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Immortal Beloved (Immortal Beloved, #1)

Cate Tiernan

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Jul 07, 2010 Jessica rated it it was amazing

Shelves: youngadult, all-timefavorites

I picked this up as an ARC at ALA, mostly because I saw the words "Viking god" on the back, then promptly stuck it on the bottom of my "to read" pile. MISTAKE! I should have read it immediately! What a fabulous book! I was giddy as I read it. GIDDY!

First of all in our things to love: our protag, Nastasya, a name that I didn't care for, and thought on the first page, "I'm going to hate her soon, because of her name." But it isn't her real name, it's not even close, and the reason why no one has c I picked this up as an ARC at ALA, mostly because I saw the words "Viking god" on the back, then promptly stuck it on the bottom of my "to read" pile. MISTAKE! I should have read it immediately! What a fabulous book! I was giddy as I read it. GIDDY!

First of all in our things to love: our protag, Nastasya, a name that I didn't care for, and thought on the first page, "I'm going to hate her soon, because of her name." But it isn't her real name, it's not even close, and the reason why no one has called her her real name in centuries is revealed in heart-breaking little flashes. She's a heroine that you soon grow to love, because she feels herself to be unlovable, but not in a self-suffering, oh-poor-me way. She's very matter-of-fact about it. She's done terrible things, suffered some very real horrors, and hates herself as much as she thinks anyone hates her. She has a tender place in her heart, however, for teenage girls like the one she used to be. She has a sharp sense of humor, and wields sarcasm as delicately as a rapier. (Anyone who says sarcasm is the lowest form of humor has clearly not heard it done right.) I was howling with laughter at the things she said, and thought, and her discovery that she can get rid of her boss by asking him to do a price check on Kotex is the best. thing. ever.

More to love? The very realistic look at immortality. After four hundred years, Nastasya has literally seen and done it all. She's traveled the world, eaten every kind of food, done every sort of vice, been married, had kids, tried everything a human can try. Now what? The average immortal is, essentially, a partier. Because they can drink all night, sleep with anyone who crosses their path, and then walk away from it all. No cirrhosis of the liver. No lung cancer. No STD can stop them. And the weight of the years, and decades, starts to wear on them until they will do anything to numb the pain for a day or an hour. They have magic, but for most of them it means drawing on the lfie force of others, leaving animals and plants dead in their wake, and for what? A party trick that impresses your friends and makes you forget your dead loved ones for a few minutes? So what do you do, and how do you make it all stop?

Intrigued yet? YOU SHOULD BE! Go, grab a copy of this book, and hold it to your bosom for a just a moment before you dive into one of the best books you'll read this year!

And remember: when you're buying pants, most people try them on first.

11/15/12 Reread: Loved just as much as the first time. ...more

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