Review: Worth reading before Infinite
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 25, 2014
Jodi Meadows happens to be one of my favorite authors in fantasy for young adult fiction. Phoenix Overture is a novella of the New Soul Trilogy, which I was praying would turn from a trilogy into a series. Just a book addict thought written out loud! If you are familiar with the New Soul Trilogy it rocks, starting off with Incarnate (New Soul 1) then Asunder (New Soul 2) I must admit I really like Incarnate more than Asunder but they were both great reads. I think every reader of this series wanted to know more about the character we were all loving and that was Sam. So author Jodi Meadows gave the readers what they needed a glimpse into Sam.This novella is short but gives you a glimpse into how Sam became an “old soul” how everyone became an “old soul” in their time. But before author Meadows takes you there she explains how Sam’s love for music is a life after life passion to him. How his mother was so dear to him and played a HUGE part in his music, even though this book said they would not remember the first life, the feelings and pain. I believe they do remember. This book opens Sam’s personality so much for the readers of the trilogy. A gateway to before the “old soul” way.It also opens up an entire new can of worms for me on how I feel about the characters. I recognize a lot of names including the hated Li. I do wish though that this book did not end where it did. I wanted just a little more. I was super excited about the centaurs as well as the dragons in this novella. I think Asunder lacked the mythical creatures. YES it had dragons but I need more still I want to read about what the trolls look like, how they attack. I wanted more and we got a little more with the introduction of centaur attacks!!!!!! YIIIIIPPPEEEE!!! Hopefully we get more mythical creatures in Infinite the last book that is coming out in 9 days!