Soul Screamers Vol 2 by Rachel Vincent – Take Me Away… On the Pages of Your Story

Includes: My Soul to Keep, My Soul to Steal, & Reaper
Paperback, 703 pages
Released: November 13, 2012
Published by: Harlequin Teen
Source: Own
Series? Soul Screamers #3, #3.5, & #4
For fans of: Banshee, Hot Literary guys, Paranoramal romance, YA, and extra novellas

And the scream keeps coming! Don’t miss Volume Two of New York Times bestselling author Rachel Vincent’s unique and fascinating

Soul Screamers series.

MY SOUL TO KEEP- Aside from the whole “I scream when someone is about to die” thing, Kaylee Cavanaugh’s life has gotten better. She’s getting to know her dad, doing okay in school and has a hot new boyfriend who understands her in every way. Until the hellion Avari starts tempting everyone with an exotic new drug—demon’s breath.
MY SOUL TO STEAL- Now on shaky ground with Nash Hudson, Kaylee is taking their relationship easy. But then Sabine—Nash’s ex—storms into their lives. She’s determined to get Nash back and there’s nothing she won’t do to remind him of what they had. And since Sabine has special abilities of her own, Kaylee is headed into a battle she’s not sure she can win.
REAPER—First time in print!—Though Tod Hudson died two years ago, thanks to his job as a Reaper he’s never had to move on or let go of his family—no matter how much Nash would like him to! But few people know about how he came to accept the job of claiming souls.

*MY THOUGHTS*
Since this is an omnibus, I’ll break it down like I did the first volume about a year ago. (See that review here!) I won’t review the third book because I already read and reviewed that here. I’m just going to start with 3.5 and 4.

This is #3.5. I was a little perturbed that it wasn’t in order in the book. Only because it messed with my OCD and annoyed the crap out of me. But I ended up still reading it first anyway and I’m glad I did. I gained some back story on not only Tod, but a little more on Sabine and could see why she acted the way she did. I must admit though, it was a little different to see Tod alive and Nash with someone else. But it did help in seeing who they really were. I just wish there had been a different outcome for Tod. But then there would be no story obviously. What I loved the most, was the huge difference in Tod that we see. I’m sure it has everything to do with being a Reaper changing him, but most of the scenes where he was alive were so emotional. It really surprised me to see him that way. I’m glad I read this in actual order, because I saw then what Sabine meant to Nash and was able to connect a little bit to him during Book 4 when I’m sure everyone was still like “OMG Nash how could you do that to Kaylee?!”

This is Book 4. In this book, Nash’s ex-girlfriend Sabine comes back and of course she can’t be just a normal human. She’s a mara, a walking nightmare. And I mean literally. This of course causes disturbances in Nash and Kaylee’s already rocky relationship and makes it even harder for them to try to work things out.

Although Sabine was a pure, evil b*tch, I still had a soft spot for her. I guess it was because I felt like everyone was too hard on her and she had had a hard life and didn’t deserve it. I know she did some messed up things and was like a cancer in some ways, but I only didn’t like her when it came to Nash. The things she did to him in spite of Kaylee, I wanted to slap her. Somethings are just uncalled for.

As for Kaylee, I felt like she was being a HUGE whiny baby in this book. She didn’t want him but she didn’t want anyone else to either and that annoyed me. It even annoys me when people do it in real life. I just feel like if he can’t make you happy, go out and find someone who does. No sense in both of y’all being miserable.

But overall, the mythology in both of these were amazing. Everything was completely researched and well thought out. One huge thing that I was thankful for was the fact that Vincent had went back and repeated everything that happened in the previous books, because although they are some of my favorites, I sometimes get them confused. Another big thing that I loved about it, was the fact that Vincent’s humor is still just the same. Most of this book was pretty heavy with hellions and maras and bean shides running around, but Vincent was able to add that comic relief in places that needed it. It was just overall well written.

Overall, I give this