Review: Ghosts, snakes, a soul cutter, and a missing mother
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 21, 2014
Sometimes an event happens in a girl’s life that haunts her for years. Sometimes a boy’s fate is determined before he’s even born.  Do events from the past make a person evil or perhaps a murderer?Author Lexa Cain’s debut novel, SOUL CUTTER, is the story of Elan Duchamps, a girl that has nightmares about her past. It’s also the story of Ramsey Zafikar, last in the line of the Darsani-Masters, who could claim his soul if he makes a mistake. When Elan’s mother turns up missing, Elan travels to Egypt to find her. There she meets Ramsey, from Lebanon, and even though he has troubles of his own, he offers to help Elan discover what happened to her mother. They face curses, skeletons, snakes, and a soul cutter that can remove a portion of a dying person’s soul, among other things, as they search the palace for clues to her mother’s disappearance. Told from alternating points-of-view, the reader gets a picture of both Elan and Ramsey and the challenges in their lives. Will they succeed in discovering her mother’s whereabouts? Will Elan be able to forget the ghost from her past and enjoy a happy future, perhaps with Ramsey?SOUL CUTTER is an exciting, never a dull moment read. Lexa Cain includes interesting information about the landscape of Egypt, as well, placing the reader in the scene to visualize the same things the characters experience. Some of the scenes are pretty gruesome, but the title SOUL CUTTER tells the reader that. I enjoyed reading Ms. Cain’s story and think you will too. A very nice debut novel.###