From its description I was under the impression that The Immortal would tell us the story of how forty-year-old Emma, who has lived a quiet and ultimately lonely life, tries to escape an island after surviving a mass murder and immortal vikings who need to eat human hearts.

Emma escapes these vikings, only to be found by them again and taken in/protected by one of the vikings named Bjorn. What actually ensues is a romance story, I think? Despite witnessing her fellow vacationers demise, Emma very willingly accepts her new life, becoming a poster child for Stockholm Syndrome as she falls in love with one of her captors.

There's definitely an audience for this book- it's just not me. I didn't find the story to be action-packed, and at no point does Emma try to make a break for it after that first attempt in the very beginning. It's too short for its characters to show any depth beyond their surface levels, and to the story's detriment. Everything feels rushed and shallow.

The Immortal was a little book that should have been a big book. It was full of great characters and great locations with an intriguing plot (immortal Vikings running a tropical resort). Unfortunately, because of the length of the book, character development took a back seat to action and what could have been an amazing story instead became nothing more than an amusing little palate cleanser. My copy of this book was provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. My thanks to the the author, the publisher, and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review it.

I felt kind of deceived by this book. I was expecting something scary(the horror tag) with a lot of fantast and adventure but it fell really flat and was, frankly kind of boring. I find history fascinating but this was just not *it*. It had a slow flow to it but interesting characters.