The Soulkeepers is different from any YA paranormal you've ever read. Aside from the reasons I mentioned in Tuesday's
post, several other factors set it apart. For one, my main character is a boy. He's also Chinese-American and his girlfriend is East Indian. If you took all of the books on the YA market, sorted out the ones with a female main character, then sorted out those with a caucasian main character, you would get a very short stack.
Beyond the main characters, I chose to write
The Soulkeepers in third person so I could capture multiple points of view. This allows the story to unfold somewhat like a mystery or thriller, genres that are sorely underrepresented in YA. From the short stack, weed out any that are written in first person.
Are there any left?
If there are, I bet you can carry them in one arm.
What makes my book similar to others published in this genre is that it is engaging, accessible, and loaded with page-turning tension. I hope you will give
The Soulkeepers a try. Sample it now on Kindle or Nook (links on the right). I'll be posting chapter three tomorrow, then more to come on my launch contest.
