Synopsis:
The nightmare figure that is the Goat Man gets out of its cave on the summer night of 20th of July when the girls and the boys from Mount Găina can pick their partner for life. Whenever its name is mentioned, terror unleashes.
And so, once Ana asks her sister, Angelica, who this Goat Man is, chaos erupts.. What they didn’t know then, was that the Goat Man already had its eyes set on one member of their family.
Therefore, in order to save her family, Ana offers herself to the Goat Man, in exchange for their father’s soul. But was that the wise thing to do?
Review:
The beginning of the book immediately sets the scene. We meet our FMC and her family. The women of the household try to hold everything together and take care of one another, while the father does not. You can feel how this impacts the family dynamics, and it raises the question of whether they would be better off without him. On the flip side, we are in a rural area where women depend on men and wouldn’t be taken seriously by themselves. It shows us an outdated view of society (not ruling out that it still exists today to some degree) and combines this with religious beliefs. We clearly see surroundings that shaped how our FMC grew up and the beliefs she holds.
In a small village, we meet the Goat Men, a man of legends whom everybody fears to speak about. He comes for her father, and while it is clear they would be better off without him, she offers herself in exchange to protect her family, who, even with someone that bad, still have a better chance of surviving with him than without him.
She leaves everything behind and follows the Goat Men. What starts as pure hate and completely different beliefs and cultural expectations slowly shifts, as both are victims of circumstance. Once they start accepting this, their dynamic begins to change. They both learn to grow and accept each other for who they are.
The romance part didn’t convince me, to be honest. I just didn’t get them as a couple. The connection itself,I could get on board with that. Overall, it’s an easy and short read with a sweet story. The baseline isn’t completely new, but it offers a slightly different take on it while being influenced by the author’s home country.
🌙 Recension: Souls We Rip by DMR
📚 Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Folklore
📅 Release Date: February 24, 2026
📗 available in various formats
📱 Read as: Kindle
💸 I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
🗣️ Language: English
📆 Pages: 241
⭐️ 3/5
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