Mrs, Jones is indeed an outstanding writer. I lived, laughed and cried a lot. The outstanding tale of lives, the imaginative of our souls being part of the cosmos or heavens. One I would not have imagine others wise. Absolutely Beautiful.
This book was so good. ND Jones is becoming an autobuy author for me. Every book of hers that I read touched my heart. The bonds in this book between husband and wife, friends, lovers, and family made this book worth reading. I don't want to say too much and ruin it but this book was definitely worth the one-click. I almost feel like I owe her money since it was free
This was a very well written and imaginative story about two soul mates, Zion and Lela, and their journey back to each other. This is different from the other works I've read, by Jones. The tone was sad and heavy at times. During the first 15% of the book I had to take a couple of breaks. Her soul mate died ( that's not a spoiler, it's in the synopsis). I was overly emotional about it because The writer is so talented that I could feel the ferocity that he loved Lela with, but he had to go. I'm getting teary-eyed again. Anyway, I won't give too much away. The writing is excellent, there is some humor to break up the heaviness, and it does end with a HEA. This is a smut less book. The sex scenes are implied or not in graphic detail. I have a daughter in high school who likes romance and emotional reads. I would let her read it. 5 big meant-to-be stars! Great job N.D.
This book was so good. ND Jones is becoming an autobuy author for me. Every book of hers that I read touched my heart. The bonds in this book between husband and wife, friends, lovers, and family made this book worth reading. I don't want to say too much and ruin it but this book was definitely worth the one-click. I almost feel like I owe her money since it was free
The concept of soul mates is not a new one. Plato explored the idea in his Symposium and it is a concept present in much romantic fiction. Typically, however, soul mates are people fated to be together throughout time, even before they meet. That is a nice, romantic, idealistic notion, but I think I prefer ND Jones' take on the subject. In Bound Souls, we are introduced a literally alien culture. There are rituals for all things, especially those pertaining to mating, and one of those rituals allows a mated pair to bind their souls together so that they will be guaranteed to be together after death. The trouble arises when one spouse still lives after their soul-bonded mate dies. How that knot is untangled involves the meat of the story, so I will allow the reader to explore that for themselves.
The setting, while definitely alien, is internally consistent enough that I did not feel like I couldn't understand what was going on. My occasional confusion arose from the flashbacks throughout the novel because I did not realize I was reading about the past at first and that popped me out of the flow of the story the first couple of times. Without giving any spoilers I do feel I need to say that the ending was a little schmaltzy for my taste. For a romance novel about bound souls, there are no explicit sex scenes, so the book can be enjoyed by readers 14+ who enjoy a philosophical take on the afterlife.
Reviewed by HR Duby for Romance Authors that Rock
