We are having a party today!
Soul Screamers is a series that follows Banshee Kaylee Cavanaugh as she finds out the extent of her powers and why she screams when someone is about to die.
Something is wrong with Kaylee Cavanaugh. She doesn’t see dead people, but…
She senses when someone near her is about to die. And when that happens, a force beyond her control compels her to scream bloody murder. Literally.
Kaylee just wants to be a normal girl, basking in the joy of having caught the attention of Nash, the hottest guy in school. But getting through a first date isn’t easy when he seems to know more about Kaylee’s need to scream than she does. And when classmates start dropping dead for no apparent reason, only she knows who’ll be next…
Ana reviewed (and loved) the first book, My Soul to Take last year and you can read her review here as well as read a guest post by the author on her inspirations for writing the book.
And book 2, My Soul To Save has been released in early January:
When teen pop star Eden croaks on stage 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 for 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.
GIVEAWAY DETAILS:
To one lucky winner: One copy of both books in the Soul Screamers series: My Soul To Take and My Soul To Save
Plus two additional winners can win one copy of book 2 in the series, My Soul to Save!
In order to enter all you have to do is to leave a comment on this post telling us what is your favorite YA series at the moment and why. The contest is open to everybody and will run till February 15th 11:59pm (Pacific). GOOD LUCK!
108 Comments
JenP
February 4, 2010 at 7:43 amMy favorite at the moment is Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games trilogy
Vanessa
February 4, 2010 at 7:45 amWicked Lovely 🙂 Tis a fascinating world… anxiously awaiting the fourth in the series.
Lustyreader
February 4, 2010 at 7:47 amoh the first in this series was one of my top reads in 2009! my *current* favorite YA series has got to be Richelle Mead’s Vampire Academy, something about the paranormals has been really appealing to me lately!
Paige MacGregor
February 4, 2010 at 7:50 amMy favorite Young Adult series at the moment is a throwback – The Song of the Lioness series by Tamora Pierce. I fell in love with Pierce’s writing the first time I picked up ALANNA: THE FIRST ADVENTURE as a pre-teen in the mid-90s, and I found the books while cleaning out the basement recently. I decided to give them a second go and they were even better than the first time. Pierce’s writing is accessible to pre-teens and teenagers, but her writing also has a depth that can withstand the passage of time and prove a valuable reading experience for readers in their 20s and even 30s, even if they’ve read the series before.
Pagecrawler
February 4, 2010 at 8:05 amGreat contest! My favourite YA series at the moment is The Demons Lexicon (does a trilogy count as a series)?) by Sarah Rees Brennan I absolutely loved the first book and cannot wait for the second. Its dark, twisty funny and unputdownable Its set in the UK (where I live) which makes a refreshing change and makes it a little bit more real – as if the demons and Goblin Market didn’t do that on their own 😆
wildchild
February 4, 2010 at 8:17 amHas to be Twilight series – probably what most people would say, even if they won’t admit it
Jen D.
February 4, 2010 at 8:26 amMy favorite YA series at the moment is Rachel Caine’s Morganville Vampires series.
Amy
February 4, 2010 at 8:33 amHunger Games series is my current favorite.
Sarah keery
February 4, 2010 at 8:37 amSad to say but the Harry Potter books most caught my imagination.
Karen Mahoney
February 4, 2010 at 9:43 amOh me!! I want Book 2! 🙂
Okay, my favourite YA series at the moment is Sarah Rees Brennan’s (starting with THE DEMON’S LEXICON). I cannot wait for THE DEMON’S COVENANT – it is my most anticipated book of 2010. I’ve read Book 1 twice. I love it because the writing is some of the best I have ever seen in a debut YA book. Also, the characters are wonderful and fully-realized, despite the 3rd-person limited POV. Finally, they are funny and moving all at once – not an easy trick to pull off.
Cheers,
Kaz
Sarah
February 4, 2010 at 9:47 amI have to say my favorite YA Series right now is the Bloody Jack Series by L.A. Meyer. This series has such amazing characters and pirates. This series is so much fun to read and keeps you on your toes. Who will Jacky end up with? I think Jamie, but I really want it to be Jared! 😀
Francesca
February 4, 2010 at 9:49 amMy favourite YA novel is Hunger Games of SUzanne Collins, it’s a real page turner!
Carol
February 4, 2010 at 9:56 amJust one favorite?!? 🙂 Currently I like Hush,Hush…can;t wait to read the next one. Beautiful Creatures is also a good one.
Teresa W.
February 4, 2010 at 10:00 amRachel Caine’s Morganville Vampires series is my favorite right now! (Love the Vamps)
kai charles
February 4, 2010 at 10:02 amgreat contest. I’m really loving Graceling and it’s companioon book Fire 🙂
kai
ninefly
February 4, 2010 at 10:06 amI’m currently quite fond of the Knight and Rogue series by Hilari Bell =)
thanks for making this international!
Courtney Rae
February 4, 2010 at 10:09 amMy favorite YA series…errmm.. that’s tough to pick just one. I love, love, love Beautiful Creatures and definitley cannot wait for the books to come in that series.
I also really got into The Wake Trilogy by Lisa Mcmann. Janie is a girl you can look up to. She has her obstacle. It troubles her life, but she learns how to use it for good.
Sharli
February 4, 2010 at 10:12 amI’ll say Shiver and Beautiful Creatures are my current favorite 😀
Thanks for the giveaway!
Donna S
February 4, 2010 at 10:17 amMy current favorite is The Mortal Instruments series. I was drawn into the story from the beginning and couldnt wait to find out what happened next.
Alicia
February 4, 2010 at 10:21 amcurrently my favorite YA series is the Luxe series. I’m on the last one and loving every minute!
PiscesMuse
February 4, 2010 at 10:32 amLast spring I finished the Percy Jackson Olympian series. It is more of a middle grade book, but I still found it amazing. Also, I am very excited for the movie.
I have a thing for Vampires, so this fall I had picked up the House of Night Series, but was quite disappointed. It info dumps a lot. The series retells a lot. And then they cast a circle at the end and solve their problem in 5 pages. Furthermore, the time lines under which the stories happens are completely implausible.
Since this experience I have been a little weary of young adult, but have been longing to give it another chance. Please set me free and let me win a copy of these books. I really want to find my love for young adult again.
Viki S.
February 4, 2010 at 11:16 amAt the moment my favorite YA series is Alyson Noels, Immortal Series. Ever has so many flaws yet you have to root for her.
Thuy N
February 4, 2010 at 11:25 amI’m currently in love with The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins. A close second would be The Maze Runner by James Dashner.
Cindy
February 4, 2010 at 11:50 amI really liked “Rampant” by Diana Peterfreund – killer unicorns, who would have known ? – and I ‘m waiting impatiently for “Ascendant”!
Hannah
February 4, 2010 at 12:18 pmOh hard question! Probably either “The Hunger Games” or “The Demon’s Lexicon” series (way to be unoriginal by the looks of things! Although I can’t wait to read the sequel to RJ Anderson’s “Knife” either!), but I’m sure there are lots more I’d love.
Thanks for holding the giveaway!
Snazel
February 4, 2010 at 12:21 pmHmmm, my favorite YA series at the moment, I would have to say is Rick Riodian’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians series! It’s delightful!
Jess
February 4, 2010 at 12:45 pmMy favorite is probably the Hunger Games series, but the Ruby Oliver books by E. Lockhart are a close second. Ooh, and the Wicked Lovely books would be third. So tough to choose!
Bien
February 4, 2010 at 12:59 pmI have a lot of favorite series but, at the moment, Garth Nix’s Abhorsen trilogy (also known as the Old Kingdom series) wins my heart over. The world building and character development in all three books were spectacular. I savored the vivid details and really felt attached to the characters (loved Sabriel, Lirael, and Mogget to name a few).
At first, it felt like a darker version of Harry Potter, only with necromancers, and the dead. It wasn’t long, however, when that feeling was soon replaced by the books’ own prowess. And another thing that I loved about it is that the ending was great! My heart felt heavy that the trilogy was over, but the ending was very satisfying. It tied up loose ends and answers topics which most readers are curious about.
Actually, there will be two more additions to the Old Kingdom series but Nix mentioned in his Amazon blog the first one will be set 320 yrs. into the past (‘Clariel: The Lost Abhorsen’, out sometime this year! yay!) and the other several years into Abhorsen’s future (Untitled, 2011).
(P.S. It says that the contest is open to everyone, so I hope that includes bookworms all the way in Asia. *wave*)
Nikki @ Bookizzle
February 4, 2010 at 12:59 pmThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins! This series had me completely enveloped and pumped as I was reading. It’s going to take a book packed with a punch to dethrone ’em.
Rosie Carlo
February 4, 2010 at 1:03 pmMy favorite series right now is the Vampire Diaries. I can’t wait to get my hands on the newest installment.
Priyanka
February 4, 2010 at 1:24 pmMy favorite= The Vampire Academy Series…simply because Dimitri is one fine male specimen 😀
Chelsea B.
February 4, 2010 at 1:38 pmRight now its the Vampire Kisses series by Ellen Schreiber.
Stephanie M
February 4, 2010 at 2:00 pmAwesome Contest! I really like the Morganville Vampire series by Rachel Caine! Great concept and characters! 😀
Thanks!
Steph M.
Natasha A.
February 4, 2010 at 2:08 pmWell, I have only read two. Twilight series, and Ms Vincent’s. I gotta go with Screamers! I like that it is just so bloody unique!
joder
February 4, 2010 at 2:13 pmBy leaps and bounds it is Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games series. It was my first foray into YA reading and even though I’ve continued to read YA books, none meet the high standard Suz set for me. The series is politically thought provoking, a wonderful bit of romance, and the greatest cliffhangers ever. I actually might cry when this series ends I love it so much.
Michelle M
February 4, 2010 at 2:25 pmWonderful contest! My fav YA series at the moment (there are a few) include: The Demon’s Lexicon by SRB, The Hunger Games by SC, The Dairy Queen trilogy by CGM, the Thief series by MWT and… I know there are others, can’t think of the at the moment! Thanks!
Lindsay Elizabeth
February 4, 2010 at 2:40 pmHmm… Favorite YA is hard. There are so many good series out right now!
I’d have to say that as of now I’m obsessed with Hunger Games and Catching Fire. I love the character of Katniss. She isn’t perfect and doesn’t even know how she feels sometimes, but her fierce loyalty and the balance between protecting her family and rebelling thrills me.
Ladytink_534
February 4, 2010 at 2:46 pmThe House of Night series by P.C. & Kristin Cast is my favorite YA series of the moment because I just love the characters! I’ve read all of them twice and I plan on reading them all again one day.
etirv
February 4, 2010 at 3:36 pmTwilight Saga – favorite YA series!
Caitlin Usignol
February 4, 2010 at 4:33 pmI am really loving Kim Harrison’s The Hollows Series. Can’t wait to read the newest book coming out.
Stacy
February 4, 2010 at 5:26 pmI like the Hunger Games series right now.
Stephanie
February 4, 2010 at 5:29 pmI’ve become a big fan of the Kate and Cecy books by Patricia C. Wrede and Carolyn Stevermer – I love the setting, and the fact that the first book (Sourcery and Cecelia, or the Enchanted Chocolate Pot) started as a letter game between the authors.
Ashley
February 4, 2010 at 5:29 pmMy favorite YA series is between Rachel Caine’s Morganville Vampires and Richelle Mead’s Vampire Academy. Hmmm … I’m going to go with the Vampire Academy series but it only slightly won out because its a touch more darker and adult.
Roxy
February 4, 2010 at 5:47 pmMy favorite is probably the Hunger Games although I have been enjoying Vampire Academy as well.
Stacy
February 4, 2010 at 6:11 pmI am re-reading Terry Pratchett’s YA discworld series with Tiffany Aching. Probably my favorite at the moment. The Feegles are hilarious! 😀 Beautiful Creatures, which I recently finished, is a close second.
Linda Henderson
February 4, 2010 at 6:11 pmWell it would have to be the Harry Potter books. They were actually the first YA that I ever read.
SuperFoxy
February 4, 2010 at 6:21 pmI just discovered the Book Smugglers site and my bank account is suffering–so many GOOD books to acquire now!
My favorite YA books are Kristin Cashore’s “Graceling” and “Fire” books. As for a series, right now it’s Melissa Marr’s Wicked Lovely series.
Raina
February 4, 2010 at 6:22 pmI’m going to conform and say the Hunger Games – something about the pacing is so addicting, and Peeta is filled with awesomeness.
Kate A
February 4, 2010 at 6:51 pmIt’s so hard to choose just one favourite. I guess my favourite would be the Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead. But I also love the Hunger Games and the Pendragon series by D.J. MacHale.
April
February 4, 2010 at 7:02 pmAt the moment, I’m in love with Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead! I want to know what happens in Spirit Bound rather badly!
music_lover3
February 4, 2010 at 7:13 pmCool contest! I think my favorite YA series is Rachel Caine’s Morganville Vampire series. I love the twist she put in the regular vampire mythology. It’s pretty neat.
Barbara
February 4, 2010 at 7:17 pmMy favorite YA series is ‘Hush, Hush’. So excited for the second one to come out. I also love “Vampire Academy’ series.
Courtney
February 4, 2010 at 7:24 pmMy fave YA series at the moment is the Vampire Academy. I just absolutly fell in love with those books when I read them.
Ava
February 4, 2010 at 7:27 pmI absolutely love the Vampire Academy Series. Adrian Adrian… *sigh*
And I loved the Study Series. Maria V Snyder = genius.
Jessica
February 4, 2010 at 7:28 pmI am really into the Forest of Hands and Teeth series. I could not put that book down once I started reading it. I can’t wait for The Dead Tossed-Waves to come out!
Lindsay Tallman
February 4, 2010 at 7:43 pmlets see this is actually quite hard not that i think about it but i guess my favorite series at the moment is book graceling and it’s companion novel by kristin cashore. I love these books because while it does have romance, it also involves a new and intresting plot. Kristin does a wonderful job at keeping me guessing, and were the first books in a while that i could not put down.
Allyson
February 4, 2010 at 8:03 pmMy favorite series at the moment is either the Graceling series by Kristin Cashore, Janice Hardy’s The Shifter series, or Deadly Little Secrets, by Laurie Faria Stolarz. They are all just really good stories, very fun to read with wonderful love stories in all.
Veronica F.
February 4, 2010 at 8:16 pmMy favorite YA series at the moment is definitely the Hunger Games series! I can’t get these books outta my mind and am going insane coveting book 3.
But..
Ava, I totally agree about Adrian from VA series–I love him!
Lisa Richards
February 4, 2010 at 9:30 pmPC Cast’s House of Night. I’ve reread all of the earlier books just so I would be ready for Burned when it comes out in April. Oh, then there’s Grant’s
“Gone” series with a new book out in May. Both these series are fabulous.
Beverly H.
February 4, 2010 at 9:48 pmMy favorite YA series would be the Hunger Games series like so many others 🙂 I love the fast-paced action, the romance and the thrill i feel turning every page!
Rachel C.
February 4, 2010 at 9:52 pmRight now I am in love with the Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare. They are so original and they have everything I could want in a book, a great romance, awesome adventure, thrilling suspense, and of course wicked cool demons and angels!
Debbie
February 4, 2010 at 10:23 pmMy favorite series is the Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead.
Carol Thompson
February 4, 2010 at 11:15 pmI haven’t read too many series but I have enjoyed Rachel Caine’s Morganville Vampires.
Tiah
February 4, 2010 at 11:22 pmMy favorite is Vampire Academy. I like how it is written. It isn’t dumbed down and Ms. Mead doesn’t try hard to sound like a teenager.
austenfan
February 4, 2010 at 11:37 pmMy current favorite is the Hunger Games series! It’s just so exciting and engrossing to read! 🙂
jessica
February 5, 2010 at 12:10 amI really like vampire academy and I’m ashamed to admit my love of the house of the night series.
maered
February 5, 2010 at 5:40 amMy favourite series at the moment are The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins. I am a firm Katniss/Gale shipper. And the Darkest Power trilogy by Kelley Armstrong.
Jenny
February 5, 2010 at 6:00 amMy favorite YA series right now is Patrick Ness’s Chaos Walking series. His characters have such vivid, unique voices, and he is not shy about raising complex, scary questions about the nature of being human and how we deal with difficult times.
Leola Norman
February 5, 2010 at 6:28 amI would love to win the Soul Screamers series. I love YA books. I don’t have a favorite series. How about Nancy Drew???
Elizabeth
February 5, 2010 at 8:52 amMy favorite YA series is the Attolia books by Megan Whalen Turner. I’ve loved these since Queen came out, and I am so excited that the next book, A Conspiracy of Kings, is coming out in March!
Kearsten
February 5, 2010 at 9:13 amAt this moment? Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Just reread it for a book group with my “grown-up” friends who responded to my suggestion with, “You want us to read a teen book?” but then raved about how awesome it was. 🙂 I’ll have to wait for my copy of Catching Fire to make its way through all of ’em before I can reread it!
Simone
February 5, 2010 at 10:18 amMy favourite YA-Series at the moment is “Mortal Instruments” by Cassandra Clare – but I also adore the the german (sadly just in german at the moment) “Arkadien”-Series by Kai Meyer. I’d love to win a copy of the Soul Screamers 🙂
Marie
February 5, 2010 at 2:06 pmLove Rachel Caine, especially her ‘Weather warden’ series. But my fave YA series right now is Suzanne Collins ‘Hunger Games’ trilogy.
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Lori
February 5, 2010 at 4:11 pmhmmm…there are several YA series that I like, but if I had to name only one, I guess I would say I like the Twilight series.
LiLi Ramos
February 5, 2010 at 4:57 pmAt the moment I have to say it’s the Sweep series by Cate Tiernan since I just re-read her series for like the third time lol.
Paige
February 5, 2010 at 5:11 pmRight now, I’m reading Uglies and am looking forward to reading pretties. I really like this series.
Tina
February 6, 2010 at 7:22 amRight now it’s the Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan, because I just started reading it. I like mythology and I like the idea of gods and goddesses having sons and daughters with mortals. 😀
Virginia C
February 6, 2010 at 9:16 am“The Wolves of Mercy Falls” Trilogy (Shiver, Linger, & Forever) by Maggie Stiefvater. The compelling characters and the richly atmospheric storytelling. I can’t wait to read the whole series!
😉
Cindy C.
February 6, 2010 at 11:11 amMy favorite is the pixie series by Carrie Jones. Pixes are the new Vampire.
Abigail [All Things Urban Fantasy]
February 6, 2010 at 11:29 amShiver is my favorite. I can’t wait for Linger
Kelly
February 6, 2010 at 1:46 pmMy favorite series right now is probably the Gallagher Girls series by Ally Carter–it reminds me of my own silly high school, except there’s all this spying and intrigue!
Aik
February 6, 2010 at 8:17 pmMy favourite series at the moment is Rachel Caine’s Morganville Vampires.
alana
February 6, 2010 at 11:26 pmGot to give another one to the Hunger Games series. My brain just might explode waiting for the last installment.
Mel Symonds
February 7, 2010 at 7:46 amA long running but still brilliant YA series is the Obernewtyn series by Isobelle Carmody – so good! And teh final books out this year! 😀
Nicole S.
February 7, 2010 at 12:10 pmThe only YA series I’ve read so far is Twilight. But I’ve heard great things about other series, and even got the free pre-stories My Soul to Lose, and looking forward to reading these. 🙂
Sue R.
February 7, 2010 at 4:18 pmCurrently, I am inlove with Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare. I just love the characters and the wolrd building.
Lisa B.
February 7, 2010 at 8:49 pmI recently finished WAKE by Lisa McMann and loved it! I was intrigued by Janie and drawn to Cabel. I’d also love to read My Soul to Take and My Soul to Save.
Camille
February 8, 2010 at 12:40 amthe only YA series I’m reading right now is Richelle Mead’s Vampire Academy so that is my fave right now lol Don’t read YA too often but I’m loving this.
Kia
February 8, 2010 at 12:18 pmMy favorite YA series at the moment is probably either the Morganville Vampires or House of Night…I just really love vampires in general, and both series are interesting enough in their portrayals to be enjoyable. Would love to win these!
Nikki Egerton
February 9, 2010 at 7:17 amI am almost finished with Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr and am really enjoying it, so I think that will become one of my favourites.
I also really enjoyed The Forest of Hands and Teeth and am eagerly awaiting the release of The Dead Tossed Waves
Nikki xx
CrystalGB
February 9, 2010 at 9:36 amI would have to say Richelle Mead’s YA vampire series. Great stories.
Brooke
February 9, 2010 at 11:17 amHmm it is always changing… My current favorite that I am also finishing is The House of Night series by P.C. & Kristin Cast… Otherwise it would be RV Screamers…
abdullah
February 9, 2010 at 1:11 pmMy favorite at the moment is Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games trilogy because its the first dystopian book(s) i have read that really hooked me.
Lisa Garrett
February 9, 2010 at 4:40 pmDefinitely the Twilight series!
Kristen H.
February 9, 2010 at 7:33 pmI’d have to say The Hunger Games trilogy!
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Gillian Dawson
February 9, 2010 at 9:25 pmThe Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins is definitely my top YA series at the moment. Why? Great characters, awesome plot, and just really good writing.
I will also admit that I’m hooked on Carrie Jones’ Need series. Spot-on reviews by the way. They are just a lot of fun.
Summer
February 10, 2010 at 4:50 pm“Hunger Games!
Kate
February 11, 2010 at 8:57 amMy favorite at the moment is The Hunger Games trilogy. It is a action packed series with lots of twists, and a little romance thrown in. I think there is something in there to please almost any reader.
Jennifer B.(Cats on the Shelf)
February 11, 2010 at 1:07 pmI guess I’d have to say the Harry Potter series. I haven’t gotten to read many series and the last I read was the Twilight series which wasn’t as good as I thought it was going to be.
Marianna G.
February 13, 2010 at 3:27 amMy favorite YA series right now is HP! I am sure I would have more if I could actually get around to reading the stuff out there! I have a HUGE TBR pile, and a very enticing selection of books at my local library!
sheere
February 13, 2010 at 7:59 amI love the hunger games by Suzanne Collins! It is such a great dystopian novel, and the character are very realistic..
Of course HP still has a big place of my heart 😉
Raquel Vega-Grieder
February 13, 2010 at 9:37 pmMy Favorite YA Series At The Moment Is The Vampire Academy Series My Richelle Mead. This Series Introduces Two Different Kinds Of Vampires Which Are Out Of The Ordinary. That Makes This Series A Breath Of Fresh Air. Not To Mention This Series Is Very Well Written By An Amazing Author. Then Of Course You Have The Angst That Most YA Books Are Known For Having Which Keeps You On The Edge Of Your Seat.
CherylS22
February 15, 2010 at 12:51 pmI don’t think my favorite YA series has a name yet. However, it is “Need” & “Captivate” by Carrie Jones. I love these books mainly because of the fantasy, but also because they’re something different than just another vampire book. Thanks!
Alexandra
February 16, 2010 at 5:21 pmI’m reading Holly Blacks’, A Modern Tale of Faerie and loving it!!
samantha davis
February 23, 2010 at 5:52 amhey my fav series is vampire acadamy Rachel Mead. I just love the intringue and the many plots that revovle around the main characters. I especially love the sad heart wrentching scenes of the demise of dmitri and the revival of the character.
Anonymous
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