Blog Tour; The Soul Thief
The Soul Thief (The Angel of Death Series #1)
by Majanka Verstraete
Publisher: Booktrope
Published: November 11, 2014
Genre: YA, Paranormal
When sixteen-year-old Riley is injured in a car crash and sees a girl stealing a boy’s soul, she’s convinced
she’s hallucinating. But when she sees the same girl at the hospital later, she knows she wasn’t
dreaming. That’s when Riley learns her secret heritage and who she really is: a halfling Angel of Death.
Riley must come to terms with her new reality and supernatural abilities, but before she can do this,
girls her age start dying in mysterious circumstances. It’s up to Riley to figure out why, what the
innocent victims have in common, and what she can do to stop them.
Excerpt
“I can’t believe you never told me.” The betrayal stung, and red hot, flaring anger soared through my body. I wanted to hit some-thing. Someone. “And I can’t wrap my head around how all of this can be real.”
We talked for a bit longer, Gran mostly explaining her reasons why she never told me — which in my mind translated as utter non-sense — and me thinking about how I was going to handle all this.
When the Council declared me a Halfling, I was so surprised that I didn’t stop to think about how it was possible part of me was an Angel of Death. But now that I knew the truth, I wish I didn’t.
After what seemed like an eternity, but probably only lasted fifteen minutes, Gran and I resurfaced from the basement. We climbed the steep stairs to her kitchen. The aroma of freshly-cooked spaghetti greeted us, but the bump in my stomach was so large and twisted that the thought of food made me want to throw up.
“Are you all right, kiddo?” Dad asked after one look on my face. “You’re very pale.”
I shrugged. “Heavy lifting probably isn’t a good idea when you’ve just had a concussion.”Mom started scolding Gran for letting me do hard work while being ill, but I couldn’t even take any pleasure from that. Usually it was hilarious when Mom scolded Gran because Gran did all sorts of childish stuff in response, like rolling her eyes, walking away or simply going ‘blah blah blah’. She did so now as well, grimacing and mouthing ‘blah blah’ behind my Mom’s back.
Cassie laughed. She pointed at Gran and looked at me, as if wondering why I didn’t laugh as well.I sat down at the kitchen table and ruffled through my sister’s hair. Half-sister actually, I guess.My entire life was a lie and I couldn’t tell anyone.
We talked for a bit longer, Gran mostly explaining her reasons why she never told me — which in my mind translated as utter non-sense — and me thinking about how I was going to handle all this.
When the Council declared me a Halfling, I was so surprised that I didn’t stop to think about how it was possible part of me was an Angel of Death. But now that I knew the truth, I wish I didn’t.
After what seemed like an eternity, but probably only lasted fifteen minutes, Gran and I resurfaced from the basement. We climbed the steep stairs to her kitchen. The aroma of freshly-cooked spaghetti greeted us, but the bump in my stomach was so large and twisted that the thought of food made me want to throw up.
“Are you all right, kiddo?” Dad asked after one look on my face. “You’re very pale.”
I shrugged. “Heavy lifting probably isn’t a good idea when you’ve just had a concussion.”Mom started scolding Gran for letting me do hard work while being ill, but I couldn’t even take any pleasure from that. Usually it was hilarious when Mom scolded Gran because Gran did all sorts of childish stuff in response, like rolling her eyes, walking away or simply going ‘blah blah blah’. She did so now as well, grimacing and mouthing ‘blah blah’ behind my Mom’s back.
Cassie laughed. She pointed at Gran and looked at me, as if wondering why I didn’t laugh as well.I sat down at the kitchen table and ruffled through my sister’s hair. Half-sister actually, I guess.My entire life was a lie and I couldn’t tell anyone.
Dream Cast
Taylor Momsen as Riley
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Taylor Momsen would be great at playing Riley – I’m sure of that after seeing her performance on
Gossip Girl. They have the same build and hair color, although Riley rarely uses make-up, and Taylor
usually does. But that’s easily fixed.
Toby Regbo as Leander
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When I had to write down the character description for Leander, I actually looked up a picture of Toby
Regbo and described him. So Leander’s looks are inspired by this actor! Then who better to play Leander
than the actor who inspired his looks?
Caitlin Stasey as Katie
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Caitlin Stasey looks just like I imagined Katie to look, and she’s great at playing characters who have the
same bubbly personality as Katie has. In the TV series “Reign”, she plays a young woman named Kenna,
who’s flirty and outgoing, and she does a great job at it. Katie has the same personality traits, so I’m sure
she’d be great at it.
Claire Holt as Michelle
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Claire Holt looks just like Michelle, except her hair needs to be curly, but that’s easily fixed! This young
actress did a great job in her role as a vampire in “The Vampires Diaries”, and I’m impressed with her
talent, so I’d love it if she could play in the movie for The Angel of Death series.
Zach Roerig as Craig
When I thought about who I wanted to play Craig, then I instantly thought about Matt from “The
Vampire Diaries”, a character portrayed by Zach Roerig. I think this actor would do a great job playing
Craig.
About the Author
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