Newsoul Trilogy by Jodi Meadows: Incarnate, Asunder, Infinite

Title: Incarnate
Author: Jodi Meadows
Pages: 374



New soul

Ana is new. For thousands of years in Range, a million souls have been reincarnated over and over, keeping their memories and experiences from previous lifetimes. When Ana was born, another soul vanished, and no one knows why.

No soul

Even Ana’s own mother thinks she’s a nosoul, an omen of worse things to come, and has kept her away from society. To escape her seclusion and learn whether she’ll be reincarnated, Ana travels to the city of Heart, but its citizens are afraid of what her presence means. When dragons and sylph attack the city, is Ana to blame?

Heart

Sam believes Ana’s new soul is good and worthwhile. When he stands up for her, their relationship blooms. But can he love someone who may live only once, and will Ana’s enemies—human and creature alike—let them be together? Ana needs to uncover the mistake that gave her someone else’s life, but will her quest threaten the peace of Heart and destroy the promise of reincarnation for all?

My Rating:✰✰✰✰✰

I really enjoyed this book and found the world very interesting. The main character, Ana, is different from everybody else because she is a new soul and has not been alive for lifetimes. Because of this, she is an outcast to everyone since these millions of people have been reincarnated over and over again, remembering each life before.

I wouldn't call this book a dystopian, but more of fantasy which I haven't read a lot of. The idea of sylphs were very different and the dragon element was cool. I liked how I was able to picture this world of Heart with the white pulsing wall and stone temple. This book was very original and I had no idea what was going to happen next which I liked. It had a lot more action than I thought it was going to have.

The beginning was good but Sam was introduced pretty quickly. I am so happy that it didn't feel too insta-lovey and they didn't jump into a relationship right away. They started out as friend and after that, everything went uphill in the story and I loved it. He was so sweet and stood by Ana no matter what. I liked him more and more as the story continued and think Ana and him were great for each other. It was so sweet that he created music for her and named in Ana Incarnate so that even if she did die, she would be immortal like it said in the book. Music was such a big role and I love music and the instrument playing in this book. It was very cool when it was revealed that Sam was Dossam.

Ana did show some great development in character and the friendly people around really helped her realize that she wasn't no one and she was allowed to love and feel things. She became more independent and brave and not so immature.

I really did not like Li and most of the council members since they made Ana's life harder. But as characters to the story, they were important and were there to make Ana seem more vulnerable and give her character more depth. Li's visit to Heart actually did scare me a little because I was worried for Ana and did not want her to be away from Sam.

My favorite chapter is the masquerade one because it was perfect. I loved what Ana and Sam were wearing. Her butterfly dress and mask with his shrike one. I loved how Ana knew it was Sam and the had their first kiss there.

The writing was great and I loved it. I haven't read writing this good in a while and Ana's voice was very clear to me. She spoke like she meant it and didn't back down. I have no idea what's to come in the next two books, but I am looking forward to it.

I will always think of this book when I see a butterfly.

Title: Asunder
Author: Jodi Meadows
Pages: 406

DARKSOULS
Ana has always been the only one. Asunder. Apart. But after Templedark, when many residents of Heart were lost forever, some hold Ana responsible for the darksouls–and the newsouls who may be born in their place.

SHADOWS
Many are afraid of Ana’s presence, a constant reminder of unstoppable changes and the unknown. When sylph begin behaving differently toward her and people turn violent, Ana must learn to stand up not only for herself but for those who cannot stand up for themselves.

LOVE
Ana was told that nosouls can’t love. But newsouls? More than anything, she wants to live and love as an equal among the citizens of Heart, but even when Sam professes his deepest feelings, it seems impossible to overcome a lifetime of rejection.

My Rating:✰✰✰✰

Asunder takes place right after Incarnate, and deals with the aftermath of Templedark which was the event that happened towards the end of Incarnate, when the temple's light went out, and whoever died that night would not be incarnated.

Ana and Sam go through struggles as they learn that there will be more newsouls being born. Their goal is to ensure that all of the newsouls will be treated equally, but things don't go to smoothly. Most of the people are in grief of those who will not be back. Some blame Ana for it although she had nothing to do with it.

When Ana and Sam go to Purple Rose Cottage, they meet Cris and learn somethings about him. After that, Ana tries to find out more about Menehem's research on sylph and why they like music and listen to her. She and Sam go to his lab where she tries to get more information by reading his journals and looking at his experiments. Ana finds out that there is some connection between sylph and Janan since they both repel to a certain poison.

There are also two newsouls born, Anid and Ariana. This causes Heart to stir and some people even tried to kill those who were carrying possible newsouls.

One of the most saddest parts was when Sam and Ana find that all of Sam's instruments in the parlor are destroyed. It was so awful for Sam and it was if he just lost it and couldn't do anything. It made he feel awful, seeing him that way since he spent his lives building such beautiful instruments that would play perfectly. During this phase of time when Sam was just lost of everything, Ana really tried to comfort him and do what he always does for her which was sweet.

Ana and Sam's relationship was very realistic and I liked how it was not perfect. It was clear that their huge age gap is a problem to some people, and their big fight was very believable. Stef's feelings for Sam really got in the way of the friendship of the three as well as Ana's relationship with Sam. At some parts it seemed as if they were drifting apart from each other, but they always loved each other and ended up with one another.

The times that Ana was in the temple freaked me out because Janan is just creepy. It was hard picturing what the temple looked like at times with it's everywhere light and dead silence, but it was clear that it wasn't a nice place. When Ana revisits the temple, Sam doesn't go with her, leaving her alone and trying to find out more about the books in the weird language she stole from the first time.

She runs into Meuric who has not died yet but eventually does later. When she leaves the temple, someone steals the key to the door that the temple. She also learns that time is passes differently in the temple.

Ana goes into the temple again and finds Stef and Cris who have been missing for a while.They go into another room where Janan's dead human body is on the table with a knife through his heart. There were also skeletons in the room, all linked by chains. It represented how everyone was linked to Janan.
At this part, I felt like it was a little bit too much information at once, but it did add up to the big thing that happens, which is Cris sacrificing himself. I got a little teary eyed, knowing how sweet and kind he is. He was a great loving character who dearly wanted his friends to be free. So he stabs himself and joins Janan's walls, being able to open a door for Stef's and Ana's escape.

When the two leave, Ana finds out that Cris has become a sylph and she wants to know more about them. Although some of the people, like Merton and Deborl, who tried to harm her is in imprisonment, she is still exiled from Heart because they can no longer trust her since she has kept the books and Menehem's lab a secret. Councilor Sine promised to ensure that the newsouls get treated fairly which was Ana's goal.

Now Ana must leave Heart with Sam, their adventure continuing.

I really got to know the characters more in this book and I liked how consist they stayed. There were also some new ones like the pregnant women who got threated because they carried newsouls. Either way there were more people on team newsoul!

Ana was more stronger in this book and has developed over all. Her goal was to change how people treated and saw newsouls and I think she did complete it more ways than others.

Overall, the plot was good and the writing was great. Can't wait to see what happens next.

Title: Infinite
Author: Jodi Meadows
Pages: 418

 

 DESTRUCTION
The Year of Souls begins with an earthquake—an alarming rumble from deep within the earth—and it’s only the first of greater dangers to come. The Range caldera is preparing to erupt. Ana knows that as Soul Night approaches, everything near Heart will be at risk.

FLIGHT
Ana’s exile is frightening, but it may also be fortuitous, especially if she can convince her friends to flee Heart and Range with her. They’ll go north, seeking answers and allies to stop Janan’s ascension. And with any luck, the newsouls will be safe from harm’s reach.

CHOICE
The oldsouls might have forgotten the choice they made to give themselves limitless lifetimes, but Ana knows the true cost of reincarnation. What she doesn’t know is whether she’ll have the chance to finish this one sweet life with Sam, especially if she returns to Heart to stop Janan once and for all.

 

My Rating:✰✰✰✰1/2

 

As for most good trilogies, I already miss these characters. I started this book while I was in a reading slump and wasn't able to pleasurably read it until I was out of the slump. But I still had a satisfying feeling after finishing this book.

 

Ana gets exiled from Heart and Soul Night is approaching.

 

The majority of this book was about the journey that Ana, Sam, Whit, and Stef take in order to stop Janan from ascending. Some parts dragged on and most of it was good writing.

 

I liked how there were new concepts added to the story. For instance, we get to see real interactions with some of the other creatures, such as the dragons, centaurs, and phoenix.

 

I really had no idea what was going to happen in the end. When Whit, Stef, and Sarit died, I was pretty much completely sure that they were going to come back since Ana and Sam had no one left. I didn't expect the ending chapter to be told that way but loved it. The characters were brought back and there was the sense of calmness and normalcy which was great. I am so thrilled that Ana and Sam get a life together and it made me really happy. They belong with each other.

 

Overall, I did enjoy this trilogy and liked the difference of it. The ending was very satisfying since Janan and all of the antagonist died. I loved how music had such an important role in the story.