Incarnate

This book had definite potential but failed on many levels to live up to it. Overall I enjoyed it, but most of the time I was waiting for something to happen - things to be revealed/started and then...it ended.

The lack of any kind of clear plot line was aggravating because I went in expecting something interesting, some kind of research/quest/secrets/religion based mystery and then when everything was revealed I was disappointed at how last minute it all felt. Most of the book is based on Ana having this super frustrating drawn out romance with this Sam guy, and even that was bland.

The population concept of 1 million souls, constantly being reborn into new bodies was interesting but raised some awkward questions. Also, it seemed like we were supposed to believe that pretty much everyone lived in the main city but....why? Why not have more cities? There was one mention of a bird that lived on the other city of the world - and I mean really, if you have unlimited lives, why the hell would you spend all of them in the same place?? I really really wanted some more information about the world, there were a ton of cool details like dragons and mysterious white walls in the woods, a temple with a heartbeat and then in the end it was again - flat. I mean come on! You're apparently born fully formed, fully conscious and functioning, and trek across the world to find a completely built city waiting for you, BUT NO - lets not focus on the one really interesting item, lets instead learn about how Ana is writing a song but the melodies don't match up. Yeah, sure.

I guess we'll learn more in the other books but what I wouldn't give for writers nowadays to make each book interesting on its own - instead of needing the other two to complete it.