Remember Pompeii by Kika Emers

Item: Remember Pompeii
Rating: 5
Author: karenbaron

Posted August 9, 2024 by karenbaron in Fantasy, Review, Romance, Young Adult / 0 Comments

I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy from NetGalley, the Author. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

Remember Pompeii

by Kika Emers

Series: Wanshiqi Trilogy #1
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Published by Independently Published on April 30, 2024
Setting: California
Genres: YA Romance Fantasy
Pages: 328
Format: Kindle, Paperback
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She's lived 200 lifetimes. And never turned 17.

Kali Brewster isn’t like other teenage girls. She can’t be because her qi, her immortal soul, is 3623 years old. It’s what makes her a wanshiqi, part of an immortal race who can reincarnate into any form. But Kali’s different, even among her kind.

She’s serving her sentence for what happened in Pompeii. As punishment, she and her family are forced to reincarnate into human bodies, shackling their existence to one life form.

Reaching her 17th human birthday will end her sentence and return her family to their full wanshiqi existence. Once that happens, all her ties to them will be broken. She will come of age. Nothing will ever be like it was again.

Her one goal for the past 200 lifetimes? To die before her 17th human birthday. She has yet to fail. The trick is making her family think her death is an accident. Because none of them are pleased to be a part of her punishment and all of them want it to be over. But it’s not up to them. It’s up to her.

She doesn’t want everything to change. She doesn’t want to lose who she is. She doesn’t want to let go of her family. She’s about to learn that this is the lifetime where every decision counts. And living might be the only way to protect what really matters to her.

Remember Pompeii is a YA contemporary fantasy that is sure to delight fans of Shereen Vedam’s Outside the Circle Mysteries with its complicated heroine, buried secrets, and mythical beings.

This book has all of the family drama and historical moments of The Originals with none of the blood drinking.

Remember Pompeii by Kika Emers is a fascinating tale about a teenage girl trying to keep her family together.

Can Kali keep her family together?

Kali Brewster

Kali Brewster isn’t like other sixteen-year-olds with mommy and daddy issues. Nope, hers have stemmed from years of not having the parents she has been craving. For the past 200 lifetimes, she has been trying to regain what she lost in Pompeii. Except, we don’t know exactly how she lost it.

I have to say that I really liked Kali and how we saw everything she was going through—all the pain and the possible reasons why she was the way she was. I can’t wait to learn more about this character, her story, and her world.

Hunter

Hunter is Kali’s soulmate and will always be there for all of their lifetimes. Their kind only ever has one. I like how we see Kali and Hunter’s relationship. Hunter has already transitioned from being a teenager to an adult for their kind, while Kali hasn’t.

Hunter and Kali’s love is epic, and I love how powerful it is. They are still so young, but their love for each other is so bright.

Five Stars

My rating for Remember Pompeii by Kika Emers is five stars, and I recommend this story to all young adult fantasy readers. It is so excellent! I love how each of Kali’s relationships differs from another, but despite it all, she wants to love everyone even if she doesn’t realize it. Ms. Emers, I can’t wait to see what happens next!

Thank you for dropping by! I hope you enjoyed this review of Remember Pompeii by Kika Emers.

Until the next time,

Happy Reading!

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About Kika Emers

Kika Emers makes her home in the hills of Connecticut with two quirky shih-tzus, Akira Star and Bentley. Akira brings the mayhem and Bentley, the calm. Kika enjoys instapot cooking, reading monster romance, sipping loose-leaf tea, and bellydancing. Not all at the same time, though.

When she has spare time, she can be found doing Chinese Watercolor Painting, playing the harp, brushing up on her Chinese language skills, or napping with her shih-tzus.

Kika Emers is a pen name created from her nicknames for her first and her third shih-tzus, Emers and Kika.

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