An absolute thrilling conclusion to The Book of War series by Ronie Kendig. In this book Lief Metcalf goes off on his own to find answers to the mystery he has tried to solve for years. What happened during the six months that he can not remember. Loyalties are questioned and it is hard to know the difference between the good and the bad guys. To me this book showed the bond between our soldiers. How closely knit they become. And how they depend on each other and yet have to be very careful about who they trust. Ms. Kendig does not pull any punches. The action is fast paced and heart stopping. This is not a stand alone. You really need to read Storm Rising and Kings Falling before reading this book. In full disclosure I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

My oh my! Ronie Kendig has done it again. I was cursing her name at the end of Kings Falling, and now I am back to singing her praises. This entire series has been nothing but intensity, action, suspense, and intrigue with a few dashes of true love for good measure. Did I mention intensity? WHEW!
Kendig's characters are so vivid in your mind that you love them and yell at them all in the same chapter. They are perfectly flawed yet lovable. I don't know how she does it so well, but she is a master of character development. If you thought that was high praise, we haven't even made it to the plot yet. Every time I finish a Kendig novel (and there is no putting it down... i just read and read until it's done), I feel like I have been holding my breath for hours. Soul Raging was no exception, if the title gives any indication. This story captivates you from the first page and holds you until the very end. OH, and that last line?! Can we talk about that? Kendig could not have ended this series any better. Bravo, Ronie, for another story well written and a job well done.

This book was another amazing, fast paced, heart stopping, twists where you never expected it kind of read I've come to expect from Ronie Kendig. It is such an exciting conclusion of the series and adds some beloved characters from her other series. It was such a great book, well worth my time to read.

Wow. Talk about an epic ending. I mean, it doesn't get any better than this. I've been a fan of Kendig's for awhile, but it seems like her writing somehow gets better and better, as if that's even possible based on my love for her previous books! Soul Raging is explosive. It is engaging. It is by far my favorite of the series. Trust me when I say it will knock your socks off.

I don't even know where to begin honestly. It's packed with action, suspense, surprises, and yes even a little bit of romance (not like the mushy stuff - it fits in well with the rest of the novel). You will not be able to stop the pages from turning. Why? Because you get so engaged in the plot, and with the characters that you don't have time for anything else. You have to know what happens. I mean Leif going rogue!? I knew I wouldn't be able to stop once I started reading, and I was right (I mean work and family aside of course lol).

Here's the thing. Things aren't always what they seem, which is a truth that is woven throughout the pages of this story. And we can learn from that in real life as well. Unless we are put in someone else's shoes - we have no idea why they do certain things, why they act a certain way, or whatever. And shame on us for assuming. You know what that means! :) Thank you Kendig for reminding me of that very fact.

But here's the other part of the story - loyalty. This group of characters, for the most part, is fiercely loyal. They are family, although not by blood. And that is a lesson all on its own right there.

This series is one that I know I'll read again. It is fast paced, so make sure you have your seatbelts on! Definitely one of those series you want to binge read, over and over again. Highly recommend. I received a complimentary copy of this book. I was not required to write a favorable review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

My head is SPINNING! I definitely forgot to breathe a few times throughout this book, and I loved every minute of it. Soul Raging immediately pulls you up from the cliff Kings Falling left you dangling from and then dives right over the edge with you along for the ride.

Ronie Kendig is such a master at putting me through the emotional gamut with her nonstop action and suspense. There were tears, I wanted to smack a few characters upside the head a few times, romance was rooted for and my fingernails are noticeably shorter than when the story started. Talk about sticking the landing! Kendig stunned me with the entire Book of the Wars series and I cannot wait to see what she’s cooking up next!
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Soul Raging forced me to commit a terrible reading sin. I couldn’t bring myself to turn to the back the book, but I needed to know something. Or else keep reading whilst half hiding from the text. So I begged a friend who’d already read it. If this level of investment in a character seems silly to you, you’ve probably never read a Ronie Kendig novel.

From the first time I heard about this series, over coffee with a friend, the idea fascinated me. Imagine a secret book that holds the details of every war in history, and a race of super soldiers. What Kendig did with this idea is astonishing. To weave such a diverse crew, allow them to drop into trouble anywhere across the globe with such ease, shows remarkable skill.

The promise that was made in the first book, Storm Rising has been fulfilled in this, third and final offering. With ever increasing complexity and the lines between good and evil muddied, readers are left guessing as to the final outcome until the very (cheer inducing) end.

Storm Rising, Kings Falling and Soul Raging are excellent books and highly recommended for lovers of thrillers, black ops, romantic suspense or all round epic reads.

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Ronie Kendig writes like no one else. Every book keeps me glued until the very end. I can’t read fast enough! This is a roller coaster ride that’s the perfect ending to a great series. I hate to tell these characters goodbye!

I don’t really have words. And unfortunately, that’s not because of how much I loved it. I have been a Ronie Kendig fan since she debuted but this one really missed the mark for me. A lot of unrealistic or unexplained circumstances (people don’t get shot then just walk around like every thing is fine less than an hour later), characters acting like moody high schoolers instead of the operatives they were supposed to be, and some bad decision making from so many people, had me rolling my eyes or scanning back through pages trying to figure out where I’d missed the angel coming to miraculously heal everyone. Sadly I feel like she kind of phoned this book in and in trying to hit multiple shock factor moments lost the believability and cohesiveness of the story. Also the ending felt like she was just trying to tie everything up in a bow without really explaining any repercussions of the events of the book.

Soul Raging
by Ronie Kendig
Bethany House
Bethany House Publishers
Christian
Christian
Pub Date 03 Nov 2020


I am reviewing a copy of Soul Raging through Bethany House Publishers and Netgalley:




Sometimes our only hope is the enemy.



Leif Metcalfe is tired of waiting for answers so he ceases control, but ceasing control is a move that comes with a high price and a deadly risk, teaming up with the enemy.




Iskra Todrove is under the impression that Leif is on a collision course with death when he teams up with the enemy. She knows firsthand the cost of that path to the soul, and knows it’s not something you can change. Iskra finds herself being forced to set her sights on the man behind the evil organization ArC--Ciro Veratti, while at the same time protecting her daughter and intervening with Leif.




Team Reaper hurts one of their own when they are torn apart by opposing views on how to handle Leif’s betrayal of trust to the team. The one thing they can agree on is not stopping but starting the final battle prophesied in the Book of the Wars.



If you’re looking for a book of action, intrigue and Suspense, let me recommend Soul Raging, you’ll enjoy the adventure.



I give Soul Raging five out of five stars!




Happy Reading!

For me, you can’t quite beat a Ronie Kendig book. Soul Raging is the final installment in her The Book of the Wars trilogy, and I have to say that it was my favorite (though I absolutely loved them all). Filled cover-to-cover with action, you can’t help but stay up late to find out what will happen next.

I would definitely suggest you read the trilogy in order, because the characters grow so much through the stories. Reading about them from the beginning makes their plight that much richer and even more exciting. And, because they are just so good, I’d even recommend you go back to the previous trilogy, The Tox Files, where some of the characters were originally introduced, to add another layer of depth and interest to the already rich characters and story line.

I feel like I waited so long for this book, and now I am so sad that I’ve finished it! But it was absolutely worth it. 🙂 I most highly recommend Soul Raging and the entire Book of the Wars series. Such great heart-pumping reads!

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Rating: 5 out of 5.
Many thanks to Bethany House Publishers and NetGalley for the digital copy of this novel for review purposes. I was not required to give a positive review. All opinions are my very own! 🙂

Soul Raging is an apt name for this third book in author Kendig's narrative that had my whole being in an uproar. After the twist ending of King's Falling, I was pretty anxious to get back into this trilogy and see how everything could be resolved. And there seemed liked a lot. There were so many moving parts and everything at times seemed chaotic until it all fit together in a unique puzzle that made sense.

Like Leif and his team, I too felt off kilter with all the events that were happening. Who were the friends, the enemies? Truth and lies and prophesies were intertwining and nobody knew what to believe. I liked that this core team did what they did best. They searched out and trusted and had faith that what their ultimate goal, finding the truth and stopping the evil, would be achieved. Their camaraderie was most welcome and their tenacity at the mission was resolute.

I recommend this book, starting with book one and maybe do some binge reading. Especially if you are looking for a team oriented story, with romance, friendship, twisty twists (like I didn't see that coming moments and shocking revelations), and a bit of end times thrown in.

I received a copy of this novel from the publisher. I was not required to post a positive review and all views and opinions are my own.

Well, Ronie Kendig once again writes a mind-bending story. The final installment of The Book of the Wars series, Soul Raging was full of unexpected moments. Will Leif finally discover what happened to his missing six months? Will the team be able to defeat ArC and get the book of wars before more destruction happens?

This book was filled with questions of who you could truly trust. Could the enemy be one of the good guys? Or are some of the good guys really the enemy? Will team Reaper be able to stop the final battle prophesied in the book of Wars?

I devoured this book so quickly because I could not wait to see what was coming next. Each chapter felt like a cliff hanger and I definitely stayed up late to read a few nights.

Ronie Kendig finishes out her Book of the Wars series with Soul Raging, and wow! Just wow!

First, how Kendig still shocks me after spending time in three books with team Reaper is both remarkable and satisfying. As they hunt down ArC while dealing with the repercussions of one of their own turning on them, twist, turns, and downright loop de loops kept me turning the pages as fast as I could.

Not only is Soul Raging an epic conclusion to a fantastic series filled with action, suspense, and a just the right touch of romance, it digs deeper. It’s a story about what’s happening behind the façade and loyalty.

I’ve now spent three books with these characters (well, a little more with a few of them since they were also in The Tox Files series), and they continue to stand out. They’re brave, loyal, fierce, strong, and memorable.

In conclusion, take a deep breath, hang on tight, and enjoy the ride.



Disclosure statement: I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book and was not required to write a positive review. All opinions are my own.

Soul Raging is the third and final book in Ronie Kendig‘s The Book of the Wars trilogy. We meet Leif Metcalfe in Ronie Kendig’s previous series, The Tox Files, and in The Book of the Wars, we watch him lead his own team to save the world from disaster. Soul Raging picks up where the previous book, Kings Falling leaves off.

When reading a Ronie Kendig series, it’s important to begin at the beginning. Why? Because the essence of Soul Raging is a massive spoiler for the ending of King’s Falling. The final scene in King’s Falling is such a cliff-hanger, you have to read the first two books in The Book of the Wars series before picking up Soul Raging. It also means I won’t provide much of a summary because you need to read the previous books first. Trust me, it’s worth it! (If you have any doubt, here are my reviews of Storm Rising and Kings Falling.)

Getting the full impact of Soul Raging is definitely worth reading all six books. Soul Raging is that good. that suspenseful. that emotional. It’ll simultaneously take your breath away while causing you to hold your breath. Frankly, I’m not sure I breathed through the final pages. Admittedly, the one downside to this level of suspense is that I wanted to know what happened so much that the details about the prophetic, scientific, and technological pieces often whooshed right over my head. I think that means I just need to read the series again so I can appreciate those details better.

Part of why Soul Raging is so impacting is because I started Leif’s journey in the previous series. Mercy and Cell’s, too. These characters meant something to me because of the previous series. Leif was one of my favorite characters, so I was thrilled when I discovered he got his own series in The Book of the Wars. That means this series is quite the ride, watching him go through all he goes through in Soul Raging (and yes, I’m being cryptic because you seriously need to read it for yourself).

The takeaway? If you love gritty suspense that wraps itself around your heart, you need to read this whole series, but especially Soul Raging. It closes The Book of the Wars series in resounding fashion.

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Soul Raging was a fabulous conclusion to the Book of the Wars series. This is book three in the series and you definitely must read books one and two in order to know what is going on in this novel.

The author once again brought together heart-pounding action, hints of romance, prophecy, and characters that you just don’t know if you can trust!

These characters, all of them, felt so real and my connection to them grew with each novel. That made it hard to watch as various ones made tough decisions that sometimes didn’t seem to make sense. But, as always, this author pulled all of the threads of the story together and wrapped up the series in a very emotionally satisfying way.

I really enjoyed this series and recommend it to those looking for military action packed with secrets and spies and all things covert!

I received a complimentary copy of this book. All opinions are my own.

An action packed conclusion to an intense series. Did I mention intense? A race to save the world at great cost written in Kendig's unique style.

Readers will not want to miss the Book of Wars series by award-winning author, Ronie Kendig! This final book is the epic conclusion to a series so in-depth and creative, readers will find themselves lost in the pages for hours at a time.

Kendig’s masterful creation of paramilitary stories is like no other. In this series, she has skillfully continued the story of a team of male and female characters who’s diversity, talents and magnetism captivate readers with a sense of heroism and yet, real-world personalities and problems. The amusing banter amongst the lovable Reaper team displays a team of friends, who are fiercely loyal to one another and their cause. As they work together to uncover the final prophesies in the Book of Wars and the panels that depict the Neiothen’s impact on Leif’s life, the plot thickens and loyalties stretch.

Kendig captures readers’ attention with intense scenes and gripping battles strewn throughout the book, equally balanced with a story of loyalty, friendship and romance. The added benefit of an imaginative, spell-binding supernatural element and how she manages to include just the right amount of all of this, is an attribute only she can deliver. I seriously did not want to put this book down. I simply couldn’t devour it fast enough.

To fully immerse yourself as a reader into this series, I highly recommend reading Storm Rising Storm Rising and Kings Falling (the Book of the Wars Book #2) Kings Falling respectively, before reading this final story. This series is “clean” and falls under the Christian fiction category, but can be perceived as edgy with its military environment, thus I believe even secular readers will enjoy this series. I highly recommend this series to adults and mature readers 16+.

Ronie Kendig is a master at writing suspenseful stories, and this series is no exception. After the cliffhanger of Kings Falling, I needed answers so badly. Soul Raging completely delivers those answers, along with more angst and screaming at the characters along the way. I really enjoyed the reversal character arc--Leif has some stuff figured out, but then...doesn't and his reaction is to go downhill before trying to go uphill (cue much screaming and nail-biting). And of course, snark and assassins and secret world domination plots all make this an intense, edge-of-your-seat, action-packed, thrill-ride of a conclusion to the Book of the Wars trilogy. Go check out this book and all her books because they're amazing!


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Oh my.
What a ride.
This book was very bittersweet for me.
I have absolutely loved this series, and I couldn't wait to read the ending.
And yet, there's just something about reaching the end of a lovely series about such amazing characters...I didn't really want to reach the end, you know...
Ronie Kendig did it again.
She's written a spellbinding tale of action, military intrigue, danger, team loyalty, and so much more.
If you haven't read the first two in the series, you will definitely want to go read them before starting this one, because this continues the threads of the other two.
I was a bit worried about Leif when I finished the previous book.
But this book gives a lot more details about what is going on with him.
Ronie's heroes are always very real. In spite of character traits that aren't always desirable, I just loved Iskra, Mercy, and Leif, and the rest of the team.
This tale is top-notch intrigue and lots of danger thrown in.
So many details, characters, events, lots of things going on, it is a racetrack ride from the first page to the very end.

The tie to the Book of Wars, to reach a satisfactory conclusion in this book, showing what all was really going on, this was written in such an exquisite manner.

Fans of suspense, and lots of action, this is one book you won't want to miss!

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Wow! I finished this booked about half an hour ago and my heart is still racing!! That should tell you something!! It’s absolute heart-stopping action from the first page to the last! This book - and indeed the whole series - will keep you on the edge of your seat, and will definitely not leave you disappointed!

As this gripping series draws to a close in Soul Raging, we join Leif and Reaper as the final prophecy in the Book of the Wars seems to be about to come to pass, and the action builds to a massive crescendo!

And what a crescendo it is! But I’ll leave that for you to discover for yourself! This has been one of the most exciting, action-packed series I’ve ever read, and yet, impressively, it doesn’t come at the cost of getting to know the characters. There’s still plenty of space in the story for complex character development, despite the breakneck pace that the plot moves at. I really enjoyed the further development of Leif and Mercy as characters, after meeting them in earlier series. And I especially loved the dynamic between Leif and Iskra. Such a fascinating and unique dynamic that plays out between two incredibly complex, multi-faceted, broken and beautiful characters!

I’ve loved spending time in this universe and with these characters and it’s so very bittersweet that I’ve reached the end. I’m very satisfied with how it ended, but I’m devastated that the journey is over, and I have to say goodbye to the characters. It’s like leaving good friends! Especially Cell, after 6 whole books!

There’s SO much more I’d love to say, but it’s just so hard to say more without spoilers, so I’ll just finish by saying that if Bourne, Seal Team, or Indiana Jones are your thing, you do NOT want to miss this series!! Actually, if suspense is your thing at all, it’s an absolute must-read!

Ronie Kendig is fast becoming a favourite author of mine, and anything she puts out will definitely be an automatic must-read for me from now on!

Thank you to @kendigronie @bethanyhousefiction and @netgalley for the ARC. I was only required to provide an honest review in return.