4,25 stars I was eager to find out how Hazel’s story continues, and I ended up being pleasantly surprised. I really enjoyed the sequel, while I still prefer the first book in the series, this one was definitely good in its own right. Hazel is such a compelling character, and I especially appreciate her determination to pursue her ambitions in a time when women weren’t allowed to be surgeons. At moments, it made me genuinely angry to think about how many women had to face that reality, but it also highlights how important it is to acknowledge and discuss it. I’d definitely recommend giving the series a try.

4,5⭐️

3,5 ✨️

Even though I didn’t enjoy every single aspect of the story I have to rate it 5/5. I read it in one sitting and was fully immersed in the regency era.

3.5 AHH I don't know where to begin so it probably would be the best to start by: I listened to the German audio book version and I loved the different narrators! It definitely influenced this review in a positive way. I was head over heals for Anatomy, even though it has it's weaknesses, so I was really excited for Immortality. I am not disappointed but my general impression is that Schwartz had so much more to tell storywise. I honestly expected a third book set in America but it seems like this will stay a duology. Which is a bummer. Because unlike my usual 3 Star ratings I would have continued this if there were to come more books. *Spoiler warning for the rest* But Kitty, why would you rate it only three stars if you liked it overall? Let me explain: The weaknesses from Anatomy just continue in this book and it made me raise my brows in question a few times. As I am writing this right after I finished the audiobook I have to main issues. First of all the overall plot structure and secondly the lack of emotional reactions by Hazel and not enough critical thinking of her own actions. It's not like everything "just happens" but I would have wanted to hear more thoughts of Hazel like what is she thinking about xy how does this make her feel and so on. The only thing I know about her is that she is quite horny, that's it lol. She can't stop thinking about Simon's body after he kissed her and I mean, same, but it would have been nice to get more insight in all the other aspects of her mind, too. She often just acts and is surprised by the negative consequences, which could be a good negative trait for a well rounded character but it's not portrayed that way. Jack is not relevant for half of the book which makes sense but Hazel's and his relationship moves so fast with not so much communication but with a hole lot of "let's make our while we dig up bodies after we can't hold back any longer". I was a big fan of the switched POVs in Anatomy (even if they didn't always make sense), so I was a little bit disappointed that the only chapters out of Jack's POV are when we get to know what he had been up to after the events of Anatomy and nothing else. But I feel the book could have benefitted from more insight on his character development because he was very obviously a changed man after everything that happened to him. At the same time we have this whole storyline about Hazel getting thrown into jail because she helped terminate a pregnancy in the beginning, which has absolutely no impact on the story at all and I am still wondering why it was even put into the book. I also had a huge listening slump around 50 % of the audiobook because I didn't not get where the story intentions lay and which way it wanted to go in the end. At the same time listening to the last 50 % was quite entertaining and exciting. I would have devoured this whole series by the age of fourteen so and I think the scenes that are declacrived in the series are definitely age appropriate. But they felt a little awkward in their written execution. I don't know if it's the German translations fault but at one point it literally said (my rough translation) "and then he layed himself onto her"… followed by him mowning her name a few times and then it's over. I honestly am not asking for anything explicit in a ya book but this felt somewhat lazy and not like a tender emotional moment for two characters finally being together after a lot of hardships and separation. This story held so much potential which wasn't fully used in the end, leaving me with a shallow taste of disappointment. I still liked it though.