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Ana is new. For thousands of years in Range, a million souls have been reincarnated over and over, keeping their memories and expe... read full description
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Jan 11, 2012
Lyndsey
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A gorgeous YA utopian tale! Nope, not dystopian. Do you know the difference?
This book blew me away with... a Masquerade Ball, reincarnation, slyph, dragons, music, souls, butterfly, slow burn romance, tension, laser pistols, massive library, war stories, dragon battles. Need I go on? I mean - Wow.
I read this in a flurry of addiction. I just couldn't get enough of the world and it's goings-ons. Completely entrancing.
The Rundown
Ana was born into a so More...
This book blew me away with... a Masquerade Ball, reincarnation, slyph, dragons, music, souls, butterfly, slow burn romance, tension, laser pistols, massive library, war stories, dragon battles. Need I go on? I mean - Wow.
I read this in a flurry of addiction. I just couldn't get enough of the world and it's goings-ons. Completely entrancing.
The Rundown
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Feb 21, 2012
Stephanie
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I am extremely disappointed with this book. It held so much promise with the story of souls being reincarnated, dragons, sylphs, and a utopian society! Doesn't that sound awesome? And that cover! It's simply gorgeous! Well, you know that age old rule, "Don't judge a book by its cover?" I should have listened to it. -_-
Ana, our protagonist, lives in a world where once you die you come back reincarnated in another body. Everyone always comes back, except on one night when More...
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Jan 19, 2012
Soumi (in love with PUCK)
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There's always the option of deciding for yourself who you are and what you'll become.
Do you believe in Reincarnation? I do. This is the first reason why I chose this book. Of course the cover is Epic, most beautiful cover I have ever seen. The complete theme of reincarnation of souls was innovative and refreshing. This book is definitely a page turner.
A Vague Indication
The story was set in a dystopian world where souls reincarnate million times, each time in a ne More...
Do you believe in Reincarnation? I do. This is the first reason why I chose this book. Of course the cover is Epic, most beautiful cover I have ever seen. The complete theme of reincarnation of souls was innovative and refreshing. This book is definitely a page turner.
A Vague Indication
The story was set in a dystopian world where souls reincarnate million times, each time in a ne More...
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Jul 24, 2011
Kathleen
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Incarnate deserves to be placed alongside His Dark Materials and The Lord of the Rings as one of the most inventive examples of world-building ever set to paper. Not only has Meadows created a rich and detailed world for her characters to inhabit, she's brave enough to let them ask difficult questions of themselves, their world, and what it would really mean to live in a perpetual cycle of birth and rebirth.
Very rarely, five stars doesn't seem to go far enough. This is one of those tim
Very rarely, five stars doesn't seem to go far enough. This is one of those tim
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Dec 12, 2011
Kat
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Incarnate had such an interesting premise that I rushed to request the ARC. The concept of a society of people constantly reincarnating and being reborn to each other was too good to pass up. Blue Bloods had a poor crack at it and I hoped Incarnate would fare better. Alas, no. What Incarnate had the opportunity of doing was taking philosophy by the horns and riding that bull like a cowboy at a rodeo. Instead, incarnate chose Philosophy!Bull's friend, Philosophy Show Pony and skipped along v
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Nov 26, 2011
Jillian -always aspiring-
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(Actual Rating: 3.5 stars)
In the growing world of young adult dystopian literature, Incarnate is an odd beast, blending elements of dystopia, utopia, fantasy, and even science fiction. Instead of reading like a seamless story, however, Jodi Meadows's debut novel sends many mixed vibes, to the point that the whole package feels like a mish-mash of concepts where some could have been cut as "excess." The novel actually reminded me of The Host by Stephenie Meyer: I mean that More...
In the growing world of young adult dystopian literature, Incarnate is an odd beast, blending elements of dystopia, utopia, fantasy, and even science fiction. Instead of reading like a seamless story, however, Jodi Meadows's debut novel sends many mixed vibes, to the point that the whole package feels like a mish-mash of concepts where some could have been cut as "excess." The novel actually reminded me of The Host by Stephenie Meyer: I mean that More...
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Jan 27, 2012
Giselle
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NEWSOUL
Incarnate gives us a fresh, new soul in YA. Originality at its core, Jodi Meadows has written an incredible world with dragons, sylphs, laser pistols, temple with heartbeats; really- how much more imaginative can it get? I was blown away with the imagery that formed in my mind while reading this book. It's a gorgeous, but notably frightening world. I did have a bit of difficulty swallowing the fact that, since everyone is always being reincarnated, they give birth to people they alre More...
Incarnate gives us a fresh, new soul in YA. Originality at its core, Jodi Meadows has written an incredible world with dragons, sylphs, laser pistols, temple with heartbeats; really- how much more imaginative can it get? I was blown away with the imagery that formed in my mind while reading this book. It's a gorgeous, but notably frightening world. I did have a bit of difficulty swallowing the fact that, since everyone is always being reincarnated, they give birth to people they alre More...
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Dec 11, 2011
Sam
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4.5 stars
What is a soul, but a consciousness born and born again?
"Who am I?" My first spoken words.
"No one," she said. "Nosoul."
For some reason or another, I thought this book was a dystopian novel. If anything, the idea of the city of Heart and a million souls who know each other being reincarnated and reunited again after death is almost a utopia. I've shelved this in science-fiction - not entirely accurate as there is a prominen More...
What is a soul, but a consciousness born and born again?
"Who am I?" My first spoken words.
"No one," she said. "Nosoul."
For some reason or another, I thought this book was a dystopian novel. If anything, the idea of the city of Heart and a million souls who know each other being reincarnated and reunited again after death is almost a utopia. I've shelved this in science-fiction - not entirely accurate as there is a prominen More...
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Feb 04, 2012
Ace
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There was no telling if I’d be reborn when I died, but the waltz began and ended with my four notes. He’d built the music around things that reminded him of me. And now this name. My name.
Why I Read This
First, the cover is absolutely gorgeous. Second, this book deals with reincarnation. Third, the love interest’s name is Sam. It’s really difficult to find a reason not to read a book with all these points working for it.
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Incarnate follows A More...
Why I Read This
First, the cover is absolutely gorgeous. Second, this book deals with reincarnation. Third, the love interest’s name is Sam. It’s really difficult to find a reason not to read a book with all these points working for it.
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Nov 23, 2011
Isamlq
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3/5
The idea of a definite set of souls being born over and over again is a novel one that drew me in. And right now it’s quite obvious that I’d not read anything quite like it before. So I enjoyed it, but was confused by some of it.
The different. There be dragons, sylphs and other things, but the most fantastic element was the people themselves. There’s a definite number of souls in their world, and it was them all through out. There was a familiarity among them that I enjoy More...
The idea of a definite set of souls being born over and over again is a novel one that drew me in. And right now it’s quite obvious that I’d not read anything quite like it before. So I enjoyed it, but was confused by some of it.
The different. There be dragons, sylphs and other things, but the most fantastic element was the people themselves. There’s a definite number of souls in their world, and it was them all through out. There was a familiarity among them that I enjoy More...
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Jan 27, 2012
Ari
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As beautiful as the cover!
These days I’m a bit out of sync when it comes to the books I read.. I like some books that others don’t, and I don’t like the books the others love, I feel like I’m missing something.
This books is one of the books I loved, while some of my book fellows didn’t.. I don’t know what’s the element that really made me like it so much, but I know that from the very beginn More...
“If I only get one life, I don’t want to waste it by hesitating”
These days I’m a bit out of sync when it comes to the books I read.. I like some books that others don’t, and I don’t like the books the others love, I feel like I’m missing something.
This books is one of the books I loved, while some of my book fellows didn’t.. I don’t know what’s the element that really made me like it so much, but I know that from the very beginn More...
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Feb 11, 2012
Incarnate is one of those rare reads that is really going to stand out against the other books in its genre. This book has it all; two amazing main characters, creatures of fantasy, amazing descriptions… All together, this makes for quite an interesting read.
The main character is Ana, who is a new soul. She is also the only new soul. All the others around her have been reincarnated over and over for thousands of years. Unfortunately, Ana does not know exactly why she’s the one and on More...
The main character is Ana, who is a new soul. She is also the only new soul. All the others around her have been reincarnated over and over for thousands of years. Unfortunately, Ana does not know exactly why she’s the one and on More...
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Feb 11, 2012
Zoey
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This book stole my heart, broke it in half, stomped on the pieces, and then mended it. Incarnate isn't just about a girl with a new soul in a society of people thousands of years old - it's about a girl learning to accept herself even when most others won't.
Ana is, by far, the best part of this book. (And that's saying a lot, considering how I thought the entire thing was pretty much perfect.) She's grown up with only Li, who's always told Ana that she's a mistake. That she can't hav More...
Ana is, by far, the best part of this book. (And that's saying a lot, considering how I thought the entire thing was pretty much perfect.) She's grown up with only Li, who's always told Ana that she's a mistake. That she can't hav More...
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Jan 20, 2012
Mocha ღ Latte
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Incarnate by Jodi Meadows
Is So Much More Then Another Pretty Cover
I'm a horrible person! There, I admit it! I'm a cover sleaze. I am unfaithful to beautiful YA covers everywhere! One moment I find myself lusting after one gorgeous book cover, and the next moment I'm drooling over another. Dearest Jodi, Incarnate is my latest notch on the belt. It's absolutely gorgeous, I highly doubt anyone would ever More...
Incarnate by Jodi Meadows
Is So Much More Then Another Pretty Cover
I'm a horrible person! There, I admit it! I'm a cover sleaze. I am unfaithful to beautiful YA covers everywhere! One moment I find myself lusting after one gorgeous book cover, and the next moment I'm drooling over another. Dearest Jodi, Incarnate is my latest notch on the belt. It's absolutely gorgeous, I highly doubt anyone would ever More...
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Aug 19, 2011
Arlene
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Overall, I have mixed feelings about Incarnate by Jodi Meadows. There were definitely aspects of the story I found creative and the narrative flowed quite well, but I think Meadows’s take on reincarnation was difficult for me to embrace. Putting it frankly, it goes against my belief system and at times I did feel Meadows was pushing some sort of agenda that I wasn’t quite willing to accept.
Now, I don’t know if I would classify this story as YA Utopian . To me, there were elements of More...
Now, I don’t know if I would classify this story as YA Utopian . To me, there were elements of More...
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Jan 21, 2012
Anna
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If you follow me on Twitter then you know how excited I was to find Incarnate on my doorstep. This book was on my wishlist for AGES, and I spent a lot of time talking to Jodi online about how much I adore her and the gorgeous cover of her debut novel. Let me just say, she did not disappoint!!! Incarnate really deserves 5+ stars, but I only have a 5 star rating system. The only downfall was that sometimes things got a bit jumbled an More...
If you follow me on Twitter then you know how excited I was to find Incarnate on my doorstep. This book was on my wishlist for AGES, and I spent a lot of time talking to Jodi online about how much I adore her and the gorgeous cover of her debut novel. Let me just say, she did not disappoint!!! Incarnate really deserves 5+ stars, but I only have a 5 star rating system. The only downfall was that sometimes things got a bit jumbled an More...
Jan 19, 2012
Jen Bigheart
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4.5 Stars
Ana (which translates to nosoul) should never have been born into a world of 100 million souls that have been reincarnated over and over again for centuries. Make that 99 million now that Ana was born and a reincarnated soul didn't come back. To say the least, her birth wasn't taken well. Ana is taken from Heart to live with her "snake-hearted" moth More...
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4.5 Stars
Ana (which translates to nosoul) should never have been born into a world of 100 million souls that have been reincarnated over and over again for centuries. Make that 99 million now that Ana was born and a reincarnated soul didn't come back. To say the least, her birth wasn't taken well. Ana is taken from Heart to live with her "snake-hearted" moth More...
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Jan 26, 2012
Mith
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Gah. No no no no no NO!
What was this mess?
So there's this city, right? Every person in that city is a reincarnated soul, right? Except for this one girl, let's call her Bessie (I forgot her name), who is a new soul - she was born in place of a to-be-reincarnated soul. So everybody hates her, including her own mother. So, the girl leaves home on her birthday to find out the truth behind her birth and what went wrong with the other soul, then runs into some sha More...
What was this mess?
So there's this city, right? Every person in that city is a reincarnated soul, right? Except for this one girl, let's call her Bessie (I forgot her name), who is a new soul - she was born in place of a to-be-reincarnated soul. So everybody hates her, including her own mother. So, the girl leaves home on her birthday to find out the truth behind her birth and what went wrong with the other soul, then runs into some sha More...
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Feb 03, 2012
Gabrielle Carolina
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An intriguing fantastical debut that will most assuredly be the beginning of a fantastic series!
Posing interesting questions, sharp plot turns and consistent characterization Incarnate was a thrill ride from page one.
Long Review TK
Posing interesting questions, sharp plot turns and consistent characterization Incarnate was a thrill ride from page one.
Long Review TK
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Dec 09, 2011
Phoebe
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Full review at the Intergalactic Academy.
In one of my favorite-ever pieces of Internet writing, a blog post at tor.com called “SF Reading protocols,” Jo Walton writes:
“Having a world unfold in one’s head is the fundamental SF experience. It’s a lot of what I read for. Delany has a long passage about how your brain expands while reading the sentence “The red sun is high, the blue low”—how it fills in doubled purple shadows on the planet of a binary star. I think it go More...
In one of my favorite-ever pieces of Internet writing, a blog post at tor.com called “SF Reading protocols,” Jo Walton writes:
“Having a world unfold in one’s head is the fundamental SF experience. It’s a lot of what I read for. Delany has a long passage about how your brain expands while reading the sentence “The red sun is high, the blue low”—how it fills in doubled purple shadows on the planet of a binary star. I think it go More...
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Jan 03, 2012
Katie(babs)
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Incarnate has the makings of a great book, or rather the idea had merit, because it’s a different type of story that’s being marketed in the current YA being published. Unfortunately, Jodi Meadows is a weak writer and the way she tries to explain why things are the way they are in the world she has created is flat and doesn’t really make sense when all is said and done. I hate when an author expects readers to take things at face value and not question the why’s and how’s.Incarnate is a book tha
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Jan 15, 2012
Kim
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Feb 09, 2012
Jude
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Incarnate blew me away. Seriously my favorite book in its genre so far. It was that good. And the cover is amazing! Now onto to the review:
I’m usually not a big fan of fantasy, they tend to lack some deep and such, so the fact that Incarnate has the best female character I have read ever is astonishing. From the summary you know that Anna is different. She’s a Nosoul, and as such she was raised to believe she was not worthy of loving thing More...
Incarnate blew me away. Seriously my favorite book in its genre so far. It was that good. And the cover is amazing! Now onto to the review:
I’m usually not a big fan of fantasy, they tend to lack some deep and such, so the fact that Incarnate has the best female character I have read ever is astonishing. From the summary you know that Anna is different. She’s a Nosoul, and as such she was raised to believe she was not worthy of loving thing More...
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Jan 10, 2012
Nina
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First of all, how gorgeous is that cover?! I am not ashamed to admit that beautiful covers draw me in, but in Incarnate the story was just as beautiful. If only every YA fantasy was as exciting, original and well written as Incarnate, but it really is the butterfly of its genre. I can already tell that Incarnate will be on my Top 10 of 2012 lists, and I'm saying that in January!
Ana is incredible. For the first eighteen years of her life, she has been taught that she is a nosoul, unwort More...
Ana is incredible. For the first eighteen years of her life, she has been taught that she is a nosoul, unwort More...
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Jan 10, 2012
Lisa
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In the world of Incarnate, everyone's been reincarnated hundreds of times while keeping their memories from every generation. It's always been this way…until Ana was born. After a girl named Ciana disappeared and was never reincarnated, a mysterious "nosoul" was born instead. Soul Tellers had never come across her soul before because she was living her first and only life. If you love the concept of reincarnation, this beautif More...
In the world of Incarnate, everyone's been reincarnated hundreds of times while keeping their memories from every generation. It's always been this way…until Ana was born. After a girl named Ciana disappeared and was never reincarnated, a mysterious "nosoul" was born instead. Soul Tellers had never come across her soul before because she was living her first and only life. If you love the concept of reincarnation, this beautif More...
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Dec 29, 2011
Amanda
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This book was sooo AMAZING!!! I was head over heels in love with Jodi Meadows characters, Ana and Sam <3 From the first moment I saw the cover of this awesome book, I knew I had to read it. Am totally into reincarnation and dragons, sylphs and music! It had the best romance scenes, that I was fanning my self with what Jodi was writing. I was also chatting with her on Twitter when I was reading it! Its so awesome to talk to Jodi:) Sam is my new love interest..... he plays piano and he takes care
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Jan 31, 2012
Michelle
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Posted on Book Chelle.
For a reader, there is an imaginary line that appears when we read a book. For me, that line determines how my imagination reacts to what I'm reading. For me, it also determines how much I connect with a book.
Jodi Meadows' Incarnate quickly had me crossing that line. My imagination was fueled by the wonderful images that Meadows wrote about. It wasn't just a book filled with words, instead it was a tool for a wonderful sensory adventure. Not only did More...
For a reader, there is an imaginary line that appears when we read a book. For me, that line determines how my imagination reacts to what I'm reading. For me, it also determines how much I connect with a book.
Jodi Meadows' Incarnate quickly had me crossing that line. My imagination was fueled by the wonderful images that Meadows wrote about. It wasn't just a book filled with words, instead it was a tool for a wonderful sensory adventure. Not only did More...
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Nov 16, 2011
Alaiel
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First of all, let me clarify something: I'm giving this book 5 cheeses but, if I could I would put six or seven. That's how amazing it was.
And I'm afraid I won't be able to write coherent things in this review and that the only thing you are going to keep reading in every single line is that I LOVED this book.
But I promise I'm trying to take deep breaths to calm myself down.
I think it's working. Now I have to put order in my head (to many things I want to say, sorry).
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And I'm afraid I won't be able to write coherent things in this review and that the only thing you are going to keep reading in every single line is that I LOVED this book.
But I promise I'm trying to take deep breaths to calm myself down.
I think it's working. Now I have to put order in my head (to many things I want to say, sorry).
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Jan 01, 2012
SHANA - Sizzling Reads
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2/5 STARS!
I want to cry. I want to slam my laptop against the wall. I wanted to love this so so so much, and now my first read of 2012 has to end up in a negative review.
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I wanted to give this 1 star, but the cover, combined with the reasons behind it, was probably the only good thing about this story. One for the story itself, and another for the symbolism.
I feel cheated.
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