Haven Moore has always known she's different: there are the talents that can't be explained; the knowledge of places she's never been; and, then there are the visions that overwhelm her - terrifying visions of a life that ended tragically two decades earlier and more than a thousand miles away in New York City. The citizens of Haven's rural, highly religious community, believe that she's been possessed by a demon. But this is no demon: it's reincarnation. Haven journeys all the way to Manhattan in search of clues about her past life and a decades-old murder. One wrong move could lead her into the clutches of the sinister villain at the center of a conspiracy much larger than she could have ever imagined. But if she makes the right choices, Haven will find the answers she's been seeking her entire life. This is an epic and thrilling romance set in the snake-handling churches of Appalachia, the dusty ruins of ancient Rome, and the grand mansions of Manhattan. "The Eternal Ones" tells the story of the first battle in a war between undying love and eternal evil.
I am IN LOVE with this book. I never wanted to put it down. The story flowed so well and I found myself researching information on reincarnation after finishing the book. Haven's character is so likeable and I was rooting for her throughout the whole book. I felt terrible for her, being forced to live with a super religious grandmother and a mother who was battling her own demons (so to speak). Her grandmother has to entire town (not that it's that large of a town) thinking that Haven is possessed by a demon because she has been having visions her entire life about her past life as a woman named Constance who was in love with a man named Ethan. They were both members of the Ouroboros Society, an organization for people who remember their past lives. Constance and Ethan were killed in a fire and a lot of mystery surrounds their deaths. Haven's visions reveal more and more about Constance and Ethan's life together and one day Haven sees an actor on TV that she just knows is Ethan, reincarnated. Enter Iain Morrow. Iain is a bad boy. And he has been accused of murdering Jeremy Johns, a singer. Haven heads to New York to find Iain and when she does everything falls together. Iain really is Ethan and he has been looking for Haven. But Haven has a hard time trusting Iain. With so much action surrounding a now corrupted Ouroboros Society, Iain-who can't seem to tell the truth-, and even the devil in the flesh, Haven life goes from small town hell to having no words to describe it. While this is a kind of thick book, it only took me a day to read. I couldn't put it down. Every time I turned the page there was more action and everything was linked together in some way. No detail is left forgotten. This would make an excellent movie, and the ending is open for a possible sequel. I would reread this book many times, I have a feeling this is the type of book that would surprise you with every reading.
