Reincarnation: a concept that a good portion of the world believes in, and one usually set aside by Christian America. Can it explain the pervasive deja vu that seems to permeate some of our lives? Do you think that when you meet someone for the “first time” and it feels instantly familiar it could be because you have intimately known that person’s spirit beforehand?

While I do not believe in reincarnation, I do believe in a pre-mortal existence. I believe that many of us did know each other before we arrived on this Earth, and that sometimes when you meet these people it can be very obvious that you have forged a connection before this life. Because of this belief, it is easy for me to understand how people can believe in reincarnation- something has to explain that comfort, that knowing that cannot be explained any other way.

Author M.J. Rose creates an exquisite tale explaining this concept and the consequences surrounding pre life flashbacks in her novel The Reincarnationist. This was one of the best thrillers I have read this year. Truly unpredictable, the book weaves in and around several time periods and characters, leaving the reader to wonder how it can all connect in the end. The book was seductive, fast paced, detail oriented & intelligently written, and absolute recipe for success.

Josh Ryder is a photo journalist who begins to have flashbacks to his past lives after becoming the victim of a suicide bomber. As he searches through these memories he begins to get closer and closer to the secrets in his past, and others cross his path that complete the holes in his story, and suddenly he goes from a man with a curiosity to a man with a desperate mission, dependant totally on knowledge he had to remember from his past.

I received the book in the mail yesterday around two and had it devoured by bedtime- I literally couldn’t put it down. It was intense, and the imagery was so clear that reading it I felt as though I was actually in ancient Rome. I just love reading a book that is so detail conscious I feel as though I can smell and hear what is happening! Passionate in every way, this book is a total winner that I know I will read again and again. I know I’ll also seek out more of this author’s work.