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This was an excepted and wild ride that took me places I never would have guessed. Old Soul takes the trope of a beautiful woman who passes through time, think Addie LaRue and The Age of Adaline (why is it always that name)? Instead of taking the turn we have come to except from a character of this caliber, Susan Barker gives us a more complex and sinister character and delves into a myriad of horror aspects.

I absolutely love the way that this is written from the prose to stylistic techniques and even point of view. We have a present point of view that is a thread throughout the book while each rotating chapter gives us a testimony from someone who was affected by our ghoulish antagonist Eve. It is written like a crime procedural in this way without ever being boring or making me wish we were in present day again. I truly cannot tell you which aspect of the book I loved more as the testimonies were so unbelievably riveting while adding context to the agonizing present day storyline that had me at the edge of my seat/bed.

It was a weird, in a good way, choice to give us an antagonist with no true main character. There were a slew of characters introduced that could be considered a “main�� but our Eve was the antagonist to humanity in general and I loved that perspective.

The ending isn’t a miss for me but WOAH, it was harsh. It reads like a gothic thriller or a ghost story so it could be slower for some but give yourself over to the plot and enjoy what is in front of you otherwise you’ll be missing out on a true gem. I will definitely be checking out previous and later releases from this authour, I’m hooked.