BETRAYED

Author: Jamie Leigh Hansen ISBN: 0765357208 1/2008 PARANORMAL Publisher: TOR
Reincarnation: Present /1075

A love found at first glance can last for lifetimes... This is their last chance. After nine loveless lives and nine horrible deaths, Kalyss must save Dreux from his stone prison—or pass without him into an empty eternity. When two strangers violently enter her life, Kalyss's gift awakens—along with the memory of her past lives—and she must learn who she can trust in order to break the cycle of hatred and betrayal that has held them captive for centuries. For only then can she free Dreux from his prison of stone. But will Kalyss be strong enough, now that the last chance has arrived—now that she must face not only the pain of this life, but of all her lives before?

RRAH's THOUGHTS AND PONDERINGS:

As brilliant as I want this book to be, it just isn't. The confusing storyline involving reincarnation and the rules to a "game" I cannot begin to fathom, makes it hard to understand. The fabulous writing and detailed scenes end up lost in the "what life is/was that" shuffle. Honestly, I'm struggling hard with this review because I want to like this book for the imagery and Holy themes alone. Jamie Leigh Hansen has some unabashed talent going on—I even had goose bumps during one traumatic scene—but I flounder at stating just what the heck BETRAYED is about!

Well, Jamie Leigh Hansen is an author I definitely want to hear from again. I enjoy her writing and characters, but I guess the heroine born every 100 years or so is just too convoluted for my brain.

Shannon Johnson