From Amazon:

It was supposed to be a fun day, shopping at the mall with her best friend. Then the panic attack started and Kaylee Cavanaugh finds herself screaming, unable to stop. Her secret fears are exposed and it’s the worst day of her life.

Until she wakes up in the psychiatric unit.

She tries to convince everyone she’s fine–despite the shadows she sees forming around another patient and the urge to scream which comes burbling up again and again. Everyone thinks she’s crazy. Everyone except Lydia, that is. Another patient with some special abilities….

Rachel Vincent’s My Soul to Lose is an eBook teaser to Vincent’s newly released Soul Screamers series starter, My Soul to Take. And best of all, it’s free. Although I was a little leery, as it didn’t really look like a book I would normally go for, I knew I had to check it out.  And I am extremely glad I did.

The beginning of the story did drag a little for me. Although there was lots of action, I didn’t really feel that connected to the story. But as soon as Kaylee woke up in the mental ward, I was enthralled. I devoured the rest of the story without putting the book (or eBook reader, as it were) down once. And the tricksy teaser tactics worked–as soon as I had flipped the last page, I was zooming to the Amazon store, eager to get my mitts on the next book.

The only reservation I had about the series was wondering if the appeal would wear off once Kaylee left the hospital (as that is the part that drew me in initially). However, now that I have started My Soul To Take, I can gladly report that it only gets better.

Honestly, it’s been a while since I’ve been this wrapped up in a book, and I’m counting the seconds until I get back to it.

So, uh, gotta go. :)

Score: 9/10