Review: My Soul to Save by Rachel Vincent

My Soul to Save

(Soul Screamers #2)

Author: Rachel Vincent

Publication Date: December 29, 2009

Publisher: Harlequin Teen

Genre: Fantasy/Supernatural

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Synopsis:

When Kaylee Cavanaugh screams, someone dies.

So when teen pop star Eden croaks onstage and Kaylee doesn’t wail, she knows something is dead wrong. She can’t cry for someone who has no soul.

The last thing Kaylee needs right now is to be skipping school, breaking her dad’s ironclad curfew and putting her too-hot-to-be-real boyfriend’s loyalty to the test. But starry-eyed teens are trading their souls: a flickering lifetime of fame and fortune in exchange for eternity in the Netherworld—a consequence they can’t possibly understand.

Kaylee can’t let that happen, even if trying to save their souls means putting her own at risk...

My Thoughts: Things have completely changed for Kaylee Cavanaugh since the previous book, My Soul to Take.  After a tragic loss, Kaylee's father has returned for good and she has moved in with him - for the first time since she was a toddler.  It is taking some major adjustments on both of their parts, with Kaylee having more rules than she ever did with her aunt and uncle.

I like that with each book I read I am learning (along with Kaylee) more and more about the weird world that she lives in - and the one she doesn't.  The Netherworld is full of fiends and hellions and killer plant life.  Things that Kaylee can't even imagine, but has to face along with Nash and Tod in order to save the souls of two semi-famous sisters.

I have to say, I did enjoy the previous book in the series more; however, with Kaylee learning how to harness her supernatural abilities in this book, I still found it completely enthralling.  The more I learn about the characters and the world they live in the more I want to read.  I love Kaylee's sense of responsibility and conscious, I love Nash's loyalty and bravery and Tod's personality.  The parents are pretty cool too.

And the sexual tension between Nash and Kaylee is so palapable that I could feel the heat radiating off of the pages!

I am fond of this series and can't wait to move onto the next one when I can squeeze the time in!

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Review: My Soul to Take by Rachel Vincent

My Soul to Take

(Soul Screamers #1)

Author: Rachel Vincent

Publication Date: August 1, 2009

Publisher: Harlequin Teen

Genre: Fantasy/Supernatural

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Synopsis:

She doesn't see dead people. She senses when someone near her is about to die. And when that happens, a force beyond her control compels her to scream bloody murder. Literally.
Kaylee just wants to enjoy having caught the attention of the hottest guy in school. But a normal date is hard to come by when Nash seems to know more about her need to scream than she does. And when classmates start dropping dead for no apparent reason, only Kaylee knows who'll be next

My Thoughts: I purchased this book and the sequel to it a while back and they have just been sitting on my bookshelf, regrettably.  I am glad that I finally picked it up and read it!  One good thing that happened from my e-reader being on the fritz is I managed to finally make it to the Soul Screamer series.

Kaylee Cavanaugh is just a regular girl - aside from the fact that she can predict when someone dies by screaming uncontrollably. The first time this happens to her, she gets locked up in a psych ward and she is determined to never let that happen again.  Unfortunately, with her pretty female classmates dropping like flies around her, the scream is hard to keep in.

It would have been impossible to stop the threatening scream if not for Nash, the most handsome and popular guy in school that inexplicably knows how to keep her screaming at bay.

This is a fantastic read and certainly a new "supe" to read about. I heard all about the legends these ones originate from growing up, since I come from an Irish family ;).  My friend referred these to me and told me what they were about, so I knew what I was dealing with going into the books and I wasn't quite sure how Vincent was going to pull it off, but I must say it was extremely well done.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and can't wait to hop into the next one. The storyline was different, the characters were enjoyable and the supes were new. All in all, I would recommend this one to anyone who enjoys fantasy and some good old-fashioned folklore.  Well done, Rachel Vincent!