I’ve read far too many books about reincarnation lately, so I expected to preview this one and quickly remove it from my TBR. Instead, I ended up reading the entire thing in a single sitting. It was really, really well done. It still wasn’t the story I was looking for in reincarnation books, but it didn’t follow the same pattern as every other one I’ve read. It was different and unique, and extremely well-written.

I loved the aspect of dealing with the uber-religious Tennessee mountain town, where Haven (the main character) is persecuted for having fainting fits (devil possession) and her best friend Beau is persecuted for being gay. This added a whole new dimension to the book that was wonderful. I loved all the religious undertones, even if I thought some of them were a bit crazy and reminded me of some of the things I’d experienced in my own life. The only thing that took away from the book for me was how naive Haven was. All the characters were so well written so that it was obvious who were the good guys and bad guys. Nothing surprised me. But Haven – she never knew who to trust, which got on my nerves. Some of the things that she felt were betrayals were so transparent I wanted to smack her. Especially when she was being protected when she thought she was being betrayed. But that was a minor thing, and for the most part I wholly enjoyed this one!!