My Soul to Save (Soul Screamers Series #2) »

A native of the dust bowl, Rachel Vincent is the oldest of five siblings, and arguably the most outspoken of the bunch. She loves cats, devours chocolate and lives on flavored coffee. Rachel's older than she looks--seriously--and younger than she feels, but remains convinced that for every day she spends writing, one more day will be added to her lifespan.

She maintains a Web site at rachelvincent.net and an active blog at urbanfantasy.blogspot.com.

When Kaylee Cavanaugh screams, someone dies.

So when teen pop star Eden croaks onstage and Kaylee doesn't wail, she knows something is dead wrong. She can't cry for someone who has no soul.

The last thing Kaylee needs right now is to be skipping school, breaking her dad's ironclad curfew and putting her too-hot-to-be-real boyfriend's loyalty to the test. But starry-eyed teens are trading their souls: a flickering lifetime of fame and fortune in exchange for eternity in the Netherworld—a consequence they can't possibly understand.

Kaylee can't let that happen, even if trying to save their souls means putting her own at risk….

VOYA

This second adventure for teenage bean sidhe Kaylee Cavanaugh finds her and her boyfriend Nash teaming up with Grim Reaper Tod to save the life of Addison Page. Addison is a Miley Cyrus-type child star. She sings, she acts—she sold her soul to Dekkar Media to become a star. Now Addison will die, and her soul will spend eternity in the Netherworld, in the possession of a hellion. It is up to Kaylee, Nash, and Tod to save Addison from eternal damnation in the Netherworld. What made the first book in the series, My Soul to Take (Harlequin Teen, 2009/VOYA December 2009), so trying (the mythology and monster set up) is thankfully limited to two pages in this book. Tod is still the more exciting, funny, and interesting character. But the story line is appealing, and readers will be drawn in by the backstage look at teen superstars and Kaylee's plight to use her gift to save other people's lives. The plot moves quickly and introduces readers to a Reaper legend (perhaps the funniest scene in the book) and to new monsters in the Netherworld. But Kaylee is still a typical teenager, dealing with a father who does not understand while balancing schoolwork and her bean sidhe studies. One caveat: The author would do well to stop using "sooo" with three o's to get her character's point across. This reviewer found it annoying and unnecessary. This series is recommended for readers' who like their mythology mixed with a little romance and few scares. Reviewer: Sarah Sogigian