Review: Guardian's Faith
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 15, 2013
After years of torture by a demon and more years of silence, Faith Parsons feels a calling to leave the home she has come to love and follow a man she doesn’t know.  When she gets to his home she finds the love and acceptance that she has missed for most of her life along with an old feud and enemies from Lucien’s past.Faith is extremely damaged by her past and hasn’t fully dealt with all that happened to her.  She carries guilt for not saving the other women that were kidnapped and tortured with her.  When she meets Liege Lord, Lucien ad Toussaint she feels drawn to accompany him to his home.  Lucien is also damaged in his way.  He is still living with the ‘old ways’ and is just getting by after the brutal massacre that occurred when his father ruled his house.  When the two meet we get a very slow build to their relationship.  They get to know one another over time and don’t rush anything.I loved how slow Lucien is to act on his feelings.  He never tries to rush Faith and gives her plenty of notice as to his actions.  As a couple they are really sweet and as Lucien came out of his shell he became such a great character.  We learn why he became so closed off and how his early life molded him.  With Faith we have been getting to know her since book two so while we did see a lot of growth with her as well, I really enjoyed reading more about Lucien.There were some great secondary characters introduced in this story.  We have spent the last three books in one Liege Lord’s house so it was a refreshing change to look into a new house and see how it was run.  We also get new trainees, guardians, and household staff that has a completely different feel from the previous books.  I loved how the village played a large part in this book.  I would love to go back to Lucien’s house to see how things have changed now that he is more hands on what the other character’s are up to.The plot had many twists and turns and leaves the reader unsure what will happen next.  We are left with a plot thread dangling but Faith and Lucien’s story was wrapped up nicely.  I would have liked a bit more at the end with their mating.  It was just glanced over and I wanted more details and to be there first hand rather than to have Faith recollect it in a few short sentences.I really love this series.  The books are so unique and fascinating.  Rhodes builds an exciting world with demons, vampires, guardians and more.  Each addition to the series is new and exciting.  This is the forth book in the series and while they are best read as a series, this book does stand on its own.  We are introduced to a new house of people and while the character’s from the previous books make an appearance a reader wouldn’t be confused.reviewed by Meganbook provided by the author for the purpose of an honest review