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What I love most about this duet is the idea behind it, and not just the romantic ones. I love the idea that we are energy, that part of us gets reconfigured into other lives, and that we are meant to love the same people, maybe in different ways, but love them nonetheless. It is the idea that like love, we never really die. The Transcend Duet is ethereal and moving, showcasing the many types of love we need to survive in this world.

Jewel E. Ann’s prose ripped my soul open. She put me in their shoes, feeling everyone single fissure that didn’t quiet heal correctly. More importantly, she makes me understand. She takes this other-worldly idea, and creates a relationship between three people who we love. Griffin, Nate, and Swayze all have my utter devotion, and this is unusual for me. There is no villain. There is no one to blame. There are just three amazing characters caught up in a life they didn’t seek out or want, whose lives are inexplicably tied together.

The navigation of the relationships in Epoch is rocky and filled with so many mistakes and hurt emotions, but when the heart is involved and the past won’t let go there is no other path. Even with all the missteps, the evolution of love between Nate and Swayze and Griffin and Swayze is right. From the beginning, the reader feels it along with the characters. We know who she belongs with but also feel the pull to the other as well. As a result, the road to the end is difficult, she makes you work for the HEA along with the characters. She makes your heart bleed out on the floor, but there is a reward at the end. They way she brings them all together, each finding a rightful place with love and each other is breathtaking.

I do have conflicting feelings about the epilogue, and it is an irrational feeling. I know this because I loved the book. I ascribe to the ideology of not having soul mates, about being able to love multiple people, and I want to believe in the idea of reincarnation, the idea that we as souls evolve and change and that we find the person we are meant for in that life. On the other hand, my emotions, my heart, wanted it to end before the epilogue. I know why she did it. It is smart, and it solidifies the theme she worked so hard to convey, and, for that, I cannot give it a lower rating. Her epilogue is everything it absolutely should be, the perfect conclusion to this preternatural romance.

I have NEVER read anything like this duet, and I’m not sure if I ever will again. It tackles unfounded and unclear beliefs, and it challenges readers to have faith in love and spiritual philosophies and to acquiesce to the non-traditional love story. Overall, though, it exemplifies that love has no limits. Love is not held prisoner by time nor can it be contained in a box. It grows, changes, and evolves. Love is limitless. It transcends.

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