Review: Defiance is my favorite gargoyle!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 3, 2014
Defiance is book four in the Greystone Series by Taylor Longford, and having read them all, it is hands down my favorite. Maybe it's the horses, or Defiance's handling of Whitney's highly protective father. Either way, Defiance is my favorite of the Greystone men.I have to say, I am hooked on this series! The genre of Young Adult Paranormal Romance is so varied, yet I until I met the Greystone 'family' I had yet to read a series that featured gargoyles and harpies. So fun!This has ended up being more a review of the entire series...but the individual books can be read and enjoyed completely independently.One thing I love about this author, is her ability to blend each of the character's stories from one to the other seamlessly. Each of the Greystone books are the story of a different member of a family of gargoyles - ridiculously handsome males with wings, incredible strength, and super hearing, who can turn to stone and back at will - and the equally ridiculously ugly and strong harpies who hunt them. Each book focuses on one of the gargoyles and the story also leads us into the next book and the story of another of her amazing characters.The other thing I love about her writing is her use of both a huge time gap (800 years), and still keeping the characters at or very near the age of their romantic interests. Of course there is a romantic interest! Which leads me to the last and most important thing I have come to love about this author...her ability to write a romance for young adults, about young adults falling in love that doesn't contain a hint of explicit sex or graphic language. The men are hot, and each has his own distinct personality, and the young ladies that cross their paths are relatable and also very distinct.In conclusion - these are super sweet, clean, easy reads for the early teen to college readers of paranormal romance. Honestly, could easily be a 5 star series had the series contained a little more depth of plot, but the books are in no way simple and the consistency of the plot throughout is excellent.I highly recommend this series.