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Immortal Beloved by Katie M John Review – By Lauren
Immortal Beloved is the follow up to The Forest of Adventures. If you follow us on Twitter you will know that me and Dayna love this author! I had the chance to beta read this for Katie M John so here is my review!
Now Blake has gone, Mina is left alone. Now its time for the next installment where it’s up to Mina to save Blake along with her ex boyfriend Sam and best friend Delta’s help!
The beginning is very powerful, strong, effective and I feel sorry for Mina. I love Mina and Delta’s relationship and I can tell it will be strong. Through the beginning of the book I started to feel very attached to Mina, like she is my sister, I want to protect her. I think everybody can relate to the pain Mina feels, I just wanted to hug her so bad!!
My heart broke when she received the news that Blake is dead. I wanted to whisper ‘ he isn’t dead’.
Then the fun starts, Mina, Sam and Delta go to Egypt to save Blake. Mina starts to realise the power that The Realm holds. This is where Blake comes into the book. He has little passages where we can see his feelings, whats happening to him. I really likes that because we the readers knew more of what was happening to them but had to keep reading to see what was about to happen! Does that make sense? I doubt it. It also shows a lot of what Vivien meant without giving away anything at all!
I like how descriptive the chapters are. They really do set the scene and allow me to feel what they are all feeling. Many different descriptive words are used, no repeated words which makes it very strong. It is a very strong book! Throughout the book little hieroglyphics pop up this is sooo cool!!
I love Delta and Sam together!!! Delta is beyond hilarious! You can tell she loves him really. I can relate a lot to her. Her character is mysterious but open. I would love to know more about her and her past. I couldn’t imagine Daisy in Delta’s position at all. Wouldn’t even want to imagine!
One thing I liked about this book was how Mina has remained Mina and not ‘ Realm-ish’ at all. Some books I have read turn that main character and adapt them to the circumstance they are in and I don’t like it. I love Mina’s innocence and determination. It’s cute.
One of my happy moments of this book was when Mina and Blake consummate – beautiful and when they return to the training yard, I was in stitches. Absolutely hilarious!
The ending was amazing, confusing. I have so many thoughts; is she or isn’t she? What’s really going on? If Vivien knew, why didn’t she tell Mina? I was panicking! The whole series so far has been so real to me. This one in particular – I had to remind myself its not real! I felt as though I was a reading a biography of Mina’s life!
I rate this 5/5!
Its giveaway time!! A Knight Trilogy Party!!!
To celebrate the release of Immortal Beloved (ebook) on the 25th August 2011 we will be giving away 1 signed paperback Arc of The Forest of Adventures, 3 The Forest of Adventures Ebooks and 1 charm bookmark!!
The first winner will receive the Signed Arc and blookmark, second, third and fourth place winners will win an ebook. Thats FOUR winners! All you have to do is tweet us! For an extra entry all you need to do is subscribe! You only needs to enter your email address, no account needed 
If you haven’t read book 1 The Forest of Adventures you can view Lauren’s Review here and Dayna’s Review and also purchase it on amazon here!
Don’t forget to check out the interview we had with Katie!
So the rules!
- This is international.
- The first place winner will need to be over 16 as we will need your postal address.
- There are two chances to win; tweet us @SLFictionLovers saying ‘Blake Rules’ and for an extra entry just subscribe to our blog, make sure you comment to say you have subscribed and want to be entered!
- The giveaway will end on the 24th August and winners will be announced on the 25th via blog post.
- All you need is an email address!
Interview with Katie M John – The Knight Trilogy Author!
A few weeks back we had an interview with Katie to find out more about who she is, what the Knight Trilogy has to offer and a few more fun facts!
So who is Katie M John?
> Did you just wake up one day and say ” Hey, I’m going to write a book!”?
Strangely this was kind of how it happened. I had always thought I would write a book but life got in the way; I always found an excuse and then one day, the story demanded it be written. It was the accumulation of scenes and stories I had been daydreaming about for years.
> Can you tell us a bit about TFoA for those who do not know of it?
The Forest of Adventures is Book One of The Knight Trilogy. It’s about a seventeen year old college girl called Mina who attends a typical country sixth form college in Cornwall. She has a childhood sweetheart called Sam and she is very determined about where her life is going, that is until the mysterious and handsome Blake Belvedier arrives. It is love at first sight and totally turns her world around.
Her love for Blake finds her increasingly pulled into a magical world she thought only existed in fairytales. But although pretty and magical, The Realm is actually a dark and dangerous place, especially as Mina has attracted the jealousy of Morgan Le Fay.
The story is a rollercoaster ride of emotion that explores the bittersweet love of childhood sweethearts and the passion and pain of love at first sight.
It’s a novel about growing up, loss and consequences.
> We love the cover! How much input do you have to that side of things?
I had a lot of say in the design of the cover and the overall brand because it is published with a very small press house. In this situation the novel, in its entirety, belongs very much to the author.
The final cover was based on a digital sketch I had produced for it.
> What can you tell us about your next book?
My next book is Immortal Beloved and is Book Two of The Knight Trilogy. It sees Mina coming to terms with the consequences of the ending to The Forest of Adventures. It is a dark time and deals with some quite heavy and sensitive issues.
There is a shift in the book about a third of the way through which sees Mina travelling to Egypt in order to rescue Blake’s heart. It becomes a classic race against the clock action adventure. Sam and Delta accompany her and it is very much a book about friendship and loyalty.
None of them come back from Egypt the same, each profoundly changed by the experiences that happen.
It plays around with a lot of cool Egyptian myths and ideas and without giving too much away, the story is a reversal of a very famous myth which crosses all the major myth systems.
> Who are your inspirations?
I wouldn’t have been able to write this without the amazing Mallory. His Morte de Arthur directly inspires the trilogy and in fact the title ‘The Forest of Adventures’ is lifted from his work.
I also wouldn’t have sat down to write this if it hadn’t been for the reading of the Twilight Saga. I found something compelling about the world that Meyer created and was intrigued by the effect that her characterisation had on me (okay, it’s no secret that I have a complete Edward crush!!)
The Twilight Saga taught me to embrace the ‘story telling’ element rather than the ‘worthy’. I think she made me realise that there is a way to tell stories, create myths that doesn’t have to be bogged down by over intellectualism. (I mean this as a massive compliment not a criticism)
> You mentioned you love The Hunger Games, we do too! Are you Team Peeta or Team Gale?
Bit controversial here but I am a team Gale. Peeta is just a little bit too … ‘heroic’ for me; I like my heroes flawed.
> What other books have you read and would recommend to us?
Michael Grant’s ‘Hunger’ trilogy and Maggie Stiefvater’s ‘Mercy Falls series’. I also enjoyed Malinda Lo’s ‘Ash’ but classics too are amazing. Everybody should read Golding’s ‘Lord of The Flies’, Huxley’s ‘Brave New World’, Orwell’s‘Nineteen Eighty Four’ and Atwoods ‘Handmaids Tale’
> Since, eBooks are becoming so popular, we prefer having a hard copy in our hand, which do you prefer Ebook or paperback?
I’m a paperback girl but … I am coming around to the idea of a Kindle.
> Do you have any advice for our blog?
No, just keep doing what you’re doing. Blog’s like yours bring books alive.
> Finally, why should people read your book?
People should read my book because it will make you see the magic around you. And to be honest … Blake. He’s reason enough!
