Jodi Meadows

The thrilling and romantic second novel in the Incarnate trilogy, a fantasy series about a girl who is the first new soul born into a society where everyone else has been reborn hundreds of times. As a Newsoul, Ana has always felt alone. Some residents of Heart are afraid of Ana's presence, a constant reminder of unstoppable change and the unknown. When the people turn violent, Ana must learn to stand up not only for herself, but also for those who cannot stand up for themselves. Romantic and action-filled, the rich world of Asunder is perfect for fans of epic fantasy, like Graceling by Kristin Cashore and The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson, while Ana's courage to expose the cracks in society and fight for what is right is ideal for fans of dystopian novels.

Asunder

After the devastation of Templedark, eighteen-year-old Ana must stand up for the additional newsouls and figure out the mystery of their--and her--existence.

Monicap

So. This book. It was very serious, and yet I just closed it and I’m thinking about it and finding it hard not to laugh.
	
This book—this series—is just so weird.

I LIKE the fantasy aspect. I am a HUGE fan of fantasy, so yeah, this series is cool.

But, I mean, book 1 was serious with the whole “Omigod, how the hell is she Newsoul?” conspiracy going on, and also with the (people dying at the) end, and the whole thing about her mom, who, by the way, I still hold to be a serious bitch.
But… there was also the bit about how sometimes people were born as girls and boys and it’s all very confusing and funny, and how sometimes you had the toddlers yelling at you ‘My name isn’t X, it’s Z!” which was also very funny.
So there’s the mix of funny in with the serious.

 So, the funny part of this book might not be funny too everyone, but I found it extremely amusing. 
Throughout a large chunk of this book, there was one thing repeating in my head. I said it out loud a couple times, and occasionally sang to the tune of ‘Girls Just Wanna Have Fun’
That one thing was: “Ana Just Wanna Have Sex’. With Sam. Ana just wanna have sex with Sam.
Unfortunately, Sam is like five thousand years old and Ana’s only—what is she—18, 19? And Sam is pretty chivalrous to boot, so that didn’t fly.
Because, the sex thing was not only amusing, but also serious.
Moreover, it seems that EVERY. SINGLE. OTHER. CHARACTER. THAT. WE. HAVE. MET. is in love with Sam as well, because they’ve all had sex with him at one point and apparently he is just that good. 

Which actually brings to me one of the MOST ANNOYING THINGS to happen this book. Stef is suddenly VERY uncool. Because she wants some more Sam sex, but he’s too dang busy being in love with Ana.

Since I just finished reading it and the end is fresh in my mind, Stef brings me to Cris.

Cris was mentioned in book one. We met him pretty quickly in this book. And I don’t completely understand why there was so much emphasis there. I mean, okay, so remember what I said about everyone being in love with Sam? Guess who everyone includes.
So there was a little bit of weirdness between Cris and Sam. 
But the weirdness wasn’t as weird as the EMPHASIS put on the weirdness.
It was like, every time Sam and Cris were in the same room, Ana had to think about how weird they acted around each other.
Basically a neon sign from the author; THIS IS IMPORTANT. PAY ATTENTION TO THIS.
And I get that it was there and it was thing. But it wasn’t really that important.
And then, of course, there was end (view spoiler)[wherein, having met Cris just this book, he promptly died. Like, for good died. (hide spoiler)]. I don’t really know to make of this exactly. Hopefully there will be some significance added to this in book three.

And taking about Cris at the end compels to me to talk about the actual end. So, here are my thoughts:

Hold up! What the hell? So, about halfway through this book, Ana took her second trip to the temple, which was very confusing, and I recall there being someone other than Janan in the walls in there. So, when the Cris thing happened, I was like: wait. What? Are there now three people in there? What the hell is going on?!?

While I’m thinking of Janan, I better mention that, YES, he does have master plan. *sigh* Thank god.

You know, there was just a lot of stuff going on in this book, and it’s not all lined up quite the way it’s supposed to be in my head. So I will reread this book, and he first, when the third one comes out. 

Because it wasn’t bad. Understand this: I ENJOYED this book. I just don’t quite get everything.

So, 4 out of 5 stars.

But if Stef is still uncool in book three, then book three is probably gonna have a lower rating.

Rachel Kanyid

Michelle Boyea

I can't decide if this book was better or worse than the first one. The plot was better, and it was more engaging. However, the people in the book irritate me. I get that Ana has had a hard life, but she needs to accept it and get past it before she hurts those that care about her. Sam has been incredibly patient with her, more patient than most guys would be. However, he does need to realize that while there is a 5,000 year age gap between them....they are the same age in this life. But having 5,000 years of memories and experiences that someone else does not have would make a relationship challenging to say the least.

Now that more newsouls are being born, the people are even more up in arms about it. That was a very nice plot twist at the end of the book about the reincarnation. I did enjoy that surprise.

This is definitely not a series that I will buy or even reread most likely. I will be reading the third book simply because I do not like leaving off in the middle of a series.

Hopes for the third book:
Ana stops feeling sorry for herself and cuts Sam some slack
The newsouls are freed
Janan is overthrown
Sam realizes the 5,000 year age difference doesn't matter
Less storyline portraying who likes whom

Another 3/5 stars for me

Danielle H.

Gaahhh this was so good! So good I can't even put together an intelligent review at the moment (it's also pretty late). I binge-read this book all evening; I could not put it down. A more detailed review to come when I am more awake and able to form coherent sentences.

Asunder

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