This is a very thorough book for someone wanting to understand being intuition, karma, reincarnation, energy signatures, and being overall connected to the universe. It can be very inspirational. The book is beautifully written and very well researched.

“I use the term Essence to describe the fundamental, living, intelligent, loving energy that makes up the entire universe and everything beyond it. Essence is like the air you breathe—always present, rarely noticed, but essential for life.”—from The Universe is Calling You.

I believe in both reincarnation and karma so this book fits right into my belief system. However, if you don’t, will this book convince you that you should believe it? I’m not sure it will. It builds a good understanding of how this system works. But there is no real evidence presented. I expected more examples of how the author, a well-known psychic medium, gave information that could only be known by the deceased to their survivors. However, that was only explored briefly at the beginning of the book.

The Universe is Calling You is a good choice for the recently bereaved and those frustrated with how their lives are going. There is much talk about how to improve yourself by finding your individual Essence that is reflected by your loved ones. Mindfulness, meditation and prayer are also used as a way to connect. Basically, everyone still stuck on Earth is here to learn how to be a better person. Any bad behaviors from previous lives may throw up roadblocks in your current life (i.e., karma is a witch.) But those difficulties can be overcome.

I love the way this book clearly expresses the Essence philosophy in layman’s terms while also incorporating in new practices like mindfulness. For me, it’s a 4.5 star read rounded up to 5 stars!

Thanks to St. Martin’s Press and NetGalley for a copy in exchange for my honest review.

If you're looking to make 2020 your year, The Universe is Calling You is a great place to start. This book acts as a guide to help you understand how to seek the aide of the universe, find your power, and understand how to keep off negative and harmful energy.

The Universe is Calling You is well written and fascinating. The book includes some great advice and information. A good book for the year to read.

This book shines on every level: sentence after sentence is beautiful and precise. The characters are complicated and sympathetic, the ideas are sweeping and profound, but are never too overt. It’s a rare novel that is as accomplished in its meaning as it is in its storytelling while also succeeding wildly on the language level as well! A novel to lose yourself in and then reflect upon again and again.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for my digital copy in exchange for an honest opinion.

The title is what drew me to request this book because I am always telling people about how the Universe can be trying to get your attention and you might not be looking. This was a good time for me to read this book because I have been questioning some things in life lately and my questions were basically addressed in this book. I have never heard of the "Essence" before but I was able to stick with it by using my own interpretation...For the past twelve years or so I have tried to live my life in a more positive and honest way. Honest to me and to others but basically to myself. I have come into my own power as I no longer care about things that used to really bother me. This book was a great way to reinforce that for me.

While I did enjoy the book, there were a few times where there was just slightly too much name dropping and it got to the point where it would take my mind off of what I was trying to read. It began to read like a textbook sometimes and I really do not like that. So during the points where that was not happening, I really enjoyed the book. :) There were a few times where the paragraph length was literally three pages long and that was another case of not being able to hang. My bad.

Char Margolis focuses on helping you connect to the Essence. This is all religion encompassing (though there are elements that stretch the ideas of many of them). He author provides the stories of their experience but it's the exercises and my own faith that helped me connect to the Essence. Stories are helpful or others I am sure.
The only negative I have is that the book is wordy. Paragraphs say one then and the next says the same thing another way. Luckily, there is a bulleted list of key points to help discern the most important ideas.
Read this with an open mind; closed heartedness will leave with nothing from this.

This is a fairly quick read that has a beautiful message. It came to me at just the right time. It will guide you to connecting to Essence and show you how to connect to your own power. It is a wonderful book. I highly recommend it.

I would like to thank Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with a copy free of charge. This is my honest and unbiased opinion of it.