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Immortal Beloved (Immortal Beloved #1)

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Nastasya has spent the last century living as a spoiled, drugged-out party girl. She feels nothing and cares for no one. But when she witnesses her best friend, a Dark Immortal, torture a human, she realizes something's got to change. She seeks refuge at a rehab for wayward immortals, where she meets the gorgeous, undeniably sexy Reyn, who seems inexplicably linked to her ...more
Hardcover, 407 pages
Published September 7th 2010 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
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oliviasbooks
I can't really comprehend that I am sitting here pressing determinedly the five-star-button - in spite of the first chapters, which obviously have been patched together rather sloppily and almost caused me to switch books with one click on my Kindle, ... and in spite of the undeniable cliffy. Yet - here I am am doing precisely that and feeling completely comfortable with it.

Really, at the beginning I had the fleeting, horrible impression my paranormal "favorite" Infinite Days...more
WillowBe
I LOVE this story. I LOVE it so much, I stopped reading it. I will control myself and wait for the other two books in the trilogy to come out so that I won't sit around bemoaning the wait. I am so into this story, so into the guy, that I just need to back off. This is the type of teen book that easily satifies an adult reader. These charactars are less immortal teenagers than immortal beings that happen to look like teens, but don't necessarily act like them. The charactar's navigation of the ...more
Mandy
Immortal Beloved by Cate Tiernan
Series: Immortal Beloved, book 1
Genre: YA, Fantasy
Published: September 2010
Pages: 407
My rating: 2 stars UNFINISHED!

For more reviews hop on over to my blog, www.blythesandbooks.blogspot.com

It couldn’t have been just the blurb that got me to buy this book, because that still made me wonder what on earth the book was about. So, other than the beautiful cover, it must have been a review that drew me to the book instead....more
Angela
Angela rated it 4 of 5 stars
Shelves: paranormal
This is not your usual YA novel. No vampires, no angels, no werewolves. The main character is a girl named Nasty that is immortal. She has let her life run off the rails as she has lived her different lives. But now she has realised she needs to straighten her life out and start really living. This includes giving up partying, drinking, etc. As she struggles to re-organise her life old lives come back to her as well as a deep power she never knew existed inside her. Meeting new friends an...more
Darcy
Darcy rated it 4 of 5 stars
Shelves: 2011
When this book first started out and we were with the party crowd I figured I would be giving this one up pretty fast. There was just no way that I could handle reading about the vapid, vain people who's goal is to see how much they could drink and who they could screw all the way through their immortality.

So I was just as shocked as Nastasya when the actions of her party buds went so wrong. I enjoyed the big wake up call that she had. I also knew that when she finally made it to ...more
Katrina Lumsden
I absolutely love this book. It surprised me because I've read some of Cate Tiernan's Sweep series and, while I enjoyed those, they never in a million years would have led me to believe Teirnan was capable of the kind of writing I encountered in Immortal Beloved.

The characters are believable, beautifully flawed, and interesting. The dialog is simple and realistic. The romance alternates between sweet, confusing, terrifying, and heart-wrenching. At first glance it may appear that the p...more
Sierra
Sierra rated it 4 of 5 stars
Another great Cate Tiernan novel!
The first in a new trilogy, Immortal Beloved is just awesome.
I've read almost all of Cate's book, and this is, by far, the best one yet! I absolutely loved the concept of this book...Okay. It wasn't an 'original' idea, but it has a definite twist that other Immortal books lack...I'm not sure what it is, but it makes the book great!
Nastasya (cool name, right?) was cool. I liked how she thought, and how her dry humor kept me smiling. She'd rela...more
BookWhisperer
Much to my regret, Cate Tiernan is such a difficult author for me. This is the second book that I have tried to read from this author, and it only took me three tries to read the first book with no success. At least I can now say I have finished a Cate Tiernan book. I don t mean to sound like such a critic it just wears me down to struggle with a book as much as I do this author. I find her books to be extremely to words and slow paced. She is an author that enjoys depth in her story, and plea...more
prettybooks
When I first heard that Cate Tiernan was releasing a new book, I was elated. It had been about eight years since I first picked up Book of Shadows and I have been a supporter of her ever since. However, I was apprehensive when I saw that it was described as "paranormal" and "urban fantasy". Paranormal romance is hugely popular at the moment. Lets face it, it's everywhere. The book also has the generic black and red cover design that is clearly marketed at a certain kind of re...more
Rosanne
3.5-This story is basically about a girl (an immortal girl of course, the YA paranormal craze continues!) trying to find herself and deal with her past. I really liked that it shows immortality as something that would actually be pretty crappy, and would probably mess you up pretty badly. I think there are a lot of thoughtful and interesting insights about what it means to live a full and productive life. The story structure is also really well done.

The biggest issues I had with this...more
Ciecie
Ciecie rated it 5 of 5 stars
Shelves: omg-iloveit
UGHHHH! OMG the only bad thing I have to say about this book is, I have to wait until Sept to read the next.

I will give nothing away but it was very descriptive, emotional, exciting, sad, funny and very witty. I could honestly say that I would read this again. Its not like most things I have read lately, its differant and fresh. Just reminds me all over again why I love Cate Tiernan.
Ana
Ana rated it 4 of 5 stars
Shelves: young-adult
Ultimately this book is about one woman's inner growth. While over 400 years old, Nastasya is actually quite juvenile at the beginning of the story. She is self-medicating and unwilling to face her pain. There is very little external action in this book. The action is all inside Nastasya's heart and mind -- and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Some aspects of the book were even inspiring with such themes as focusing on the present, looking at life as a journey rather than a destination, etc... As f...more
Looksie (At Looksie Lovitz: Books and Wits Blog)
the beginning of this book had me interested but then it got really slow. a lot of over describing or restating the same point in different ways so i felt it could have been toned down a bit. it could have been cut in half. AND i didnt feel like i had an ending. i kept waiting for the action that never came and then it just ended sort of abruptly. not sure if i would read a sequel. im iffy on it.

you can read my full review here: http://looksielovitz.blogspot.com/2010/0...
Tamara
Nast, gâtée, fêtarde et presque toujours bourrée se retrouve une fois de plus à fuir. A fuir ce qu'elle est, son passé, la magie, mais aussi son meilleur ami Incy qu'elle ne quitte pourtant jamais.
C'est comme ça que débute l'histoire et que Nastasya va se retrouver à River's Edge, un centre de réadaptation pour Immortels, dans le Massachusetts. Là, elle va faire la connaissance du mystérieux Reyn, un dieu viking au passé encore plus sombre que le sien.
Même s'il ne s'agit pas de sorci...more
Debora
Primo di una trilogia, questo romanzo è stato una rivelazione!

Il personaggio di Nastasya è bello, incredibilmente bello e complesso nella sua unicità.
Come è altrettanto bella la trama del romanzo che si incentra particolarmente sulla ricerca di se stessa che Nastasya affronta, fra alti e bassi.
Un grosso trauma da bambina la spinge a temere la Magia, che l'essenza stessa della sua vita Immortale.
Eppure, dopo 400 anni di noia, eccessi, droghe e follie incredibili, accorgersi che il suo migliore a...more
Erica - Bonner Springs Library
Nastasya, known as "Nasty" to her friends, is greatly disturbed when one of her close friends nearly kills a cab driver on one of their nights out partying. She's spent the last four hundred years being a party girl and not caring about anyone. Now she's on the run from her friends and trying to find a safe place. She finds a "safe house" for immortals and begins to actually care about people.

At this safe house is Reyn, who looks like a Viking god, and who she is sort of att...more
Stacey O'Neale
This review was completed by Amanda Harbin, staff reviewer with the YA Fantasy Guide.

I almost didn’t finish this book, but then I did and in a hurry. The reason that I almost didn’t finish this book was mostly an effect of the first few chapters of the book. They were cliché and to be honest a bit annoying. There were moments when I thought, “okay, I’m getting bored, I’m going to put this book down as soon as I finish this paragraph”, but then ten minutes later I wouldn’t be able ...more
Megan
Megan rated it 4 of 5 stars  ·  review of another edition
Recommends it for: The Paranormal Lot
Recommended to Megan by: A Friend
A story about a 450 year old immortal girl who has led a life of partying. After a close friend of hers shocks her into realising that her life has lost it's meaning and she has reached a stand still, she decides to take up an old offer from many decades ago, leading her on a roller-coaster ride of self discovery, what it means to be truly content and happy with your lot and facing your past.

I enjoyed this book. For some reason it made me feel clean while reading it and the characte...more
Paula  Phillips
Natasya aka Nasty knows that for her and others there is no end in sight , she is an immortal . Not a Vampire but just somebody with the magik to stay immortal for the rest of their lives. To the outside world she looks 18 and can sometimes push 21 -only just though. But the truth remains inside of her that she is in fact 460 years old.
After a night on the town with her immortal best friends especially Indy, whom they have both been there for each other for years .Nasty witnesses an act of...more
Amanda
Amanda rated it 4 of 5 stars
I was really surprised by this book - in a good way. Having the central character go through 459 years of personal baggage doesn't sound like an exciting read, but I quickly became engrossed in it and was sad to reach the end of the book. I'll definitely be buying the next entry in the series.

I originally picked this for my teenage sister who constantly 'borrows' my Kelley Armstrong, Charlaine Harris and Laurell K. Hamilton books, as well as worshipping those sparkly vamps aka the Twi...more
Rasmus
Rasmus rated it 3 of 5 stars
Ill only give this 2 and a half stars, and here is why.

First this book lacked action the flashbacks were exiting but nothing really captivated me in a way a book should, to me it was to much of the same boring things happening day in and day out maybe that was the purpose but still i got abit bored reading this. Now i really liked the universe of the book and how it was setup. I like Nastasya think she was a good character, she had a good story and depths. I also liked Reyn atleast his...more
Amanda Welling
See My Full Review Here: http://www.hippiesbeautyandbooksohmy.com...

First Impressions: I’m not sure how I missed this book when it came out in 2010! If I had known about it back then, I would have snagged this baby up! I have to say though; I love this cover of the paperback edition much more than the original hardback. It is really gorgeous! As for the plot, it sounded really interesting and I loved how this is nice thick book compared to the shorter length books I have been reading ...more
Nancy
Nancy rated it 4 of 5 stars
I think that Immortals are the new Vampires and, frankly, few people can do them well. I've already read a number of Immortal books and I just can't see them ever ending. They're immortal. Their story will go on forever. Unless someone cuts off their head or something.

That said, I think it's obvious that I had some preconceived prejudices (redundant, I know) when I started this book. I read #1 and #2. I read the book description and gave a little yawn then started in. Then I stopped ya...more
Liz
Nastasya, or Nasty to her friends, is immortal. She’s spent most of her life drinking, partying and self-medicating, but nothing seems to be making her happy. Then one day she sees the people she thought she trusted break a man’s spine – and enjoy it. Now Nasty is rethinking her entire life plan. Are these people, who can commit such atrocious acts, really her friends? Is she content with wallowing in her darkness? Determined to change her ways, Nasty disappears to a home for wayward immortals c...more
Michelle
I really enjoyed reading Immortal Beloved. I felt it was well written and not once did I loose interest with the storyline. I love the cover, and after reading the book I can see how the cover fits into the story.

Natasya/Nasty is an immortal but is unhappy with her friends and their actions towards others. It takes Incy to kill a man that she decides she needs to leave them and travel to America to Rivers Edge, where she at first reluctantly stays. But it's not a free ride, and she ...more
Lily
La sinopsis de Amor inmortal me atrapó desde el primer momento. Inmortales, magia, oscuridad, secretos e intrigas. La verdad es que la novela prometía mucho y puedo decir que me ha gustado bastante.

Nastasya es la protagonista femenina. Es una inmortal de 499 años que tras un suceso trágico intenta cambiar el rumbo que le estaba dando a su vida. Es alocada, insegura, inestable y está bastante desequilibrada. Es el caos. A veces tiene comentarios delirantes y divertidísimos pero a veces ...more
Novels On The Run
RATING : 4.5 REGRETFUL REYN STARS!!

"The good thing about being immortal is that you can't literally drink yourself to death, as frat boys can. The bad thing about being immortal is that you can't literally drink yourself to death, so you wake up the next morning , or maybe the day after that, and you feel everything you would be spared feeling if only you'd been lucky enough to die........... Last night my whole world came tumbling down. Now I'm running scared" Nastasya
...more
Mlle. X
These days I'll read the blurb for a book like this one and think, "Ho hum, another paranormal, whatever." I hit that stage a couple of years ago, I think...which is enough time to learn that, jaded as I am, I can still be pleasantly surprised. Like I was here. IMMORTAL BELOVED is wonderful. I wish I could give it extra stars - maybe six! or seven! - because I was riveted to every page, wished it didn't have to end, wanted desperately to have the sequel magically appear in my hands. Al...more
Brina
Nastasja hat ihr bisheriges Leben satt.
Mit ihren Freunden streift sie jeden Abend durch London und verbringt die Nächte in Bars.
Doch sie und ihre Freunde sind nicht wie andere Jugendliche. Sie sind unsterblich.
Nachdem Nastasja miterleben muss, wie ihr bester Freund Incy einem Taxifahrer wegen Unfreundlichkeit mit Magie ins Krankenhaus befördert und sie nur hilflos zuguckt, merkt sie, dass sich dringend etwas ändern muss.

Sie erinnert sich an River, einer älteren Unsterbli...more
Mindi Mallia
I was in my library yesterday and searching for a few books to hold me over until Monday. The book I had hoped to check out had already been taken so I was literally searching shelf and shelf looking for something that caught my eye. I'd never heard of this book but the title seemed interesting enough. After reading the back cover I was pretty convinced that I wasn't interested - it seemed a little to Twilight (not that that's necessarily a bad thing, just not what I was looking for). I've learn...more
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