My Soul to Steal

I don't think i'm going to finish this series. I felt I was rolling my eyes the entire length of the book. Nash's Nightmare (quite literally,) ex-girlfriend, Sabine, comes back to town in attempt to win Nash back, but teachers suddenly start dropping dead and the student body go crazy with jealousy of one another, soon after she arrives which leads Kaylee to believe Sabine is the reason why.

Kaylee spends the entire book whining and moping over Nash, someone who doesn't even deserve her, which makes her character come off as even more unlikable than she already was. She doesn't want to be with him, but wants to keep him all to herself. Personally, she should have dumped him and moved on instead of being the weak and pathetic character she was this book.
I was quite baffled several times during the book when the writing comes off extremely misogynistic. Kaylee continues to blames herself for Nash's drug addiction because it stemmed from an idea she had last book where a balloon of Demon's Breath accidentally popped in Nash's face, causing him to inhale some of the toxin. I can understand why she initially felt guilty, because it was her idea, but after that first time she has nothing to feel guilty about. She, in no way, caused him to continue to use. He lied to her constantly, influenced her to try and get into her pants, let a demon use her body several times, and was just plain rude to her. But yet, it's supposedly all her fault. I don't buy it and I don't like the message it sends out to young girls. And to even further annoy me, there is a scene in this book where Sabine shows up at Nash's place while Kaylee is getting a drink from the kitchen after she just finished making out with Nash. She hears Sabine upset because Nash's said it was supposed to be just them two hanging out, which Nash doesn't deny, and then she takes off her shirt and kisses him, to which he kisses her back and has his "tongue down her throat." He only stops when Kaylee and Tod, who had blinked into the kitchen when Sabine got there, interrupt them. And then she is led to believe by another male friend that it's supposedly a "natural instinct" for a guy to kiss someone back, even if he doesn't want to actually kiss the person... which Kaylee totally buys into and forgives Nash for. I mean, I'm honestly baffled at the message that sends to the younger audience, along with the drug issue (and several more issues that bothered me throughout the series, to be honest.)And then you have Nash ,a character with no depth at all. He supposedly loves Kaylee, but knowingly continues to let his ex girlfriend/current bff to push a wedge between his relationship with her, and refuses to stop seeing the ex/bff. I'm not a professional here, but i'm pretty sure if someone is supposed to be your "best friend" they are not going to purposely try to ruin your relationships with the people you care about, as Sabine was doing with Kaylee. If Kaylee mattered so much, he would have seen how much Sabine was hurting her and cut Sabine out of his life. She continued to try and win him back even though he told her he had no interest in her, and she continued to invade Kaylee's dreams and feed off of her even though Nash asked to to stop. Great best friend you have there, buddy. But then again I don't expect much from Nash because he's just an awful character.

The only silver lining to this series is Tod and Emma. They are the only characters I actually like. If I do ever decide to continue on with the series, it will be solely for them.

I felt frustrated with Kaylee throughout the course of the book. While I understood that Nash had lost her trust in a serious way, I was upset that she couldn't at least let him reach out for help. I found it hard to relate with her in this book because of this. I read the last three books really close together which had made it easier for me to sink into it, whereas here the wait was months after and therefore my understanding of the story could be tainted.

My favourite part of the book was probably Tod. He really helped Kaylee throughout the entire book, which I think proves what she said at some point (that the hero complex skipped him) isn't entirely true.

All in all, while it took a few hours later for the story to finally sink in, it definitely left me craving for the next one. :)

The cover:

Seriously, theses series has the best UK covers ever!! And if you read my previous reviews of the books, you'd already know that I love them all, but this one, is just amazing!! This is a UK e-book cover, I have no idea how it looks on e-readers but I'm sure it looks pretty cool :D.

The storyline:

My Soul to Steal has the most twisted storyline so far. It kept me anticipating what's next. The introduction to new characters, in this case Sabine, was very good. As always, Rachel knows how to describe her characters very well along with their surroundings.

This story went smooth and was very good. Also, I was kind of happy I read Reaper just before this one, since they're kind of related :).

What was unique about this sequel and which wasn't in the previous books, was a lot of suspense. Sabine showing up just to make ruin what is already going bad for both Nash and Kaylee was killing me, and I kept just reading trying to figure things out, then I would stop, make my own conclusions then continue reading.

And unlike the previous sequels, the ending in MStS (My Soul to Steal) didn't confirm or deny anything, in this case Nash and Kaylee's relationship. It was weird and now I'm dying to read If I Die although I now know from the title that Avari is definitely going to have a big part in it.

The characters:

Kaylee, the main protagonist, is as always brave and strong. However, in this book, she really did upset me. She kept overreacting over stupid reasons. She was just weird this time.

Nash, well, poor Nash. He is weaker than usual, probably because of the Frost. He keeps apologizing to Kaylee and trying to bond the friendship again with Sabine while explaining to her that he is in love with Kaylee now. I hate this Nash because he's so weak and has no idea how to pick up the pieces. He's torn apart.

Tod kept showing up like he's the hero in all of this. It's true I'm a huge fan of him but this time I didn't like him. He was acting weird.

I will also mention Avari, since he keeps popping up in this book. He is one hell of a hellion. He goes after what he wants and doesn't give up at all!!! That's why I'm 100% sure I'll see him in If I Die.

I shall give credit to Invidia for all the chaos she caused. You'll know more about her when you read the book ;).

The audiobook:

I read the previous books in the series as e-books but since My Soul To Take, I decided to have this one as both an audiobook and an e-book, which was awesome since I love audiobooks.

This audiobook was well narrated by Amanda Ronconi and she did a great job speaking as Kaylee :).

Conclusion:

I loved My Soul to Steal. It is super cool, twisted, fun and amazing.