I need to get you to
the hospital." He was taking responsibility for me. Only my parents had
that job. I stretched my hand out in protest, but the lack of depth
perception had my trembling fingers grazing his overheated neck. I swore
his whole body shook.
When five-year-old Anna Pierce is offered a chance to have nightmare-free nights for the small price of her voice, she jumps at it. Silence has to be better than all-consuming dreams about blood and death and fangy monsters. The bargain she strikes comes with a secondary benefit, visions of a person's future potential. The combination of visions and silence changes her very nature and soon she's diagnosed with autism. Twelve years of living in her head comes to a screeching halt the moment Peter Davis pulls her out of an icy river.
Her new life has her twirling, tiptoeing, and crashing through unfamiliar territory, one filled with a cranky grandma, a knocked up cousin, an unpleasant cousin, a bunch of mostly good vampires, and the boy who rescued her.
To top it all off, the deal she made at five is no more. Anna is expected to talk, to figure out her resurfacing nightmares, and to control her ever-growing powers. And she'd better get it done soon because if the good vamps want a piece of a living, breathing Touched girl, the evil ones simply want. They'll take Anna for their very own.
When five-year-old Anna Pierce is offered a chance to have nightmare-free nights for the small price of her voice, she jumps at it. Silence has to be better than all-consuming dreams about blood and death and fangy monsters. The bargain she strikes comes with a secondary benefit, visions of a person's future potential. The combination of visions and silence changes her very nature and soon she's diagnosed with autism. Twelve years of living in her head comes to a screeching halt the moment Peter Davis pulls her out of an icy river.
Her new life has her twirling, tiptoeing, and crashing through unfamiliar territory, one filled with a cranky grandma, a knocked up cousin, an unpleasant cousin, a bunch of mostly good vampires, and the boy who rescued her.
To top it all off, the deal she made at five is no more. Anna is expected to talk, to figure out her resurfacing nightmares, and to control her ever-growing powers. And she'd better get it done soon because if the good vamps want a piece of a living, breathing Touched girl, the evil ones simply want. They'll take Anna for their very own.
Review
****I received a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review****
When Anna was a young girl she had horrific nightmares, at
five years old she is given a deal, no more nightmares if she stops talking.
Anna keeps her end of the deal; she doesn't talk not even when her parents die
on a rafting trip with her. She is rescued by a mysterious boy named Peter and
has to move in with her Grandmother. Her nightmares come back, she has to start
talking, deal with an off the wall family, finds out vampires do exist and they
come in shades of gray. I really enjoyed this book and respect Robyn for
inserting accurate and uncomfortable information in a book could have been just
another YA vampire book. Anna is genuinely autistic, her parents have always
been there to protect her and when they die she is left trying to find a way
fit into society. You can tell that her Grandmother is uncomfortable and
doesn't know how to react to Anna and while her cousin Betsy can have her catty
moments her and Sara show that they love Anna. The rest of the characters in
the story are mysterious, funny or just downright scary. The storyline was
original and heartfelt. The writing itself was very good, the scenes fit
together perfectly and the pace of the book was just right. My only problem
with the book was some of the wording and terms used, it just didn't sit right
with me and brought it from a solid five stars to four. Soul Walker is an original book that stands out in
the growing sea of YA vampire books.
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