Immortal Beloved by Cate Tiernan

Title: Immortal Beloved
Author: Cate Tiernan
Publication: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (2010)
ISBN 0316035920
Format: Hardcover ($16.99 US)
              eBook ($9.99 US)
Series: Yes. Trilogy. Not out yet.

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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 has 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 past.

Nastasya finally begins to deal with life, and even feels safe--until the night she learns that someone wants her dead.

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I read the Sweep series when I was in middle school and I really enjoyed them. Although I must admit that I pretend that Night's Child does not exist. Ick. So I really liked those books and then I heard about this book. I got really excited. The moment I started to read it I was interested. Then I found out it was a trilogy and I was ecstatic. Finally I saw the publication date for the second book and my world crumbled. It is going to be out in September. This year sure but in September. Do you realise that it is January right now? I do. I have so many ideas about what the next book could be about but I am not sure which one it will be.

The book follows an immortal named Nastasya who realises that her friends are not what she thought that they were. She becomes afraid when she sees her friend do something that horrifies her. She remembers a woman that offered her the chance to stay with her anytime she wanted. She does not know why but she feels as if she will not be safe unless she stays there. At River's Ending she finds out that not everyone wants here there. She finds herself being threatened by someone as she tries to get through what needs to be done.

I really liked Nastasya. She was immature at times but I feel as if that really sold her for me. I would have been really disappointed if she was this worldly immortal that sprouted these philosophical sayings. It becomes apparent very quickly in the story that her drinking and partying are ways in order to pretend that she can hide from her past. There are more reasons why I really like her but I am better at describing them right after I read or a few days after. Just know that she is an interesting character that kept me from wanting to put down the book.

I had a love/hate relationship with Reyn. There were places where I saw what other reviewers saw: That Nastasya would make a good couple but then there were points where I felt that Reyn just needed a little smack over the head. Sometimes a big one.

What I really disliked about the book was that it was not long enough. I want to know what happens next. The ending is not a cliffhanger, if anything it happens just after they tie up a plot line. I just really wish that the trilogy could have been finished before I found it.

Can't but must wait for the next installment.