Guardian heather burch epub

She was selfish and a bit She got herself into dangerous situations and the boys had to rescue her. She cri I was soooooo excited to get this book in the mail. She cried and spent alot of time moping about Mace and Raven. Um hello? I'm not anti-males-saving-the-day, but GIRL!

Pick yourself up and deal with your problems! Forget that Abercrombie good looking halflings exist and focus on finding the answer to your problems!! The author did such an awesome job with them. She had me laughing at Zero's antics, just wanting to love on Vine because he is so stinken adorable, begging to find out more of Winter's backstory I have a feeling she will be pretty important in the third book and Will?

Will is just plain awesome. I don't know what happened either. Guardian had some awesome lines, description, writing style, and scenes, but for the first half of the book I kept turning the pages and wanting to knock some sense into Nikki. She didn't even grieve over her parents until around page ? She sobbed over two boys instead? Come on. Alot of people have said that they hated Raven's immaturity, but I could relate to him the most.

He was human. He didn't try to be perfect. He made mistakes, he was a jerk, and he hurt Nikki, yet somehow I still connected with him and I wanted to hug him. Maybe because I really am a great big softie after all who loves that anti-hero type characters I thought he was awesome. So broken, so raw and while a bit stupid at times, I still wanted to hug, hug, hug him. I like Nikki and Raven together. He understands her.

Wayyy too perfect. I still couldn't bring myself to love Mace. He was just Mr. I cannot help it that I find the perfect characters boring. I like the people who are broken. Completely broken. Therefore I cannot help loving him. I loved that Heather broke Nikki and tossed her around. It was good for her character and by page I started to like her again since she wasn't thinking about whether Mace or Raven was hotter.

I was NOT expecting it at all so I danced because 1. The ending was pretty epic. Heather Burch is an awesome writer and the Haflings idea is simply brilliant. I just wish Nikki had put away her permanent case of-I-can't-live-without-them-syndrome and grown a backbone before the th page.

Oh well. What's done is done and the book wasn't any worse because of it. In fact it ended on a really promising note! I'm fully expecting the next book to be action packed.

Guardian was an easy read that romance lovers will adore. Parts of it just weren't for me though, but I enjoyed it overall. People who like the first Haflings book, paranormal romance or Twilight will really like this book.

View all 6 comments. Jun 02, Kayla rated it really liked it Shelves: reviews-completed. I loved the world building, and all the characters. The love triangle from book one is still going on in this one but by the end the characters pretty much know what needs to happen. It kept me on my toes and I am so happy that I got the chance to read it. Sep 12, Andrea Carrey rated it did not like it. I did not realize when i requested this book that it was one in a series.

Based on the high ratings I thought I'd enjoy the series, so I bought the first book in order to read this one in context. Somehow I managed to finish both.

I may've skimmed some scenes So why didn't I love this book? First, the plot was a little shaky in my opinion. I was not drawn in enough by what was happening - I felt like the Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher, who provided me with an ARC for review purposes.

I was not drawn in enough by what was happening - I felt like the main characters Mace, Raven, and Nikki were the focus, at the expense of a thoughtful, well-done plot to carry them along. I thought Nikki was a little too haphazard with other people's feelings - not that I thought she owed any of the boys anything, or that she wasn't entitled to be a little off her game given everything going on - but she was somewhat inconsistent, and I never knew what she was going to do, or understood the reasoning behind the things she did do, and it was quite disorienting.

And don't get me wrong, I adore the romance aspect of books, but this book was seriously all about the romance, and everything else other character development, moving the plot along, etc. There were a lot of scenes that were totally about the romance and had nothing to do with the plot, and it made the romance feel cheaper and more self-indulgent on the parts of the halflings as well as Nikki.

I also just didn't get very into either Mace or Raven. They had a couple of moments, but other than that they seemed incredibly immature, inexperienced, and self-centered. They weren't well defined, except as how they behaved toward Nikki. And as with all the characters in the book, we are told a lot about them, but never really shown it in how they act in the book and thus are contradictory and unsatisfying.

It made it hard to care about the bigger things going on. Really, though, the main thing that turned me off was how choppy the plot and writing were. The style was very simplistic, unpredictable only by virtue of being poorly tied together and reasoned, and as a whole deeply disappointing.

Oct 11, Vicki The Wolf's Den rated it it was ok Shelves: fantasy , urban-fantasy-paranormal , young-adult , romance , e-book , netgalley , the-wolfs-den-reviewed , arc-read , free-read-borrow , speculative-fiction. This review is for those who have read or are familiar with the previous book, Halflings , or don't mind knowing some major spoilers for it.

Guardian, however, will remain spoiler-free. And not in a good way. Sure, Halflings disappointed me in some respects, but it at least still had enough to make me hope for improvements. Guardian managed to nothing but infuriate me chapter after chapter.

But let me start This review is for those who have read or are familiar with the previous book, Halflings , or don't mind knowing some major spoilers for it. But let me start at the beginning. Nikki Youngblood has lost everything she knows and loves. Her parents were murdered. Her house was emptied by her mysterious godfather. Even her dog was slaughtered by hellhounds. All she has left to cling onto is her half-angel protectors, two of whom are trying to become a bit closer than protectors.

So it just stands to reason that they all need a vacation. Yep, no Twilight rip-off here; this love triangle is on the move. And what better way to solve angsty problems than trapping eleven teenagers on a boat together?

Obviously God knows what he's doing here. Okay, all joking aside, there seriously are eleven teenagers on a private boat crossing the Atlantic for about half this book. During that time Nikki is both focusing on training herself in otherworldly matters and trying not to cause either of her love interests to give up their eternity for her.

Add that to thrilling activities with the other Halflings such as shopping with the girls Vegan, Winter, and Glimmer , homework with Zero , and admiring the view of Ocean, Sky, and Dash [characters, not scenery] and she has a busy schedule indeed. Nikki's emotional range for the majority of this book went from Woe is me to I'm a horrible person. The few times of happiness she experiences are always overshadowed by the fact that she's hurting her other love.

That's right, she's still deeply in love with both Mace and Raven. But when she finally makes a decision between the two, she happens to overhear everyone talk about how she's damning him, and how selfish she is, and how it would be better if they'd never met. And therein lies one of my biggest peeves of the book: the villanization of women. Yes, Nikki is being an idiot stringing along two guys, but they're allowing her to do so.

Neither of the guys seems to have a problem with knowing they're both under consideration. But to everyone else, she's a whore and a temptress. During one of the eavesdropped conversations, they even go so far as to make this reference: "God was the perfect father, yet Adam still chose sin. For a woman. Vegan and Winter stay silent, which Nikki takes as agreement. Once again, the blame of the matter lies not with the boy, but the inherently evil woman.

Obviously Nikki, and her feminine ways have seduced the half-angels into romancing her. And if their minds have been overcome by her poison, then it falls to Nikki to do the right thing. Oh, please. I'm all for girl power, but there's only so much for which Nikki can be held responsible.

But speaking of the guys, here's how they hold up in this book. Mace is still head-over-heels over Nikki. He may have feigned trying to cut back on courting the human, but he's back in full-swing here.

From close-quarters maneuvering to giving gifts, he's one love-sick puppy. That is, until he thinks Nikki has made her choice and is now his property. I kid you not. Once Raven is out of the picture, and Nikki is supposedly his for the taking, he gets super pissed off at every independent decision she makes.

She decides to try training against a hellhound without his supervision but other Halflings and he flies off the handle. She goes out for a motorcycle ride without him, and she's being reckless. She gives someone a goodbye kiss, possibly for forever, and he tells her she needs to "Stick to the rules" before storming out. Even rag-doll Nikki realizes that's going a little far. But it's okay because Mace is instantly sorry that his actions had repercussions and totally wants to accept Nikki for who she is now.

And then there's my boy, Raven. Raven comes off as a little douchy-er at times, but other times he's just as deep and romantic as ever. I'll admit, his attitude of ' you know you love me, and I can wait for you to figure it out ' ground on my nerves.

I remembered his cockiness, sure, but for him to tell her that to her face was just a turn-off. I mentioned that Raven left the picture, and spoiler-ish, yeah he does. It's a little more complex than that, but you get the gist. He's still torn with the darkening of his soul and this quote really sums it up: Raven cared about the society of one: himself. At least he had until Nikki. She'd changed him—both destroyed and remade him.

There was a soul beneath his flesh. It had been a cold and shriveled empty place until she ignited it. Now it burned, and the awakened fire might kill him—if, of course, he wasn't already dead. Which leads me to my greatest disappointment of the book: the twist. It wasn't completely out of the blue—I could see evidence for it in both the last book and this one—but instead of sucking me in, it was more of a let-down for me.

Also, the explanations for why it was a surprise to absolutely everyone, including the semi-omnipotent ANGEL, read more like weak excuses than plausible reasons. No me gusta. Yes, apparently there are people who know about the existence of Halflings, and are trying to capture them with titanium.

Also, these hunters know the Halflings are based in France and enjoy attacking innocents there whenever their plans are foiled. Want to know more?

Too bad, 'cause there's no more information about these people. Add in the constant female bashing, the disappointing twist that shouldn't have been, and sloppy writing including the Halfling hunters and two random instances of Vine narrating, and by all rights I should not be continuing this series. I shouldn't, I really shouldn't. But I will. For two reasons: 1 I still like Raven. Like, really like him.

And 2 Nikki post-twist interests me. I don't know that I'm looking forward to the next book, but at this point I'm intrigued enough to give it one last try. Oh, and did I mention it ends with a cliffhanger? That might have something to do with it as well. Overall, I was disappointed with Guardian , but I think most fans of Halflings will continue enjoying the series.

Most of the issues I had with the book were simply continued from the previous, so if you didn't mind them there, you probably won't notice them here. No language or sex to worry about, but it does have violence and dark overtones toward the ending. Based on the violence and the nature of some situations, I'd recommend it for high school and above. For someone already invested in the characters, this book will be impossible to put down.

Approximate Reading Time: 6. If you are interested, you can read the unedited review at The Wolf's Den. Jan 27, Rachelle Cobb rated it it was amazing. What I Loved The suspense. The edge-of-your-seat quality.

The fact that I couldn't let go of this book. It followed me to the breakfast table, to bedtime, to the cab of my truck where I read it before class. Building on the magnetism of the first book, Burch has fully delivered with Guardian. When she's not working on her latest book, Heather can be found watching a sunset at a beach near her home in Southern Florida, along with her sons Jake and. Associate Listings In addition to the names of key personnel, addresses, phone and fax numbers and Internet addresses, the listings indicate the companies' main lines of products and services.

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