I received this book from the author in exchange for my
honest opinion.
Jodie Devlin believes that her boyfriend is in love with
someone else and decides to end her own life.
She wakes up in the Afterlife and is told that because she foolishly
ended her life, she now has to learn from her mistakes before she can move on
to the next life. She is given a job as
a reaper and must search for the souls who have not moved on because of some past
trauma. Luc Asante is assigned as her trainer
until she is able to learn how to capture the lost souls. Luc is not interested in training anyone and
wants to be left alone. He was betrayed
by his wife during his life and doesn’t trust women. He feels that Jodie is too soft to be a reaper
and expects her to fail miserably. He is
more worried about ruining his perfect record than teaching her the ropes.
Jodie and Luc must
try to convince all types of souls to move on with them and each soul presents
a challenge for them. Luc prefers to
ignore the suffering and pain that the souls have endured and wants to capture
them quickly. Jodie, on the other hand,
takes the time to understand why they are suffering and why they refused to
move on. With each capture she learns
about regret, deception, betrayal, anger, and remorse so that she can help the
souls cross over. At the same time, Luc
starts to feel the pain that the souls are feeling and it weakens him. He can’t understand why he is suffering and
tries to ignore it. The problem comes
when Luc is drained to the point of exhaustion and can’t help but relive his
painful past. Will he learn the truth about his past and what is needed to move
on to the next life before it’s too late? Is Jodie strong enough to forget about her
painful past and all the reasons why she ended her life so that she can move on
from the Afterlife?
I loved how Ms. Ardito created a unique version of the
Afterlife using common elements like reapers and escaped souls and breathing
new life into them. Instead of the Afterlife
being a scary place filled with torment, there are kind Elders who want to help
the deceased overcome their personal issues and learn from their mistakes so
that they can find happiness. I thought
that it was an interesting concept that the reapers were considered to be balls
of energy that can manipulate their form at will. My
only negative comment is about the sentence structure and how the author tended
to write in fragments. Perhaps this was a style choice, but it made the reading
a little choppy at times.
I found Eternally Yours to be a refreshing take on a subject
that is well-know and dear to my heart.
I know that this is the first book in the series and I am interested to
see how the series progresses. I give this
book 4.5 stars and look forward to future reaper stories.
A Refreshing Take on the Afterlife!
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