Review: The Immortal Highlander

The Immortal Highlander by Karen Marie Moning

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



The joke's on me! I've been waiting and wondering throughout each of the previous audiobooks about Adam Black and his story. So when I finally got here, I kept thinking "that sounds familiar". Yes - I read it back in 2004 when it first came out. So now I'm listening to it and Still Loving it!

As the book says, Adam is "the foulest of the fey, a trickster, deceiver, cold blooded, arrogant seducer who cared for nothing but his pleasure at the moment". Yet, he is so much more. That description is a part of his past & somewhat a part of his character. But, who hasn't done something in their past that now they ask themselves WTF was I thinking? Plus his deep feelings of betrayal by Cenn's mother has warped him. So, I for one, was so happy he met Gabrielle. He's suffered the past TOO LONG. Not to say there isn't suffering in the book - Oh yes there is. But he has Gabrielle by his side and she is polar opposites of his past love. She is the balm over his hurts and it's about time. Centuries to be exact. Adam has the Queen of the fey punishing him for being too close to the humans. So as punishment - she makes him human. Poof - Powers gone [well he has a smidgen left - just enough to remind him of all he's lost.] She makes him invisible to make it just a little more interesting. On the other end, the humans hate him for his mischievous interfering over the centuries. So he has nowhere to turn but to Gabrielle - one of the few who can see the fey & has been taught to fear them, for those that can see on both planes disappear. As it usually happens when you are down - your enemies come out of the woodwork to ensure it happens all the quicker.

The Immortal Highlander never let me down as I went through all of Adam & Gabrielle's adventures with them. I was as frustrated as Gabrielle during their pre-foreplay & foreplay. I had moments of panic, fear and a few heart palpitations throughout the book. I fell in love with Scotland through Adam's eyes and learned to understand and love him. It was a great read the first time years ago and even better via audiobook with the other books in the series under my belt. I'm really curious to see where KMM goes now in the series. Hopefully, Phil Gigante (Narrator) will be there for the rest of the series for he is KMM's Highlander in all the books.



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