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His Darkest Salvation (2011)

by Juliana Stone(Favorite Author)

3.93 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0062022636 (ISBN13: 9780062022639)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Avon

series

Jaguar Warriors

review 1: I was mesmerized by this book.hardly got a heroine as badass as Jaden.. *love the name too* not forget to mention the ruined half-soul hero, Julian Castile, whom humanity was slipping in a fast track until he realized his own personal salvation was his mate.I really like how the story goes, unusually dark and kind of twisted, with so much unintentional hurt for both of them. This is not a regular Paranormal Romance story I used to read, but I eventually like it, after I read the previous book, Darkest Embrace (Jagger and Skye's story). I really recommend to read at least one book before this to got the story more understandable.Jaden DaCosta, bear the name of the ruthless clan of Jaguar existed, has a deep scar of her own towards her that family name. Had a persona beyond ... moreher successful self, she is a warrior who try so hard to bring down her own father and his whole clan. Made herself a Mate out of Julian Castile, 3 years ago, while he rejected her all of the way, Jaden made herself cannot see other jaguar male noticeable.Julian Castile, in other case, was MIA for the last 6 months in a place nobody knows, suddenly appear with a change so tangible from his old self. coming back from the hellhole, he has a mission to do, along with Declan O'Hara who was MIA with him, to get the portal back to where it used to be, the upper realms. As the time goes by, his humanity slipping away, leave him as a cold hearted mean person, until Jaden tag along.In short, they fighting their own evils, finding a path of their connection, mere than a body level indeed. Julian saw his way of salvation in form of his own mate, that he already rejected once, but he no longer could diminished anymore. their bond, as strong as it is, could not bind them that easily. Their road to understanding each other was so rocky and fragile like walking on a thin rope, so much denials and roughness along the way.What made me amazed, that this female warrior is not a pushy kind of girl, she knew how to deal with things, as life taught her, and that's how she treat and deal with Julian, even her jaguar was very pushy to claim what belong to her, her mate. Sometimes I really hate Julian, when he acted like a damn bastard toward Jaden (his lack of soul should take the blame then). I love it, when His left of soul, his jaguar side take control to make Jaden his mate, the possessive kind of act, which usually annoyed him, a lot. As the portal, after so much body that gone down, finally getting back to the upper realm with this 'Bill' guy who connected with Julian's escape from hell somehow. The human realm was saved from the doom that shadowed, for now. Now I am wondering bout Ana and Declan.. as Juliana Stone gave a sneak peak about Ana's resurrection at the end of the book. Anyway, that will be a story I had to read in the future.
review 2: ***If you have not read the other Jaguar Warriors books please note there will be spoilers to those two books in this review.***Jaden DaCosta was an amazing heroine. She has some faults, they make her appear weak at times but I still felt deep down she was strong when it counted. She knows that some battles are best left alone, to fight that fight another day. I liked this about her. She is a rare female jaguar warrior. She leads a double life as both a PATU operative and member of the DaCosta crime family. She is actually the mole that is trying to bring her family down. Julian is a jerk and that is putting it mildly. He doesn’t trust anyone. He doesn’t believe in coincidence. He has spent six months being tortured to the brink of death in Hell. He has some issues to say the least. The fact that he is missing half his soul is one of the big problems. He is hurting and is angry. He wants all those around him to experience the pain and anger that eats away at him. He really does treat everyone around him beyond poorly. I can honestly say these factors did not make me hate his character. It made me want him to experience happiness. I wanted him to find the healing that would make him whole again.I have to go back to the reasons I loved Jaden. She walked away from their one night stand mating three years ago. Her mate does not want her, yes it hurts but she deals with it. She doesn’t put up with too much from Julian. She constantly tells him and those around him that he is a jerk. She doesn’t make excuses for his foul mood or his behavior. Jaden is Julian’s salvation. I loved how Juliana played that. Jaden is the piece that Julian is missing to make him whole. I have to admit that this was my favorite book in the Jaguar Warriors series. All of the issues that were raised in the beginning with the first book and the issues that were skipped or omitted in the second book get the needed closure. The ending also leads readers into the spin off series (that I’ve already read) by introducing some of the characters that will have major roles in that series. I also liked the couple that Jaden and Julian turned into. My only disappointment was Hell. Readers are given the facts that Julian and Declan have spent six months in there being tortured. They are freed but with conditions. As much as their time spent there affects them I would have liked some more details. I also know from reading Julian’s League of Guardian’s series that she writes a fascinating Hell. I have to point out that I love my books dark and twisty and her Hell plays right into that. less

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