Immortal (Immortal Trilogy) [Kindle Edition]

Lauren Burd (Author)

Book Description

The wound inflicted only a few minutes before was nearly healed. A small cut was the only sign that anything had occurred. I watched in disbelief as it finished closing and eventually disappeared.
“What are you?”
* * *
Gods, demons, and vampires… Eighteen-year-old Alina Taylor doesn’t believe in any of them. Then, she meets Samuel Grant and Duncan Michaels and discovers a world that could destroy everything she loves.

First book in the Immortal Trilogy.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Lauren Burd is a wife and mother of two, a boy age 9 and a girl age 4. Immortal is the first book of the series, and she is currently working hard on the followup, Forever. When not writing, going to school or work, Lauren spends her few left over minutes reading, watching anime, and finally passing out exhausted on the her bed.

Product Details

• File Size: 426 KB
• Print Length: 298 pages
• Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1453854495
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B00427YQEI
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,358 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
  • #48 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Horror > Occult
  • #50 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Horror > Occult
  • #63 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Fantasy > Fairy Tales

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

100 of 110 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Immortal September 16, 2010

By Shari

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

My first thought when I started reading Immortal was wow it resembled Twilight way to much for my liking except different state! Basically, had same situations happen that happened in Twilight. Beautiful male with disheveled hair, clumsy girl, who can't put two sentences together when in the company of beautiful male! It just was ok for me in the beginning.

It was not till the end of this book that it really showed the writers potential and started to get good but then the book was over and to be continued in the next series called Forever!

Just from how it picked up in the end, I will get the next book in this series just to give her a chance because like I said she has potential with the story and the way its heading now. It really picked up there in the end and lost that Twilight feeling. So I am looking forward to the next one just to see if she keeps going with where Immortal ended.

If you liked Twilight, you will enjoy this book. Just beware that there are lots of similarities. If you can hold off till towards the end then the similarities start getting fewer until you finally see where the authors potential is going, and you start to enjoy the book.

Shari

40 of 46 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Vampire love or deceit September 19, 2010

By TicToc

Format:Kindle Edition

Alina's day is just getting worse. First there is getting home from her dad's place in California. Flying is unnatural and Alina is absolutely terrified when in the air, so to keep herself distracted she tries reading but can not keep her mind on the book. As she hears a commotion at the front of the plane she spots one of the most entrancing guys she has ever seen. His eyes are a deep ocean blue and he is well built. He ends up sitting just opposite of her on the plane. She finds herself constantly looking at him, as if!. If that was not bad enough, when her mom picks her up at the airport and takes her home, she finds everything that belongs to her packed up in boxes and ready to be gone. Knowing she would be moving out for college was one thing; the coldness of the actual event is another.

On her first day of class, the guy from the plane sits next to her. He attracts attention like a flame attracts a moth. She studiously looks away but sees all the other girls watching. There is something about him... something different. It is during class introductions that she learns his name is Samuel. Just being next to him in class keeps her heart racing, making it impossible to concentrate on the assignments.

In her second class as she is waiting for the professor to show, she hears a wonderful, deep purring voice, asking if the seat next to her is free. She finds herself sinking into a pair of incredible green eyes, belonging to an exceptionally attractive guy. He too seems to have that certain charisma, which has every eye turning his way. But he appears to have eyes just for her. He introduces himself as Duncan as he takes the seat next to her. She can feel him staring at her through out the class and she is not sure how to handle the attention.

Each day is a new struggle for her, as Duncan is steady in his pursuit, while she can tell that Samuel likes her as well, he is more standoffish. For some reason she is more drawn to Samuel, although both of them are extremely handsome and charismatic. Duncan chooses to get close to her through her best friend Tabby, but in Alina's world that makes Duncan off limits.

As Duncan sees her interest shift directly to Samuel he takes a risk and reveals his true nature to her. He then gives her the background on both himself and Samuel, thereby also revealing Samuel's secret. His goal is to direct her feeling back to him by revealing Samuel's dark past. Little do they know that this knowledge has put her in imminent danger.

As I began reading Lauren Burd's Immortal, I was initially disappointed that it seemed to be following in the path of the Twilight series. We have these handsome guys, they have that certain something, a charisma that attracts, and Alina, our young heroine is a pale, brooding girl who somehow seems to be extremely attractive to them, more so then any other.

What sent me in a different direction, was that Alina actually has some very close female friends that will do anything for her. In return she is also very protective of them. As the narrative continues, Alina finds out that the guys are both vampires, and that they have a story from their pasts that puts them at odds with each other.

Lauren Burd has developed a group of very likeable characters. Alina really cares about her friends and puts their feelings ahead of her own. While she moves too quickly into decisions, this also makes her very much like most girls her age. She is brave and a bit foolhardy. Tabby, her best friend, makes herself available for Alina at every juncture. We should all have a friend like her. Samuel, while very aloof is also quite tender and fierce, while Duncan reminds me of the many jocks I knew growing up, he thinks he is wonderful and that everyone should fall at his feet, but at the same time he seems to really care about Alina, so it is hard not to like him.

Immortal was enjoyable for a light read with some fun and danger thrown in. The characters were good but seemed to grow as the book took a turn and developed a unique storyline of its own. Anyone who loved the Twilight saga is sure to enjoy this book.

While it begins much like that series I think you will find as you read further it changes gear and goes in a whole different direction

This book was received a a free copy from the Author. All opinions are my own based off my reading and understanding of the material.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars great book October 21, 2010

By Catie Vargas

Format:Paperback

This is one of my favorite books of the year. I could not put this books down from the minute that I started to read it. It reminded me alot of Twilight with the love triangle, but I love Twilight so that did not bother me. With equal parts of action, adventure and romance what more could you ask for.

Alina is a 18 year old college student who is having an hard time making up her mind in the guy department. But she has a big choice to make towards the end of the book. I don't like going inot details because I don't like spoilers.

Alina has to choose between Samueal who is sweet and quite and only cares that Alina is kept safe. Did I metion the Samuel is also a two hundred year old Immortal. And he is having to compete aginst his enemy Duncan for the love of Alina.

Duncan only really cares about himself and causing as much harm to Samuel as he possible can. He is arrogant and a real player.

I can't wait for the sequel of this book to come out. I hope to hear more from this author in the near future. The author has real potiential.

More About the Author

Lauren Burd is a wife and mother of two children. She's an anime fanatic,foreign movie freak, and a voracious reader. She is the author of Immortal and Forever the first two novels in the Immortal Trilogy.

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#93 in Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Horror

#93 in Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Horror