Book: Anew by Chelsea Fine

Book Info: Published by Acacia Publishing; purchased for my Nook

Genre: YA: Fantasy/Romance

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Goodreads.com Summary: Two years ago, Scarlet awoke in the forest alone, afraid, and unable to remember anything. Lost and confused, her life was a mystery…until she met a boy with a familiar voice. 

Gabriel Archer has a voice from her past, and Scarlet’s determined to remember why. She immerses herself in his life only to discover he has a brother he’s kept hidden from her: Tristan Archer. 

Upon meeting Tristan, Scarlet’s world becomes even more muddled. While she’s instinctively drawn to Gabriel, she’s impossibly drawn to Tristan–and confused out of her mind. As she tries to piece together her history Scarlet realizes her past…might just be the death of her.

I liked Anew.  There are some great ideas out there, and Anew is definitely one of them!

The curse is definitely interesting, and I like that having some immortal blood makes her die and come back to life, over and over.  And I thought the Fountain Of Youth element was really interesting too.  I don’t know much about the Fountain Of Youth myths, but I thought her take was definitely interesting.

There is a love triangle (of course) and it isn’t terribly annoying.  While Scarlet is torn between 2 brothers, one can love only her, while the other’s presence slowly kills her every time, literally breaking her heart.  It is refreshing to see a love triangle that’s so interesting and isn’t predictable.

While Scarlet’s guardian rarely appeared, I get the feeling there is more to her story that we’re not getting.  I hope we learn more about her in the next book.

Speaking of all the characters, I just couldn’t connect with any of them.  While the plot was interesting and engaging, I just didn’t care about what happened to the characters.  I thought they were boring and they are your standard characters for a YA novel.

I give it a 3 out of 5.  Interesting plot but boring characters.