Claire Daly:
Reluctant Soul Saver
(Soul Saver #1)
by
Michele Brouder
Publication
Date: September 2015
Genre: YA, Paranormal Romance
When seventeen year-old librarian wannabe Claire Daly
is dragged kicking, screaming and cursing from everything she loves——her mam,
her cozy Irish village and the dreamy boy next door——to take up arms in the
battle of good versus evil, she learns the hard way that sometimes you don't
get to choose your own destiny, destiny chooses you.
Claire's life plan is simple: head off to university to
get her degree in library studies, summon up the courage to tell her best
friend Chas that she loves him and live happily ever after. She never once
entertained the idea that she might possess divine powers, that she might be
predestined to battle Hell's demons, or to complicate matters further, that
another love of many lives past might turn up on her doorstep.
But life doesn't always go as planned, and when a
co-worker is viciously attacked by a demon and her own family threatened,
Claire must face the truth: she is called to a higher purpose and has no choice
but to answer. Claire sets aside her dreams and begins learning how to deal
with the Unholy once and for all. Armed with only a crash course in soul saving
and her wits, she gears up for the ultimate show down in Hell. But will it be
enough?
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Claire Daly was just your typical teenage girl whose
life ambition was to become a librarian and to hopefully get her crush, Chas, to
finally notice her outside the friend zone. Unfortunately for her, those dreams flew out
the window when one day she discovers that she is an Illuminata – “a soul that
has been chosen by God and entrusted to Saint Michael for special work across
the different dimensions”. The
Illuminatae are a holy army that not only fights demons on earth, but in Hell
as well. So you see Claire’s destiny is
far from the life she thought she had and to make matters more difficult for
her to understand, it seems she chose this path for herself before she was even
born. Of course, Claire being Claire does not want
anything to do with the soul saving business and she is not going down without
a fight. That is until her family and
friends are threatened by a nasty memory-stealing demon named Raif whose main goal is to get
the precious amulet that contains the light of Heaven from Claire and take her
soul. As she is whisked away to her aunt’s
house to begin training, life as Claire knows will forever be changed. But will she finally accept her Destiny or turn her back on all that depend on her?
This book was an absolute fun and intriguing read for
me. Right from the start, I loved Claire's character not only for her love of books but her snarky attitude which made this really fun to read. The thrill of traveling with Claire
through the many layers of Hell was tense kept me turning the pages to make
sure she succeeded in her task. No story
would be complete if there weren't secrets among the family and her past that
have been kept from Claire and oh my gosh what a shock she had when she learned
what they were.
This book really surprised me on how good it was! I really did not know what to expect as
Michele Brouder is a new author for me, but I was completely blown away by her
storytelling abilities and could not put it down. A thrilling and fascinating tale of angels
and demons, Claire Daly: Reluctant Soul
Saver is one book that I would highly recommend. It’s a fast-paced, creative, and an extremely
well-written book that will appeal to any age reader that enjoys fantasy with
an underlining theme of good versus evil.
Although book one ended without a cliffhanger, I will be eagerly
anticipating the next installment of this amazing series to see what’s in store
for Claire as she continues this wild and crazy journey of saving souls and
perhaps reconnecting with the love of her life.
4 ½ stars
I
was born in western New York, the oldest of 5. I've loved reading since I was
very little. From the age of 9, I've wanted to be a writer. In high school, I
wrote a lot of angst-ridden civil war dramas ala Gone With The Wind, knowing
more about the Battle of the Bull Run than a normal teenager should know. I
dabbled in writing after that but didn't get serious about it until 2006, when
I decided that this was what I wanted to do for the rest of my life.
I've
had many interesting jobs but my passion has always been writing.
I
lived in Ireland from 2006-2013 with my husband and 2 boys. We moved back to
the US and settled in Florida briefly (2 years) before returning back to
Ireland in August 2015.
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