Book Review | 'The Eternal Ones'

The Eternal Ones
Kirsten Miller
410 pg., U.S. Hardcover
Razorbill/Penguin

The Eternal Ones is the epic, romantic tale of two lovers who meet as a result of reincarnation. The story follows Haven Moore, a Southern dress-designer who discovers that she is a reincarnation of a woman named Constance Whitman after having multiple visions from the perspective of Whitman. Haven is accused of being full of 'demons' by the people in her Tennessee town, so she flees to New York City and meets Iain Morrow, the reincarnation of her past love, Ethan. But there are some dark secrets behind Morrow, as well as ones about a mysterious group called the Ouroboros Society.
Haven is a riveting, believable character that I loved from the get-go. She's rebellious but sweet, dangerous but loving, and fierce but tender. I admire Haven for her intellect and her cunning ways of figuring out the shrouded history of the Ouroboros Society.
I don't, however, like Iain. I rather like Beau, Haven's friend who assists with the designing of dresses. Iain is, at first, the stereotypical love interest, and even though more things are found out about him, he still just irked me. Although Beau is gay, I would have rather had Haven fall in love with him.
The plot was fast-paced and the book was one of those where you could put it down, but once you picked it back up again you didn't want to stop. I loved learning so much about the people that Haven, Iain, and others were reincarnated from and the characters that existed in the time of the story. I loved and hated Padma Singh, wanted to strangle Dr. Tidmore and Adam Rosier, and wanted to cry for Marta Vega. These are all the things that should happen when reading a book. I should care for the characters, and I did. The plot and the characters had that intimate relationship that is necessary in a book like this, and I'm glad I read it.
The Eternal Ones has a sequel, All You Desire, and it is in stores now.