I had enjoyed the previous books in the series and really enjoyed Anatomy: A Love Story. This was such a well done sequel and I was glad I was able to read this. Dana Schwartz has a great style for the Gothic romance and was invested in what was going on. The characters felt like the same characters and the world was what I was hoping for. I'm glad I was able to read this and look forward to reading more from Dana Schwartz.

“It seems you’ve found quite a social life for yourself in London,” Eliza commented when Hazel had to excuse herself from Warwick House before supper to make an early curtain time. Hazel just smiled back. “Are you going to tell me anything about the Companions at least? A tidbit I can gossip about later behind your back?”

I devoured this just as quickly as I did Anatomy. Immortality as the perfect followup after the heartbreak of losing Jack. Add a dramatic princess, a secret society, and a handsome new doctor, and it makes for a fantastic read!

I can't thank netgalley, the publisher, and the author enough for the opportunity to read this before everyone else. This duology will be recommended frequently.

Hazel Sinnet finds herself at the outskirts of society after taking up medical work in Edinburgh but when the royal family experiences a strange malady of their own she finds a chance to prove herself to the world.

I really like the author's writing style and general storytelling ability, and while the book may have worked if it had forgotten Jack completely, his inclusion just muddied the plot.

Spoilers:

After getting through halfway and thinking this is just a different story altogether, not involving Jack I didn't mind. It was interesting to see Hazel naviagte London and her newfound fame. But her feelings for Simon and Jack's return just gave me whiplash.

Not to mention that Jack was portrayed firstly as someone who had chosen to leave Hazel (only appearing back in the story after the 50% mark) only for the explanation to be that he saw her through a window and decided oh she's better off without me. Fine, that's what he chose but then he just gets back together with her anyway after telling her explicitly that he wouldn't.

And then Simon is ... just there. Hazel has feelings for him? Or does she? I don't know anymore - she clearly doesn't either. She's always hot and bothered around him but then wait, actually- Jack's the one for her obviously.

I would like a Hazel Sinnet series- just her being a female surgeon, going about her way. This plot was too convoluted.

Immortality, A Love Story was a sequel that definitely lived up to its predecessor, Anatomy. As soon as I was approved I immediately dove in and devoured this one. I love the originality of this duology and sad to see that it is over. Schwartz is a master storyteller. Immortality picked up right where Anatomy left off, with Hazel continuing to heal patients and soon finds herself in a predicament that leads her into the upper class life of royalty as she is called upon to heal a princess. If you loved Anatomy you will equally love Immortality.

I love Dana Schwartz's podcast Noble Blood and I really enjoyed Anatomy as well. Immortality was even more fun, I loved the references to various historical figures covered on Noble Blood (Marie Antoinette, Princess Charlotte, Lord Byron, George III) and really enjoyed this fun romp through history. The highlight was definitely the historical characters for me, with Hazel's dry wit and ambition as a close second. The romance didn't necessarily sweep me away (hence why I'm only giving it 4 stars), but the other parts I loved more than made up for it.

I dropped everything I was doing to read this as soon as I got my copy. And I’m so glad I did.

It’s been a year since Hazel and Jack discovered Dr Beecham’s horrid medical experiments. A year since Jack went to the gallows for the false murder charge. Hazel is doing the best she can to keep working and keep learning. Until she’s arrested for murder and then whisked away to become personal physician for the English princess.

I’ve been so amped for this sequel since it was announced. It’s everything I wanted. Hazel’s grief is so tangible, but her resilience propels her toward more intrigue. And since it’s just a straight sequel to Anatomy: A Love Story, there’s a very good chance you’ll like this if you liked the first book.

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC!
This book was really good, I did however enjoy book one more then this one. But I really liked this book too and I felt like it was a very good continuation of the series and a good ending.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced reader copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This was an amazing sequel and was wonderful. I enjoyed this string sequel and don’t have the correct words fo convey how much I enjoyed this book.

A huge thank you to NetGalley, Wednesday Books, and Dana Schwartz for the opportunity to sink my teeth into this lovely e-ARC.

I flew through Anatomy: A Love Story in one sitting and it's no surprise that I opened up Immortality: A Love Story in the morning and was finished by late afternoon. If you enjoyed the first book in this duology, you will love the final installment.

Summary: Unsure if her beloved Jack is dead or alive, Hazel Sinnett spends her time alone or treating patients. Being a female surgeon is a dangerous business, a fact that becomes apparent to Hazel when providing treatment to a patient on death's doorstep, results in her arrest. Certain that her fate is sealed, her reprieve comes in the form of a request to serve as the personal physician to the ailing Princess Charlotte. But once at court, she quickly discovers that things are not always what they seem, and her work as a surgeon may give her the opportunity to set right the malicious workings that threaten the monarchy and the real people behind it who endure its gilded cage.

I absolutely loved reconnecting with Hazel Sinnett. Dana Schwartz's ability to pepper in historical details (some factual and some slightly modified for story-telling purposes) without making one feel as though they're skimming a textbook is so refreshing. My only major complaint about the second installment of this series is that it ended and felt a teensy bit rushed. I would've gleefully read another installment in this series just to more thoroughly explore Hazel's time amongst the English court, the romance, as well as the very intriguing and mysterious "Companions to the Death".

Regardless of my few, and truly minor grievances, Hazel Sinnett is still a badass who never stops for a minute to let her gender lessen her surety that she is meant to be a doctor. She is bold and interesting and it was really easy to root for her from book one onward, and this was a very satisfying end to her story.

I was apprehensive approaching this book because the sequels to amazing books doesn't always hold up, but this one absolutely does and I was wrong in only the best way. It's worth mentioning (again) that I'm also not usually a fan of romance, least of all romance between teens/YA's, because it's usually cringy and annoying, but a Dana Schwartz romance is one I will happily fawn over. It's a slow-burn romance this time around with some intriguing obstacles and complications, with a surprise sprinkle of sapphic romance thrown in. This book was delightful, which is odd to say about a book that was also gory, scientific, and even a little depressing at times. I probably should have, but totally didn't see any of the twists coming and I loved it. It's a mix of historical fiction with some sci-fi elements in a fast-paced narrative that I couldn't put down. Also when I realized the cover was actually a girl in a dress, I was amazed but didn't think anything of it... and then I saw Anatomy's cover and wondered how the hell I missed that one.

"Immortality" is a stellar follow up to Dana Schwartz's "Anatomy." It engagingly continues the adventures of badass lady suregon Hazel. After some troubles in her native Scotland, Hazel winds up being enlisted to cure the chronically ill Princess Charlotte and finds herself embroiled in the royal scene of 19th century London. Hazel, with her deep love of medicine and how the human body works, remains the highlight of the story. The other highlight is the rich, gothic descriptions and plotline. By the end, I was riveted. Solid follow-up and I'm glad I got to read it early on Net Galley.

Put 2/28/23 on your calendars, everyone — we’ve got a fantastic sequel on our hands!

🧠 REVIEW: IMMORTALITY: A LOVE STORY 🧠

By Dana Schwartz

📖 SUMMARY: After the events of ANATOMY: A LOVE STORY, Hazel is trying to move on with her life, continue treating patients, and work on her medical treatise. But she soon finds herself working for the Royal Family, which comes with both incredible privileges and risky opportunities. There is something going on behind the scenes, and she’s not sure who to trust. Then, when someone from her past comes back into her life, it seems like it’s only a matter of time until everything she’s worked so hard for comes crashing down.

💭 THOUGHTS: I was so so excited to read this since I loved the first book in the duology, ANATOMY: A LOVE STORY. I wasn’t sure where this sequel would go, but I loved the connection with Princess Charlotte and the royal family. Hazel is still the same badass who doesn’t care that “women shouldn’t be surgeons” and she takes it up a notch with everything new she faces! I can’t say too much about the plot of this book without giving spoilers for the first one, but just know that you’ll be very satisfied with this if you loved ANATOMY.

Thank you to @ netgalley and @ wednesdaybooks for the ARC. This comes out in February and I can’t wait to get my hands on a physical copy!

✨ RATING: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

🥰 YOU’LL ENJOY IF: you loved ANATOMY: A LOVE STORY and read/watch everything related to the royals, past and present

Hazel was almost entirely alone at Hawthornden Castle.

Immortality is the sequel to Anatomy and I highly suggest that you read the first in this duology before picking up this one. In the first, we were introduced to late teenagers Hazel and Jack. Hazel comes from a titled family, however, her older brother died from Roman Fever sending her mother into perpetual grief and her father is off guarding Napoleon. Hazel wanted to be a surgeon, so she dressed as a boy to get into the Anatomists school and from there she meets Jack, a resurrection man and Dr. Beecham. The first ends with Jack getting hung for being judged guilty of being the Kirkland Killer and Dr. Beecham disappearing after he gives Hazel a tincture that he claims if drunk, makes you immortal. Hazel gave the tincture to Jack but readers were left with only an unsigned letter saying: “Come find me in America.”

The envelope was thick and blood red, and sealed with red wax stamped in the shape of a human brain. It was addressed, in red ink almost invisible on the envelope but for the way it glistened in the candlelight. Her name was on the front of the envelope, written in perfect script: Miss Hazel Sinnett.

This one starts readers off with a jump back in the past to 1794 Paris and the famous chemists Antoine and Marie-Anne Lavoisier. Antoine is being lead to the guillotine and Marie-Anne is surging forward to give him a tincture. This was a good little insight to the origins of the tincture before we jump back to the present of 1818 in Edinburgh and see how Hazel is doing after Jack's hanging and breaking off her engagement with her cousin. Although Hazel never took the doctor's exam, she's thought of as a surgeon and people, rich and poor, go to her for ailments. She's a curiosity barely clinging to propriety. When a woman comes to her after trying to abort her baby, Hazel's maid warns her she's putting herself in danger but Hazel brushes her off. This first half has us seeing Hazel mourning Jack, not certain if that one sentence letter was from him and getting imprisoned under the charge of helping a woman with abortion.

She felt guilty, as if she had betrayed Jack by kissing Simon, and betrayed him again by enjoying her kiss with Simon so much.

In Calton Gaol, Hazel spends a few weeks realizing the consequences of chasing her dream of being a surgeon, losing friends and family. After a sham of a trial and found guilty, Hazel is thinking she is being lead out to her hanging but instead a carriage is waiting for her. It turns out that Princess Charlotte has some mysterious disease and the Prince Regent has sent for Hazel thinking Charlotte will let a female surgeon near her. The story then moves to London and we get Hazel trying to treat the princess, starting a friendship, that maybe could be more, with the King's personal doctor Simon von Ferris, and the introduction of the secret society, Companions to the Death. The princess' illness was obviously to get Hazel to London and the secret society. At first, it was pretty wishy-washy with Hazel and the princess, it takes a while for the princess to even allow Hazel in the room with her and until the later second half, this thread was more to the side. The Companions to the Death was a intriguing addition and I wish we could have spent more time there. In a sort of Death Becomes Her thread, Hazel is introduced to the society that includes the likes of the Lavoisiers, Lord Bryon, and Voltaire. They're all missing their pinky and claim to be immortal. After someone gets shot and Hazel sees how their body responds, she believes them and after seeing her skill as a surgeon, they want her to drink the tincture and join their ranks. However, like Bruce Willis, Hazel doesn't want eternal life and she becomes an honorary member.

Jack Currer, the boy Hazel had loved and lost, made eye contact from across the room.

With the fleshing out of the immortality thread starting in the first, there was a little political talk/atmosphere of the day with the mad King George and the people pinning their hopes on Princess Charlotte. This political atmosphere gets tied in with the Companions to the Death but I can't say if was fully, clearly done and felt somewhat rushed cobbled together at the end. What I know a lot of readers are waiting for, at around 60%, yes, Jack makes an appearance. We get a flashback from Jack's point-of-view and learn what happened to him. There's some hurt from Hazel about him not contacting her, Jack thinking they had no future, and some questioning of what Hazel wants out of life as Simon and Jack both seem like roads she could travel.

“My heart is yours,” he said. “Beating or still.”

This had more of those Gothic feeling tones of the first and leaning towards gruesome with some of the ailments Hazel treats, some political messaging, deciding what matters to you most in life, and some late danger and heroics. There were some meandering moments that I thought could have been edited for expediency and the storytelling didn't feel as tight as it could of but Hazel and Jack got an ending I think readers will be happy with.

LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS BOOK! This is the sequel to another book I adored, and it does not suffer from the Sophomore Slump. It continues the story of Hazel and her maybe dead-maybe alive lover Jack, as she struggles to move on after his devastating end. This journey leads her to an underground society full of familiar names who may not be what you think, prison, a handsome and charming doctor, and to the royal family as a physician. I always feel like I’ve been through a true adventure when I finish Schwartz’s books, and this is no exception. A wonderful follow up.

My thanks to Dana Schwartz, St. Martin's Press and Netgalley.
This book was every bit as good.As the first. I just loved Hazel. I was kind of crushed to discover that this is the final book! I'm seriously going to miss this world. I'll be keeping my eyes open for other stories from this author.
Highly recommended!

Immortality: A Love Story is the sequel to Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz. The story centers around Hazel Sinnett, a doctor and surgeon who is also a disgraced socialite. Hazel treats patients in her family's home, oftentimes for little or no payment. She is also working on her treatise, a book for common people to understand how to treat common illness, while mourning the loss of her first love Jack.
Hazel finds her reputation to have spread throughout the lands, leading her to be summoned to treat England's Princess Charlotte, who is afflicted with a mysterious disease. In England, Hazel is pursued by a mysterious secret society, who has use for her talents. She also comes face to face with her past and has to make some dangerous decisions.
Dana Schwartz has written another spectacular story. Her vivid descriptions of the setting and the depth of her characters make you feel as though you are part of the story. You feel the grittiness of the city and you smell the decay. You emphasize with Hazel as she deals with the situations she finds herself. You feel her joy and her pains.
Immortality: A Love Story is a fantasy, an adventure, and a romance all rolled into one. It is rooted in history but with some twists and a little magic added. I hope there is a third book as I feel Hazel's story is not done yet.
Thank you to Netgalley, Wednesday Books, and St Martin's Publishing for the advanced copy of the book. The opinions are my own.

Thank you NetGalley, Wednesday Books, and Dana Schwartz for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review! I loved Anatomy and was so excited to read this one and it did not disappoint!

This book follows Hazel Sinnett after what happens in the first book, Anatomy, and shows her working as a surgeon and moving on after Jack. She ends up getting arrested and is then requested to be the personal physician of Princess Charlotte. While she’s treating Charlotte, she meets the members of the Companions to the Death social club as well as the other doctor at British court, Simon.

I loved the historical references in this book, especially with the Companions to the Death! I also really enjoyed Hazel once again and getting to see her working as a doctor. Honestly, this book had so many parts I enjoyed: British court, science, romance, etc.

I think fans of the first novel will love this one because it exceeded my expectations and wraps things up in a nice way! Unless there’s a third book, which I wouldn’t object to. The plot in this book is a lot different than the first, but still remains very interesting and true to the time period. The writing is beautiful once again and includes some great social commentary and lyrical prose.

I highly recommend this book and I’m giving it 4.5 stars!

We return to Edinburgh, where Hazel Sinnett, a rare woman surgeon, is working on real people instead of bodies this time around. At least until she's arrested and soon after sent to attend as doctor to the ill Princess Charlotte. She discovers many secrets while at court, including a magnetic society filled with interesting people who are a little different than than others. She also meets handsome doctors and pompous royalty, all while her mind continues to stray to one person. After all, this is...: a Love Story.

This book was an incredible sequel to Anatomy: A Love Story. I adore Hazel as a character. Like many woman of her time period, she's constrained by society's rules for what is believed to be a woman's purpose, but she doesn't let it stop her. She utilizes her intelligence to help people, even when it's dangerous.

I enjoyed seeing her grow more in this book, where shes not as afraid of societal obstacles and she fights harder for what she believes in and cares for.

All of the new characters we were introduced to were super intriguing as well. Each interpretation of real people was incredible and I feel like I could honestly imagine some of them in the situations we get to see them in.

Also, Simon was a man after my own heart.

Anyways, this was an amazing book, a well deserved 5 star sequel in my opinion. Great storyline, pacing and fascinating characters that keep you hooked! Highly recommend!

Thank you St. Martin's Press/Wednesday Books and Net Galley for the chance to read this amazing arc!

This ARC was provided by Wednesday Books, and NetGalley, in exchange for an honest review.

"She had been in love, real love that gave her goose pimples and made her grin for no reason. She had gotten love, and that was more than plenty of people got on this planet." –Dana Schwartz, Immortality: A Love Story

After absolutely devouring Dana Schwartz's previous novel Anatomy: A Love Story, I was eager to see where the story of surgeon Hazel Sinnett went and the ultimate fate of her grave-robbing paramour Jack Currer.

The sequel does an admirable job of mostly sidestepping the problems that come with writing a follow-up to a story that could stand alone. Without getting into spoilers, there are new mysteries for Hazel to figure out as she comes into her own as a surgeon in Georgian Britain. This time around, it does feel like the narrative spins its wheels on occasion as the central hook isn't as compelling as in Anatomy, but the characters and world Schwartz envisions are enough to keep reading.

Unsurprisingly for readers of Anatomy or fans of the podcast Noble Blood, Dana Schwartz is fantastic at delving into a period's historical details without ever letting the story turn into an overlong encyclopedia entry. She alters the recorded facts when they suit the narrative and conveniently details the changes at the back of the book for anyone interested, so there's an opportunity to learn more about the Georgian period afterward.

Hazel Sinnett is as compelling of a protagonist as ever, and Schwartz adds plenty of new characters to the cast to develop her world. Immortality doesn't fall into the second-book trap of feeling like the middle chapter of a story that will conclude in the next entry, which can often make the sophomore novel feel hollow until everything wraps up. For me, the initial romance in Immortality wasn't as appealing as in the previous book– though the eventual twists and turns lead to a love story that comes together in the end.

Fortunately for a reviewer, reading Immortality: A Love Story around Halloween is a phenomenal fit that is perfect for the eerie autumnal season. Dana Schwartz follows up her strong gothic debut with another entry for fans of romance and historical fiction alike.

Hooray, a sequel! I finally feel like everything got wrapped up after the first novel. The medical cases were interesting and the social society had some interesting characters as well.

Kindly received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.