Book Review: My Immortal by Erin McCarthy

Title: My Immortal
Author: Erin McCarthy
Date Published: September 2007
Series: Seven Deadly Sins #1
Genre: Romance (Contemporary/Historical Angel, Ghost)
Rating: C
ISBN: 978-0-515-14348-5

From the back cover:
In the late eighteenth century, a spoiled, selfish plantation owner struck an unholy bargain with a fallen angel: an eternity of servitude in exchange for the gift of immortality. For more than two hundred years, Damien du Bourg has held up his end of the bargain - by inspiring lust in everyone around him…

While searching for her missing sister, Marley Turner stumbles upon Damien's plantation on the outskirts of New Orleans and enters a world of shocking decadence. Drawn to the tortured man at the center of it all, Marley feels a powerful sensuality stirring inside her. For the first time, it's Damien who can't resist the lure of a woman. But his past sins aren't so easily forgotten - or forgiven…

This was a pretty quick read. I enjoyed the letters from the past that Marley wrote, revealing through them Damien's personality so long ago.

Marley didn't do much for me, but I enjoyed watching her evolve and learn that she has to start living her own life instead of meddling in everyone else's around her.

There are some fun secondary characters in My Immortal. One especially an interesting twist as the reader discovers later in the book. And despite being dead for over two hundred years, Damien's wife is one as well.

Overall, a decent read. There was a good mix of the present with the past mixed in. The setting of New Orleans and the area surrounding it was nice, it would have been nice to "see" more of it.

This is the first in a series, presumably there will be seven of them as it's called the Seven Deadly Sins. I enjoyed this enough to continue reading the series, though I sure hope we don't see Marley's sister again, at least not as a main character.