Ana makes the snap decision and decides she'd rather fall to her death than have a terrifying and fiery death. She is singed on the cheek by one of them and winds up between approaching sylph and the edge of a cliff. Ana gets lost in the forest and is attacked by deadly sylph which are huge shadow-like beings that burn their victims to death. Li is cruel to the end by giving her daughter a broken compass. Ana plans to travel to the large city of Heart and visit the Grand Library and find out about her parents and maybe learn why she was born. She has been a disgrace to her mother and was apparently abandoned by a father who was humiliated by her birth.

Li has characterized her daughter's status as a 'no soul,' someone without feeling or substance.

Everyone else has lived multiple lives before and has been reincarnated to live again and again. In a world that is five-thousand years old, Ana is the only 'new soul' ever to be born. Ana is different than literally everyone else in the land.Īlthough she has been isolated by her mother and not allowed to have friends or even talk with anyone else, everyone knows of her. She wants to find out what her purpose in life is and learn about her father who abandoned her when she was born. Ana is a spirited young woman who can't wait to escape from her mother and her isolated life in the forest.

Li is a cruel and abusive mother and Ana's life has been joyless. Jodi Meadows expertly weaves soul-deep romance, fantasy, and danger into an extraordinary tale of new life.Incarnate by Jodie Meadows is the story of eighteen year-old Ana who has lived her entire life with her mother, Li, in the Purple Cottage which is located in the middle of a forest setting. But can he love someone who may live only once, and will Ana's enemies-human and creature alike-let them be together? Ana needs to uncover the mistake that gave her someone else's life, but will her quest threaten the peace of Heart and destroy the promise of reincarnation for all? When he stands up for her, their relationship blooms. Sam believes Ana's new soul is good and worthwhile. When dragons and sylph attack the city, is Ana to blame? To escape her seclusion and learn whether she'll be reincarnated, Ana travels to the city of Heart, but its citizens are afraid of what her presence means. When Ana was born, another soul vanished, and no one knows why.Įven Ana's own mother thinks she's a nosoul, an omen of worse things to come, and has kept her away from society.

For thousands of years in Range, a million souls have been reincarnated over and over, keeping their memories and experiences from previous lifetimes.

Incarnate by jodi meadows