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Stone Cold Lover (2014)

by Christine Warren(Favorite Author)

3.74 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

125001266X (ISBN13: 9781250012661)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

St. Martin's Paperbacks

series

Gargoyles

review 1: I absolutely couldn't WAIT to read this book (yet, as usual, I dilly-dallied on writing the review). This is the second book in Christine Warren's gargoyle series and it was even better than the first. Fil's fascination with the gargoyle statue she found at her old friend Ella's request (in the first book) seems bizarre, even for her as an art restorer...and that's before the statue comes to life, introducing her to a whole new world of really wierd things. Add onto that, moments after the statue wakes up, someone bombs the local and she and Mr. Gargoyle barely escape with their lives.Spar doesn't quite know what to make of the independent little human woman who wakes him up. All he knows is she isn't one of the Wardens.The story moves quickly on without letting up. There ... moreare new characters introduced (heroine for book 3, I assume, in the form of the witch Fel calls in to help) and old (Ella and her gargoyle from book 1). The threat posed by The Darkness and the major demons is growing at a rapid pace.I found some of this story to be sad and poignant when Fel loses a friend, and gripping as Spar races to rescue Fel from the big bad. I loved the world building and how Ms. Warren carefully layers in the growing threat without overwhelming you. It's a careful balancing act and one Ms. Warren excels at.Finally, given this is a romance it has to be mentioned, there is the romance between Spar and Fel. Yum. I want a gargoyle of my very own, thanks to Spar. I loved how Spar kept trying to protect/control Fel because that's what he's more or less known to do his entire existence, and how Fel didn't let him wrap her in cotton and keep her from all danger. And let's not forget the sex. Wowser. Fantabulous book. It's part of series, but you don't really have to have read the first to get the gist of this one (though it's awesome in its own right).Book provided by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
review 2: This is the second book in this series and I thought it was better than the first. Felicity like most people doesn't know that there is a war going on between good and evil in the world and Evil seems to be gaining ground. Stone Guardians were created to protect the world from this evil but the Wardens that were supposed to wake them up are being hunted and killed. It seems that now only certain women their Guardian's true mate can wake them. In the first book Ella woke the first, in this book Ella convinced her friend Felicity to seek out a special statue which she winds up waking and being pulled into a mystical nightmare where there is danger around every turn and she has been branded by a crazy man wielding magic.Christine Warren spins a tale that captivates you and keeps you reading. I love this series. less

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