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Guardian Demon, exceeded my expectations for Michael's story while providing some chuckles (two words, "house porn"), some tears, and some intensely steamy moments, and left me happy with the wrap-up for the series, sad to see it ending, and (like another reviewer) made me want to go back and reread the previous books - well at very least Michael's parts.

As much as I'd love to gush about the specific details of `why' Guardian Demon was the book we've all been waiting for, since this is the final step of a long journey for fans of Meljean Brook's Guardian series, am going to limit myself to a few reactions instead in order to avoid spoilers, because fans who have made that journey have earned the right to experience the `big finish' for this series for themselves.

Paranormal romance series often have that one hero-in-waiting whose happily ever after is the one that fans have been waiting for since day one, but after all of the anticipation I am rarely satisfied with that character once he is in the lead and is no longer enigmatic, because in making that hero accessible to his heroine he often ends up `less' than he's been throughout the course of the whole series - that is absolutely not the case with Michael in Guardian Demon.

Even in seeing what makes Michael tick, with thousands of years of life under his belt, and a beginning and an inner core that are definitely not typical or human ones, the Michael we see here is not less than the Michael in the rest of the series, he is vastly `more'. With that vastness, it might not seem that any formerly human heroine, without an equal number of centuries under her belt, could ever be a suitable match for him, but Taylor turns out to have the strength, intelligence, and damaged complexity to make me believe that she would be someone who could keep Michael's interest for a happily eternal ever after.

Okay, my inner romance reader loved the character discovery and relationship buildup between the leads that has been a hallmark of the Guardians series, and I am very hero-centric in my reading and Michael is so intense that I just had to mention him first, but Guardian Demon is the culmination of a very well planned out arc that is woven through the eight full length books (and to a lesser extent the five short stories) and wraps up here in a suitably epic conclusion for a series that has been leading up to a showdown between the Guardians' forces of good and Lucifer's (and Beliel's) demonic forces of evil.

About midway in Guardian Demon, heading into the final build up to the climax of the personal and series arc conflicts I had an inkling of how of they might be resolved ... and I was totally wrong. I loved that and I loved that the battle for Earth at the end was truly a battle and that it was one that employed a desperate plan that required all of the Guardians, Kavi, and both Michael and Taylor.

As a series finale - so final bows are needed - there are enough bit parts in the drama to allow the majority of the past leads, and to a lesser extent the supporting characters, from the previous books and novellas to put in at least a short appearance and often to play a significant role and to add to my tension and worry - since with demons pulling the strings in the background plot, casualties are always a possibility and I was terrified that some of my favorite characters might end up being part of the body count.

It feels weird to be done with a series that I've been following for sooooo long (since 2006, I think...) Oh but wait, this is not actually the last we will see of the Guardians' world, since Guardian Demon was so long - the print version is somewhere in the vicinity of 570 pages - Brook cut out a subplot and will be releasing that story after the release of Guardian Demon. That story runs concurrent with parts of GD, but it should be read after to avoid spoilers for GD.

(Complimentary copy for review received from author - I wasn't paid for my review and my opinions are my own. I also purchased an addition copy for my keeper shelf.)


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Guardian Demon Guardian Series Meljean Brook Books Reviews

I pre-ordered this book and started reading it at 9pm last night when it downloaded automatically to my kindle. I suspected this might be a mistake and was convinced of it at 3am this morning when I finally had to go to bed, my eyes burning out of my skull. I finished it this morning while ostensibly 'working' from home. The verdict? The book, which fans of the series have been waiting for with breathless anticipation, was just as good as I was hoping. It was, in fact, FRICKIN' AWESOME. Based on the number of urban fantasy/paranormal series that have limped to the finish line over the past few years, well past their prime and long after the death knell should have sounded, it's clearly difficult to write a great series, ensure that it maintains its greatness over time, and know when to end it. Evident in spades are Brook's superb writing, mind-blowing imagination and fully realized protagonists, but the story is also satisfying in terms of the larger series arc and the resolutions it brings.

Although we get more of Taylor's viewpoint than Michael's, what we learn of him both fits with our prior impressions (well, mine at least) but also adds further intriguing layers as well - it's kind of like getting a view into what Superman would have been like growing up, if he wasn't the noble version portrayed in the latest film, but had to learn things like compassion, the consequences of his own strength, etc. Taylor is also no Lilith, Savi, Charlie, Alice, Irena, Rosalia or Ash she might have Irena's red hair, Lilith's mouth and Rosalia's sense of right and wrong, but is a fully realized character in her own right (actually, Michael says something to this effect in the book, and he might as well have been speaking of Brook's individual novels, which are all unique and distinctive -- I can't tell you how much I appreciate this after reading several authors who seem to continually trot out variations of the same characters again and again). In sum, if you like this series, you will LOVE this book. If you've never read the series, then I strongly recommend you check it out. But I wouldn't start with this one - it's an eminently readable book in its own right, but I think all the richer if you're familiar with the back stories of the various characters who make an appearance in the book, along with the larger story arc that led to the events detailed in Guardian Demon.
There is nothing generic about this action-oriented series. It's an unequaled world of slick crimson violence, with a stylish angle on afterlife and mythology, woven through a soulful love story.

And what a satisfying conclusion to this engaging mythos of the guardians fighting demons! There's a fangton of crime solving. Myriad murders and chaos. Sword fights and fire-breathing dragons. Even a flayed face and dismembered genitalia. But this creature feature doesn't ditch imagination in preference of shock de la gore. The graphic images are muted and sketched artfully, not forcibly.

The only thing I struggled with was the retreading of the investigations. The endless fact-finding and exhaustive details of suspects, victims, demons, and vampires quickly became a glazed-eye blur and felt unnecessary to the storyline. But not once was I tempted to put this book down.

Taylor's gift as a Guardian brings a fascinating incorporeal element to the series and Ms Brook portrays the application of this supernatural gift with imagination and masterful writing.

Taylor's gift is made more unforgettable in her romantic relationship with Michael. And oh, what a grand-scale romance. If you've been waiting for their union as long as I have, you won't be disappointed. The climb to get there is agonizing, laborious, and rife with sexual tension. Truly, a well-earned HEA.
Guardian Demon, exceeded my expectations for Michael's story while providing some chuckles (two words, "house porn"), some tears, and some intensely steamy moments, and left me happy with the wrap-up for the series, sad to see it ending, and (like another reviewer) made me want to go back and reread the previous books - well at very least Michael's parts.

As much as I'd love to gush about the specific details of `why' Guardian Demon was the book we've all been waiting for, since this is the final step of a long journey for fans of Meljean Brook's Guardian series, am going to limit myself to a few reactions instead in order to avoid spoilers, because fans who have made that journey have earned the right to experience the `big finish' for this series for themselves.

Paranormal romance series often have that one hero-in-waiting whose happily ever after is the one that fans have been waiting for since day one, but after all of the anticipation I am rarely satisfied with that character once he is in the lead and is no longer enigmatic, because in making that hero accessible to his heroine he often ends up `less' than he's been throughout the course of the whole series - that is absolutely not the case with Michael in Guardian Demon.

Even in seeing what makes Michael tick, with thousands of years of life under his belt, and a beginning and an inner core that are definitely not typical or human ones, the Michael we see here is not less than the Michael in the rest of the series, he is vastly `more'. With that vastness, it might not seem that any formerly human heroine, without an equal number of centuries under her belt, could ever be a suitable match for him, but Taylor turns out to have the strength, intelligence, and damaged complexity to make me believe that she would be someone who could keep Michael's interest for a happily eternal ever after.

Okay, my inner romance reader loved the character discovery and relationship buildup between the leads that has been a hallmark of the Guardians series, and I am very hero-centric in my reading and Michael is so intense that I just had to mention him first, but Guardian Demon is the culmination of a very well planned out arc that is woven through the eight full length books (and to a lesser extent the five short stories) and wraps up here in a suitably epic conclusion for a series that has been leading up to a showdown between the Guardians' forces of good and Lucifer's (and Beliel's) demonic forces of evil.

About midway in Guardian Demon, heading into the final build up to the climax of the personal and series arc conflicts I had an inkling of how of they might be resolved ... and I was totally wrong. I loved that and I loved that the battle for Earth at the end was truly a battle and that it was one that employed a desperate plan that required all of the Guardians, Kavi, and both Michael and Taylor.

As a series finale - so final bows are needed - there are enough bit parts in the drama to allow the majority of the past leads, and to a lesser extent the supporting characters, from the previous books and novellas to put in at least a short appearance and often to play a significant role and to add to my tension and worry - since with demons pulling the strings in the background plot, casualties are always a possibility and I was terrified that some of my favorite characters might end up being part of the body count.

It feels weird to be done with a series that I've been following for sooooo long (since 2006, I think...) Oh but wait, this is not actually the last we will see of the Guardians' world, since Guardian Demon was so long - the print version is somewhere in the vicinity of 570 pages - Brook cut out a subplot and will be releasing that story after the release of Guardian Demon. That story runs concurrent with parts of GD, but it should be read after to avoid spoilers for GD.

(Complimentary copy for review received from author - I wasn't paid for my review and my opinions are my own. I also purchased an addition copy for my keeper shelf.)