Send Me Their Souls by Sara Wolf is the third and final instalment of the Bring Me Their Hearts series. When I received this book on my Kindle, I was both absolutely ready and utterly unprepared to dive into it.
The first book had us sinking straight into the worlds of Zera, Lucien, Malachite, and Fione and they become beloved to us in a moment, dragging us into their lives and emotions until we yearn to experience the connection they share. The second book takes everything we know and love and sets it aside and we start to scramble to understand this new world where everything we know has changed. By the end of the second book, the shock we receive is unexpected as everything comes together and the pain of the change recedes in the face of the truth.
The final instalment picks up from the absolute second that the previous one stopped at and the moment was a stark memory in my mind that needed no reminder. The tension, fear, and foreboding are right there with the reader as the book spirals because of one single choice that everyone grapples to control the consequences of.
Zera is everything we remember her to be and her relationship with her friends grow and blossom from the seeds she’d sowed and nurtured in the beginning. But Zera now carries a blame that weighs the weight of a world of lives and she’s determined to do whatever she needs to do to save the world and this time she has all the help and support of her friends.
Lucien, whose pain was almost a lash against our senses in the previous book, is once again the man we recognise. What makes him one of my most favourite characters that Sara Wolf has ever written is that he is worthy of being King. A man who would truly get down to his knees and get his hands dirty to help his people. He’s strong, kind, honourable to a fault and very very smart. Scenes with him and Zera are the most heartwarming parts of the book and seeing them together after all this time—without secrets, lies, and pain dragging them down—is the biggest dream come true.
Malachite and Fione are very worthy of being two of the best supporting characters that have been written, not just because of how they hold up their friends but because their own personalities and stories are relevant and strongly woven into the plot.
However, there is something that is bigger than just the four of them and it might just take all of them to solve the oldest puzzle that has been a song in the pain of so many. But this time, Zera wants to do it right. The plot comes together beautifully and the author reminds us again that only a right can undo a wrong, no matter how big the cost of the right may seem.
It took me three books to see something that Sara Wolf has been saying all along and she has messages within messages that were wrapped so beautifully within a fantasy plotline that you almost don’t see it until it all comes together in a single moment and you can’t overlook it anymore. Sara Wolf took mental health and wove it into the biggest part of the story line. The most prominent struggle that Zera faces throughout the book is fighting against that inner voice that asks her every single what-if question out there and we see her grow to answer all those doubts, fears and anxiety about being hurt and never being enough with strength and faith and never letting the fear stop her from doing what’s right. The author also subtly speaks about hurting the largest givers of our lives and the effect it has on us in return.
Sara Wolf has done beautifully with representation and I truly feel this series is underrated and deserves so much more love and attention. It’s a big ten for me, with all my heart.
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Synopsis | Goodreads
The finale to the epic Bring Me Their Hearts series reaches its thrilling conclusion, full of intrigue, emotion, and of course romance.
Reunited with Lucien, Malachite, and Fione, Zera finally has the choice of whether or not to regain her humanity and give up her life as a Heartless. But with war raging and an army of valkerax on the loose, she’s never needed immortality more. Will they be able to stop Varia without sacrificing themselves in the process?
