I actually liked this book. I mean I thought I wouldn't because of the whole "Immortal" thing which has been overdone with Vamps, but it was actually good writing. it was a bit slow, but the magic was really cool, and the wit of the main character, Nasty is great. So I give it three stars for slowness, but still really great, I'm going to go find the next one. 
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 This is my second time reading the book. So funny thing. I was going along, just reading it and I thought, how could I have ever liked this book, it's just really slow and it just had this.....sense that I didn't like about it. Then it hit me. She writes like me. It was insane. From that point on I definitely paid closer attention. And I liked it. Again. So much, I changed my rating to four stars (as seen). First of all, I admire the willpower of this author to leave the romance until the very end. It bugs me when I 'm reading along in the middle of action and then suddenly, stop, wait, we have to be in love here. Can't they just hold it until it's over? So kudos for that, kind of a personal thing. 
 I didn't like the way the magic was explained and the way that she almost didn't react to it, taking it in stride because....well....that's how I would have done it. So that doesn't count I guess. Beautiful cover art, nice main character, and I LOVE the Viking god Reyn. Very Pride and Prejudice/Much Ado About Nothing, which I really like in a story. Timeless. 
 A funny thing: I really, really, really, like Incy. I know that's weird and beyond creepy, but even when he was going crazy and throwing chairs.... I just sort of felt bad for him. Like he was a lost puppy and didn't know what to do. Just had to get that out there. It's just like me to like the bad guy. 
 Another funny thing: I tried to read other books by Cate Tiernan (Sweep) and I couldn't really get passed the first couple of chapters. I have no idea why. But when I realized that she was the same author as Immortal Beloved, I was really shocked. Because the writing was really different. And it didn't seem like her at all. From what I read in the begininning I thought the heroine was weak and the "boy" she was supposed to fall in love with was...too random...and kind of creepy. Also the Wicca stuff sounded stupid to me, But after this book I was thinking I might give it another try, might change my mind.