For starters, the characters, even the protagonist, were one-dimensional and contradictory. As I forced myself to finish Immortal, which is fairly slow-paced, I was met with disappointment after disappointment. Unfortunately, that potential fell flat once I actually started to read it. All in all, I was excited to read this book it has an interesting and unique plot premise, and I really thought that it had a lot of potential. The story is interspersed with the diary entries of Agnes, a Victorian-era girl whose life bears striking resemblances to Evie’s. When she starts to meet with a perplexing boy, Sebastian, in the middle of the night, the mysteries of the school and her own past are slowly revealed, with her heart inextricably tangled in the process. Unaccustomed to the rigor and discipline of boarding school and tormented by Celeste, the cousin of the dead girl whose place she took over, Evie is initially overwhelmed. The school operates on the backdrop of a Gothic mansion and the harsh British moors, and its students are no friendlier. In Immortal, Evie has no choice but to attend the exclusive Wyldcliffe Abbey school on scholarship when her grandmother suddenly grows ill. After all, the author says that she was inspired by the Brontë sisters. When I picked up Immortal, by Gillian Shields, I was expecting a fun historical romance.
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