Review of Soul Seeker
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Review of Soul Seeker
[Following is a volunteer review of "Soul Seeker" by Kaylin McFarren.]
"Soul Seeker" by Kaylin McFarren begins with the story of Poe, a man who is in jail for killing his son. He reveals to his lawyer what really happened. A demon, named Crighton, tricked him into killing his son. Poe tells his story from the beginning, when a fire is started at a local restaurant, a fire that killed people and may have been deliberately started by his son. The rest of the book follows Crighton. A demon working for the devil, capturing and delivering evil human souls and angel souls.
When Crighton gets a new task to capture an angel named Ariel, secrets are revealed and something unexpected happens. He and the angel have a special connection - they are soulmates. But, the devil is hellbent on consuming Ariel's soul and keeping her and Crighton apart. Crighton does everything he can to save his angel soulmate including going up against the devil himself.
The beginning of this book was fabulously written. It was intriguing and full of mystery with interesting and well-rounded characters. It had a supernatural, horror suspense feel that kept me at the edge of my seat and wanting more. However, about a third of the way though, when the story shifted to Crighton's view, it was a bit jarring. The book became a supernatural love story that was a bit confusing. I felt cheated. I like the creepiness of Crighton, the demon preying on evil humans, and to have it shift to Crighton discovering he has an angel for a soulmate was a complete plot change. It felt like I was reading a completely different book.
Honestly, I enjoyed the first plot with Poe over Crighton's. Crighton's story, overall, was very confusing. When Crighton and Ariel meet they are captured by CIA agents who somehow know way more than Crighton, even though, in previous chapters, Crighton magically knows everything about every single person he comes into contact with on earth. The action scenes are also a bit hard to follow. Things seem to happen really quickly and there's not quite enough description to understand exactly how it all happened. Also, Crighton and Ariel seem to have a strange relationship that didn't jive for me. They went back and forth about their feelings for each other and they act a bit like bickering children. Their whole journey was a bit boring and tiring to read.
I would have enjoyed reading more about Crighton capturing evil human souls and I feel like this plot could have been expanded and filled an entire novel. The plot about Crighton finding his soulmate was less interesting to me, but if that is the true plot of this book then the first third of the book about Poe should be deleted or drastically edited down. As a reader, the entire first third of the book made me feel invested in Poe’s character and I disliked Crighton and continued to dislike him even when he was supposed to be the protagonist of the second plot.
All in all, it was an interesting concept, but it could have been executed better.
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Soul Seeker
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"Soul Seeker" by Kaylin McFarren begins with the story of Poe, a man who is in jail for killing his son. He reveals to his lawyer what really happened. A demon, named Crighton, tricked him into killing his son. Poe tells his story from the beginning, when a fire is started at a local restaurant, a fire that killed people and may have been deliberately started by his son. The rest of the book follows Crighton. A demon working for the devil, capturing and delivering evil human souls and angel souls.
When Crighton gets a new task to capture an angel named Ariel, secrets are revealed and something unexpected happens. He and the angel have a special connection - they are soulmates. But, the devil is hellbent on consuming Ariel's soul and keeping her and Crighton apart. Crighton does everything he can to save his angel soulmate including going up against the devil himself.
The beginning of this book was fabulously written. It was intriguing and full of mystery with interesting and well-rounded characters. It had a supernatural, horror suspense feel that kept me at the edge of my seat and wanting more. However, about a third of the way though, when the story shifted to Crighton's view, it was a bit jarring. The book became a supernatural love story that was a bit confusing. I felt cheated. I like the creepiness of Crighton, the demon preying on evil humans, and to have it shift to Crighton discovering he has an angel for a soulmate was a complete plot change. It felt like I was reading a completely different book.
Honestly, I enjoyed the first plot with Poe over Crighton's. Crighton's story, overall, was very confusing. When Crighton and Ariel meet they are captured by CIA agents who somehow know way more than Crighton, even though, in previous chapters, Crighton magically knows everything about every single person he comes into contact with on earth. The action scenes are also a bit hard to follow. Things seem to happen really quickly and there's not quite enough description to understand exactly how it all happened. Also, Crighton and Ariel seem to have a strange relationship that didn't jive for me. They went back and forth about their feelings for each other and they act a bit like bickering children. Their whole journey was a bit boring and tiring to read.
I would have enjoyed reading more about Crighton capturing evil human souls and I feel like this plot could have been expanded and filled an entire novel. The plot about Crighton finding his soulmate was less interesting to me, but if that is the true plot of this book then the first third of the book about Poe should be deleted or drastically edited down. As a reader, the entire first third of the book made me feel invested in Poe’s character and I disliked Crighton and continued to dislike him even when he was supposed to be the protagonist of the second plot.
All in all, it was an interesting concept, but it could have been executed better.
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Soul Seeker
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon
Latest Review: Soul Seeker by Kaylin McFarren
