Tuesday, January 8, 2013

The Soul Screamers Series - Rachel Vincent

Disclaimer: I have only read the first book and unless someone has a compelling reason it is all I will ever read.

My Soul to Take

One Sentence Summary:
A teenage girl, with teenage problems, gains a psychic connection to souls about to die.


Review:
I enjoy Rachel Vincent's adult books to a degree but this was painful to read. The story line was interesting but the writing itself was dumbed down to the degree that it is almost like she thinks her target market (teenage girls) can't read, she has less faith in her readers ability to read than Stephanie Meyer. The characters are stereotypes and  the dialogue is god-awful. I do not recommend this book to anyone but teenage girls who do not care about the writing quality and have read every other thing ever written.


3/10
5/10 (teenaged girls who don't care about writing quality)

Notable Quotes (for an idea of the writing quality):

"My aunt and overprivileged cousin only recognize two states of being: glitter and grunge. And if you weren’t glitter, well, that only left one other option." 

"Nash Hudson. Holy crap. I almost looked down to see if ice had anchored my feet to the floor, since hell had surely frozen over. Somehow I’d stepped off the dance floor and into some weird warp zone where irises swam with color and Nash Hudson smiled at me, and me alone."


If you enjoyed this you should read (which are all way the eff better writing believe it or not):

Mortal Instruments - Cassandra Clare 
House of Night Series - P. C. Cast
Twilight Series - Stephanie Meyer

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