This book can be enjoyed by high school and older. It is one of those stories I want everyone to read because it is so great, but also want to keep it all to myself like a jealous lover (I will rip off a ladybug’s wings, I swear it, I will) afraid to let anyone else close. I like to do most of my ratings on how I feel or connect with a book, and this book just sucked me in.

It was such an easy read, but didn’t feel “simple” at all. The story is very beautifully written, making the reader feel every raw emotion. The last time I felt this raw after a book was when I read I’m Still Here in 2014. This book left me so shattered, I couldn’t breathe, see, or think after I finished. This book left me so hungover, I felt like a junkie desperately searching for my next fix. This book will literally steal your heart and capture your soul. Which leads him to a small town in North Carolina, where he meets Laxshmi, or, “Lucky.” The two go on one hell of an adventure which takes the reader on a wild and emotional ride. Liam is searching for a female who his dad has visions about, someone on the cusp of becoming an Empath herself.

The two would then become very powerful in the Empath community, of which there are MANY in the Council and even Elders who are leary of Liam finding a Soulmate because of the power the couple will have. Soulmated is the story about an Empath (someone who is often sensitive and affected by the energy or emotions of others around them) prince, Liam, who is on a quest to find The One in which he will become Soulmated with. I received a copy of Soulmated from the author in exchange for an honest review.

Soulmated by Shaila Patel