My Soul to Take by Rachel Vincent
Harlequin Enterprises, Ltd.
Audiobook- 8/1/09
8 Hrs 31 Min
Narrated by: Amanda Ronconi
Why I Choose This: It was on Sale for 4 bucks at Audible!
Review
Kaylee Cavanaugh knows what it means to have a sore throat after the end of the day. Screaming at long lengths of time will do that to a girl. Of course Kaylee isn’t your average everyday gal….she’s nothing scary like arhhh from the dark side, but comes straight from a line of family banshees. Most people know about them through folklore and mythology including Kaylee, but thats all make believe stuff right? Once Nash (cute and popular boy from school) a guy thats shes had the hots for, helps her out from having a screaming session at a dance club, does her life literally take a turn for the bizarre and the steamy. Nash seems to know everything about her, he seems to relate in a way that nobody else can and weird as it may seem, Nash calms her when the prickly feeling comes and the desire to scream threatens. When classmates and a few strangers- all young girls begin dropping dead for no apparent reason, Kaylee suspects something dark is going on and begins to delve into the world of her people and the other things that surround them. Kaylee has no idea that this mystery will soon lead to major family drama, intense romance, a really bad case of laryngitis and meeting the grim reaper himself.
Narration
I really enjoyed the narration on this, Amanda's voice suited Kaylee very well and besides her weird accent for Tod, I thought the tone of her voice, character dramatization and overall presentation of the story worked well. It didn’t take long to get through this fun little story. My Soul to Take interested me because I wanted something about mythology and while it was “fun” it wasn’t perfect. Kaylee was a bit clingy on Nash and her constant crying and whining gave her character a bit of the -oh poor me Im a girl- feel. A lot of issues in the plotline got resolved with super speed and unfortunately I see a very predictable love triangle coming, I can only guess Nash is going to make a colossal mistake and Kaylee will wind up in the arms of Tod. OH the drama of the love triangle! While I didn't agree with any of the reincarnation or overall soul theology in this book- it was fun from a mythology point of view, kind of like how I would look at Medusa or Greek Gods.
Rating
My Soul to Take can be read or listened to by mature teens/adults and contains: Violence, death, romance, kissing and mild language.
Plot- Quick and Fun
Narration- Tolerable
Presentation- Worked well- Just dialog- No music or duel voices
3/5- YA- Mythology-Romance
Whisper Stories in My Ear Audio Challenge
31/300 Hrs
Narration
I really enjoyed the narration on this, Amanda's voice suited Kaylee very well and besides her weird accent for Tod, I thought the tone of her voice, character dramatization and overall presentation of the story worked well. It didn’t take long to get through this fun little story. My Soul to Take interested me because I wanted something about mythology and while it was “fun” it wasn’t perfect. Kaylee was a bit clingy on Nash and her constant crying and whining gave her character a bit of the -oh poor me Im a girl- feel. A lot of issues in the plotline got resolved with super speed and unfortunately I see a very predictable love triangle coming, I can only guess Nash is going to make a colossal mistake and Kaylee will wind up in the arms of Tod. OH the drama of the love triangle! While I didn't agree with any of the reincarnation or overall soul theology in this book- it was fun from a mythology point of view, kind of like how I would look at Medusa or Greek Gods.
Rating
My Soul to Take can be read or listened to by mature teens/adults and contains: Violence, death, romance, kissing and mild language.
Plot- Quick and Fun
Narration- Tolerable
Presentation- Worked well- Just dialog- No music or duel voices
3/5- YA- Mythology-Romance
Whisper Stories in My Ear Audio Challenge
31/300 Hrs
I've really been wanting to read this series, I love Rachel Vincent. I've heard Kaylee is a frustrating character at times as is evidenced by her being clingy in this one, but I think the story overall might be interesting. I've never tried an audio book though, I always worry the narrator's voice will ruin it for me and I'll just be fixated on them instead of the story! Maybe I'm just being ridiculous and should actually give it a try:)
ReplyDeleteI have the prequel since ever downloaded but somehow I never got into the story! I have no clue why to be honest since the premise sounds great!
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love how you review the narration! It's so important when choosing a audiobook.
Recently I listened to an adio which was horrible and nearly ruined the whole story for me.
Maybe I give this series another try:) Thanks for your honest review:)
Sounds like something fun on audio. Thanks for the great review :)
ReplyDeleteOK, I can't read your review. :( I try not to read reviews with books I have that are coming up in my TBR pile.
ReplyDeleteThat audible sale was awesome!
ReplyDeleteAnd huh? I would have never guess a description of 'funny little story' and the cover and title to this one goes together.
I own this book, just haven't read it yet, don't know if I'm that excited now because of the drama caused by love triangles.
Glad you have fun listening.
If you read it you will know what fun it will bring...:P
ReplyDeleteI have read this series and there is some surprises ahead. I am glad the audio was good. One of these day I must try a audio book. Great review :)
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