cover image My Soul Immortal

My Soul Immortal

Jen Printy. Red Adept, $14.99 trade paper (310p) ISBN 978-1-940215-25-9

Printy’s paranormal romance series launch is hamstrung from the start by the first-person present-tense narration. Jack Hammond has spent most of his life trying to die, haunted by the mystery of his immortality. He’s also spent 170 years relentlessly pining for his lost soul mate, Lydia. When he bumps into Leah, who greatly resembles Lydia, he transfers his obsession to her. Then an ominous man offers some of the answers Jack seeks, but with that knowledge comes danger. Unfortunately, Jack isn’t strong or interesting enough to carry the story; his development (and the plot’s advancement) relies heavily on info-heavy conversations rather than organic revelations. In most paranormal romance titles, the romance provides motivation and the paranormal provides conflict, but each misses the mark in this one, and the two sides are barely blended. The story’s style and substance are both too weak to sweep readers off their feet. [em](BookLife) [/em]