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Jan 08, 2011

Bonnie rated it:

Evie: Oh no, I have to go to this stupid boarding school since my grandmother is sick, my dad’s in the army and my mom is dead! Stupid boarding school!

Me: Well, that’s pretty sad about your family and all, but at least you get a good education for free, you know?

Evie: And the stupid cabman wouldn’t even drive me! He just used weird words like “yonder” and muttered dark, cryptic things about the boarding school!

Me: That’s pretty weird. This is a tiny village, r More...

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Apr 17, 2009

Eve rated it:

Okay. I admit that I liked this one. If you haven't noticed I am a sucker for the story of the somewhat lonley, misunderstood female lead who falls in love with the guy who is not quite what he first seems to be. HOWEVER, I will tell you that I liked this story much much more when it was called A Great and Terrible Beauty and was written by Libba Bray.

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Dec 31, 2009

Laura rated it:

I'm sure I've read this before... but perhaps it only feels like it. Evie is a part-orphan (no mother, father never home) raised by her grandmother; when Frankie becomes to ill to care for Evie, her father sends her to Wyldcliffe Abbey School.

It's clear from the very start that there's something Not Quite Right about the school, about Sebastian (the boy she meets as she arrives) and about who Evie really is. No spoilers, but if you don't get the main plot twists well before they' More...

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Aug 30, 2010

Shannon rated it:

Evie Johnson is a sensible, responsible girl not much given over to fancy, but there's no denying her world is becoming increasingly strange - and she seems to be in the thick of it. Sent to the village of Wyldcliffe in Yorkshire to attend a boarding school her military father has found for her after her grandmother suffers a stroke, Evie's determined to make the best of things. But on arriving in Wyldcliffe, Evie literally runs into a handsome, ill-looking young man on a horse who somehow manag More...

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Feb 09, 2011

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i chosse this book because it seemed like I would understand it more then the other books that i have read so far. the genre of the book is paranormal romance. it takes place in England. the main main charater Evie is a girl that dose not like to change what she is use to she trys to fit in at wyldcliffe bording school for girls butthen she relizes thatshe fits in just in a diffrent way. Evie meets a guy and she vows that she willl probley never see him again and that every thing eles at the ab More...

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Aug 15, 2009

Briana rated it:

Immortal was a compelling and exciting story that kept me turning the pages until I had reached the end. Though I found some parts to be predictable, there were also times when I didn’t have a clue as to how certain elements were connected, which made for an engaging read.

I thoroughly enjoyed the characters. I felt they were well developed, realistic, and interesting. However, I must admit that when I heard Sebastian tell Evie to stay from him because he was dangerous I thought More...

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Sep 29, 2009

Heather rated it:

Fans of the Gemma Doyle Trilogy will love this book, though I enjoyed Immortal much more than the former. It took a while for the story to take off, but once it did, I didn’t want to put it down.

Immortal tells the story of a teenage girl named Evie who must attend Wyldcliffe School for Girls in England. She is alone in the world as her father is in the military and her grandmother, and only other guardian, has dementia and has been placed into a rest home. On her trip to the ominou More...

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Dec 18, 2011

Ren rated it:

Sampai sekarang hal2 yang masih belum jelas dan aneh:
- Tumben Dastan nerbitin YA.
- Apa nerbitin YA ini gara2 nama tokohnya Evie sama Sebastian?? (Devil in Winter alert)
- Covernya ada kelelawar,padahal bukunya bukan tentang vampir lho :D => EPIC FAIL!! =))
- Kenapa ya aku beli ini? Kebanyakan duit kah? Tergiur diskonnya Dastan pas itu kah? =)) Atau mungkin kaget karena tumben (lagi) Dastan nerbitin buku YA, yang dibilang gothic romance. Biar ga keliatan kalo buku YA kali More...

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Feb 01, 2012

Tianna rated it:

It began with a typical old, girl gets sent to boarding school. girl meets boy. boy stays on girl's mind.

The differences? Well it seems like Evie has a bit of an attitude not a big one, but its more subtle but either way I'm glad its there. All the teachers are suspiciously crazy or something, like you know there's something off about them. The boy is also quite crazy, but I guess its in a lovestruck/ grieving kinda way.

This book was pretty good, not to shabby. I liked More...

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Jan 14, 2012

Jeanette rated it:

I listened to this book in my car. Here is the summary. I think the story could have been trimmed down some. by the time I got to the end i was just hoping it would be over soon. Too melodramatic for me.

Wyldcliffe Abbey School for Young Ladies, housed in a Gothic mansion on the bleak northern moors, is elite, expensive, and unwelcoming. When Evie Johnson is torn away from her home by the sea to become the newest scholarship student, she is more isolated than she could have dreamed. S More...

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Oct 28, 2011

Vanessa rated it:

Immortal by Gillian Shields is filled with HEAVY undertones of the Bronte sister's. When I began reading immortal I was instantly drawn into the story. I have to admit I wanted to like the book, especially because so much of it seems inspired by the classics. I found an abundance of beautiful imagery through out the text that reminded me of the moors in Wuthering Heights. Sebastian is conveniently named Sebastian James Fairfax. Does the last name sound familiar? It's from Charlotte Bronte's Jane More...

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Sep 29, 2011

Margarida rated it:

Depois de um livro mais pesado, excessivamente descritivo e monótono, as primeiras páginas de "Imortal" revelaram-se viciantes e incrivelmente promissoras. A escrita de Gillian Shields é objectiva, directa, simples e, ao mesmo tempo, riquíssima em imagens, descrições, emoções e sensações! Era precisamente aquilo de que estava a precisar. Li os primeiros capítulos num ápice e desde as primeiras linhas que me encontrava presa à história e à protagonista da mesma.

A própria his More...

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Aug 19, 2011

Mindy/fangedmom rated it:

I listened to this book via audio from Overdrive Media.

I admit that the beginning was a tab bit confusing as the POV switched and I had a hard time getting it all straight in my head. I think the actual book would have been a little easier to keep this straight. I did, however soon get into the story and got all the characters into place.

I found this a very nice read and although I read faster than audio, I did find myself anticipating hearing more of the story each and More...

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Aug 13, 2011

Elizabetha rated it:

Evie Johnson, huérfana de madre y criada amorosamente junto al mar por su adorada abuela Frankie, se ve obligada a estudiar en al selecto y clasista internado para señoritas "Wyldcliffe Abbey School". Su padre, un militar inglés, le ha conseguido una beca en este recinto estudiantil, pues no puede vivir con ella ahora que Frankie ha sido trasladada una casa de reposo aquejada por una dura enfermedad.A Evie sólo le quedan su fuerte y sensato carácter ,sus recuerdos y un medallón More...

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May 11, 2011

Michelle♥ rated it:

Can I give it a 2.5?

I really liked the beginning of it! It has this whole gothic romance thing going on, and the mood of the book with the journal entries and how the flow is just so easy and simple between the two worlds is incredible. Deliciously incredible. And the morose beginning reminded me a little of Jane Eyre when she first was at the orphanage, I liked that part of the infamous book. Her depression, her sorrow, and her unwillingness to change for anyone. But then this book More...

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Apr 24, 2011

Jess - The Tales Compendium rated it:

Immortal is a suspenseful mystery based on elemental magic that spans generations.

I really like that the story is based on magic and witchcraft, and that the chapters alternate between present day with Evie and then pages from Agnes' diary (Agnes is the ghostly-girl mentioned in the blurb), allowing us to see a comparison between the two.

I wish that there had been a little more depth to all the characters. Agnes is the most interesting of all but Sebastian is rather irrit More...

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Jan 13, 2011

Renata rated it:

The book was good. A different story line than I expected, which is the reason I give it 3 stars. If this book had a similar story line as most YA books, I don’t think I would have liked it. The writing style is nothing to write home about. It wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t good either. Another reason I give the book a three is not b/c of the ending in book 1, but because of the ending in book 2. It was a complete surprise. I didn’t see that situation in the series being resolved the way it was More...

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Jan 03, 2011

Sabrina rated it:

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Dec 16, 2010

Yola rated it:

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Dec 09, 2010

Terri rated it:

I’m finding it difficult to intro this, so we’re going to dive right in!

The story is very reminiscent of A Little Princess: a girl with a military father gets packed off to a boarding school where she is treated badly and the other kids don’t like her. Unlike Sara Crewes in Princess, Evie starts off as a scholarship student, so she has to set out tea for the other girls and do small chores as a “thank you” to the school (hello, forced child labor?).

Evie meets a young ma More...

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Nov 26, 2010

Bethany rated it:

Sadly,I had to rewrite this review since blogger somehow deleted everything when I posted it. I happened to find this book when I was writing down a list of books I wanted to read at my school's book fair. I didn't buy it, though. So when I walked into the library one day, I found Immortal and immediately grabbed it. A day after, I also found Betrayal, also by Gillian Shields, the sequel to this book. Immortal is a story about Evie Johnson, a girl whose grandmother just recently died. Evie start More...

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Nov 15, 2010

Audrey rated it:

For all practical purposes, this SHOULD have been a book I loved. It involved boarding school and magic, a combination which can almost never go wrong with me. And so it's not surprising that I really did enjoy reading this book.
What is surprising, though, is that, despite having enjoyed reading it, I have nothing really GOOD to say about it. All in all, this book left me utterly unimpressed.
To the point in which I had actually forgotten that I read it (less than a month after read More...

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Oct 04, 2010

Amy rated it:

Evie has been shipped off to the elite and mysterious Wyldcliffe boarding school after her Grandmother, who has raised her since her Mother's death, falls ill. Her Father is being deployed and signs her up at the Gothic style boarding school. Upon arrival to the town where the school is located, she comes face to face with Sebastian. They form a secret relationship and meet at night. She thinks she has found the perfect romance to take her mind off of the bullies and strict rules of the scho More...

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Aug 23, 2010

Angela rated it:

I will not be picking up the sequel to this.

First off, I'm tired of reading about sacred circles, earth, wind, fire, water, and all that witchcraft stuff. Not that there's anything wrong with it, I've just had my fill. Probably the book that got me to the point of witchcraft bordem was "Marked" by PC Cast.

It isn't really fair that I shouldn't give this book a fair shake because of something another author wrote, so I read on even when I realized how this b More...

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Aug 16, 2010

Anarissa rated it:

I kept on leaving this book off everytime I saw it, until I finally bought it and I'm so glad I did. I didn't really know what this book was going to have, but I was totally suprised. I kept on reading and when I would stop, I would pick it up again because I just wanted to know what was going to happen next. Shields's writing is so amazing and I found that her writing kept luring me in to read more.

I loved Evie. She was strong, but not the bothering type that kept getting herself in More...

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Aug 01, 2010

Arya rated it:

Evie Johnson is on her own. With her grandmother in the nursing home and her father in the army, a scholarship to one of the oldest and most elite boarding school in the country comes as more than a welcomed relief to her father. But Evie isn't so sure. From the moment she starts her journey to Wyldcliffe Abbey School, she knows something isn't right. Darkness and danger hover over the entire school like a dark cloud, but the Abbey isn't the only thing shrouded in mystery. There is also Sebastia More...

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Jul 05, 2010

Natasha rated it:

This book is a little better than alright, but far from superior. It does switch views back and forth a little between the writer of the diary and the main character Evie, but I enjoyed it. If you're reading it just for romance, it will wrench you back and forth quite often and you can't be satisfied in this book just based off that. But I enjoyed the mysteries of the past, the oddities of the present, and the question of the future this book brought. It does leave you hanging at the end a bit, More...

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May 16, 2010

Mary rated it:

Wyldcliffe Abbey School for Young Ladies, housed in a Gothic mansion on the bleak northern moors, is elite, expensive, and unwelcoming. When Evie Johnson is torn away from her home by the sea to become the newest scholarship student, she is more isolated than she could have dreamed. Strict teachers, snobbish students, and the oppressive atmosphere of Wyldcliffe leave Evie drowning in loneliness.

Evie's only lifeline is Sebastian, a rebellious, mocking, dangerously attractive young ma More...

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Mar 12, 2010

Nicole rated it:

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Feb 03, 2010

CorLostForWords rated it:

I really liked this book. I picked it up and was immediately drawn into Evie's world. I could imagine the isolation she felt as well as the beauty and danger of the land around her. I was drawn right in and held within the book's grasp, until maybe one third of the way through. The past is denoted in a journal which is presented in the book as flashbacks every so often. It, at times, was a (little) bit confusing as there was no explanation until later on. This caused the book to drag for a bit ( More...

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