I'm feeling pretty generous by giving this book two stars. This book reminded me WAY too much of the writing style in the Twilight series, but Twilight got to the point much more quickly and the plot moved along much faster. So if you liked the Twilight books, this is probably a book for you.

The main character Bryn was likeable at first because she was a very independent and strong young woman. Then after she met the dashing William Winters/Hayward, things began to fall apart. The same kind of pining and infatuation seen between Edward/Bella can be seen in this book between William/Bryn, only much stronger and more disgusting. They seem to only live for each other and I would have to say that at least 50 pages of this book could have been taken out because we got the idea that they love each other in the deepest sense and that they would protect each other in any and every way within the first several chapters. The story is told through Bryn's point of view and she goes on for PARAGRAPHS describing her feelings for William and why and whether or not she feels she could live without him, let him become hurt (physically or emotionally) because of her, etc. Then as if she doesn't say enough to let us know how much she loves William, there are PARAGRAPHS where William is trying to convince Bryn just how wholly he loves her. It gets old to say the least.

I did, however, like the plot in this book. The immortal world concept was a cool idea and I liked the creation of some of the minor characters of the book. However, this could have probably been a short story and would have been "just as good" (or maybe just as bad). How on earth did the author decide that she should write 2 more books to follow this up?! I will NOT be reading those. ( )

Too much YA angst, and too many cliches. You can figure out the story line long before the book reach the point. I don't think a book should take effort to read, but this one does tax my effort to finish. ( )

Good, but weird and sad =/

My kind of a story. Maybe my mission is to find that kind of love with this type of man if it is possible. How fortunate we would be to have it . although love always pays a price due to evil. ( )

This was definitely a unique one.

I have to admit that at first I had some seriously unpleasant Twilight flashbacks and that the corny lines popping up from the very beginning had me either laughing hysterically or cringing in sympathy (for the laughter I'm sure the person they were said to must have been restraining) every time.

However, with that said, this was a very unique and intriguing idea in the long run. So much so that despite the seriously laughable corniness at times, I really want to get my hands on the next one. Even more shocking is that I think I can call this book a favorite of mine despite my dislike of certain elements; it was just that interesting and quite frankly heart-warming in a very heart-wrenching way that made it so I couldn't stop reading.

Loved it. ( )