Book: My Soul To Take by Rachel Vincent

Published by Harlequin Teen

Purchased for my Nook (279 pages)

Genre: YA: Paranormal

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Goodreads summary: She doesn’t see dead people, but 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…

I thoroughly enjoyed My Soul To Take.  It’s about banshees (or Bean Sidhe)!  It’s a nice change from reading about ghosts (which I haven’t read a lot of) or vampires or fairies.

I love how Kaylee has to fight the urge to start screaming when she senses that someone is going to die.  What I loved most was the addition of male bean sidhe, who work with females in order to bring someone back to life.  That was a really good move on Vincent’s part, because it’s not something I’d associate with them.

I don’t blame Kaylee for thinking she was crazy- I’d think I was crazy too.  Her dad was irritating, the way he just bailed on her, but I totally get why he did.  I wasn’t expecting her aunt to make a deal with a reaper in exchange for youth, but at the same time, it wasn’t a big surprise.

I really liked the reapers and how one is going rogue.  I can’t wait to see how this resolves itself.  That, combined with the bean sidhe made this book really interesting.

It did take a little bit to get into it, but once you did, it was hard to put down.  I just loved reading about a different legend, because banshees aren’t something you read about in the world that is YA paranormal.  There was a lot of world-building, but it was so interesting that I didn’t really care.

I really want to know more about Aiden and Brendan.  And Tod and Nash.  Both sets of brothers and the relationships they have with each other intrigue me.

My Soul To Take gets a 4 out of 5.  It is different, which is good, and it was really mysterious and fun.