My Thoughts

This story was beautiful and enchanting. I loved all the magical beings mentioned; sylphs, centaurs, trolls, and my favorite - dragons. I have always had an affinity for dragons, so that aspect alone made me like it even more. Also, I love originality and Incarnate had it in bounds. The idea of the same souls being reincarnated lifetimes over, the being known as 'Janan' (their God), and the unique take on sylphs and dragons. Everything about the world created was fascinating.

Despite all that, something was just missing for me. I felt nothing. Nada. I don't know why, but I just couldn't connect with Incarnate. The only time I felt a twinge of anything for this book was hatred for Ana's mother, Li. And even those moments were fleeting. I was a little disappointed that despite all the magic surrounding the story, I still couldn't conjure any emotion at all while reading.

The romance between Ana and Sam fell flat for me. Her feelings for him developed a little quickly, but I can see why. He saves her, shows nothing but kindness to her when her whole life she's been raised to see herself as a burden and a nosoul. I did like Sam straight off because he teased her a lot and had a sense of humor, but as time went on he started to waffle a lot and got on my nerves a bit. He does redeem himself, though.

Ana really annoyed me for the majority of the first half - she was really bitter and defensive, she overreacted a lot, and all in all she was down right petulant. But again, I can see why she acted that way. If I had a mother like Li I would too. She lived a pretty horrible childhood, getting punished excessively for silly little things and being told she was basically worthless. I might have had a bit of a complex too.