Tod, Kaylee) are located, where a corpse can be found, AND he can reanimate the dead.

He's like an undead radar-he can tell you where the reinstated (i.e. Luca's abilities as a necromancer are pretty creepy, though. We met him in Never to Sleep, and it was great to learn a bit more about him. The addition of Luca to the gang was refreshing. But there are consequences that come with that selflessness some are good, some are bad, and some are lasting and can never be taken back. I'm glad that she didn't lose it when she died. You keep saving those who've hurt you, and he hurts people who've done him no harm.' Kaylee's unrelenting selflessness is what makes her one of my favorite heroines. I liked the way Thane described the differences between Kaylee and Avari: 'You protect people with lies, and he manipulates people with the truth. There really is something 'intriguing' and 'rare' about it. Kaylee's experience with death and her subsequent afterlife have made her stronger and has made her value life even more than she did when she was alive. Kaylee is like the heart of the group-when she died, the group crumbled, they are only strong as long as Kaylee is.

She has always been strong, no one will contest that, but in Before I Wake we see her at perhaps her weakest and still she manages to pull herself together. I think we see Kaylee's true strength in Before I Wake. Fan, myself included, wondered if Rachel Vincent could out-do If I Die, and she blew it out of the water with Before I Wake. Where If I Die had an air of hopelessness, inevitability, and soul-crushing heartache Before I Wake has an air of being left adrift, but has undercurrents of power and heart wrenching beauty. The stakes have risen and it's not only Kaylee's soul at risk. Then when Kaylee goes on a practice soul retrieval, she comes face-to-face with an old family enemy. But pretending to be alive is harder than it looks. It has now been a month since that fateful day and Kaylee's going back to school. It was a Thursday when Kaylee's life ended and her afterlife began. Kaylee Cavanaugh's death was inevitable, but no one expected her life to end the way it did.

Before I Wake by Rachel Vincent