Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Review: Unforsaken by Cassie Laelyn


Book Description

Hidden deep in the Snowy Mountains, lives a brotherhood of immortal Guardians, banished from the Heavens. 

After centuries of exile, Head Guardian Raven can taste Hell. One wrong move could destroy his soul. When Fate assigns him a female mortal to protect, his forbidden desire becomes a distraction he can't afford. Giving in to temptation risks plummeting into the fiery pits of Hell, dragging her along with him. 

Tayla Eason is on the run, escaping a horrific attack on her life. When she lands in the arms of the sexy, alluring man who saved her, the shadows of her past swiftly close in. But when Fate throws a twist, Tayla's forced to choose between saving Raven's soul or fleeing before the creatures strike again. 

In an ultimate test of love, the two must battle against the almighty Fate. But will it be enough to save them both?


My Review

Tayla is a chosen, a rare mortal created by fate to fulfill an extraordinary destiny, in the end tipping the scales back in fate's favor. She has no idea that she's a chosen or that she's on the path that fate wants her on but the fallen keep coming after her and she's a bit jumpy because of it.

Fallen were angels who chose to fall and live in hell and all they did was find souls like the chosen and lure them to the dark side. Souls that were lured to the dark side tore apart fate's plans. 

Raven is the guardian that fate had chosen to keep Tayla alive so she could fulfill her destiny. But because he's been around her so much, he slowly begun to have feelings for her even though he knows he can never act on them. 

Raven has been good about keeping his distance even when he has to save her from the fallen that are after her. But when she almost dies again, he makes the decision to bring her to their home and that one decision changes everything for them. She sees him for the first time that she can remember and finds herself very much attracted to him. Which makes it really hard for him to keep a safe distance from her and not get involved with her. 

When Tayla's destiny is finally laid out for us, I had no idea that's what it would be but it made sense. I really liked getting to know Raven and the others who lived with him. Getting some back story into some of their lives and how the fallen are created was interesting. I'm not sure how I feel about fate yet, she seems very devious and under handed in the way she handles things and in the deals she makes. Some of their suffering seems very callous on her part and I didn't care for that. But it made for an interesting story and I'm sure that when each of these characters get their own books, well have a better understand as to why fate acts the way she does. 

I give this book 4 out of 5 stars. 

Disclosure: I received this book for free via NetGalley but all opinions are my own. 

21 comments:

  1. Thanks for the review. I'm not sure this is my kind of story, but I enjoyed reading your take on it.

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    1. Thanks. We all have different reading needs so that's ok. I did enjoy it.

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  2. Making for an interesting story is a win, most times

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  3. Oh this sounds good Mary I love the immortal Guardian theme and its a new author to me

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  4. Great review, it sounds pretty good!

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  5. Thanks for sharing. This sounds intriguing.

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  6. This sounds good. Love the cover!

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  7. I enjoy a fallen angels story now and then. Hmm, interesting how Fate is a real person in this.

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    1. I didn't like Fate, she was so strange. I hope she isn't so bad in the next book.

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  8. Ohhhhh immortal guardians??? That sounds fun. I love when characters have a fate unknown to themselves. Ohhh 4 out of 5 stars :) Great review
    xoxo
    Mary

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  9. I have never tried this author, but it does sound great :D

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  10. That's a great score. And that's a great body, too.

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