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With All My Soul (Soul Screamers #7)
Rachel Vincent
Published: March 26, 2013 (Harlequin Teen)
Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon
Reviewed by: Jo
Rating (out of 5): 4.5 stars
Note: While this review will be spoiler free, it will have major spoilers for the previous books in this series.
I didn’t want to open With All My Soul, VBC readers. I didn’t want to open it because that meant... 
Rachel Vincent Talks Soul Screamers Spoilers
I won’t embed the video here because of the spoilers, but if you’re up-to-date on the Soul Screamers series and missed Rachel Vincent’s live chat, never fear! The whole thing is posted online. It’s 70 minutes of Rachel talking all things Soul Screamers and answering questions (with lots of spoilers).
Blurb for The Indigo Spell
I am silly... 
Want to get your pick in as the August group read? We’re taking suggestions over at the VBC Goodreads group. We’ll pick six titles from suggestions there (and on Facebook and Twitter), and put them in a poll next week. Also, we’re still chatting up Once Burned. This week’s discussion topic is the ending.
Edge of Dawn Cover = Nom.
In tasty cover reveal news, this peek at Lara... 
Before I Wake (Soul Screamers #6)
Rachel Vincent
Published: June 26, 2012 (Harlequin Teen)
Purchase at: The Book Depository or Amazon
Reviewed by: Jo
Rating (out of 5): 5 stars
Note: This review contains required spoilers from If I Die (VBC review). If you have not read the previous Soul Screamers book, read at your own risk. However, if you’re current on the series, we won’t give anything from... 
Did you miss Book Bits? I had to stop doing them in February due to the chaos surrounding a death in the family. However, you had Character Love Letters to keep you warm, right? Well, I’m back and catching up on all the book excerpts – Jeaniene Frost! J.A. Saare! — and such. So, Book Bits is back on Thursdays as usual from here on out.
Did someone say Vlad?
I’m not the only one... 
If I Die (Soul Screamers #5)
Rachel Vincent
Published: Sept. 27, 2011 (Harlequin Teen)
Purchase at: Book Depository, B&N or Amazon
Rating (out of 5): 4.5 stars
If I Die is emotionally brutal — heartbreak, impending death, love — and I want to thank Rachel Vincent for every painful moment of it. Like with so many of her books, Vincent is able to conjure such character connections as to force... 
In an effort to help you keep that to-read list updated, we’ve compiled the hot urban fantasy and paranormal romance releases for September. All dates are U.S. and tentative.
We’ve included genre classification with each book: UF is urban fantasy, PNR is paranormal romance and YA is young adult.
SEPTEMBER 1
The Kingdom of Gods by N.K. Jemisin (The Inheritance Trilogy #3) Fantasy
SEPTEMBER... 
Today we’re trying something new. Instead of simply the triumphant return of contest roundup (which is toward the end), we’re giving you some of the best book-related news and happenings from the last week. Chances are we’ve already told you about these via Twitter or Facebook. But those move so quickly. In the event you missed any news, it’s all piled in on convenient place. Also,... 
Ooo, do we have delicious tidbits for you…
READ A CHAPTER OF DEAD RECKONING
Charlaine Harris posted the first chapter of the next Southern Vampire Mystery (a.k.a. the Sookie Stackhouse books) up on her website today. It’s 19 pages of Sookie, Eric, Sam and even some of the fae family members.
The 11th book in the series, titled Dead Reckoning, will be — like all Sookie books before —... 
Rachel Vincent is known for giving us “throw the book” moments. It’s why we love her. She, like many of our favorite authors, knows how to make us fall in love with her characters to the point of being frustrated by their bad decisions. While her adult paranormal Shifters series ended earlier this year, we still have a bit more time to revel in the drama of her Soul Screamers series. The... 
