Review: The Guardian Trilogy
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 11, 2013
Hey guys, here we go - no spoilers, I promise. And I wish I could give 4.5 stars - that's my real rating.At the end of the first book, The Guardian, I went over and reviewed it separately because I was very impressed with the writing and the story. The character development and GROWTH really struck me as something different for YA paranormal fiction/romance.Taken from my review of The Guardian: "Katie Klein's writing style is simply fantastic. There are segments in The Guardian that I've highlighted and noted just because of how beautifully written it is. Love love love her prose. The relationship that Genesis has with her mother is love and hate and rough and real and I just loved everything about the interplay between them. It just fit the entire tone of the story, even though it was difficult to read at some points."Not gonna lie, the middle book, Vendetta, kind of dragged for me. I'm not entirely sure why, since quite a bit happens. I still enjoyed the writing style and the characters and everything, but it just... I don't know. It's also VERY dark at times, which I thought was absolutely necessary given the good vs. evil struggle... though, some people might be surprised or even offended. Not going to spoil anything, but it did not bother me at all.Now, Book 3, Revelation? I loved it! It moved a lot faster than Vendetta for me. Again, the development of secondary characters is fantastic. Something else that I thought was very interesting is that while Genesis is against the Demons, she also isn't completely set on the side of "good" being right. In many YA books, the heroine is so good and so pure and they don't have any sort of internal struggle. The character of Genesis goes through major growth in these books and deals with a major internal struggle in this last book.Also, I want Luke. Just saying.Highly recommended by an adult (I'm 30 years old). Well written with great character depth.