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Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong

33 reviews

charthegoose's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

I really enjoyed this book! It kept me hooked and I was excited to keep reading. I loved the world building and found the world Calla lives in to be a fascinating place. I also grew to love Calla Anton and August and I’m excited to see where their story goes next. I found that the plot would always continue in ways I wouldn’t expect which meant the plot twists were shocking and had me gasping out loud at times 😂 I’m not farmiar with the shakespear this books reimagines so I can’t comment on that area. 
However I do feel some areas of the plot aren’t explained well or at all

for example Calla isn’t actually “calla” and invaded the princess at age 8. The book explains at the start how her eye colour is unique to those with royal blood. However when people body jump their eye colour follows them so why didn’t Callas eye colour change when she jumped?

I also felt some conclusions and loose ends were tied up quite quickly and seemed as if they came out of no where and weren’t explained very thoroughly. However I am aware there are 2 more books to come in the future so these may be explored there 
Overall I really enjoyed this book and will be reading the next instalment. Everytime I picked this book up I was excited to keep reading :) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death and Kidnapping

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Medical content

bergha1998's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Wow that cliffhanger, I wasn’t prepared. I found the book’s pacing to be a bit slow at points, and I Really didn’t like August as a character. But Calla and Anton were very interesting. I’m excited to see where this series goes. 

Fantasy, Magic System, Romance Subplot, 1 🔥

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

entropyseeker's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Am absolute banger of a book. It gave me everything I wanted for a fantasy novel AND I didn't have to read poorly written smut to get there. This story is drenched in the blood of kingkillers and every detail had me reading on.

The romance felt tense and and written perfectly in tune with thenmain characters, the motives and backgrounds were clear and MADE SENSE

While I expected every twist, it hit in such a satisfying way that I didn't mind. Can't wait to start the next book in the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

clhtdr's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Murder, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

izzyluna's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

ginamiya's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

dreadspawn's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content

abby_can_read's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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This was quite the book. I don't really know how to explain my feelings. I think it was interesting. I liked the magic system. The worldbuilding and the lore were interest. I struggled to like the main characters -- Calla, Anton, and August -- and I'm wasn't the best fan of the romance between Calla and Anton. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Gore, Sexual content, Blood, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, and Injury/Injury detail

teddy_books's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Terminal illness, Blood, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

roseleebooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

This book is my first read by Chloe Gong and I am impressed. The pace starts out slower, but gradually increases along with the tension throughout. The last 30% of the book was a whirlwind in a good way.

It's a story of love, obsession, and revenge. It will make you question whether anyone can have power and be uncorrupted.

There are almost no likeable characters in this book, but they do feel very real. The world that Gong has written them in shapes who they are very logically. And despite them not being likeable, Calla and Anton and even August are compelling to read about.

The worldbuilding is exceptional and I could clearly picture the atmosphere and streets of the city the characters are in. It was a character on its own which I appreciated.

There is a lot that happens in this book

including several reveals toward the end.

The setup for the next story is absolutely exceptional and I wish I could pick it up right away!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail