Immortal Beloved – The Review
Written by Nikki-ann on Tuesday, 29 March , 2011 at 10:04 pm
Author: Cate Tiernan
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN: 978-1444706994
Nastasya has lived a lifetime, an everlasting lifetime. As an immortal, she’s reinvented herself more times than she can count. After witnessing her friend Innocencio break a man’s back with a spell and then walking away, Nasty takes a look at herself and her friends and she doesn’t like what she sees. In fact, she’s scared, horrified even. Scared enough to run and hide from her friends, from her memories, from her life.
Nasty seeks help from a woman she once met years ago and ends up at River’s Edge. She doesn’t feel like she belongs there, but where she belongs doesn’t exist anymore. She can’t trust the people she thought were friends, is there anyone she can trust? Will River’s Edge save Nastasya or drive her deeper into despair? Will Innocencio come looking for Nasty?
Read the book to find out!
Immortal Beloved is the first book in a new trilogy by Cate Tiernan. It’s different to most paranormal/fantasy books these days, because there’s no vampires, no werewolves, no shape-shifters, nothing like that. This is about being immortal in this world and all that is brought with it, magick is also wound through the story.
The story is told from Nastasya’s point-of-view, so the other characters are all based her perspective. You almost find yourself liking or disliking the characters she does. Despite being several hundred years old, Nasty is quite immature, but when you read how she’s been wasting her life you can see where the immaturity comes from. Her immaturity also gives the character room to grow, to become who she is, not who she pretends to be.
Some might find this story slow, but I’d say to keep with it as it’s an evolving story and there are faster-paced parts to it. We learn more about Nastasya’s life through flashbacks, giving us a more detailed story.
Something I like in a book is humour and there were several instances where I had to laugh while reading Immortal Beloved. Despite what shes been through, Nastasya can be quite funny. Even on the last page the author managed to fit in some humour.
My only real problem with the book was that one of the storylines was left open, almost forgotten about, not in a cliffhanger sort of way. However, I’m guessing that this will be carried on into the second book, so it’s not a big issue.
All in all, I enjoyed reading Immortal Beloved and found it a refreshing change. In fact, I enjoyed it so much that I got through it in just a couple of day and I’m already looking forward to reading the second book in the trilogy.
Buy Immortal Beloved by Cate Tiernan from Amazon UK
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Please note: I received this book free through the Amazon
Comments (7)
Category: Books,Paranormal,Urban Fantasy,YA Fiction
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Comment by Crystal (I Totally Paused!)
Made Wednesday, 30 of March , 2011 at 3:11 am
Sounds really good, I like the idea of a paranormal story without all that typical stuff in it 
Comment by Coffee and a Book Chick
Made Wednesday, 30 of March , 2011 at 2:56 pm
I’m looking forward to reading this book. I like to throw in a YA book every now and again to change up my reading!
Comment by Yvonne
Made Wednesday, 30 of March , 2011 at 5:43 pm
Hi Nikki,
Wow! This book must have been good, for you to have finished it so quickly.
I was really thinking about giving this one a try, but you put me off a bit, when you mentioned unfinished storylines. I don’t mind books being in a series, but I do like them to be stand alone stories in their own right. I think that I would feel too pressured into having to read the whole series in one go.
Comment by Books for Company
Made Wednesday, 30 of March , 2011 at 10:55 pm
Thank you for this review, l always love refreshing reads =)
Comment by Andrea
Made Thursday, 7 of April , 2011 at 5:21 pm
Oh this one looks awesome! The cover is gorgeous too.
Comment by The Slowest Bookworm
Made Sunday, 10 of April , 2011 at 9:57 pm
I read this one just a couple of weeks ago and had similar thoughts to you. It was a really good book and Nasty had a great sense of humour, but there was quite a lot left open for the next book. I just want that next book NOW lol. Great review.
Comment by Juju at Tales of Whimsy...
Made Monday, 18 of April , 2011 at 11:13 pm
Great review. Thanks for the warning about the end.
When I first saw this cover, I thought it was based on Beethoven like the movie Immortal Beloved.
