Here again, there again, back again, ...
Deja, please don't add the Vu, is the culmination of 1000yrs of her soul regrouping. Unknowing of her heritage, her previous lives, and her purpose on Earth, she stumbles into a fortune teller's booth on a whim. Hearing that her life is about to be turned upside down isn't exactly eye opening. Moving from Bakersfield to San Francisco already did that. But going from browbeating religion to love is love is nothing compared to the train fate is ready to run her down with. Three loves? Demons? She's a witch, and not just any witch, either. The hits keep coming, and the memories keep flooding in. But this reincarnation comes with a twist.
Spoilers ahead.
I've read the individuals before but was delighted to see them collected together. There is a Prequel available, too, for free. I liked the angle on Deja and her previous lives. It takes a brave author to take a twist on dogmatic beliefs and run with it. And a great author to make it worth reading. Deja, for all her 28yrs, comes off as much younger. In fact, it would almost make more sense for her to be very early 20s, except being a business owner wouldn't be as feasible. Her last incarnation, as a whole being, had her memory destroyed, so I loved that her name meant memory. The guys are distinctive, they never blue together. A feat to accomplish in a RH romance. While it is a romance, it is plot driven- not all about the smexy times. The magical parts are rather glossed over, and I'm still not sure exactly how old 1 of the main characters is. It's never mentioned, but even if they're a similar age as Deja, they also act younger. Which is why I'm confused. There are complete characters roaming the background, not just props, and they have their own tales to tell, too. A trilogy for one has been completed, and the other's is in progress now. I haven't read them yet, because while this story is complete, the world building isn't. Important characters to the foundation of everything get brief mentions, how covens run is a vague thing that's never explained, and 1 of my biggest questions of all is never addressed:
If Deja keeps reincarnating after her death (which was usually young) how does her family handle the transition? Think about it. She has 3 mates, they lose her but never worry because within a year she'll be back in another body. She'll have her memories, her eye color, her magic, but a new form. If she left behind young children, then her mates will be raising them still when she returns, right? How do her kids handle the new her? Especially if they pick right back up where they left off? Did they explain to them? Did they just pretend to find them a new mom and handle any resentment that popped up as it occurred? And since she usually reappeared as an adult, what happened with the life the new body was living? It would make more sense to be reborn each time. But, if that's all I can find to complain about, and I've done a few rereads in spite of it, then it just goes to show the abilities of the author to draw readers in.