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michalice's review against another edition
5.0
You know in my last review of the previous book, If I Die, I said that it was the best boo by far...well Before I Wake completely blows it out the picture, it's so far away it's just a speck in the distance. Before I Wake is made of awesome, it really is. I jumped at the chance to review this book and although I can sometimes be wary about reviewing the next in a series in case it lets me down, I have never once had that problem with anything by Rachel Vincent. With each book she has wrote for the Soul Screamers series it get's better and better and I eagerly await the next instalment.
One thing that I was looking forward to reading the most was Kaylee's extra abilities. The cliffhanger in the previous book made this key point one of the things I really wanted to see expanded on...well after her relationship with Tod, but more about that later ;). I love how Kaylee is trying to live a somewhat normal 'human' life and going to school but still has to disappear for jobs. I am glad that the truth about what she is has finally been told to her cousin, and now that both her and Emma know a bit more about what is really going on it makes it a little bit easier for Kaylee to include them on things, like covering for jobs.
Her relationship with Tod is still going strong and I absolutely love how he supports and is there for her in so many ways. Their emotional and physical connection is always present whether they are together or not. He is there for her in so many ways and knows what is best for her. I think his birthday present to her has to be the best thing ever, and even though it wasn't expensive, just a piece of paper it has to be one of the most thoughtful things he has done. I am so glad this pair decided to get their act together they were made for each other.
Things with Nash and Sabine are not so good, which is understandable after what transpired in If I Die, but part way through Before I Wake things become less tense as they are all fighting a common enemy, and it was nice to see them somewhat relaxed towards each other.
Before I Wake sees us get reacquainted with a few familiar characters from previous books, and some of them I was shocked to actually make an appearance and sad when they ha to go (quite vague but will make sense when you read the book). One person that we all know andlove hate is Thane, and he is back and still up to no good causing havoc wherever he goes and it's up to Kaylee and the gang to try to stop him.
If you get a chance to read this amazing instalment then be prepared and carry tissues, and don't read in a public place. There are two parts in Before I Wake that I sobbed my heart out. The first one was...............I cried, I was shocked, I felt sorry for.....and wanted to give them hugs, but the aftermath and the way it was dealt I didn't like, even though it had to be done that way to protect ....... The second part I cried even more. I couldn't believe it happened and I didn't see it coming, I thought it was all ok, and although things were done to save....... it didn't go back to the way things were, and again this is something I am really really looking forward to finding out how it plays out in With All My Soul, which is forever away.
Once again Rachel has blew me away with her writing, the wait for the next book is going to be torture and I may have to re-read the whole series again and try to tackle the Shifters Series just to keep me occupied.
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One thing that I was looking forward to reading the most was Kaylee's extra abilities. The cliffhanger in the previous book made this key point one of the things I really wanted to see expanded on...well after her relationship with Tod, but more about that later ;). I love how Kaylee is trying to live a somewhat normal 'human' life and going to school but still has to disappear for jobs. I am glad that the truth about what she is has finally been told to her cousin, and now that both her and Emma know a bit more about what is really going on it makes it a little bit easier for Kaylee to include them on things, like covering for jobs.
Her relationship with Tod is still going strong and I absolutely love how he supports and is there for her in so many ways. Their emotional and physical connection is always present whether they are together or not. He is there for her in so many ways and knows what is best for her. I think his birthday present to her has to be the best thing ever, and even though it wasn't expensive, just a piece of paper it has to be one of the most thoughtful things he has done. I am so glad this pair decided to get their act together they were made for each other.
Things with Nash and Sabine are not so good, which is understandable after what transpired in If I Die, but part way through Before I Wake things become less tense as they are all fighting a common enemy, and it was nice to see them somewhat relaxed towards each other.
Before I Wake sees us get reacquainted with a few familiar characters from previous books, and some of them I was shocked to actually make an appearance and sad when they ha to go (quite vague but will make sense when you read the book). One person that we all know and
If you get a chance to read this amazing instalment then be prepared and carry tissues, and don't read in a public place. There are two parts in Before I Wake that I sobbed my heart out. The first one was...............I cried, I was shocked, I felt sorry for.....and wanted to give them hugs, but the aftermath and the way it was dealt I didn't like, even though it had to be done that way to protect ....... The second part I cried even more. I couldn't believe it happened and I didn't see it coming, I thought it was all ok, and although things were done to save....... it didn't go back to the way things were, and again this is something I am really really looking forward to finding out how it plays out in With All My Soul, which is forever away.
Once again Rachel has blew me away with her writing, the wait for the next book is going to be torture and I may have to re-read the whole series again and try to tackle the Shifters Series just to keep me occupied.
justlily's review against another edition
3.0
I really still cannot tell you why I'm continuing this series. Six books in and I can't tell you. I don't like the characters. The writing is overly dramatic and trite. The plot is confusing and not all that interesting in the spots it's not confusing.
Why am I here? Why are any of us here?
My favorite character, the only one I liked at all, has become unbearable due to his proximity to Kaylee. If I read one more Romeo declaration of doomed love I was going to puke.
But guess what I'll do in a few months?
Read the next one.
Why am I here? Why are any of us here?
My favorite character, the only one I liked at all, has become unbearable due to his proximity to Kaylee. If I read one more Romeo declaration of doomed love I was going to puke.
But guess what I'll do in a few months?
Read the next one.
evanipatel's review against another edition
5.0
LOVED! this was definitely the best of the series. Love that direction we went with the hellions!!
heyjudy's review against another edition
4.0
~4.5/5
[Also available on my blog.]
This was, by far, my favorite of the Soul Screamers books in a long while. The last few I read were, while very good in content, a little hard to get through. There were just a lot of slow spots that you had to read before getting to the exciting parts. This one, though, seemed to go by much faster, and I had no trouble getting through it. I even ended up reading it faster than I had planned.
And I was not prepared for the emotional trip that this book took me on. Not prepared at all.
In this book, Kaylee is dealing with the fact that she’s dead and has decided to continue going to school and why any of that matters when she sometimes forgets to breathe. She’s dealing with something that I hadn’t really thought about before, but makes total sense with the fact that she’s dead. And it’s very nice that she has Tod during all of this, since he’s gone through all of it before.
I love Kaylee and Tod together. Tod is so sweet to and good for her, and they need each other. I loved all of their little moments together, and the step they’ve taken. I don't think I was fully sold on them before, but I definitely am now. Plus Kaylee’s dad (who is a fantastic dad) has to deal with them being a couple, as well as Nash.
Nash is just a problem all his own, and I’m having a hard time with him. Because, first of all, yea, maybe she should have been there for him more when he was going through his addiction, but what he did to her is unforgivable. And then I understand why he’s mad about being framed, but Kaylee had her reasons, and she did all she could to get him off the hook. I want to feel more bad for him than I do, but he just needs to move on with his life. He’s stuck in a depressed, self-centered state of mind, and he just needs to get over it already. And he needs to wake up to the fact that he has Sabine.
I don’t mind Sabine so much anymore; although I didn’t much from the beginning, either. She’s very straightforward, which I like. And maybe she doesn’t always do the best things, but she has her reasons for them, and she’s very open about those reasons.
Sophie, Kaylee’s cousin: I’m not a big fan of her, for obvious reasons. But she kind of interested me in this book. Mainly because of Luca, a new character we met in this book. And the fact that she met him in the Netherworld in an e-book that I have not read but want to. This book especially made me want to know how, seeing as I want to know more about their relationship and how they met.
Quite a bit happened in this book, and it made it very obvious that something big with Avari, the demon they’ve been slowly fighting for a while now, is going to happen. I think it has taken way too long for Kaylee to get actually mad at him, but it has finally happened, and I am excited to see what goes down in the next, and final, book. Something big near the end of this book happened with Emma, and I’m intrigued to see what comes of that in the next book. And something happened with one of the characters that made me cry a little; a character that I liked but didn’t think I had such big feelings for. I’m not going to ruin it, but I wasn’t expecting it until it happened, and something seemed off, and then I was right and I really didn’t want to be.
I’m just looking forward to the last book, but definitely not the wait for it.
[Also available on my blog.]
This was, by far, my favorite of the Soul Screamers books in a long while. The last few I read were, while very good in content, a little hard to get through. There were just a lot of slow spots that you had to read before getting to the exciting parts. This one, though, seemed to go by much faster, and I had no trouble getting through it. I even ended up reading it faster than I had planned.
And I was not prepared for the emotional trip that this book took me on. Not prepared at all.
In this book, Kaylee is dealing with the fact that she’s dead and has decided to continue going to school and why any of that matters when she sometimes forgets to breathe. She’s dealing with something that I hadn’t really thought about before, but makes total sense with the fact that she’s dead. And it’s very nice that she has Tod during all of this, since he’s gone through all of it before.
I love Kaylee and Tod together. Tod is so sweet to and good for her, and they need each other. I loved all of their little moments together, and the step they’ve taken. I don't think I was fully sold on them before, but I definitely am now. Plus Kaylee’s dad (who is a fantastic dad) has to deal with them being a couple, as well as Nash.
Nash is just a problem all his own, and I’m having a hard time with him. Because, first of all, yea, maybe she should have been there for him more when he was going through his addiction, but what he did to her is unforgivable. And then I understand why he’s mad about being framed, but Kaylee had her reasons, and she did all she could to get him off the hook. I want to feel more bad for him than I do, but he just needs to move on with his life. He’s stuck in a depressed, self-centered state of mind, and he just needs to get over it already. And he needs to wake up to the fact that he has Sabine.
I don’t mind Sabine so much anymore; although I didn’t much from the beginning, either. She’s very straightforward, which I like. And maybe she doesn’t always do the best things, but she has her reasons for them, and she’s very open about those reasons.
Sophie, Kaylee’s cousin: I’m not a big fan of her, for obvious reasons. But she kind of interested me in this book. Mainly because of Luca, a new character we met in this book. And the fact that she met him in the Netherworld in an e-book that I have not read but want to. This book especially made me want to know how, seeing as I want to know more about their relationship and how they met.
Quite a bit happened in this book, and it made it very obvious that something big with Avari, the demon they’ve been slowly fighting for a while now, is going to happen. I think it has taken way too long for Kaylee to get actually mad at him, but it has finally happened, and I am excited to see what goes down in the next, and final, book. Something big near the end of this book happened with Emma, and I’m intrigued to see what comes of that in the next book. And something happened with one of the characters that made me cry a little; a character that I liked but didn’t think I had such big feelings for. I’m not going to ruin it, but I wasn’t expecting it until it happened, and something seemed off, and then I was right and I really didn’t want to be.
I’m just looking forward to the last book, but definitely not the wait for it.
nbwalks's review against another edition
5.0
This book was PERFECTION!! All of my anticipation for it had me wondering if I would be disappointed because my hopes were so high, but the story blew my expectations away and I absolutely loved it!! I wish I could give this 10zillion stars but there isn't an option for that.
**Warning: I don't think I could review this without any spoilers from the first 5 books in the series so only read if you've read up to IID**
So after If I Die, I had no idea what was going to happen. There were so many plot twists and game changers that I had no idea how the story was going to continue. The first thing I noticed was how much Kaylee has changed. It's completely understandable since she's dead and all but I loved her in BIW. I have always seen Kaylee as a strong character but I thought she was even more so now. She fought her own battles and you could see how much she has grown since MStT. She was a fierce fighter and even though she had her moments of depression (Honestly who wouldn't? The girl was stabbed to death. I would be traumatized for life.) she was able to pull through it. I loved how Kaylee was able to take charge and how she didn't take crap from others. Then the ending happened! I would have fallen apart if that happened to me! Not Kaylee though. If anything she is fiercer than ever and I can't wait to see what she's like in WAMS because it just got personal (well it kind of already was but now even more so).
I also didn't know if I would like Tod and Kaylee together. For some reason I have always had a soft spot for Nash despite all of his issues and I think my favorite parts of BIW were when Kaylee and Nash started building a friendship again. Nash was still understandably in pain but he started to try to get over it. Easier said than done obviously but I admired Nash for trying. I think he is finally starting to recover. You can tell that he really wants to get better now and I'm proud of him for that. Tod was my favorite character when I read the series the first time but when I re-read it for the SSRC, Nash is my new favorite because (although it hurts him and affects the other characters) I love how flawed he is. It makes him more real to me even though he deals with supernatural issues. I've always loved vulnerability for some reason, and Nash was vulnerable in this one so there's this small part of me that still wants Nash to end up with Kaylee. It's a very small part of me and I doubt it will ever happen (although you can never say never with this author because everything is possible with her) but I wouldn't mind if it did.
Back to Tod and Kaylee's relationship. At first I wasn't feeling it. Tod didn't make me swoon as hard as Nash used to. What I realized was that I loved Tod because of his words. I don't really care about their physical relationship because their verbal relationship is stronger. Tod has a way with words and what he says to Kaylee and even Kaylee's father (p.289 for those who want to know) is so sweet and genuine, you can't help but to love the reaper. For a dead guy he sure has a heart. I'm not going to spoil a super special moment but when you read ch.11 OMG it's probably the sweetest scene I have EVER read about. It was so genuine and so, so perfect I can't help but smile when I think about it. *happy sigh*
We also get to officially meet Luca and I loved him! I love how protective he is of Sophie and I loved his humor. Even if it seemed inappropriate at the time he was always cracking jokes. He was like a comic relief character. That's the other thing about BIW. It has a lot of humor in it because of how serious the situation is getting. And the humor is placed in all of the right places. It's not overdone or anything. It's just...perfection.
Okay, enough with the characters and their relationships because the rest are still a tangled mess. The plot surprised me quite often. As I've said before, I had no idea where this would go but as I was reading, I thought I had an idea. Boy was I wrong! There were so many blasts from the past it was unbelievable! I had no idea that the soul thief would look like Or even that I mean that is freaky. I thought IID was a game changer but BIW is even more so. All you need to know is NO ONE IS SAFE. I don't want to get too much into the plot because I'm afraid to spoil everything but all I have to say is that it was PURE GENIUS!
Last thing I'll talk about are the deaths. We were forewarned about an important character's death early on which had me terrified before I even started reading the book. Since I was expecting the death I wasn't extremely surprised at first. Keywords: at first. After the whole part where you know the character is starting to die we get this big SHABAM! I was not expecting that! Not really anyway. I had this little, little part of me thinking "Why didn't Luca sense a dead body?" but even that didn't prepare me for what Kaylee went through. The death didn't hit my emotions as hard as I thought it would but there is something about the way Rachel Vincent writes a grieving process that kills me. Oh jeez. I just can't handle all of the characters tears! The grieving scenes are written with so much emotion, heartbreak, and genuineness and it all breaks my heart even if I weren't attached to the deceased character as much because all of the other characters are and you can feel their pain. I though I had enough pain already but then I got to the ending and I was like "WHAT!?!?!?! NO! How can that be possible??" I was so scared for the last couple of pages and I was seriously freaking out because I thought there was only supposed to be ONE death. But as I said before, everything is possible with this author And I am so glad that what happened (trying so hard not to spoil!) happened even if I have no idea how that's going to turn out in WAMS.
I can't tell if Rachel Vincent is Pure Genius or an Evil Genius but either way I absolutely LOVE her. Her ability to toy with my emotions amazes me. I don't think any other author has messed with me so much and that's because she's not afraid to take risks. But all of them pay off and they always surprise me. Whenever I have a feeling that something is going to happen it NEVER happens the way I think it's going to. It either goes into a completely different direction or it happens the way I thought but in a much, MUCH bigger way. That's is probably my favorite thing about this series. I NEVER know what's going to happen so I'm always surprised (which is a feat. in and of itself since it's extremely hard to shock me). The only thing I do know is that I would never want to be a character in one of her books. Their lives are so hard and I don't think I'd be able to handle it. ;)
**Warning: I don't think I could review this without any spoilers from the first 5 books in the series so only read if you've read up to IID**
So after If I Die, I had no idea what was going to happen. There were so many plot twists and game changers that I had no idea how the story was going to continue. The first thing I noticed was how much Kaylee has changed. It's completely understandable since she's dead and all but I loved her in BIW. I have always seen Kaylee as a strong character but I thought she was even more so now. She fought her own battles and you could see how much she has grown since MStT. She was a fierce fighter and even though she had her moments of depression (Honestly who wouldn't? The girl was stabbed to death. I would be traumatized for life.) she was able to pull through it. I loved how Kaylee was able to take charge and how she didn't take crap from others. Then the ending happened! I would have fallen apart if that happened to me! Not Kaylee though. If anything she is fiercer than ever and I can't wait to see what she's like in WAMS because it just got personal (well it kind of already was but now even more so).
I also didn't know if I would like Tod and Kaylee together. For some reason I have always had a soft spot for Nash despite all of his issues and I think my favorite parts of BIW were when Kaylee and Nash started building a friendship again. Nash was still understandably in pain but he started to try to get over it. Easier said than done obviously but I admired Nash for trying. I think he is finally starting to recover. You can tell that he really wants to get better now and I'm proud of him for that. Tod was my favorite character when I read the series the first time but when I re-read it for the SSRC, Nash is my new favorite because (although it hurts him and affects the other characters) I love how flawed he is. It makes him more real to me even though he deals with supernatural issues. I've always loved vulnerability for some reason, and Nash was vulnerable in this one so there's this small part of me that still wants Nash to end up with Kaylee. It's a very small part of me and I doubt it will ever happen (although you can never say never with this author because everything is possible with her) but I wouldn't mind if it did.
Back to Tod and Kaylee's relationship. At first I wasn't feeling it. Tod didn't make me swoon as hard as Nash used to. What I realized was that I loved Tod because of his words. I don't really care about their physical relationship because their verbal relationship is stronger. Tod has a way with words and what he says to Kaylee and even Kaylee's father (p.289 for those who want to know) is so sweet and genuine, you can't help but to love the reaper. For a dead guy he sure has a heart. I'm not going to spoil a super special moment but when you read ch.11 OMG it's probably the sweetest scene I have EVER read about. It was so genuine and so, so perfect I can't help but smile when I think about it. *happy sigh*
We also get to officially meet Luca and I loved him! I love how protective he is of Sophie and I loved his humor. Even if it seemed inappropriate at the time he was always cracking jokes. He was like a comic relief character. That's the other thing about BIW. It has a lot of humor in it because of how serious the situation is getting. And the humor is placed in all of the right places. It's not overdone or anything. It's just...perfection.
Okay, enough with the characters and their relationships because the rest are still a tangled mess. The plot surprised me quite often. As I've said before, I had no idea where this would go but as I was reading, I thought I had an idea. Boy was I wrong! There were so many blasts from the past it was unbelievable! I had no idea that the soul thief would look like
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Heidi!Spoiler
Avari was the one "wearing her soul" or whateverLast thing I'll talk about are the deaths. We were forewarned about an important character's death early on which had me terrified before I even started reading the book. Since I was expecting the death I wasn't extremely surprised at first. Keywords: at first. After the whole part where you know the character is starting to die we get this big SHABAM! I was not expecting that! Not really anyway. I had this little, little part of me thinking "Why didn't Luca sense a dead body?" but even that didn't prepare me for what Kaylee went through. The death didn't hit my emotions as hard as I thought it would but there is something about the way Rachel Vincent writes a grieving process that kills me. Oh jeez. I just can't handle all of the characters tears! The grieving scenes are written with so much emotion, heartbreak, and genuineness and it all breaks my heart even if I weren't attached to the deceased character as much because all of the other characters are and you can feel their pain. I though I had enough pain already but then I got to the ending and I was like "WHAT!?!?!?! NO! How can that be possible??" I was so scared for the last couple of pages and I was seriously freaking out because I thought there was only supposed to be ONE death. But as I said before, everything is possible with this author And I am so glad that what happened (trying so hard not to spoil!) happened even if I have no idea how that's going to turn out in WAMS.
I can't tell if Rachel Vincent is Pure Genius or an Evil Genius but either way I absolutely LOVE her. Her ability to toy with my emotions amazes me. I don't think any other author has messed with me so much and that's because she's not afraid to take risks. But all of them pay off and they always surprise me. Whenever I have a feeling that something is going to happen it NEVER happens the way I think it's going to. It either goes into a completely different direction or it happens the way I thought but in a much, MUCH bigger way. That's is probably my favorite thing about this series. I NEVER know what's going to happen so I'm always surprised (which is a feat. in and of itself since it's extremely hard to shock me). The only thing I do know is that I would never want to be a character in one of her books. Their lives are so hard and I don't think I'd be able to handle it. ;)
bookishvice's review against another edition
5.0
After escaping death for a second time—well, a permanent death—Kaylee feels lost. She doesn’t know how to adjust to this afterlife where only strong emotions make her feel alive and the rest has ceases to have meaning. The only person that feels real to her is Tod. Kaylee lives her days only for the moments she gets to spend with him, the rest of the day she has to go to school. Who knew being dead didn’t get you out of school? But Kaylee’s life doesn’t that that boring forever, and the consequences of her decisions will catch up to her. When all hell breaks loose (literally), Kaylee will have to pay for her choices. Only this time, her soul is not the only one in danger.
Rachel Vincent’s Before I Wake, the most awaited sixth novel of the Soul Screamers series, is all that I hoped for and more!
I was terrified of this book. Yes, terrified. If I Die left us with a lovely happy ending, and I just knew that from then on only pain and suffering would come. Add to that Rachel Vincent’s teasing statuses in Facebook about killing off people, important people, and I was shaking in my seat. But after reading it, I have to say that it wasn’t so bad. Scratch that. It is that bad, with tons of heartache, people that die, and hell breaking loose but…Kaylee’s courage keeps you going. It keeps you hoping for better things, and we get that.
In this book, we encounter a very different Kaylee. She snaps when pushed, feels nothing when left alone, and thinks that giving into her depression is so much better than fighting. Wait, what? Yep. Gone is our fierce heroine. She feels like things don’t matter anymore because she’s dead. But isn’t that why she agreed to become an extractor because her family and friends mattered and she couldn’t just leave them? Kaylee has lost sight of who she is, and when horrible things start happening she can’t help but despair instead of fight back, because what’s happening is her fault, consequences of the choices she made during If I Die.
This was one of the hardest parts to read, because I wanted her to be the badass heroine of the other books but I also understood why she was like this. The only bright thing in Kaylee’s life it’s her gorgeous, sweet, grim reaper of a boyfriend. Tod is there for her 100%, never letting her give up. He tells her she won’t feel alive until she starts acting alive again, and boy does he show her how to live (Ch.11 was perfection). Tod and Kaylee have the best one-liners ever.
Of course, Kaylee and Tod are not the only reasons why I love Soul Screamers so much. The gang is back and trying to stay together despite their differences and personal issues. Emma is trying to keep up with them. At this point she’s the only human in their group. Nash and Sabine have their own issues to solve, and it would all go smoother if Nash wasn’t still hung up on Kay, but he is. He still hates Tod, but at least they can agree that Kaylee’s safey comes first always. Sophie and Luca are the new additions to the team, and their adventure in Never to Sleep blends in with the events happening here. What I liked the most was that I saw them try to reconnect with each other. Nash and Tod working together to keep Kaylee safe, Sophie asking things Kaylee and trying to understand, Sabine and Kaylee being extra frank with each other (LOL). And seriously, they need to stick together is they ever want to defeat the forces of the Netherworld.
The ending was an avalanche of trouble that had me literally at the edge of my seat. I could not believe what was happening, and what eventually happened…!!! Yeah. I can’t wait for With All My Soul, the last Soul Screamer’s book. It’ll be sad to read the end of this series, but that’s what re-reads are for! And I’m sure I’ll be re-reading these books, and other Rachel Vincent books, for years to come.
Rachel Vincent’s Before I Wake, the most awaited sixth novel of the Soul Screamers series, is all that I hoped for and more!
I was terrified of this book. Yes, terrified. If I Die left us with a lovely happy ending, and I just knew that from then on only pain and suffering would come. Add to that Rachel Vincent’s teasing statuses in Facebook about killing off people, important people, and I was shaking in my seat. But after reading it, I have to say that it wasn’t so bad. Scratch that. It is that bad, with tons of heartache, people that die, and hell breaking loose but…Kaylee’s courage keeps you going. It keeps you hoping for better things, and we get that.
In this book, we encounter a very different Kaylee. She snaps when pushed, feels nothing when left alone, and thinks that giving into her depression is so much better than fighting. Wait, what? Yep. Gone is our fierce heroine. She feels like things don’t matter anymore because she’s dead. But isn’t that why she agreed to become an extractor because her family and friends mattered and she couldn’t just leave them? Kaylee has lost sight of who she is, and when horrible things start happening she can’t help but despair instead of fight back, because what’s happening is her fault, consequences of the choices she made during If I Die.
This was one of the hardest parts to read, because I wanted her to be the badass heroine of the other books but I also understood why she was like this. The only bright thing in Kaylee’s life it’s her gorgeous, sweet, grim reaper of a boyfriend. Tod is there for her 100%, never letting her give up. He tells her she won’t feel alive until she starts acting alive again, and boy does he show her how to live (Ch.11 was perfection). Tod and Kaylee have the best one-liners ever.
Of course, Kaylee and Tod are not the only reasons why I love Soul Screamers so much. The gang is back and trying to stay together despite their differences and personal issues. Emma is trying to keep up with them. At this point she’s the only human in their group. Nash and Sabine have their own issues to solve, and it would all go smoother if Nash wasn’t still hung up on Kay, but he is. He still hates Tod, but at least they can agree that Kaylee’s safey comes first always. Sophie and Luca are the new additions to the team, and their adventure in Never to Sleep blends in with the events happening here. What I liked the most was that I saw them try to reconnect with each other. Nash and Tod working together to keep Kaylee safe, Sophie asking things Kaylee and trying to understand, Sabine and Kaylee being extra frank with each other (LOL). And seriously, they need to stick together is they ever want to defeat the forces of the Netherworld.
The ending was an avalanche of trouble that had me literally at the edge of my seat. I could not believe what was happening, and what eventually happened…!!! Yeah. I can’t wait for With All My Soul, the last Soul Screamer’s book. It’ll be sad to read the end of this series, but that’s what re-reads are for! And I’m sure I’ll be re-reading these books, and other Rachel Vincent books, for years to come.
cookiemuncher3000's review against another edition
5.0
Is it possible to love this book and series any more than I do now? If there is, then I love this book more than I love life itself... And Tod.
booknerdswift's review against another edition
5.0
One month after Kaylee's death and things aren't going as planned. Kind of. Souls are getting stolen and dead people are coming back. Kaylee has to make some kills to get rid of the hellion-specifically Avari. By doing so, ot also means she kills a friend and makes sacrifices. Nash and Kaylee work out their situation.
Five out of five stars. It was a really great read and can't wait to get book 7.
Five out of five stars. It was a really great read and can't wait to get book 7.
alsreader's review against another edition
4.0
Really enjoyed the pace of this book.
Can't wait for the finale!!!
Can't wait for the finale!!!