FROM NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
RACHEL VINCENT
brings you into a world where one girl’s screams might mean your demise…
High school junior Kaylee Cavanaugh is trying to balance her normal life with a newly discovered, terrifying ability to make life-and-death decisions—literally. Kaylee is a banshee, complete with an uncontrollable scream that rips from her when someone near her is about to die. And the more people she saves, the harder it becomes to guard her own soul from things that go bump in the Netherworld.
My Soul to Take
A banshee scream bursts from her throat, and someone dies. Kaylee Cavanaugh doesn't know why she is compelled to scream—she knows only that she can’t stop it. And now, just as she's started dating the hottest guy in school, classmates are dying—and Kaylee keeps screaming...
My Soul to Save
Teen pop star Eden croaked on stage, but Kaylee hadn’t unleashed her lethal banshee scream, so she knows something else is up. Starry-eyed teens are trading their souls to the Netherworld for a flickering of fame and fortune. Kaylee can’t let that continue, even if it means putting her own soul at risk.
My Soul to Keep
Banshees Kaylee and Nash discover that one of the football players, Nash’s best friend, is addicted to Demon's Breath, a dangerous Netherworldly controlled substance. To save their friends from insanity—and death—they must uncover how the drug crossed into their world to begin with.
"Folklore, mystery, and romance swirl together in a story unlike any other out there. I thoroughly enjoyed it."
— Melissa Marr, New York Times bestselling author of Wicked Lovely
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I can't put it down it's so good!! I love it i want the secound one soo bad!! The intensity it makes me SCREAM!! You must read this amazing book!
Kaylee Cavanaugh she is not your average teenager. When someone around her is about to die, she gets an uncontrollable urge to scream. After getting information from her Uncle and new boyfriend Nash, she realizes there is a lot more to learn about who she is and what she can do. The story takes place over a short period of time, but the plot is chock full of twists and turns, with a climactic ending that sneaks up and punches you in the gut.
MY SOUL TO TAKE is a great paranormal romance story for teen girls. Kaylee deals with the usual paranormal issues ("Where did I come from and how do I learn to control my powers?") along with the more normal teenage issues ("Does he like me and am I pretty enough for him?") Together with some uncommon paranormal myths, readers will delight in the Soul Screamers series.
This book is a great start to the new Harlequin Teen line-up. Vincent has written an engrossing and spooky tale that will leave new readers begging for more action and answers!
My Soul to Take is a fresh, exciting paranormal book where the main character aren't vampires or a werewolves. Instead, Kaylee and Nash are banshee. Rachel Vincent weaves mythology and mystery into a romantic tale. I loved that Kaylee is a powerful banshee, seemingly more so than her male counterpart, although the two must work together to save their friends. Another great character was the grim reaper, Tod. Hello, love triangles and a fantastic new series.
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I give it a three and a half.
A solid read. It didn't bowl me over, but I really liked the world building in this one and there's enough mystery and suspense in it to keep me reading. There's a decent teen romance here as well, secondary to the main plot.
A much more thorough review (and a review of the free novella My Soul to Lose) is over here on my book blog: http://janicu.livejournal.com/79241.html
Why yes I'm a sucker for a book that wants to deal with a paranormal element not previously done to extremeness--in this case the bean sidhe, or Banshee. Its not that I'm not still into vampires, werewolves, the Fey, witches...its just that it seems every time I turn around there's a NEW series or book or trilogy out dealing with one of the above. Technically the bean sidhe are part of the Fey, but when I say 'the Fey' I mean fairies. I grew up on tales of Underhill and Fairy rings and banshees from my granny and mother. To my granny it was less a fairy tale and more a reality that folks would disappear into the night and not be seen again for years. Realistic explanation or not these things happened and the Fey were blamed for it.
My Soul To Take begins as if you missed a section of the book--relationship wise, not plot wise. Kaylee is out with her best friend and the hottest guy in school starts chatting her up and then suddenly is her new Knight in Shining Armor. Literally. He's saving her, helping her deal with her 'anxiety attacks', defending her, sitting with her at school...she wasn't exactly a complete social zero, but she was really close and he was definitely not. Later Nash explains the sudden change in attention, but I felt very much like Kaylee did for some of the book, as if at any moment Nash and his popular friends (Kaylee's cousin included) would call 'PRANK!' and humiliate her.
I really enjoyed the book overall however. I think it was great how the legend is used and interpreted--banshees get a bad rap by in large, but in My Soul To Take, they are given a better role. I won't explain how, except that they help people. If I said too much more I'd be giving away spoilers.
For some the pop culture references will go over their head--for instance there's a reference to The Princess Bride that may or may not be understood by the intended reader audience (is that still popular with today's teens? I honestly don't know.), but otherwise I think the portrayal of teens and their peculiar social habits are portrayed really well. The social bi-polarism of Kaylee and her cousin are leagues apart and you can feel that, just like you can feel the wariness of Nash (firmly entrenched with the 'popular' kids) jumping ranks to hang with the not so popular kids.
There are a number of curve balls thrown about both Nash's family and Kaylee's family. The person who is behind everything I suspected once certain truths about the family life came out. I almost felt bad because really the situation was unfair and bound to create issues. The attempt at redemption at the end was, as Kaylee said, too little too late. It too was almost selfish in a way.
The relationship between Nash and Kaylee begins as a relationship of unequals--he clearly understands way more then she does and uses that as a way to keep her coming back despite her fears and qualms. As Kaylee understands more and takes a more proactive approach to her power, the relationship balances out and it makes for a smoother reading.
I am heartily looking forward to My Soul to Save, book 2 due out in January 2010!
((originally posted at Poisoned Rationality))