Trigger warnings: Death of parents, near-death experiences, starvation, blood depiction, emesis, body shaming
Note that I got this book for free and now I own it.

7/10, not long ago I picked this up since one of the two libraries I go to was giving away books for free and I got three, this is one of them and another one is part of the same series as this, that being said I did enjoy this and I can't wait to read the next few books in the series though I do have to read the previous books to get more context. Where do I begin? It starts with the main character Torak whose last name I don't even know and he is on a journey of some sort but because this isn't the first book I don't know where that began however on a side note there were several aspects I did enjoy while reading this. One, the characters like Renn alongside some others were likable and I didn't find myself annoyed for the most part except for that one time when Torak made a less-than-great decision like going off all alone. What's the point of that? I don't know. I found this book stand out in a good way because of the writing style, some words were substituted in for others and that made for an intriguing read like moons instead of months and summers instead of years but that made sense when I put it in context; the world building was fascinating as well but it left me one question which is the fact that I don't know what a Soul Eater is yet. I think it's critical to this book and maybe if I read more of the series it would eventually clear up, the book ended on a cliffhanger, fortunately, I do have the next book so I'm not too taken aback. ( )

My daughter had four of the six books in the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series out from the library at the same time, rushing through one after another. I've been trying to catch up with her, so when I finished Spirit Walker (book 2), I picked up Outcast, thinking it was book 3.

As I read, I had a feeling that something was missing, that Paver was making references to things I didn't remember, but I thought maybe she was just changing up the formula a bit, keeping the reader in suspense and planning to reveal the rest of the story later. I was 90 pages into Outcast when I finally looked at the spine of the book and saw that it was book 4, not book 3. So, I set Outcast aside and got Soul Eater from my daughter.

What's funny is that near the end of Soul Eater, Paver actually uses the technique I'd suspected her of at the beginning of Outcast. We've got this period of lost time in which this thing happens that makes it so Torak has to keep another secret from the Raven clan and sets up the conflict for the next book (although I didn't realize the period of time was lost until Paver mentioned it, and I still can't figure out when exactly this particular scene could have happened).

The books still tell a fairly intriguing story, but I think I'm growing weary of them. Torak just can't seem to catch a break, and that grows tiresome. He's really not learning a lot along the way, either; every book he makes the same mistakes, relying too much on himself and not enough on his friends, keeping secrets when he should be confiding in those he can trust. Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, and Torak are all cut from the same cloth, it seems. I can only hope that this means that Torak will eventually grow from his experiences rather just getting into---and out of---scrapes over and over and over again. I'd really like to see the series turn into a coming-of-age story. He's the right age for it, but so far, I'm not seeing a lot of evidence that's going to happen.

I don't know. I do like the idea in the stories that the potential for evil actions lives in each of us, the whole "chasing demons and soul eaters" thing is just getting a little old. But the books don't take very long to read, and my daughter really likes talking to me about them, so I'll probably finish the series. ( )

My overall favourite of the series. This book set in the Artic, you see all of the remaining Soul Eaters from book 2. Torak and Renn follow three Soul Eaters into the frozen north. But their adventure soon goes pear shaped when Renn finds she is frightened of the ice rivers, due to personal reasons. ( )

This book is about a boy called Torak and a girl named Renn. This time they are hunting in the north when Wolf get captured. Torak and Renn travel into the far north. While in the far north they get lost and found by a white fox man named Inuktiluk. He takes them to his camp where they get supplies. They travel then by boat to the Eye of the Viper. When there they get inside the cave where they find Wolf. They find out that he was taken by the soul eaters. They destroy one of the soul eaters and the other get away, but they get Wolf back and make it to the forest safely.
So far I like this book the best of the three I have read. I like this book the best because there was a lot more action. There were much more soul eaters. You learn more about Toraks history and more about the soul eaters. I really like haw he has gone from the forest, to some islands, and now to the far north. There are always more people in the books. I think so far the Soul Eater book is the best. ( )

prachtige serie die zich afspeelt in de prehistorie.