Friday, 19 December 2014

#030

#030 24th Junes 2014- SOUL TAKEN, KATLYN DUNCAN

**I received this book in exchange for an honest review (LoP or Lovers of Paranormal)**

Another new favourite book, I started reading this at 7 last night I read until I fell asleep then picked it up again this morning in the end it took me less than 12 hours to read mainly because I couldn't put it down. It's very different with a new and original paranormal species and a story unlike any I've read before- and I for one love the new spin paranormal stories are adding- this book does not disappoint.

The main character is Maggie, and she is rather alone in this- well not completely alone but alone enough for her to be the only main characters. I guess I could have said Ally was also a main character but she's not really because it's Maggie pretending to be Ally. So Mags is a soul collector who wants nothing more than to be a guard, when someone gets promoter to guard before her she can do nothing more but complain to her boss. This is the first thing in a chain of events that catapult her into someone else's body and someone else's life where she meets Cooper and Jackson, two maybe love interests that offer her completely different things, Cooper offers her a potential future whereas Jackson offers her a key to her past which fits in rather nicely with the body she's in now. I really did like Mag's character as she is strong and independent even though she's been put in a difficult situation by the people she trusts. She learns about her differences in a way that would make anyone else go crazy yet she still remains on task in a desperate attempt to save the life she's borrowed.

There are lots of secondary characters and they each add something special to the story. There's Jamie the geeky girl whose there for a breath of fresh air in amongst the glamour and bitchiness in Ally's life. Cooper the protective guard who looks after both Ally and Mag's in his own way; I would have loved to see Ally and him get together- maybe in book 2. Jackson who is the blast from Mag's past with the answers to the questions she doesn't know need asking. Heather and Marie even add their own spin into the story helping to steer it and keep Mag's on the true path when she's pretending to be Ally.

The pacing is really really good releasing little bits of teasers of information but with holding the whole truth until the last minute. There is a big lead up to the final few chapters but not so much that nothing else happens throughout the rest of the book.

The story line was brilliantly original and offered a brand new paranormal species and world that goes along side it.


I really did genuinely enjoy this book and the characters 5 stars can't wait to read book 2.

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