Reincarnation (After I Finished the Book)

If you've read other books in this same genre, how does this one compare?


Reincarnation by Suzanne Weyn is a story of two souls that always find their way back to each other each cycle they are reincarnated. There are multiple characters in a sense, they have somewhat similar yet different personalities, but either of them always have a fear of fire, many times when they were reincarnated, several times, one of them had a weak ankle, but always, in each cycle, they come across some type of green gem, which is what they both fought over and died over when they first met. 


Each time they are reincarnated, they often are already married, or engaged, or there is some obstacle that keeps them from being able to be together. In one cycle, the father disapproved of it, and she was already set to be engaged to someone else. Many times, they fall for each other through their meeting, and they feel a strong bond and odd connection to each other, one that makes them feel as if they have known each other before, although in their lifetime, they never remembered the other. They instantly grow close and form a strong bond with the other, but most times, one of them is killed by someone who sees their love and is jealous of it, so they try to get rid of the other, or in one case, the girl died because of a misunderstanding between her and the boy because of a jealous girl that loved the boy, and didn't understand their relationship, and why she was unwilling to give up her current life in praise of Athena, for the suitable mate instead.


Unlike the often perchance meeting and falling in love in many romance novels I come across, the two souls in Reincarnation come across each other coincidentally often, but when they meet, there's still that instant attraction, but they get a feeling of déjà vu that I've never read from any other romance novels. 

As she sipped the water she studied his hazel eyes and brown curly hair. "Have I met you before?" she asked.

"I don't believe so. I'm not from around here."

"I just experienced the most overwhelming déjà vu. Do you know that expression?" (pg.249-250)

Their strong bond is also shown when they meet each other, in one of the first times they met each other as Samantha and Jake:

He smiled apologetically. "Sorry. Every time I look at you I feel like I'm trying to remember something that I can't get a hold of."

"Me, too," she said.

"Really?"

"Really." When she looked at him she felt it, too. It was something she felt was just out of reach, like trying to recall someone's name that she once knew but could no longer quite call to mind. (pg. 288-289)

Because it is always the same two souls meeting time and time again over the centuries, they have a stronger connection with each other than couples from other romance stories. They feel some odd connection between them when they first meet, but because it was in a past life, they are unable to point out exactly from what they recognize the other.