Review of the Soul Series by Mrs. Gabriela Ge

“If God said I’m only supposed to have one blessing on this earth, I thank every cloud in heaven he chose you to be it.”

Soul Tie: Soul Series Book Three by Mrs. Gabriela Ge

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Let me get this quick recap out of the way, so that I can ramble. Because this one was heavy and deep!

It has been some time that I’ve written an in-depth review. Charge it to my mind not my heart, because I’ve read some bangers. My mind just didn’t give me the words necessary to truly express my feelings and thoughts.

BUT nothing has changed!!

I’m writing and posting about it, so YES, I recommend this one. However if what I mention triggers or impacts you negatively? Always choose your mental wellbeing.

Mrs. Gabriela Ge’s Soul Series is a completed series consisting of three books. Book One, Soul Crush where we get to meet the Main Characters, Arabella and Kain. Book Two, Soul Glitch where the unraveling of the characters/their relationship takes place. And Book Three, Soul Tie, where they are on the mend.

We follow the main characters, Arabella and Kain, on their journey to better. However along the way it gets a whole lot worse.

This series had me so deep in my feelings. The way Mrs. Ge told their story was heartbreakingly beautiful. Don’t get me wrong I had some choice words for these characters… At various moments in their journey, however it didn’t take away from how beautiful this story was/is. These characters are flawed and above all human!

Some things to take into consideration if you decide to read this one. There is mention of (however no graphic descriptions) verbal, mental and physical child abuse, rape of a minor, murder, addiction and mental health issues (trauma, bi-polar, depression). On the flip side you will find so much love on these pages, willingness to get and be better, reclaiming of the mind, and perception of self.

The completed Soul Series can be found through the following link:

Soul Series by Mrs. Gabriela Ge

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SheReadsaLot to Audience: This review has a trigger warning, I mention when we get to that point.. But before that, it’s possible that some spoilers arise. Even though I have tried my best not to do so. So this is the final warning, AND…

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Introducing the characters

Arabella, the FMC, 18 years old, an artist, who comes into an unexpected inheritance thanks to her sperm donor, becomes a millionaire over night. Suffers from nightmares. Knows her worth.

Kain, the MMC, 23 years old, an up and coming boxer, with ties to the streets, dealing with an unhealed father wound, and more.

Miss Arabella knew her worth, and I was applauding her for making it known, all the more because she was young.

When you’re young you oftentimes don’t know or don’t exactly realize who you are yet. Making it easy for people to trespass on your boundaries.

“Aw, honey, give the guy a chance!” a random lady yelled.

Soul Crush by Mrs. Gabriela Ge

And with others in your ear applauding this behavior (grown, grown folks)… For a young person, with a developing mind and sense of self, makes it a whole lot more challenging!

SheReadsaLot to SheReadsaLot: And not only for young people!

SheReadsaLot: Why is it always some random person that doesn’t know what happened, rooting the F*** S**** on?

SheReadsaLot to SheReadsaLot: Have you seen how many people are applauding the wedding between Meagan Good and Jonathan Mayors, after all that has been made public knowledge about him?

SheReadsaLot: But you know, Da Man is trying to hold a Good Black Man down!

SheReadsaLot to SheReadsaLot: And he most definitely wouldn’t hurt his Coretta Scott King!

To make it short.. I took away two lessons from this interaction.

Lesson One

Don’t let anyone disrespect your boundaries. And remember! Enforcing your boundaries doesn’t make you the bad guy, don’t matter what nobody say.

*stares in Media, while thinking about the violation of Mrs. Angela Rye’s boundaries*

Lesson Two

SheReadsaLot to Audience: Now you’ve learned two valuable lessons, let me go on and school you some more.

There is a lot that happens in this story, and I don’t want to divulge too much. However one thing I’ll divulge is that these young people receive therapy to deal with their trauma and their mental health.

Which is good! Because too often we think that we can resolve our issues on our own, making it only worse for ourselves and those we hold dear.

For some it’s therapy that helps them, for others a mentorship, a dear friend, family. It all depends on what you are dealing with.

SheReadsaLot to SheReadsalot: BUT this lesson is not about that! Please hurry it along, because I had some choice words for that young…

SheReadsaLot: Just let me get my thoughts out!

So no this isn’t about therapy… This is once again about boundaries.

SheReadsaLot to Audience: Have you guys seen Obsessed? The one with Beyoncé?! I’m not talking about the acting, I’m talking about the lesson!

Audience to SheReadsaLot: What are you talking about?

SheReadaLot to Audience: Let me explain…

Obsessed, which came out in 2009.

SheReadsaLot to SheReadsaLot: What do you mean it came out 16 years ago?

SheReadsaLot: Remember, getting older is a privilege… And also… WITAF?!

SheReadsaLot to SheReadsaLot: Continue already, I’mma need some time to digest that tidbit.

SheReadsaLot to Kain: Now, you knew you were tempted, and shouldn’t have been conversing like that. SO WHY DIDN’T YOU THROW OUT THAT NUMBER RIGHT AWAY? 

SheReadsaLot to Audience: Like I said, these people are young, trauma alters their brain, and all that… So a bit of leeway is given to them… However in this case??!! In this case Kain was just plain stupid, and let his selfishness and ego do too much talking!

Lesson Three

If you feel that you are too weak for temptation, don’t go looking it up!

*mutters in disdain* If Derek didn’t go and be all friendly with temp, Sharon wouldn’t have had those problems. All because he wanted his ego stroked, and didn’t enforce boundaries…

Lesson Four

RESPECT and BOUNDARIES, the respect and love you have for your partner should make you reinforce the proper boundaries to demonstrate that respect and love.

They (respect and love) are action verbs afterall!

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Me having experienced Child Sexual Abuse at the hands of my sperm donor, I knew from book one what Arabella’s nightmares where about. And even me knowing this, it was a whole lot worse.

Worse because the one who handed Arabella over to get violated, raped, and to get her innocence stripped away, at 11 years old, was none other than her egg donor. Who handed her over so she could get her fix for a couple of days.

SheReadsaLot to Audience: The egg donor is evil. I cannot give any other description for her. She abused Arabella in every possible way, without getting sexual (that… she left in the hands of the pedophile), all the while being an addict and treating Arabella’s brother drastically different.

Arabella has lived seven years without having nightmares, and without remembering these horrific events. Her receiving an inheritance of that magnitude, brings about change however. And that change triggers her nightmares. So her brother (Julian) starts her on therapy.

After a while her memories resurface, and Arabella spirals!

Enter a “friend” who has experienced the same at the hands of her fathers friend at 13 years old. This “friend” seems to have it all worked out, partying, life of the party, and doing lines of coke, and consuming a lot of alcohol.

Arabella wants to feel numb, and what does “friend” do?

Why did this speak to me so much?

I grew up in the Netherlands. And when I finally told my mother about what sperm donor had done to me (a few years after he left the country). The first thing that my mother did was, take me to the police so he could be arrested, and from there to therapy. I was 15 the first time I went to therapy, in a group of people who looked nothing like me, but had similar experiences as me.

Audience to SheReadsaLot: Why are you telling us this?

SheReadsaLot to Audience: I’m telling you this, because Arabella had none of this! I was pissed at her for becoming the one person she hated the most, her egg donor! And then I started thinking…

Me growing up poor meant me still having a roof over my head, meant me still having a meal each day even if it was only dry rice with a bit of scrambled egg in it. It meant me still being afforded access to all the healthcare that I needed to help me deal with my experiences, helping me deal with my suicide ideation because there was so much about what I went through, that I couldn’t reconcile.

Arabella however lives in the States, and I think by now a lot of people are aware that it’s not as advertised. Healthcare, and especially mental healthcare is not as readily available as it was in the Netherlands at that time (completely free), not even as readily accessible as it is now (yearly fee, or subsidized to zero if your income is below a certain treshold).

I had been living with the memories for years, my mind suppressed only some memories. Where Arabella’s memories were completely repressed AND on top of that the one who handed her over for it all was her egg donor.. Did she really hate Arabella that much, that she thought that she was deserving of that experience?

And here is someone who has experienced the same as you have, and understands that you sometimes want to feel numb of it all. And she hands you the solution in a white line!

SheReadsaLot to Audience: Let me jump right to the lessons that I found here.

Lesson Five

Be careful who you surround yourself with. People who always look for the easy way out, without doing the actual work don’t truly love themselves. So they can’t love you, and can’t want better for you than they want for themselves.

Lesson Six

If you feel that you are drowning, talk about it. And keep talking about it, even if this means that you aren’t always talking to the right person.

Lesson Seven

Therapy should be offered as early as possible after events such as these, to prevent you from further harming yourself.

Lesson Eight

If you don’t do the work, you ultimately become what you fear/hate the most.

Lesson Nine

The shame and blame should always be placed on the perpetrator!

Lesson Ten

Don’t let anyone determine your worth!

SheReadsaLot to Audience: As you already know.. I’m writing about it, so I most definitely recommend. Leaving you all with a last quote.

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The completed Soul Series can be found through the following link:

Soul Series by Mrs. Gabriela Ge