Soulless Vol. 2

Soulless Vol. 2

*WARNING SPOILERS AHEAD*

Wow, second book in and I’m loving this series. Even though this is just the manga version of this story, I still love the characters, the mystery, and the drama. We learn more about Connall Maccon and his history of being Alpha werewolf for his new and previous pack. The big mystery is how a city full of supernaturals are becoming mortal for a few hours and then back to their true selves by morning.

I’m still not sure how some mortal characters know about the supernaturals yet others don’t. This secrecy concept was brought up in Twilight with their vampire world, but mortals who wanted to become vampires normally ended up being eaten rather than bitten.

In Carriger’s world, it’s legal to bite and change mortals, but there has to be a reason why especially for the vampires. Similar to the vampires, werewolves can’t reproduce, so they have to add new members through mortals, but the mortals chosen are blood line relatives that have a history and tradition of becoming werewolves through the bite. What’s interesting though is that only an Alpha can change a mortal which is how the number of werewolves created is monitored.

What’s great about this story is that Alexia doesn’t ask to become like Connall. She technically can’t due to her preternatural state which is like a supernatural repellent or defense mechanism to subdue or diminish any supernatural ability around her. Unlike Bella Swan, Alexia does not beg to be changed and live on forever with Connall even though he’s not immortal. If you really broke this story down, it’s a mature version of Twilight.

This story is obviously supposed to have some sexy lore to it, so Carriger added in flamboyant vampires and cross-dressing females that are not tomboys. Even though Alexia and Connall are married to each other, Alexia encounters a woman named Genevieve LeFroux who’s openly gay around Alexia but no one else. People assume she’s just odd because of the way she dresses even though the reader really knows why she dresses the way she does.

Genevieve constantly hits on Alexia in private quarters and even goes as far as kissing her unexpectedly. Alexia doesn’t reciprocate Genevieve’s actions, but she also doesn’t inform Genevieve to never do it again. Which leads me to believe that Alexia is either bi or is only okay with Genevieve hitting on her. Connall constantly yells at Genevieve to stop pursuing his wife by kissing her even though it was just a one-time thing.

Honestly, I believe Alexia and Genevieve don’t have a romantical relationship but a respected one. Genevieve just admires Alexia’s confidence determination which is attractive to her while Alexia admires Genevieve’s security with her sexuality and pride in her scientific field as a woman. It’s a relationship with two best friends who just want to experiment for the sake of trying it out. Genevieve knows Alexia is married to Connall and doesn’t intend on breaking up the marriage. She’s just attracted to Alexia. Hopefully Genevieve finds someone who isn’t married and reciprocates the same feelings.

The ending of this book had me on edge. I couldn’t believe that after everything Connall and Alexia went through, Connall would just believe that his wife was an adulteress for being pregnant. Ironically, Connall doesn’t accuse Alexia of being an adulteress with Genevieve but with the flamboyant vampire Akeldama, who is obviously not straight. Connall is truly oblivious to Akeldama’s sexuality despite all the vivid hints.

This was definitely a favorite of mine in the series so far, and it is only book two. I’m very curious to see where book three goes with the story because there’s still a major mystery behind Alexia’s pregnancy.