The Soul Collector by Laura Daleo

I rated The Soul Collector 3 out of 5 pages. I received this book via NetGalley in return for an honest review. 

The premise of the book was an excellent idea. Drara is a soul collector, who wishes to be human, and Ashley and Johnathan are one of the many souls she is collecting with the helps of Jekins. Drara offers the souls, more or less, a life they never had under a few conditions. Ashley and Johnathan easily allow their souls to be collected but soon begin to question their decisions, upon meeting Sara, a little old lady whose soul was collected years before and who is ultimately mute. With the help of Ashley and Johnathan, Sara sets out to uncover the end game in Drara's soul collecting, along with Father Sullivan- because who better to have on your side but a priest/psychic. This leads them to uncovering their worst fears and working together to convince Drara that all is not what it seems. 

I enjoyed the plot of this book. I thought it was original and interesting. It started out fast paced in the beginning and the interaction between the characters was well established. I disliked the love story intertwined throughout the novel. It was too rushed and very generic and quite expected from the first time the characters met. It just seemed very elementary and took away from the darkness of the rest of the story, which was a major reason why I couldn't rate this more than 3 stars. 

Another reason why I gave the rating I did was because of the many misspellings and grammer errors throughout. Material was spelled wrong, words were repeated in sentences and punctuations, such as quote marks, were put in the wrong places. These errors made the story, at times, hard to follow. 

One thing I did enjoy was the descriptiveness of the scenes and what the characters looked like. I could envision Drara and how offputting she must look. I also enjoyed the twist of at the end of the book when all the characters reconnect after their ordeal. 

All in all, it wasn't completely horrible but had it not been for NetGalley approving me to read this, I probably wouldn't have continued reading the book.