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Immortal Beloved
by Cate Tiernan
4.5 stars actually.
I think what I like most about this novel was it wasn't your typical teen fantasy where the main character was immortal and trying to live life as a normal teen. Nastasya, a 450-something year old girl, has lived many different lives in many different places. With her core group of friends, she has no cares in the world. What she didn't realize until one dark evening though, was that maybe she wanted more than then life she was living.
After witnessing one if her best friends committing a heinous act, Nastasya decides to cash in an offer made by a stranger 80 years ago and get her life back on track. Finding herself in a sort of immortal rehab, Nastasya isn't sure she's cut out to be good. Everything in her being is telling her she doesn't belong, but River and the most of the others at River's Edge think differently.
Living healthy life is not easy, and having a Viking god-like man around named Reyn just makes it that much more difficult. As Nastasya immerses herself in this new life, she learns more about who she is and who she wants to be, coming to terms with a very sad and terrifying past. It isn't all kumbaya and happiness though, and as the weeks go by, Nastasya learns more about herself and attempts to come to terms with her past allowing her to have a future.
I wasn't too sure that I was going to enjoy this at first. It took a little bit to wrap my brain around the idea that this wasn't about Nastasya trying to be a teen, but more about her finding herself. It was refreshing. Also, because we weren't focusing on all the high school drama, Tiernan was really able to develop a solid story, one that gets readers set up for the next installment allowing a lot of things to happen for Lilja and Reyn. Can't wait to see what happens next!
I think what I like most about this novel was it wasn't your typical teen fantasy where the main character was immortal and trying to live life as a normal teen. Nastasya, a 450-something year old girl, has lived many different lives in many different places. With her core group of friends, she has no cares in the world. What she didn't realize until one dark evening though, was that maybe she wanted more than then life she was living.
After witnessing one if her best friends committing a heinous act, Nastasya decides to cash in an offer made by a stranger 80 years ago and get her life back on track. Finding herself in a sort of immortal rehab, Nastasya isn't sure she's cut out to be good. Everything in her being is telling her she doesn't belong, but River and the most of the others at River's Edge think differently.
Living healthy life is not easy, and having a Viking god-like man around named Reyn just makes it that much more difficult. As Nastasya immerses herself in this new life, she learns more about who she is and who she wants to be, coming to terms with a very sad and terrifying past. It isn't all kumbaya and happiness though, and as the weeks go by, Nastasya learns more about herself and attempts to come to terms with her past allowing her to have a future.
I wasn't too sure that I was going to enjoy this at first. It took a little bit to wrap my brain around the idea that this wasn't about Nastasya trying to be a teen, but more about her finding herself. It was refreshing. Also, because we weren't focusing on all the high school drama, Tiernan was really able to develop a solid story, one that gets readers set up for the next installment allowing a lot of things to happen for Lilja and Reyn. Can't wait to see what happens next!