If I Die is the fifth book in the Soul Screamers and is
written by Rachel Vincent. It was published by Mira Ink on the 3rd
of February 2012. This book review is part of the Soul Screamers Challenge. I
purchased this book myself.
PLOT
Kaylee can see death coming. But how
will she face her own? Teen banshee Kaylee and her friends have barely
recovered from the violent chaos unleashed the last time their school was
invaded by Netherworld entities when she receives the news she's top of a
reaper's list and scheduled to die within days!
But contemplating her own impending
demise will have to wait, when it is revealed that new maths teach Mr. Beck is
an incubus who has just come into his once-a century fertile period. And he’s
looking for a few healthy young girls capable of carrying a non-human infant to
full term and Kaylee s mortal best friend Emma fits the bill perfectly. But as
Kaylee fights to save her female classmates, her dark fate is closing in.
And as Kaylee’s borrowed lifeline nears its
end, and the men who love her will do anything to save her life. Even if it
costs their own...
WHAT I THOUGHT
This proved to be a huge game changer in more ways than one.
While My Soul to Steal was a frustrating read for me with so Nash and Kaylee
seemingly making the same mistakes all over again despite past experiences .
Soul Screamers was always a series that had it dark parts
most notably for me at least in the prequel which scared the heck right out of
me. This book for me at least is the next scariest instalment, it is one of
those that make you stop mid-sentence just to say “Eww that is just WRONG”.
If I Die is the beginning of a change in the series and I
couldn’t be happier, I’ve never thought of Kaylee as being weak just as someone
who was rather impulsive for the most part but in this instalment of Soul
Screamers we see how strong a young woman she truly is and it is inspiring. To
face what she is facing and somehow put it to the back of her mind to help her
friends even while fighting with yet another supernatural being shows how much
heart she has.
At the end of If I Die I knew my relationship with the
series had fundamentally changed it went from my initial feeling of liking
Kaylee’s friends and not understanding her motivation through the first four
books to finally thinking that I could fully understand why she makes the
decisions she does. This made me so much more excited about the follow ups to
this book. I know I am probably in the minority of fans who felt this way but
surely there is room for us all. Anyway for now wake me on the 6th
of July for “Before I wake”. I’m sure I will see you there.
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