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Review : Immortals (Runes #2) by Ednah Walters (YA)


Book Blurb

Nothing can stop Raine Cooper when she wants something...

Raine finally knows that her gorgeous neighbor, Torin St. James, is a legend straight out of Norse mythology, and that her feelings for him are strong. Torin is crazy about Raine too, breaking the one rule he lives by: Never fall for a mortal. The problem is he no longer remembers her, his memories erased by Norns—Norse destiny deities—to punish her for defying them.

So Raine comes up with a plan...

She will make Torin forget his one rule a second time and fall in love with her all over again.
But she quickly learns that well-laid plans do not work when dealing with deities and supernatural beings. Desperate, Raine makes choices that could not only tear her and Torin further apart, but lead to the destruction of everything and everyone she loves.


Toot's Review by Stacy Sabala

In book two Raine is back after she tried to save the swim team. She is devastated, Torin doesn’t remember her thanks to the norns and the whole school thinks she is a witch. She has become an outcast and has to watch other girls hanging all over Torin. She is thankful for her friends Cora and Eirick. They are helping her through the days at school and while Lavania is training her as an immortal in the evenings. Torin stays away as Raine is training with Lavania. She unsettles him and he is having a hard time figuring it out.

Raine tries to get him to remember but that isn’t working, so plan B is to get him to fall for her again. Of course if that was her only challenge, she might be successful rather quickly. Unfortunately, she has the norns to worry about, her father’s health and the darkness that appears to be taking over Eirick. Plus she has to be on the watch for Maliina who is still out there. She is tying to save all those she loves and fighting against secrets that she isn’t supposed to know. When the truth comes out, Raine’s life is forever changed.

I love this book and am an instant fan of the series. I read the first book Runes and was hooked. I was excited to read Immortals and see what happened next. I couldn’t put it down. Raine’s character is a great one. She is handling everything thrown at her like a true heroine.

The storyline is unique and evolves into a great adventure. The idea focusing on the Norse gods and how they are affecting mortal lives was new and refreshing. The relationship between Torin and Raine was bittersweet to read at first. She was trying to move on when she realized he wouldn’t remember. The reader could feel her heartbreak. Then the author writes a fabulous love story with lots of action and humor thrown in. I give it a 5 out of 5.

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