Review: Stone Guardian
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 2, 2014
Stone Guardian is my first book by Maeve Greyson so I wasn’t sure just what to expect.  What I did get is a humorous, sweet, sexy and exciting paranormal romance.Torin Grey lived 1000 years ago.  He is the Chieftain of the Stone Guardians, set with the responsibility of guarding over the stones of Callanish.  When Torin angered the old woman from the moors, he was put into a sort of sleep and brought back in present day in the Isle of Lewis in Scotland.  Watching Torin try to accept the things we take for granted in day to day life, cars, stoves, microwaves, indoor plumbing, was pretty hilarious.Emma Maxwell has accepted her life.  She has dedicated her life to being a pediatrician and taking care of her sister, Laynie.  Emma lost her adoptive parents years ago in a terrible accident on the water.  So she is all Laynie has.  But now she has accepted a year long position to help volunteer to get a children’s clinic up and running on the Isle of Lewis.  She has a horrible fear of the water so what is she thinking, going to live for a year on an island?  But, she has convinced herself that she can handle it.  Little did Emma know that she too possessed the powers of the Stone Guardian and that there was a destiny beyond her wildest imagination waiting for her.“She stood by the decision she made long ago:  hide your feelings from the world and take care of everyone else.  SHE was the strong one everyone ran to when anything went wrong.  SHE couldn’t be the one to show a hint of weakness or reveal any inner fears. “A terrible beast that I picture as a sort of dragon named Arach has been loose on the Isle.  His killing and destruction is so widespread that only the magic of the two stone guardians together will be able to destroy him.  The first time Torin and Emma meet, though, things don’t go very smoothly.  But as Emma accepts her heritage, something else blooms between them.  Could they be the fated love for each other?  Or are their worlds too foreign to each other for either of them to accept?“He wanted to be HER reason for breathing.”I really did enjoy watching the relationship bloom between these two and let me tell you, there was some serious chemistry happening.  When Laynie came to visit Emma she referred to Emma and Torin’s nighttime activities as “sex-a-lympics!”  I enjoyed watching as both Emma and Torin had to face their fears and insecurities and trust one another.  And Torin, “sigh” was so fun to read about.  He is most definitely the way I would imagine a Scottish warrior in a kilt would be.  Wink, wink!This book was both fun and exciting and I enjoyed it very much.  Thank you to Maeve Greyson for giving me the opportunity to read this book.