Rainy Day Reads

I was a little bit wary going into this book, as I thought I had heard mixed reviews about it, but at the same time I have really enjoyed Tiernan’s writing in the past, especially her Sweep series, which I was quite obsessed with for a while. This is also a series, but I haven’t really heard too much about it. This book is about Nastasya, an immortal, dissipated woman who is living her life hunting for her next thrill. One night she witnesses something that makes her question her life choices and she goes in the pursuit of a more meaningful life, almost in spite of herself. She ends up in a sort of commune where the work to turn her life around means confronting old memories and feelings she has had hidden away for hundreds of years. Slowly she starts learning things about herself and her power that she was unaware of and what the consequences of these discoveries might be.  As a character I really enjoyed Nastasya. She was sarcastic and resentful, but deep down ...