Title: Incarnate (Newsoul #1)

Author: Jodi Meadows

Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult

Published: January 31, 2012

For five thousand years a million souls were reincarnated with memories from their previous lives. Then one didn't come back instead a newsoul named Ana was born. Then Ana met Sam who believed she was worth fighting for and decided to try and help her.

Emotionally this book really got to me. I cried within the first couple of chapters. The psychological abuse Ana went through was very well done. I did find the emotion a less near the end of the book. I think the author would have been able to keep it as high as it was in the beginning if I was able to listen to a sound track while reading. I do know that isn't feasible, but since so much time was devoted to talking about music I almost wish there was one.

I did find this version of reincarnation interesting. I liked how since the citizens could remember their past lives their punishments could carry on into the next life. It wasn't addressed, but I also liked the idea were suicide wouldn't be the escape many people in our world believe it is. In the book the characters needed to work through their problems because really there was no alternative. It did bring an odd twist on murder and made it really not an issue for their society. If you were murdered all you would really lose would be a body.

I think I liked where my mind went with the ideas of this book more than the actual story itself, but since I am unable to separate them I will say I enjoyed the book.

I gave this book 4 stars out of 5.