'My Soul to Take' a paranormal thriller
By SHADOW MANSON
Special to The Daytona Beach News-Journal
Paranormal is the new hot thing in the market. Vampires, werewolves and witches are the items chosen by the teen scene of the 21st century. So what about banshees? "My Soul to Take," the first book in Rachel Vincent's new Soul Screamers series, is bound to catch the eye of the new-age young adult.
Why banshees? you may ask. But ask your self this: Why not? Who wants to follow the crowd? Defiantly, not Vincent, in going out of her way to find something no one else would even think of to be the next great thriller -- and her love for different creatures we also have to thank. She drew much of her inspiration from the wars of the Irish banshees. But a regular little story off the tales of old would not do. So, she went out of the box to make it her own!
Vincent's story is of Kaylee Cavanaugh living a not-so-normal life that everyone seems to know more about than she does herself. Living with her uncle, aunt and pretty perfect cousin isn't exactly a fairy tale. Especially since they think she is crazy. Or do they? But what about the mysterious, not to mention sexy, Nash, who comes into her life at all the right moments? What does he know about Kaylee's uncontrollable need to scream every time someone near her dies. But more importantly why is everyone around her dying? Can Kaylee figure it all out in time to stop the seemingly linked deaths -- with her as the link? More and more questions seem to pop to mind. Who has the answers and does Kaylee really won't to know? We won't have to wait long to find out because "My Soul To Take" comes out in August.
This will be Vincent's first young adult book to hit the shelf, but it will not be the last. She doesn't have anything to worry about though. With 11 novels under her belt, all paranormal, she definitely has the awesome story thing down pat.
Sequels aren't the only thing to look forward to. A prequel is set to come out not so far in the future. We find out what Kaylee is like in "My Soul To Take." But how did she become who she is now? "She knows who she is even if everyone else doesn't," says Vincent. Who is that really? Find out for yourself along with all the other Rachel Vincent
fans soon.
"My Soul to Take," by Rachel Vincent, Harlequin, 228 pages, $9.99, paperback