Really? He has absolutely no flaw (except that he keeps screaming at his brother – but apparently I’m the only one that finds that rude). He’s extremely popular, plays footbal, is hot, has tons of friends, and it’s just because he doesn’t care but otherwise he’d be valedictorian. The characters take a turn for the worst in this book. This is so unrealistic, not even to mention unhealthy. She spends all of her time with Nash, and spends no time mentioned with her BFF, or any other person of her age. She’s only there to provide a ride towards an important plot point, and that’s it. Emma, the best friend, becomes nothing more than a convenient prop in My Soul to Save. Why wouldn’t the parents want to help a poor girl that was facing eternal torture in the hands of a demon? Why wouldn’t Harmony want to help the ex-girlfriend of her son? It makes absolutely no sense. Parents aren’t even told what’s going on, for no reason whatsoever. In My Soul to Save, these positive points are completely thrown out of the window. Kaylee had a best friend that was actually present throughout the plot. For example, the wiser and more experienced parents were involved with the plot. I was impressed by how My Soul to Take stayed away from a few common YA clichés. If they can have that much influence on the real world, why don’t they create massive chaos and rampage? Mrs Vincent also never explains just how the demons can provide fame and fortune. The big media corporate CEO guy basically has a deal with the devil (and and Decker Media doesn’t resemble Disney at all, oh nooo). Getting back to the selling of souls part, I feel the message of “celebrities have to give up their souls” very heavy-handed and repeated too much. Girls getting killed by a rogue reaper is something completely different than girls selling their soul for fame and fortune. The entire plot hinges on an unbelievable premise, and I didn’t buy for a second that she’d risk her life just because she felt guilty over not saving those girls in My Soul to Take. I don’t care that she did it to provide for her little sister, but you know you could also get a job, or something else less drastic. Why in the nine rings of hell does Kaylee have to risk her life to help some random chick that sold her own soul.
The first problem is quite evident while reading the summary. Together with her boyfriend Nash and his brother Tod, she has to venture into the Netherworld and get it back. Kaylee’s banshee powers are needed when Tod’s ex-girlfriend has sells her soul, and they need to get it back from the hellion that holds it now. I was looking forward to reading the second book in the Soul Screamers series, My Soul to Save, but it seems that excitement was good for nothing. But the first book in her YA series, My Soul to Take, was an enjoyable and engaging read.
The first in her urban-fantasy series, Stray, I didn’t like very much. It seems Rachel Vincent is just a hit or miss author for me.
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