
Not only do we get more of Flame, Maddie, and Ash, but we are reunited with all the other Hangmen and their loves. The lives of the Hangmen and their families are once again being threatened, but this time by a new and unknown enemy. They may be far more dangerous than anyone they’ve battled against before. I can’t wait to find out what Tillie Cole has in store for us next!
Here are my overall ratings:
Hero: 5
Heroine: 5
Plot: 5
Angst: 5
Steam: 4
Chemistry Between Hero & Heroine: 5
”MY MADDIE” releases on February 4th!!
Amazon: https://amzn.to/2GRZ6By
{ARC Generously Provided by Author}
In this moment, I hated myself. Because here I was, leading him straight into the fire. But as always, I would be beside him. Together we would burn and, in the very depths of the inferno, we would be reborn.
Flame has always been my favorite Hades Hangman. He and Maddie are the most tragic and beautiful couple out of all the characters in this series. Their story is too great to be told in just one book. These two have suffered such unimaginable horrors when they were innocent little children. Flame, in his early years, lived the same life that the beautiful women who were saved by the sadistic cult once endured. To most, he appears to be psychotic, but to his Maddie, he is that innocent and lonely boy, who came from horrifying beginnings but still can love her beyond measure. Maddie has always been Flame’s anchor and his haven, but he’s starting to revert to his old ways. He’s free-falling into a dark abyss in which Maddie may not be able to pull him out from, and it looks like his brother, Ash, is destined to suffer the same fate.
Not only do we get more of Flame, Maddie, and Ash, but we are reunited with all the other Hangmen and their loves. The lives of the Hangmen and their families are once again being threatened, but this time by a new and unknown enemy. They may be far more dangerous than anyone they’ve battled against before. I can’t wait to find out what Tillie Cole has in store for us next!
Here are my overall ratings:
Hero: 5
Heroine: 5
Plot: 5
Angst: 5
Steam: 4
Chemistry Between Hero & Heroine: 5
”MY MADDIE” releases on February 4th!!
Amazon: https://amzn.to/2GRZ6By
May 25, 2020
I finished the Hades hangmen series today and My Maddie's is the last book of it (for now). It took me almost a week to finish them and before starting the crap that "you have no life bullshit", I read a lot, and if I really like a series I can't focus on anything unless I finish it. Anyway, Hades Hangman is an emotional series to me. Tillie cole not only writes broken heroine, but she also did damn well with broken heroes too.
There were many times I had to pause because it was so descriptive. I cried but also felt joy when the characters were able to find happiness.
My Maddie focuses on how Flame copes up with his past and being a father. Maddie tries her hardest to help him, but Flame has to move past his demon. Flame had an abusive father, and we know he isn't normal like others. He doesn't understand emotions, can't touch and have issues.
He struggles to give emotional support to his brother little Ash too. Little Ash kinda disappointed me in this book. I know why he was behaving like this, but maybe he was introduced as a cute innocent boy, so it was hard for me to see the innocence gone, filled with vengeance. Saphira would be a strong character. I think she will save Little Ash just like Maddie saved Flame. I laughed so hard every time Viking said something. It was a surprise to see his interest in sister Ruth and I already shipped them from the first interaction.
Now I've finished the series I need more Little Ash and Viking. Their books will be interesting for sure.
There were many times I had to pause because it was so descriptive. I cried but also felt joy when the characters were able to find happiness.
My Maddie focuses on how Flame copes up with his past and being a father. Maddie tries her hardest to help him, but Flame has to move past his demon. Flame had an abusive father, and we know he isn't normal like others. He doesn't understand emotions, can't touch and have issues.
He struggles to give emotional support to his brother little Ash too. Little Ash kinda disappointed me in this book. I know why he was behaving like this, but maybe he was introduced as a cute innocent boy, so it was hard for me to see the innocence gone, filled with vengeance. Saphira would be a strong character. I think she will save Little Ash just like Maddie saved Flame. I laughed so hard every time Viking said something. It was a surprise to see his interest in sister Ruth and I already shipped them from the first interaction.
Now I've finished the series I need more Little Ash and Viking. Their books will be interesting for sure.
February 11, 2020
I have been avoiding writing my review, because honestly...I have what is probably going to be an unpopular view on this overall story. Let me start by saying that Tillie Cole is an amazing writer. She really is, and in no way does my opinion include her talent in writing. In fact, I think because her writing is so intense, and vivid that it makes it so that I feel for the characters so much harder than normal. With Maddie and Flame, they have been a couple that I absolutely cherished throughout this whole series. Their first book melted my heart, and I hold a very special place in it just for them.
This second book, left me with a bad taste in my mouth. It truly did. It was so dark, depressing, and hopeless, I actually thought of putting it down more than once. I know that this series is intense, and dark...but what I have always loved about it was there was a balance between the darkness, and the lightness. I would cry and feel hopeless, but down the road there were such feel good moments that made the awful fade. Not so in this story. Certain scenes were so hard to take, I literally felt sick to my stomach. I was so upset by two particular scenes that I had to stop....and wondered if I even wanted to continue. Thank God this was a Buddy Read for me so that I could dump my feelings on poor Steph!!!! I actually feel sorry for her...because I was a mess!!! She has yet to hear my rant about Ash!! ( I am waiting until she finishes...LOL)
Another thing that became a bit annoying for me was the repetition of poor Flames issues. I mean, I feel so bad for what he has endured in his lifetime...but we went through all of that in the first book with him and Maddie. We seemed to have to go through it all over again...and then it was constantly brought up through the majority of the book. I'm not kidding...By 75%, we were still hearing the same issues. My new rule for authors is this: please if you are going to give a dark, emotional story...make it for the first half of the book...but then let the second half have a lighter tone to it...pretty please!!!
On a more positive note, it was nice to see all of my favorite couples...( thank God for Steph's notes from past books or I would easily forget who was who!!!) I love the friendships that have developed with all of our characters... I have to do a shout out to Viking as he was the only comic relief to be found in this story. His humor is crass; but I was willing to take anything I could get at that point...LOL
All in all, not my favorite book out of the series. Personally, this wouldn't be a book I would ever want to reread. There just wasn't enough feel good moments in it for me. I hated having to write this review, as I have always adored everything that TC writes. I can't go against my over all feeling of the book though. Now, I strongly need a lighthearted book...desperately!!!
Thank you so much Steph for Buddy Reading this with me. Your notes are so valuable, and you are too!! I couldn't imagine not having you to be able to vent to through out this highly upsetting story. Let's hope the next one isn't quite so heavy, and as for when Ash's book every comes out...I don't know what I will do!!!
This second book, left me with a bad taste in my mouth. It truly did. It was so dark, depressing, and hopeless, I actually thought of putting it down more than once. I know that this series is intense, and dark...but what I have always loved about it was there was a balance between the darkness, and the lightness. I would cry and feel hopeless, but down the road there were such feel good moments that made the awful fade. Not so in this story. Certain scenes were so hard to take, I literally felt sick to my stomach. I was so upset by two particular scenes that I had to stop....and wondered if I even wanted to continue. Thank God this was a Buddy Read for me so that I could dump my feelings on poor Steph!!!! I actually feel sorry for her...because I was a mess!!! She has yet to hear my rant about Ash!! ( I am waiting until she finishes...LOL)
Another thing that became a bit annoying for me was the repetition of poor Flames issues. I mean, I feel so bad for what he has endured in his lifetime...but we went through all of that in the first book with him and Maddie. We seemed to have to go through it all over again...and then it was constantly brought up through the majority of the book. I'm not kidding...By 75%, we were still hearing the same issues. My new rule for authors is this: please if you are going to give a dark, emotional story...make it for the first half of the book...but then let the second half have a lighter tone to it...pretty please!!!
On a more positive note, it was nice to see all of my favorite couples...( thank God for Steph's notes from past books or I would easily forget who was who!!!) I love the friendships that have developed with all of our characters... I have to do a shout out to Viking as he was the only comic relief to be found in this story. His humor is crass; but I was willing to take anything I could get at that point...LOL
All in all, not my favorite book out of the series. Personally, this wouldn't be a book I would ever want to reread. There just wasn't enough feel good moments in it for me. I hated having to write this review, as I have always adored everything that TC writes. I can't go against my over all feeling of the book though. Now, I strongly need a lighthearted book...desperately!!!
Thank you so much Steph for Buddy Reading this with me. Your notes are so valuable, and you are too!! I couldn't imagine not having you to be able to vent to through out this highly upsetting story. Let's hope the next one isn't quite so heavy, and as for when Ash's book every comes out...I don't know what I will do!!!
February 5, 2020
Wow... I literally cried myself through this book. From the beginning until the end there were tears running down my cheeks. I am actually surprised that I got to finish it, what with my eyes being so swollen and all.
I am highly impressed that Tillie added yet another winner to this series !!
I also highly recommend each and every book in it. Can't wait to see what will happen next!
I am highly impressed that Tillie added yet another winner to this series !!
I also highly recommend each and every book in it. Can't wait to see what will happen next!
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May 13, 2020'My Maddie' was painful to read. Took me 4 days! But it had to be done. Closure and all that. For Flame & Maddie. And for me.
I hope this crazy guy gets paired up with a nun! Looking forward to this crazy guy's story!
I hope this crazy guy gets paired up with a nun! Looking forward to this crazy guy's story!
February 9, 2020
*** 4 Demons of The Past STARS ***
Cada vez que empiezo una reseña de un libro de esta serie siempre digo que Tillie es una de mis autoras favoritas que amo esta serie y shalala, bueno pues es lo mismo.
Desde que Tillie anunció que iba a sacar un nuevo libro para Flame y Maddie yo estaba que no cabía de felicidad, son una de mis parejas favoritas de la serie, se me hacen demasiado tiernos yo amé profundamente su libro, lo sufrí demasiado y totalmente necesitaba este libro.
Sabemos que Maddie y Flame son dos personajes profundamente dañados con cicatrices y con traumas que no se quitan de la noche a la mañana y esa frases EL AMOR LO CURA TODO no es cierto.
En este libro vemos como Flame vuelve con sus demonios que lo han atormentado como las voces que le dicen que es malo que todo lo que toca daña, vuelven con más fuerza, Maddie sigue sufriendo también por lo que pasó pero a diferencia de Flame, ella se refugia en su marido e intenta superarlo.
Es lógico que dos personas que pasaron por tanto sigan teniendo esos traumas o sea no es gripe. Además que Flame es una persona que no procesa todo del misma manera que las demás personas yo sigo insistiendo que sufre de ASD (Trastorno del Espectro Autista)
Esta pareja me sigue gustando mucho siguen haciéndome sufrir, siguen siendo tiernos y con ese aire de inocencia, ellos son demasiado cute e inspiran AMOR PURO
Lil´Ash que ya no es tan pequeño ahora es Ash, que manera de sufrir, me cayó un poco mal al principio por algo que hizo pero ya después me rompió el corazón, todas las cosas por las que sufrió en su infancia que sigue sufriendo y que seguirá yo siento que no puedo NECESITO QUE SEA FELIZ.
Vislumbro una historia con Saffy demasiado bonita y que ya quiero que vea la luz porque si alguien merece ser feliz son ellos, necesito el libro de ellos más que el de Viking y eso ya son palabras mayores porque llevo ya casi 5 años queriendo el de Vik.
Yo presiento que el libro de Asher me hará sufrir, llorar va a quebrar mi corazoncito para volverlo a unir
Una de las cosas que más me ha gustado es ver al Psycho Trio juntos, yo sé que Tille nunca los va a o poner en acción en su versión más violenta pero al menos los vi apoyarse.
Y yo espero verlos más en el libro de Vikking porque ellos son una de las razones por la que tanto amo esta serie.
Ak su líder ese hombre le da vida a mi corazón, amo como apoya y sufre por Flame, cada vez que sale yo me enamoro más de él y cada vez que aparece ilumina todo I FUCKING LOVE HIM
Me gustó mucho este libro tiene todo el vibe y el feeling de los primeros libros que son mis favoritos (menos el segundo), si lo disfruté demasiado, siento que la serie está volviendo a sus raíces que es todo este tema religioso contra el MC de los Hangmen que se había desviado mucho con todo eso de los cárteles que no funcionó.
Así que a esperar un nuevo libro y lo que siempre pido mucho gore y a mi psycho trio en acción recemos a hades para que así sea.
“I have found the ones whom my soul loves.”
Cada vez que empiezo una reseña de un libro de esta serie siempre digo que Tillie es una de mis autoras favoritas que amo esta serie y shalala, bueno pues es lo mismo.
Desde que Tillie anunció que iba a sacar un nuevo libro para Flame y Maddie yo estaba que no cabía de felicidad, son una de mis parejas favoritas de la serie, se me hacen demasiado tiernos yo amé profundamente su libro, lo sufrí demasiado y totalmente necesitaba este libro.
Sabemos que Maddie y Flame son dos personajes profundamente dañados con cicatrices y con traumas que no se quitan de la noche a la mañana y esa frases EL AMOR LO CURA TODO no es cierto.
En este libro vemos como Flame vuelve con sus demonios que lo han atormentado como las voces que le dicen que es malo que todo lo que toca daña, vuelven con más fuerza, Maddie sigue sufriendo también por lo que pasó pero a diferencia de Flame, ella se refugia en su marido e intenta superarlo.
Es lógico que dos personas que pasaron por tanto sigan teniendo esos traumas o sea no es gripe. Además que Flame es una persona que no procesa todo del misma manera que las demás personas yo sigo insistiendo que sufre de ASD (Trastorno del Espectro Autista)
Esta pareja me sigue gustando mucho siguen haciéndome sufrir, siguen siendo tiernos y con ese aire de inocencia, ellos son demasiado cute e inspiran AMOR PURO
"Despite his paralyzing fears, Flame’s conviction that he would hurt our child was untrue. Seeing him like this, singing so sweetly to his dying brother, demonstrated to me that he would love our baby with such intensity it caused my chest to ache. Flame was love."
Lil´Ash que ya no es tan pequeño ahora es Ash, que manera de sufrir, me cayó un poco mal al principio por algo que hizo pero ya después me rompió el corazón, todas las cosas por las que sufrió en su infancia que sigue sufriendo y que seguirá yo siento que no puedo NECESITO QUE SEA FELIZ.
Vislumbro una historia con Saffy demasiado bonita y que ya quiero que vea la luz porque si alguien merece ser feliz son ellos, necesito el libro de ellos más que el de Viking y eso ya son palabras mayores porque llevo ya casi 5 años queriendo el de Vik.
Yo presiento que el libro de Asher me hará sufrir, llorar va a quebrar mi corazoncito para volverlo a unir
Una de las cosas que más me ha gustado es ver al Psycho Trio juntos, yo sé que Tille nunca los va a o poner en acción en su versión más violenta pero al menos los vi apoyarse.
Y yo espero verlos más en el libro de Vikking porque ellos son una de las razones por la que tanto amo esta serie.
Ak su líder ese hombre le da vida a mi corazón, amo como apoya y sufre por Flame, cada vez que sale yo me enamoro más de él y cada vez que aparece ilumina todo I FUCKING LOVE HIM
Me gustó mucho este libro tiene todo el vibe y el feeling de los primeros libros que son mis favoritos (menos el segundo), si lo disfruté demasiado, siento que la serie está volviendo a sus raíces que es todo este tema religioso contra el MC de los Hangmen que se había desviado mucho con todo eso de los cárteles que no funcionó.
Así que a esperar un nuevo libro y lo que siempre pido mucho gore y a mi psycho trio en acción recemos a hades para que así sea.
March 4, 2020
4,5 'sad and happy tears' stars
I actually didn't cry. I rarely cry when I'm reading books. Movies are a totally different thing. It doesn't take much to get me all teary eyes if I'm watching a sad movie but all the sad books I've read, and I think only three made a sobbing mess out of me. However, reading this book made me wanna cry. Sad tears, happy tears, any kind of tears. I knew this story will be heartbreaking but I didn't imagine it will affect me that much.
There are a lot of flashbacks from Flame's childhood and even knowing the majority of things he went through, it wasn't any less painful reading about them again. I can't even imagine how horrible must be for a child to hear from his own parent that he is evil. I just can't... Before I venture into too depressing themes, I'd rather share some positive thoughts. The book itself was depressing enough.
I will never tire of seeing Flame and Maddie together. Seeing how the love they have for each other is making both of them stronger.
And then these words from Flame...
As I said, happy and sad tears all mixed together. There were many heartbreakingly beautiful moments between Flame and Ash. They both suffered so much during childhood and now that Flame finally found happiness, I want the same for Ash. He better gets his book soon. I can't watch him suffer anymore. And Saffie. I need them together.
Also, I got quite excited about Viking's book. I have to admit that he was never one of my favorites and his humor is... well, overwhelming LOL but I can't wait to see if he will really get paired up with Ruth.
BR with my fellow Hangmen Harlots Whitney & Ursy. It's always a pleasure to read with you, babes!!
I have found the one whom my soul loves.
I actually didn't cry. I rarely cry when I'm reading books. Movies are a totally different thing. It doesn't take much to get me all teary eyes if I'm watching a sad movie but all the sad books I've read, and I think only three made a sobbing mess out of me. However, reading this book made me wanna cry. Sad tears, happy tears, any kind of tears. I knew this story will be heartbreaking but I didn't imagine it will affect me that much.
There are a lot of flashbacks from Flame's childhood and even knowing the majority of things he went through, it wasn't any less painful reading about them again. I can't even imagine how horrible must be for a child to hear from his own parent that he is evil. I just can't... Before I venture into too depressing themes, I'd rather share some positive thoughts. The book itself was depressing enough.
“Flame,” I placed my hand on the side of his cheek. “If you are in the fire, then I shall be in the fire beside you. I am holding your hand. I am sharing the flames that live in your blood, sharing your burden. And if you burn, we shall burn together.”
“I… I don’t wanna burn anymore.”
“Then we shall survive,” I added. “No, we will thrive.”
I will never tire of seeing Flame and Maddie together. Seeing how the love they have for each other is making both of them stronger.
I did not need the words to be spoken. I love you. He did tell me on occasion, but even if he never could, I would have known instinctively it was true. I was cherished. I had found my soul’s other half.
And then these words from Flame...
Maddie had saved me. But Ash didn’t have a Maddie. He didn’t have anyone to calm the flames, to fight the demons in his soul. He was alone.
Maybe he needed a Maddie of his own.
As I said, happy and sad tears all mixed together. There were many heartbreakingly beautiful moments between Flame and Ash. They both suffered so much during childhood and now that Flame finally found happiness, I want the same for Ash. He better gets his book soon. I can't watch him suffer anymore. And Saffie. I need them together.
“I was forged in the fire, Asher. I was born to withstand the flames.”
Also, I got quite excited about Viking's book. I have to admit that he was never one of my favorites and his humor is... well, overwhelming LOL but I can't wait to see if he will really get paired up with Ruth.
“You know where to find me, Ruthie girl.”
“Okay,” she said and frowned. “Thank you… I think?”
“You’re fucking welcome.” Viking nudged AK when he faced forward again. “See? Some people appreciate my giving nature, unlike you, you moody fucker.”
BR with my fellow Hangmen Harlots Whitney & Ursy. It's always a pleasure to read with you, babes!!
February 9, 2020
4 Stars
Aw missed these characters!
Aw missed these characters!
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March 11, 2019Viking is that one character with the black and cynical humor, that you want to hug and slap at the same time.
In the book Darkness Embraced, Viking keeps talking on how much he loves Latinas, and I was fangirlin because I can totally picture him falling in love with a sassy and really curvy latina.
But I'm not getting excited about this. The protagonist is probably gonna be Charlie, so let's wait and see.
In the book Darkness Embraced, Viking keeps talking on how much he loves Latinas, and I was fangirlin because I can totally picture him falling in love with a sassy and really curvy latina.
But I'm not getting excited about this. The protagonist is probably gonna be Charlie, so let's wait and see.
March 18, 2023
3.5 Stars
I adore Maddie and Flame so I’m never going to complain about them getting more page-time and though I didn’t love this as much as their initial story I still enjoyed this a lot and do rate this series highly it’s definitely one of my favourites and is consistently good throughout. As expected the writing was again top-notch and this was a story filled to the brim with trauma darkness but also light at the end of the tunnel and some much-needed healing.
Rather than this being just Maddie and Flame we also had a lot of added plot threads, the seeds for Ash and Seffy’s story were also planted and I’m excited to see what happens with them going forward, for now, they are still so young and also both so incredibly damaged. There is actually quite a lot of Ash here and after the events in the previous book, he is struggling a lot making decisions that are just not healthy in a quest to bury all of his anger and grief. Ash is sinking rapidly a shadow of the boy he once was.
This was quite heavy on the trauma and mental health side. Flame is literally unravelling here as he spirals down a hole of darkness and despair. It’s quite obvious his many demons from his traumatic upbringing are out in full force and the only buffer to hold them at bay is Maddie who is also experiencing her own unrest with an unexpected pregnancy.
This certainly was an emotional read and there were a lot of flashbacks included maybe a few too many as it did start to get a bit repetitive. I do think the same message could have easily been imparted with much less as it did start to take a toll. Still, I do adore these two and the bond they share together is so unique their mutual co-dependency just works for them. It’s obvious that Flame is also on the spectrum and I do love an unconventional and unique pairing which Flame and Maddie certainly are.
Be aware this series has some dark triggers and you do need to start at the beginning they can’t be read as stand-alone reads. There is an ongoing story arc running through so this won’t make much sense if you skip ahead. Now I’m up to date with the series I’ll be waiting anxiously for my next fix I’m hoping it’s not too long of a wait.
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February 10, 2020
OMG I finished my first book of the year last night and it was FUCKING AMAZING!!
This book BROKE MY HEART! Seriously I cried like 80% of this freaking story.
I’m talking choke on a sob kinda crying. The ugly kind.
Flame and His Maddie DESTROYED ME! And omg Ash! I have tears in my eyes just thinking about that broken boy 💔
I waited so long for this novella and it didn’t disappoint. It’s one of the best stories I’ve ever read.
Tillie, you SLAY ME with these Bikers and those beautiful Cursed.
I didn’t want it to end!!!! Just AMAZING! 🔥
This book BROKE MY HEART! Seriously I cried like 80% of this freaking story.
I’m talking choke on a sob kinda crying. The ugly kind.
Flame and His Maddie DESTROYED ME! And omg Ash! I have tears in my eyes just thinking about that broken boy 💔
I waited so long for this novella and it didn’t disappoint. It’s one of the best stories I’ve ever read.
Tillie, you SLAY ME with these Bikers and those beautiful Cursed.
I didn’t want it to end!!!! Just AMAZING! 🔥
February 3, 2020
Tillie packs hard hitting punches in this latest Hangman Novel. Her rousing and emotional writing made my heart twist in agony and set my blood on fire. I almost endured what Flame does on any given day. Tears of Empathy flowed like a roaring river and the urge to soothe his nightmares was constant.
We all remember the Powerful burning love of Flame & Maddie from Souls Unfractured (Hades Hangman #3). We haven't forgotten the lightening intensity and brooding force of their connection which managed to salvage them both!!
"Plagued by haunting demons from his past, an all-consuming rage, and isolated by an abhorrent hatred of being touched, Flame's days are filled with suffocating darkness, pierced only by a single ray of light—Maddie. "
And you'd think that afterwards, their passion has cooled down the anger burning like hot lava in Flame, captured and slayed his demons or mellowed him down enough to forget everything from his brutal and torturous past? ....well! You're WRONG
Those demons were merely hibernating in the caverns of his dark soul, the fires in his blood hadn't extinguished, they'd merely simmered down as glowing embers.
Now they BACK!!
"The same flames had risen again. Flame’s personal Armageddon, the place his demons gathered to do battle."
Their Love flame has graduated to a roaring, crackling inferno in this book, threatening to consume the club, the barn, their home and their lives.
New developments have forced Flame back into the depressive cave of self loathing. He wants to curl up and hide in the abysmal depths again, making it a veritable unending, uphill task for Maddie to fight for BOTH of them
This book is ALL Maddie. Her mettle, steely courage, invincible love just refuses to back down or break away. Out of all Tillie's heroines, she’s the only one who is forged and purified by fire into Gold. Her capacity to accept absolutely & forgive compassionately hasn't diminished at all.
"He would keep breaking… and he would never be free. It was time he breathed easier. It was time he liberated himself from the prison in which he was incarcerated."
The book is fierce, compactly violent, tense and emotionally draining. For both the characters in it and the readers looking at them
It takes my all to not fall down on my knees, only Maddie's courage shame me and pushes me to read on.
All the club members are present and play an important role around them. Asher shines in his bravery and embarrassingly stumbles many times. His downfall seems imminent...but NO
It's heinous, debilitating yet hopeful and persistent. Flame and Maddie are still my fave couple and shall remain so for eternity.
5 Burning Stars for Phoenix from the Ashes
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We all remember the Powerful burning love of Flame & Maddie from Souls Unfractured (Hades Hangman #3). We haven't forgotten the lightening intensity and brooding force of their connection which managed to salvage them both!!
"Plagued by haunting demons from his past, an all-consuming rage, and isolated by an abhorrent hatred of being touched, Flame's days are filled with suffocating darkness, pierced only by a single ray of light—Maddie. "
And you'd think that afterwards, their passion has cooled down the anger burning like hot lava in Flame, captured and slayed his demons or mellowed him down enough to forget everything from his brutal and torturous past? ....well! You're WRONG
Those demons were merely hibernating in the caverns of his dark soul, the fires in his blood hadn't extinguished, they'd merely simmered down as glowing embers.
Now they BACK!!
"The same flames had risen again. Flame’s personal Armageddon, the place his demons gathered to do battle."
Their Love flame has graduated to a roaring, crackling inferno in this book, threatening to consume the club, the barn, their home and their lives.
New developments have forced Flame back into the depressive cave of self loathing. He wants to curl up and hide in the abysmal depths again, making it a veritable unending, uphill task for Maddie to fight for BOTH of them
This book is ALL Maddie. Her mettle, steely courage, invincible love just refuses to back down or break away. Out of all Tillie's heroines, she’s the only one who is forged and purified by fire into Gold. Her capacity to accept absolutely & forgive compassionately hasn't diminished at all.
"He would keep breaking… and he would never be free. It was time he breathed easier. It was time he liberated himself from the prison in which he was incarcerated."
The book is fierce, compactly violent, tense and emotionally draining. For both the characters in it and the readers looking at them
It takes my all to not fall down on my knees, only Maddie's courage shame me and pushes me to read on.
All the club members are present and play an important role around them. Asher shines in his bravery and embarrassingly stumbles many times. His downfall seems imminent...but NO
It's heinous, debilitating yet hopeful and persistent. Flame and Maddie are still my fave couple and shall remain so for eternity.
5 Burning Stars for Phoenix from the Ashes
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February 7, 2020
**Spoiler-free 4.5 Star Review**
“I…I’m tired Maddie. I can’t do it anymore. I can’t breathe anymore. I can’t keep feeling the flames anymore…”
My Maddie by Tillie Cole made our hearts hurt so much. We weren’t expecting a full length emotional crying fest when we began reading. Maddie and Flame is one of our favourite Hangmen couple, and we have loved the tortured Flame right from the get go. His journey has broken our heart continuously, but this time…it annihilated it. A broken man who found calm and love with the sweet Maddie, who herself needs Flame to soothe the deep scars from her horrific cult life.
“Angel.” I could not move as he spoke. “The angel in my dreams who rescues me from the flames, from the cellar.” I exhaled, my heart shattering into a thousand pieces. “The angel who finds me when I’m lost…”
‘Love was a powerful remedy, but it was not a cure for some scars. They ran too deep. They were incurable.’
Once again Tillie Cole wrote a hauntingly emotional story in the Hangmen series that was so vividly expressive, we felt everything. We felt the heat from the demons and the flames and shook from the excruciating hopelessness of it all. Whilst Yes, this is Flame and Maddie’s story it was also quite the journey for Ash, albeit only the beginning in some respects. The sheer intensity at times was astoundingly overwhelming. At times we forgot to breathe. In amongst the seemingly never ending darkness, which at times became a tad too repetitive, there were rays of pure beauty and light.
“Wherever he has gone, we will find him and remind him that he is ours. We are his. He is our deepest love.”
“Because I have found the one whom my soul loves.”
Being back with the Hangmen is always a wonderful treat, one which we will never tire of. Catching up with everyone, finding out what’s been happening and just spending time with them. Well it’s like donning our cuts and being back with our biker family.
‘Together we would burn and, in the very depths of the inferno, we would be reborn.’
Tillie Cole managed to weave in moments of light-hearted banter and it sure did make us look forward to Viking’s book! What we dread though, but cannot wait for at the same time, is Ash’s book. This boy has our tummies tied up in knots, and we’re scared for him. So very scared. Whilst he found some aspects of healing, he has a very long way to go in finding peace and overcoming his demons. These Cade boys own our hearts and all we want for Ash is to find his own calm, his own love. We’re prepared for more tears to come…
“We can do this, Flame. Our souls may still be fractured, but they are healing. Someday, only faint scars will remain.”
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July 23, 2023
Rating: 3.5 Stars
My Maddie is book eight of the Hades Hangmen series. This book mostly revolved around Flame, Maddie and gave you more of an insight to Asher.
This overwhelmingly brings up Flames past, like on steroids. It seemed repetitive; it honestly affected the story. I was expecting to see Flame and Maddie’s growth, not have Flame be worse off now than he was in the third book. I know healing takes time and that they wouldn’t be perfect but I didn’t expect it to be pounded into the ground by Flame’s issues. Flame even pushes Madds away and that’s the hardest pill to swallow.
Flames inner pain and need to express himself is profound, but he is unable to do so, it is heartbreaking. The chapters from his POV broke my heart, I don’t know if a book has ever made me more emotional. Especially when he tells Madds he can’t do it anymore, that breathing is too difficult for him. 💔🥺😭
Maddie is so strong and she never gives up on him and Ash. After they go back to Virginia to close the door on the past, I expected Flame to be a little better but then everything just keeps getting dragged up from his past. The trip should of provide more healing. He said goodbye and it should of closed the chapter on the past and not kept being brought up.
Flame and Madds as parents was beautiful. Maddie is so loving and accepting. The moment Flame realizes he won’t hurt his baby and sings to her is chef kiss 🤌.
God, I’ve never felt so much, my heart is breaking for Ash. I wish I could give him a hug, and help get him off drugs. Our poor Ash, he is like everyone’s little brother and I’m so worried about him.
I need more of our beloved hangmen. Viking needs his own book, as well as Ash, Sapphira(which I am predicting to be the hardest book to read yet) Ruth and Zane. Also, where did Smiler go? I wanna know more about him too. Also, it never really said if they got the actual person who was torturing the clubhouse…Their has to be more right? I’m not ready to say goodbye to my favorite Hangmen.
This one ended kind of weird, it left too much unsaid and I hope we get more in the future because I love The Hades Hangmen. I really enjoy this series and reading all these characters. I can’t even pick a favorite book, they were all so good in different ways. I loved how all the characters continue to grow, and develop throughout each book. Tillie Cole did an amazing job with this series. I can’t wait for more. ♥️
My Maddie is book eight of the Hades Hangmen series. This book mostly revolved around Flame, Maddie and gave you more of an insight to Asher.
This overwhelmingly brings up Flames past, like on steroids. It seemed repetitive; it honestly affected the story. I was expecting to see Flame and Maddie’s growth, not have Flame be worse off now than he was in the third book. I know healing takes time and that they wouldn’t be perfect but I didn’t expect it to be pounded into the ground by Flame’s issues. Flame even pushes Madds away and that’s the hardest pill to swallow.
Flames inner pain and need to express himself is profound, but he is unable to do so, it is heartbreaking. The chapters from his POV broke my heart, I don’t know if a book has ever made me more emotional. Especially when he tells Madds he can’t do it anymore, that breathing is too difficult for him. 💔🥺😭
Maddie is so strong and she never gives up on him and Ash. After they go back to Virginia to close the door on the past, I expected Flame to be a little better but then everything just keeps getting dragged up from his past. The trip should of provide more healing. He said goodbye and it should of closed the chapter on the past and not kept being brought up.
Flame and Madds as parents was beautiful. Maddie is so loving and accepting. The moment Flame realizes he won’t hurt his baby and sings to her is chef kiss 🤌.
God, I’ve never felt so much, my heart is breaking for Ash. I wish I could give him a hug, and help get him off drugs. Our poor Ash, he is like everyone’s little brother and I’m so worried about him.
I need more of our beloved hangmen. Viking needs his own book, as well as Ash, Sapphira(which I am predicting to be the hardest book to read yet) Ruth and Zane. Also, where did Smiler go? I wanna know more about him too. Also, it never really said if they got the actual person who was torturing the clubhouse…Their has to be more right? I’m not ready to say goodbye to my favorite Hangmen.
This one ended kind of weird, it left too much unsaid and I hope we get more in the future because I love The Hades Hangmen. I really enjoy this series and reading all these characters. I can’t even pick a favorite book, they were all so good in different ways. I loved how all the characters continue to grow, and develop throughout each book. Tillie Cole did an amazing job with this series. I can’t wait for more. ♥️
February 28, 2020
3 1/2 "How do you know if someone is lying. " Stars!
Well, I have to say, Flame has my heart. I just feel so heartbroken and helpless for him. There is quite a bit I could say, but let me leave this one at all the stars for Flame. Maddie is a determined girl- all in for her man, and Lil Ash... well he has a ways to go to get to his healing. He is on a path that makes me want to scream at him and hug him at the same time. Kinda more screaming than hugging.
This could have been a solid four star read for me, but there were quite a few editing issues. Some of them caused me to have to really take a step back to figure out the meaning of a sentence. Also, some things just didn't add up for what TC was going for. (Confusing much!? No spoilers) But! This is a very compelling story and if you are a Hangmen fan, specifically a Flame fan, it's a must read.
Happy dark reading!
Well, I have to say, Flame has my heart. I just feel so heartbroken and helpless for him. There is quite a bit I could say, but let me leave this one at all the stars for Flame. Maddie is a determined girl- all in for her man, and Lil Ash... well he has a ways to go to get to his healing. He is on a path that makes me want to scream at him and hug him at the same time. Kinda more screaming than hugging.
This could have been a solid four star read for me, but there were quite a few editing issues. Some of them caused me to have to really take a step back to figure out the meaning of a sentence. Also, some things just didn't add up for what TC was going for. (Confusing much!? No spoilers) But! This is a very compelling story and if you are a Hangmen fan, specifically a Flame fan, it's a must read.
Happy dark reading!
February 5, 2020
**ARC provided in exchange for an honest review**
"You could never hurt me, baby. You are my salvation, my remedy, my salve. You were a dream fulfilled and a hope granted."
Flame and Maddie are my favorite couple in this series. So I was very excited when I saw that this book would focus on them again. Flame is one of the most broken, unstable, haunted and intriguing characters I have ever met. In this book the demons he silenced are back with a vengeance. They are even darker and more cruel than before. This will be his most difficult and heartbreaking fight so far. Maddie is one of the most supportive and beautiful heroines, and always has Flame's best interest in mind. However, sometimes she will have to go to extreme measures to bring Flame back. This book broke my heart but Tillie Cole mended it at the end. This was such an emotional rollercoaster, and I just couldn't keep my tears contained. Flame and Maddie already had gone through a lot, and it just was so heartbreaking to see Flame pulled back into his own personal hell.
"His flames were neither evil nor devil tainted. They were sharp bursts of redemption. Of hope. Flame was light. He was my warmth."
This is one of my all time favorite series, and I just love being reunited with all my favorite characters. I love catching up and see how they are doing. I was happy that Ash' POV was included in this book, it was a great way to see how he was dealing with everything. I love him so much and the emotional moments between him and Flame were heartbreaking and beautiful at the same time. Seeing Flame fight his demons was painful but very necessary, however Ash' journey is just beginning. I don't have to say much more, but if you love this series then you'll love this book as well. I just can't get enough of the Hades Hangmen, and I really hope that this series won't end for a very long time.
"You are a good man, baby. You are my universe. You are my light and my reason for living. Do you understand this, Flame?"
"You could never hurt me, baby. You are my salvation, my remedy, my salve. You were a dream fulfilled and a hope granted."
Flame and Maddie are my favorite couple in this series. So I was very excited when I saw that this book would focus on them again. Flame is one of the most broken, unstable, haunted and intriguing characters I have ever met. In this book the demons he silenced are back with a vengeance. They are even darker and more cruel than before. This will be his most difficult and heartbreaking fight so far. Maddie is one of the most supportive and beautiful heroines, and always has Flame's best interest in mind. However, sometimes she will have to go to extreme measures to bring Flame back. This book broke my heart but Tillie Cole mended it at the end. This was such an emotional rollercoaster, and I just couldn't keep my tears contained. Flame and Maddie already had gone through a lot, and it just was so heartbreaking to see Flame pulled back into his own personal hell.
"His flames were neither evil nor devil tainted. They were sharp bursts of redemption. Of hope. Flame was light. He was my warmth."
This is one of my all time favorite series, and I just love being reunited with all my favorite characters. I love catching up and see how they are doing. I was happy that Ash' POV was included in this book, it was a great way to see how he was dealing with everything. I love him so much and the emotional moments between him and Flame were heartbreaking and beautiful at the same time. Seeing Flame fight his demons was painful but very necessary, however Ash' journey is just beginning. I don't have to say much more, but if you love this series then you'll love this book as well. I just can't get enough of the Hades Hangmen, and I really hope that this series won't end for a very long time.
"You are a good man, baby. You are my universe. You are my light and my reason for living. Do you understand this, Flame?"
January 24, 2021
man oh man am i literally dreaming up this book!!! Tillie Cole, please, we need a kick-ass heroine for Viking, and may she feed into his crazy too!!! in which century will this red-haired hulk be coming through with his book, i'm dying here!!!!!
March 8, 2020
My Maddie is book 8 in the Hades Hangmen series and once again I find myself at a loss for words. Maddie and Flame are my favorite couple and I knew that like Souls Unfractured my heart would be torn apart and put back together again and believe me it was. Flame is faced with a life changing event that throws him directly into his past and he has to once again face his demons but Maddie will be there every step of the way. Maddie is the most amazing h of the series. While all the Cursed had a hard life Maddie always seemed so young and fragile compared to the others. Her fierce strength comes from her deep love for Flame and it was such a beautiful thing to witness once again. There was another story happening with Ash and to say I'm heartbroken is an understatement. He has chosen a path that will lead him straight to the bottom but Saffie showed her strength and I hope will be there to catch him when he falls because he will fall. Next up is Vike and I can't wait.
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February 7, 2020
Flame and Maddie’s love story in Souls Unfractured was a harrowing, emotional rollercoaster but just the beginning of their life together. It’s easy to forget that when the book ended they may have found love in each other but what still lies ahead can be just as challenging. All the ups and downs of married life are not easy for a man like Flame.
Maddie has shown him that he is worthy of unconditional love, something he has never had in his life prior to joining the Hangmen. Maddie is the only person he has shown his true self and all his flaws to. She is the calm to his storm. He fights an internal battle that no one else sees, except his wife, his Maddie.
‘But I knew my husband. I knew the fragility of his heart and soul. The loose control he maintained over his mind. The thread of sanity he tried so hard, each day, to follow.’
When life throws Flame a curve ball he feels like he is spinning out of control. The flames come back ten fold and his childhood memories haunt and taunt him. He believes that the devil lives in him and everything he touches is infected by the evil inside him. His Poppa really messed with every facet of his mind and body. It’s truly heartbreaking to read about the inner thoughts he has.
‘His past was a visitor he could never rid himself of, lurking behind a closed door, relentlessly knocking, just waiting for the handle to turn so he could rush inside and take control of the resilience.’
Asher too is struggling with the recent loss of his best friend. The images of what happened play out in his mind and when he is alone the ghosts of his past haunt him. He drowns them out with any substance he can get his hands on. He is on a slippery ride going downhill with no brakes. His brother Flames feels like a stranger to him and watching him combust just adds to his troubles.
When someone from the outside begins causing problems at the compound, the Hades go on high alert and after a close call, Flame goes into meltdown. The need to seek revenge puts him and Ash in a position that neither of them saw coming. He is in the depths of hell and there is only one person who can bring him back into the light. His beautiful, caring and compassionate wife Maddie.
‘Because I have found the one whom my soul loves.’
Maddie knows that the only way to save Flame from his past is to face it. Her sole focus now is to save her husband and his brother, they are a family and she will prove to them how loved they are by helping put their demons to rest once and for all. Unconditional love is how they will pave their future together as a family.
I freaking loved this!
Maddie has shown him that he is worthy of unconditional love, something he has never had in his life prior to joining the Hangmen. Maddie is the only person he has shown his true self and all his flaws to. She is the calm to his storm. He fights an internal battle that no one else sees, except his wife, his Maddie.
‘But I knew my husband. I knew the fragility of his heart and soul. The loose control he maintained over his mind. The thread of sanity he tried so hard, each day, to follow.’
When life throws Flame a curve ball he feels like he is spinning out of control. The flames come back ten fold and his childhood memories haunt and taunt him. He believes that the devil lives in him and everything he touches is infected by the evil inside him. His Poppa really messed with every facet of his mind and body. It’s truly heartbreaking to read about the inner thoughts he has.
‘His past was a visitor he could never rid himself of, lurking behind a closed door, relentlessly knocking, just waiting for the handle to turn so he could rush inside and take control of the resilience.’
Asher too is struggling with the recent loss of his best friend. The images of what happened play out in his mind and when he is alone the ghosts of his past haunt him. He drowns them out with any substance he can get his hands on. He is on a slippery ride going downhill with no brakes. His brother Flames feels like a stranger to him and watching him combust just adds to his troubles.
When someone from the outside begins causing problems at the compound, the Hades go on high alert and after a close call, Flame goes into meltdown. The need to seek revenge puts him and Ash in a position that neither of them saw coming. He is in the depths of hell and there is only one person who can bring him back into the light. His beautiful, caring and compassionate wife Maddie.
‘Because I have found the one whom my soul loves.’
Maddie knows that the only way to save Flame from his past is to face it. Her sole focus now is to save her husband and his brother, they are a family and she will prove to them how loved they are by helping put their demons to rest once and for all. Unconditional love is how they will pave their future together as a family.
I freaking loved this!
June 3, 2021
4 stars
Uhm... I don't know how exactly to react about this book. Of course it made me once again, an emotional individual. Flame and Maddie was always my favorite couple in the whole Hades Hangmen series. They were the "that couple that gave me feels".
I always love how Maddie is so tough and how Flame is so pure. Buuut I don't know, I felt that this one was not as good as their first story. The main reason was Asher, boy that kid gave me stress of a lifetime. He was ugh! I can't. I can't deal with him right now.
As for the plot, it was solely based on Flame and Maddie, unlike the other books where there were villains and some action going on.
I liked it a lot but I didn't love it like I loved Souls Unfractured. This was waaay more complicated and emotional.
I can't wait for the next book. Hopefully Vike will get his story next. It's long overdue already. And pleaseee let Asher be reasonable on the next book. 🙏
Uhm... I don't know how exactly to react about this book. Of course it made me once again, an emotional individual. Flame and Maddie was always my favorite couple in the whole Hades Hangmen series. They were the "that couple that gave me feels".
I always love how Maddie is so tough and how Flame is so pure. Buuut I don't know, I felt that this one was not as good as their first story. The main reason was Asher, boy that kid gave me stress of a lifetime. He was ugh! I can't. I can't deal with him right now.
As for the plot, it was solely based on Flame and Maddie, unlike the other books where there were villains and some action going on.
I liked it a lot but I didn't love it like I loved Souls Unfractured. This was waaay more complicated and emotional.
I can't wait for the next book. Hopefully Vike will get his story next. It's long overdue already. And pleaseee let Asher be reasonable on the next book. 🙏
February 6, 2020
**Spoiler-free 4.5 Star Review**
“I…I’m tired Maddie. I can’t do it anymore. I can’t breathe anymore. I can’t keep feeling the flames anymore…”
My Maddie by Tillie Cole made our hearts hurt so much. We weren’t expecting a full length emotional crying fest when we began reading. Maddie and Flame is one of our favourite Hangmen couple, and we have loved the tortured Flame right from the get go. His journey has broken our heart continuously, but this time…it annihilated it. A broken man who found calm and love with the sweet Maddie, who herself needs Flame to soothe the deep scars from her horrific cult life.
“Angel.” I could not move as he spoke. “The angel in my dreams who rescues me from the flames, from the cellar.” I exhaled, my heart shattering into a thousand pieces. “The angel who finds me when I’m lost…”
‘Love was a powerful remedy, but it was not a cure for some scars. They ran too deep. They were incurable.’
Once again Tillie Cole wrote a hauntingly emotional story in the Hangmen series that was so vividly expressive, we felt everything. We felt the heat from the demons and the flames and shook from the excruciating hopelessness of it all. Whilst Yes, this is Flame and Maddie’s story it was also quite the journey for Ash, albeit only the beginning in some respects. The sheer intensity at times was astoundingly overwhelming. At times we forgot to breathe. In amongst the seemingly never ending darkness, which at times became a tad too repetitive, there were rays of pure beauty and light.
“Wherever he has gone, we will find him and remind him that he is ours. We are his. He is our deepest love.”
“Because I have found the one whom my soul loves.”
Being back with the Hangmen is always a wonderful treat, one which we will never tire of. Catching up with everyone, finding out what’s been happening and just spending time with them. Well it’s like donning our cuts and being back with our biker family.
‘Together we would burn and, in the very depths of the inferno, we would be reborn.’
Tillie Cole managed to weave in moments of light-hearted banter and it sure did make us look forward to Viking’s book! What we dread though, but cannot wait for at the same time, is Ash’s book. This boy has our tummies tied up in knots, and we’re scared for him. So very scared. Whilst he found some aspects of healing, he has a very long way to go in finding peace and overcoming his demons. These Cade boys own our hearts and all we want for Ash is to find his own calm, his own love. We’re prepared for more tears to come…
“We can do this, Flame. Our souls may still be fractured, but they are healing. Someday, only faint scars will remain.”
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May 24, 2020
4,5 estrelas
Quando a Tillie decidiu mudar esse livro de conto para livro completo, fiquei com o pé atrás. Tipo, esse casal já tinha finalizado! Deixa eles em paz! Entretanto, a explicação da autora tinha cabimento. Um trauma da magnitude do Flame não é algo que passa assim num ato de amor somente. O amor é poderoso, mas tem feridas que mesmo melhorando se tornam cicatrizes, nunca somem.
A história, como todos os livros dos Hangmen, continua de onde o anterior parou fazendo com que seja necessário ler todos os livros para entender completamente a história. Entretanto, dessa vez não acompanhamos somente a história do Flame e da Maddie, mas também conhecemos bem melhor o Ash. O livro é narrado pelos 3 e já dá vontade de colocar o Ash no colo.
Maddie mais uma vez mostra que sua vida anterior não a tornou mais fraca e sim muito, muito mais forte. Não existe pessoa que entenda e consiga entrar no coração do Flame como ela. Não diria que ela teve que vestir sua capa e se tornar a mulher maravilha novamente. Algumas coisas exigem um esforço diário, um passo de cada vez. E o Flame não é uma pessoa fácil de lidar por motivos bem mais profundos do que a gente imagina. E a inocência do Flame pra certas coisas, o grau de estrago que foi feito na mente dele, faz a gente chorar e chorar e chorar. E a Maddie com todo seu amor e paciência se tornou, pra mim, a pessoa com o coração mais bonito que já vi nessa história.
O livro é forte, nada é amenizado. Cenas de fazer você parar pra dar uma respirada. Também somos introduzidos a um possivel novo inimigo. Ou será velho? Vamos saber mais no livro do Viking. Por falar nele, as poucas partes engraçadas foram todas protagonizadas por ele, fazendo a gente até quase acreditar que o livro dele poderia ser mais "divertido". Mas acho que é como dizem: às vezes um palhaço sorri e faz brincadeira pra te fazer rir, mas por dentro ele talvez seja a pessoa mais triste do local. Já tô sentindo antecipadamente meu coração doendo por ele.
Em MY MADDIE, chorei em uma cena que foi triste, mas que ao mesmo tempo foi linda e necessária. Sofri pelo quanto o Flame era quebrado. Fiquei com medo do que vai acontecer com o Ash. Sofri pela Saff... Um livro com vários dramas, mas que um dedo mindinho no meio desses problemas fez um sorriso esperançoso aparecer. Recomendo muito!
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Quando a Tillie decidiu mudar esse livro de conto para livro completo, fiquei com o pé atrás. Tipo, esse casal já tinha finalizado! Deixa eles em paz! Entretanto, a explicação da autora tinha cabimento. Um trauma da magnitude do Flame não é algo que passa assim num ato de amor somente. O amor é poderoso, mas tem feridas que mesmo melhorando se tornam cicatrizes, nunca somem.
A história, como todos os livros dos Hangmen, continua de onde o anterior parou fazendo com que seja necessário ler todos os livros para entender completamente a história. Entretanto, dessa vez não acompanhamos somente a história do Flame e da Maddie, mas também conhecemos bem melhor o Ash. O livro é narrado pelos 3 e já dá vontade de colocar o Ash no colo.
Maddie mais uma vez mostra que sua vida anterior não a tornou mais fraca e sim muito, muito mais forte. Não existe pessoa que entenda e consiga entrar no coração do Flame como ela. Não diria que ela teve que vestir sua capa e se tornar a mulher maravilha novamente. Algumas coisas exigem um esforço diário, um passo de cada vez. E o Flame não é uma pessoa fácil de lidar por motivos bem mais profundos do que a gente imagina. E a inocência do Flame pra certas coisas, o grau de estrago que foi feito na mente dele, faz a gente chorar e chorar e chorar. E a Maddie com todo seu amor e paciência se tornou, pra mim, a pessoa com o coração mais bonito que já vi nessa história.
O livro é forte, nada é amenizado. Cenas de fazer você parar pra dar uma respirada. Também somos introduzidos a um possivel novo inimigo. Ou será velho? Vamos saber mais no livro do Viking. Por falar nele, as poucas partes engraçadas foram todas protagonizadas por ele, fazendo a gente até quase acreditar que o livro dele poderia ser mais "divertido". Mas acho que é como dizem: às vezes um palhaço sorri e faz brincadeira pra te fazer rir, mas por dentro ele talvez seja a pessoa mais triste do local. Já tô sentindo antecipadamente meu coração doendo por ele.
Em MY MADDIE, chorei em uma cena que foi triste, mas que ao mesmo tempo foi linda e necessária. Sofri pelo quanto o Flame era quebrado. Fiquei com medo do que vai acontecer com o Ash. Sofri pela Saff... Um livro com vários dramas, mas que um dedo mindinho no meio desses problemas fez um sorriso esperançoso aparecer. Recomendo muito!
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March 27, 2020
yay, i made it. i finished this series in a month. i'd like to thank my sister for all her support while i came screaming about explicit rape scenes, someone being burned/tortured etc. without her i would have taken a lot longer 🙌
i didn't love this book as much as Souls Unfractured, because it was a bit repetitive. Flame is still his biggest enemies. he still thinks the flames in his blood make him evil and will hurt everyone he touches. throw in Maddie being pregnant, his trauma with his baby brother and what you get is Flame going berserk. at times that really made me frustrated cause i just wanted him to get over it and be there for Maddie and Ash, especially the latter who needed him the most.
nevertheless, i have a soft spot for Maddie and Flame. they are my perfectly flawed couple and i'm always going to be happy to read more about them. i absolutely adore Maddie. she's broken yet so strong when it really matters. she knows Flame better than anyone, the way she handles his demons is remarkable. Maddie always finds the right solutions how to bring Flame back when he has one of his breakdowns and i love to read about it. her strength, her endless patient, her resilience. everything about this timid women speaks to me and i usually don't go for this type of characters.
my heart broke AGAIN for Flame. his soul is so gentle and he deserves so much better than the terrible childhood he got. everything about his past is just sad and how he can't cope with it. this book was heartbreaking because you see Flame and Ash's relationship falling apart due to Ash's destructive behaviour. my predictions were right that Ash is getting worse. seeing Ash struggle was hard. i didn't like all the drugs and alcohol abuse. even though i was happy that Flame and Ash' relationship was repaired, Ash is far from being fine. his books is still too far away, imagine how darker his mind is going to get, yeah i'm ready to die along with him.
thanks to viking who provided the much need humour. that guy is something else. when Ky said "fucking dumbass, how the fuck was he ever let in the club?" he said everything that i thought lol. i'm feeling sorry for the girl who has to put up with his annoying self. praying for her sanity.
#1 it ain’t me, babe — 3.25 stars
#2 heart recaptured — 3 stars
#3 souls unfractured — 4.75 stars
#4 deep redemption — 3.5 stars
#5 damnable grace — 3.75 stars
#5.5 i do, babe — 3 stars
#6 crux untamed — 2.5 stars
#6.5 beauty found — 3 stars
#7 darkness embraced — 4 stars
#8 my maddie — 4 stars
“If you die, I will die too.” I stilled at the depth of devastation in his voice. But more disturbing was the conviction. He meant it. And I knew it was true. I knew it was true because I felt the same way. How did one live with half a heart?
i didn't love this book as much as Souls Unfractured, because it was a bit repetitive. Flame is still his biggest enemies. he still thinks the flames in his blood make him evil and will hurt everyone he touches. throw in Maddie being pregnant, his trauma with his baby brother and what you get is Flame going berserk. at times that really made me frustrated cause i just wanted him to get over it and be there for Maddie and Ash, especially the latter who needed him the most.
nevertheless, i have a soft spot for Maddie and Flame. they are my perfectly flawed couple and i'm always going to be happy to read more about them. i absolutely adore Maddie. she's broken yet so strong when it really matters. she knows Flame better than anyone, the way she handles his demons is remarkable. Maddie always finds the right solutions how to bring Flame back when he has one of his breakdowns and i love to read about it. her strength, her endless patient, her resilience. everything about this timid women speaks to me and i usually don't go for this type of characters.
my heart broke AGAIN for Flame. his soul is so gentle and he deserves so much better than the terrible childhood he got. everything about his past is just sad and how he can't cope with it. this book was heartbreaking because you see Flame and Ash's relationship falling apart due to Ash's destructive behaviour. my predictions were right that Ash is getting worse. seeing Ash struggle was hard. i didn't like all the drugs and alcohol abuse. even though i was happy that Flame and Ash' relationship was repaired, Ash is far from being fine. his books is still too far away, imagine how darker his mind is going to get, yeah i'm ready to die along with him.
thanks to viking who provided the much need humour. that guy is something else. when Ky said "fucking dumbass, how the fuck was he ever let in the club?" he said everything that i thought lol. i'm feeling sorry for the girl who has to put up with his annoying self. praying for her sanity.
“Flame,” I placed my hand on the side of his cheek. “If you are in the fire, then I shall be in the fire beside you. I am holding your hand. I am sharing the flames that live in your blood, sharing your burden. And if you burn, we shall burn together.”
#1 it ain’t me, babe — 3.25 stars
#2 heart recaptured — 3 stars
#3 souls unfractured — 4.75 stars
#4 deep redemption — 3.5 stars
#5 damnable grace — 3.75 stars
#5.5 i do, babe — 3 stars
#6 crux untamed — 2.5 stars
#6.5 beauty found — 3 stars
#7 darkness embraced — 4 stars
#8 my maddie — 4 stars
April 5, 2020
Similar to what seems to be the consensus of ratings regarding My Maddie, I enjoyed this but didn't feel it was all that necessary. It felt like an almost identical replica of the events that took place throughout Souls Unfractured. I already saw Flame and Maddie work through these same obstacles and this "relapse" took us on what was supposed to be a very emotional journey. Instead, because I have basically read this story before, I felt a little desensitized to the events taking place. Personally, I didn't connect with the dark emotions this book was attempting as much as I would have expected because as I have said, I basically read this story already and at this point, it felt rather gratuitous.
Regardless, I do love Flame and Maddie and still enjoyed this because I love the Hangmen world. This felt more like a prologue to Lil' ASh and Vikings story, and I left My Maddie wishing we kinda just got their story instead of this :/ Either way, I am happy to read anything in this series and will continue to pick up whatever Tillie Cole gives us. I cannot wait for what is coming next out of this series!!
Regardless, I do love Flame and Maddie and still enjoyed this because I love the Hangmen world. This felt more like a prologue to Lil' ASh and Vikings story, and I left My Maddie wishing we kinda just got their story instead of this :/ Either way, I am happy to read anything in this series and will continue to pick up whatever Tillie Cole gives us. I cannot wait for what is coming next out of this series!!
September 22, 2021
—𝐅𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐩𝐨𝐝𝐫á 𝐡𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨. 𝐋𝐨 𝐬é. 𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐫é 𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐯é𝐬 𝐝𝐞 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨. 𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐫é 𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐮𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐬. 𝐃𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐠𝐮𝐧𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚, 𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐛é 𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐨, 𝐧𝐨 𝐮𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫. 𝐄𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐛é 𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐬, 𝐥𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐳𝐜𝐥𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐚 𝐝𝐞 𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐚𝐬.—𝐌𝐞 𝐫𝐞í 𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐨—. 𝐀𝐦𝐨 𝐚 𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐨 𝐦𝐢 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐳ó𝐧. 𝐀𝐮𝐧𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐚 𝐝𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐠𝐮𝐧𝐚 𝐯𝐞𝐳 𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐞𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐝. 𝐍𝐨 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚 𝐥𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐣𝐨𝐬 𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐬 𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐝𝐨, 𝐧𝐨 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐨 𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐲𝐚 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐚 𝐥𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐝 𝐝𝐞 𝐦𝐢 𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐢ó𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐫 é𝐥. 𝐍𝐨, 𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐨. 𝐄𝐬 𝐥𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐢ó𝐧 𝐝𝐞 𝐦𝐢 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐅𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐥𝐨 𝐚𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐝𝐨 𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞. 𝐍𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐨 𝐜𝐮á𝐧 𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐨 𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐫 𝐦í, 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐢é𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐬 𝐲 𝐬𝐮 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚.
February 23, 2020
My Maddie was the eighth book in the Hades Hangmen series by Tillie Cole. The series was written to be read in order as the events built on each other as the series progressed.
True to form, Cole didn’t write the expected, except that we could expect a dark theme; otherwise, the door was wide open for anything. Flame and Maddie’s story was written in book three, Souls Unfractured. My heart broke for Flame and what he went through as a child and how it still affected him. It now also broke for Ash, Flame’s younger half brother. In My Maddie, Cole weaved a tale that directly involved all three: Flame, Maddie and Ash. It wasn’t pretty and it wasn’t easy.
Cole reminded us briefly in the first few pages Flame’s childhood, then she jumped to the present. As seen from the previous book, something was brewing in the MC world. An enemy was lurking nearby and it also dominated My Maddie as well.
Although it was well written and well developed, it was still difficult for me to read. I expected the dark, but it still pained me to witness the deep, dark internal struggles within both Flame and Ash. It was worth it to keep reading, but understand it still wasn’t an easy journey.
Cole has several stories still be told and I’m not sure where we’ll be led next. Possibly Viking or even Ash. Either way, I’m all in - but I’d really like to get Ash’s story sooner versus later - he really needs some peace.
True to form, Cole didn’t write the expected, except that we could expect a dark theme; otherwise, the door was wide open for anything. Flame and Maddie’s story was written in book three, Souls Unfractured. My heart broke for Flame and what he went through as a child and how it still affected him. It now also broke for Ash, Flame’s younger half brother. In My Maddie, Cole weaved a tale that directly involved all three: Flame, Maddie and Ash. It wasn’t pretty and it wasn’t easy.
Cole reminded us briefly in the first few pages Flame’s childhood, then she jumped to the present. As seen from the previous book, something was brewing in the MC world. An enemy was lurking nearby and it also dominated My Maddie as well.
Although it was well written and well developed, it was still difficult for me to read. I expected the dark, but it still pained me to witness the deep, dark internal struggles within both Flame and Ash. It was worth it to keep reading, but understand it still wasn’t an easy journey.
Cole has several stories still be told and I’m not sure where we’ll be led next. Possibly Viking or even Ash. Either way, I’m all in - but I’d really like to get Ash’s story sooner versus later - he really needs some peace.
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