King Arthur Movie Tristan

title: Immortal Warrior

author: Lisa Hendrix

release date: November 4, 2008

genre: paranormal romance/historical

pages: 338

rated: 4 out of 5






This is book 1 in the Immortal Brotherhood series.

Ivar Graycloak is a brave warrior, a man known for his strength and integrity. He is also a man with a terrible secret. Long ago he was part of a Viking crew cursed by an evil sorceress to live for eternity as were-creatures. An eagle by day and a man by night, Ivar has lived a solitary existence for over two centuries. Then the king orders him to marry.



Lady Alaida is everything a man could want in a bride—intelligent, spirited, and beautiful--and their wedding night is a balm to Ivar's lonely spirit. Then a seer brings him word of a dark vision, one that makes Ivar vow to stay away from his lovely wife forever. But now that Ivar has sampled Alaida’s passion, her humor and warmth, he is enthralled. His traitorous body—his very heart—longs for that which he can never possess.



Lady Alaida may surprise him yet, though, for she has a power of her own—a power that will either destroy everything they hold dear or ultimately set them free…

Viking warrior Ivar Graycloak has been cursed, he is to turn into an eagle each morning. Brand, one of his men, killed the son of the witch Cwen, and her revenge was to curse them. Each of the Viking men that were part of the crew are cursed to turn into animals each day. They live with this secret for many years with no hope of breaking the curse.


King William wants to award Ivar for his loyalty with a home and a bride. He gives Ivar the land of Alnwick and Lady Alaida's hand in marriage.

When Ivar first sees Alaida, there is instant attraction. He has hope of finally living a normal life with a wife and a home.

Alaida, however, is not too happy with finding herself being married off and her land being given over to her husband. However, Ivar begins to win her over little by little.





After they are married, Alaida notices her husband leaving every morning before she wakes up and not returning till the sun sets. He tells her he is out hunting, but Alaida senses there is something wrong. Then Ivar learns that his curse might be passed onto his children, so he decides not to sleep with Alaida anymore. Which leaves her feeling horrible and wondering if her husband is cheating on her.

She wanted him to kiss her and carry her upstairs and release this desperate ache that rose up in her every time he came near, and in the same thought she wanted to beat her fists against his chest in frustration and rail at him never to touch her again.

I enjoyed Immortal Warrior. I found it interesting and the plot was well written. The story did keep me hooked until the end. I like the way the author wraps up Ivar and Alaida's story in the end, yet keeps it open for the rest of the cursed Vikings.



I liked Alaida's character. I found her to be strong and smart. I'm not sure if I liked Ivar that much, he was ok. I almost felt like he was selfish, like he didn't care about Alaida's feelings too much. Instead of confiding the truth to her, he lies about the real reason he leaves each morning and doesn't return till sunset. And then once he thinks that if he gets her pregnant, the child will be cursed like he is, he chooses not to sleep with Alaida. Instead of just telling her the truth, he makes her suffer.





I did enjoy the tension between the two and the love scenes were well done.

In one swift motion she slipped over the edge of the tub and onto his lap, straddling him there, trapping him with her body. His hardness called to the rising wildness within her. She moved and he groaned.

"Take me." A whispered command.

I also like the supporting characters in the story. Like Brand, Ivar's friend, who is cursed as well. Brand ends up meeting the village healer, Mereywn, and falls for her. I'm interested in seeing what becomes Brand. I actually like these supporting characters better than the main ones in this story.







I have an interview scheduled with author Lisa Hendrix on Monday November 10th. So stay tuned for that.



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special thanks to Tracee!