Title: Sweet Soul
Series: Sweet Home #4
Author: Tillie Cole
Age group: New adult
Genre:
Contemporary romance
Release date: 15th December 2015
One shy lost soul.
One
silent lonely heart.
One love to save them both.
Life has never been easy for twenty-year-old
Levi Carillo. The youngest of the Carillo boys, Levi is nothing like his older
brothers. He isn’t dark in looks or intimidating to everyone he meets. In fact,
he’s quite the opposite. Haunted by a crippling shyness and the tragic events
of his past, Levi spends his days with his head buried in his books, or
training hard for his college football team. Too timid to talk to girls, Levi
stays as far away as possible and completely on his own… until he saves the
life of a troubled pretty blonde, a troubled pretty blonde that might just be
the exception to his rule.
Elsie Hall is homeless. Or at least that’s
all anyone ever sees. Everyday is a fight for survival on the cold streets of
Seattle, everyday a struggle to find food and keep warm. Alone in life—a life
that’s dangerous and cruel—her will to keep going is an ever-losing battle. In
her world of silence, Elsie has given up hope that her life will contain
anything but constant struggle and pain… until the beautiful boy she has
severely wronged comes to her rescue at precisely the right time.
New
Adult novel—contains sexual situations and mature topics. Suited for ages 18
and up
I'm going to start this review off by saying that Sweet Soul is in my top 10 favorite books ever, and tied at number 1 for favorite book of the year.
So a couple of months back a friend of mine recommended this series to me, and I literally devoured the previous 3 books in like 2 days. Sweet Soul is the youngest Carillo brothers book, and I have to say, it was my favorite one!
Levi is the youngest Carillo brother. If you read the other books in the series you know he went through A LOT, and that's putting it lightly. Now that he's older you can tell that his past made him who he is. Levi is a shy boy, never talks to girls, never really talks to anyone honestly. He keeps to himself, and holds a lot of guilt from what he's done in the past.
Levi winds up meeting Elsie. I honestly loved Elsie. My heart literally broke for her. I couldn't even contain my emotions while reading this book. Levi and Elsie's story was so phenomenal I honestly never wanted it to end.
I don't want to give their story away, but what I will say is this book was amazing. It had everything in it. It made me laugh, it made me cry, it made my heart beat fast trying to guess what was coming next. Most importantly it made me FEEL. Tillie honestly outdid herself with this book. I recommend this book 100%. I think everyone should read this book. Honestly everyone needs to read this series. I would definitely read this series in order that way you get a feel for all of the characters and their stories.
My words could never do justice to how amazing this book was. Levi's story will forever stay with me!
Tillie, you have a forever fan in me.
<3 JMAC
Amazon & 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!
