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say this for the Guardian series: as much as these books are woven together, Meljean Brook does an amazing job of giving them all their own identity.
Each romance is vastly different from the one before, Each hero and heroine is extremely well defined, with unique histories, motivations, and hangups, There is no cookie cutter anything, And yet, they remain cohesive and engaging, building to a coming crescendo that promises to be fanfreakingtastic,

Brook shakes things up with a halfling demon herione here, You might think that shed be reminiscent of Lillith, but shes not, Ash doesnt have centuries of manipulation and subterfuge under her belt, In fact, as the book opens, she has no idea who she is or what she is, for that matter.
She is a patient in a psychiatric hospital, and it takes three years there before she even cares enough to seek out her identity.


She quickly finds out she bears a striking resemblance to a woman named Rachel who went missing several years back.
Her research leads her to Nicolas St Croix who we met in the last book, Nicolas was raised by a demon mother and is on a mission to find her and kill her, Rachel was his girlfriend, and he she died saving his life from his “mom, ” So when Ash shows up wearing Rachels face, he figures out she is a demon pretty fast, Given his history, he expects the worst of her, but they end up striking a bargain: Ash will help Nicolas track down his mother and hell help her figure out who she is.


The romance here is slow in coming, Nicolas is incapable of seeing anything but the worst in Ash, Its understandable, given his history, But she is so fresh and charming, She has absolutely no ulterior motives or hidden, well, anything, When she became a demon, she became essentially a blank slate, She says what she means and she means what she says, Her emotions take time to form, but once they do, they are pure, She is funny and blunt, sincere and likable, Then there is Nicolas. He is all about creating an impenetrable exterior about getting his revenge at all costs, But the best part of the romance was in watching his humanity poke out, despite his best efforts to suppress it.
He wanted to so much to hate Ash, yet she wins him over so utterly! Its great,

As much as I rooted for the romance and the fantastic sexual tension, I wasnt sure that I believed in the love.
It felt like it happened really quickly and these two were apart more than they were together, The pacing was also a bit slower this time around especially when compared to the last installment, Those issues notwithstanding, I still really enjoyed the book, This was thanks largely to Ash, but also because of the peeks at Taylor and Michael and a big finish to set up the final book.


Im really excited to see how this is going to flesh out, But I am very sad that the series is drawing to a close,

Rating: B/B In this stunning and sexy addition to the world of the Guardians, a man seeks revenge against the halfdemon he once loved.
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Nicholas St. Croix is familiar with the evil of demons, After his father's death, he was raised by the demon who had taken over his mother's body, Six years ago, his "mother" was responsible for the disappearance of the woman he loved, and Nicholas swore he'd find hereven if he had to go to Hell and back.
Except she finds him firstand with one tormented kiss, he knows that she, too, is a demon, Now he is determined to take his revenge,

Ash is a halfdemon with no memory of her past or how she got to Hell, All she knows is that Nicholas St, Croix holds the key to her identity, And though he's clearly drawn to her, Nicholas makes no secret of his distrust of her, Yet one kiss at a time, he breaks down her defenses as they battle an array of demons and Guardians.
But is Ash's greatest enemy the man at her side How is it that I love every heroine Meljean throws our wayit feels impossible to love fictional characters like this.
I did think the couple went from hatred/indifference to love rather quickly but it worked I love this whole series Some people are so talented that its weird.
One of these people is Meljean Brook the author of the amazing Guardian series! “Demon Marked” is the seventh book in this series and its a great book! This time we learn the story of another two characters.


Nicholas we know him from a previous book is a human who is very familiar with the demon world.
His life was filled with memories of a demon because one of them took over his mothers body, He wants revenge and his only purpose in life is to destroy this demon, Hes a very hard and cold man at the beginning of the book and its not easy to like him.
His need for revenge makes him cruel and he doesnt trust anyone, When he starts having feelings for Ash, he has to change all his beliefs about demons and its not something easy for him.


Ash is a halfdemon with no memory, She doesnt know why she was in Hell or what she supposed to do now, The only thing she knows is that she has to find Nicholas so she can learn about her past.
Ash has the body of Rachel the woman Nicholas once loved, Rachel went to Hell because she ends a bargain with the demonmother of Nicholas and in Hell she has been reincarnated as a halfdemon with no memory.
Now, she is Ash and she wants to start over,

I felt bad about her when I was reading the book, Shes not Rachel anymore but she doesnt know who she is either, She has feelings for Nicholas from the beginning and she suffers when he doesnt respond, Shes strong but at the same time shes vanurable, Nicholas doesnt believe that she has feelings and hes hurting her all the time,

As always the worldbuilding is excellent and that proves how much talented is the author, One thing I notice while reading the book is that there are not many sex scenes, Its a book more about feelings than actions, Some of the other characters in the series make an appearance, but the most important one is Taylor because of her special relationship with Michael! As always, at the end, we have a great scene and now Im looking forward for the next of the series!
Nicholas St.
Croix was raised by a demon who took over his mother's body, His goal is to exact revenge on that demon, Ash appears with the face of the woman who was killed to protect him, and he immediately uses her to get to his "mother.
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This book feels like a filler, Most of it can be just a side story, except the end where they advance the series plot a little bit.
This could've just been

incorporated into Rosalia's plot somehow,

Both Ash and Nicholas start off as interesting characters, Ash starts with no memory and no emotion, Nicholas starts as a paranoid, vengeful demonlike jerk that the Guardians dislike, They both develop as characters, until they go too far, especially Nicholas, Nicholas is at his most interesting when he is conflicted between his desire for revenge and his attraction to Ash.
At the end his love for her gets a bit cringey, with him calling her amazing all the time and suddenly becoming good.


Unlike in the previous book, Taylor is mainly just there, Khavi is a lot more cruel and a lot less interesting than in any previous stories, There is a small section with Hugh and Lilith that is fairly interesting, The few mentions of Rosalia make her seem matronly instead of the stunningly beautiful and kind woman she is.

For the last three years, Ash spent her life locked away in a mental institution with no idea as to who she was before she woke up there.
For her, there is no sense of loss or sorrow, merely an intense curiosity of who she is, and why she can do things no one else can do.
She cares for nothing or no one, Using her preternatural abilities and the internet, she discover a tenuous link to millionaire businessman, Nicholas St, Croix and his stepmother Madelyn, Nicholas has devoted the majority of his adult life to destroying his stepmother Madelyn, or rather the demon who has possessed her body since Nicholas was a child.
When he discovers his very dead girlfriend breaking into his stepmothers home, he knows right away that Ash is an earthbound demon.
Her pathetic ruse of amnesia doesnt wash with him, hes seen and lived through too much hell to be taken in by one of her kind.
If not for the fact that Ash can lead him to Madelyn, her head would already be rolling on the floor.


Meljean Brooks has an unbelievable talent for bringing humor to unbelievably dark situations, This book absolutely cracked me up, As a die hard fan of this series and a Lilith wannabe, I patiently wait for the next book to hit the shelves.
This is one of those exceedingly rare series where the next book is always better than the last, Ash has to be hands down the best heroine of the series aside from my role model Lilith of course.
Her stoicism and lack of mental filters lead to great dialogue and side splitting scenarios, It is the rapid shift from uproarious laughter to heartbreaking sadness that causes the reader to gasp for breath and to feel their own heartbreak at the character's pain.
It is an emotional upheaval I live for time and time again,

The details on the world building in this series is without peer, I have to remind myself occasionally that this is a work of fiction, especially when I do a marathon reread of the entire series.
The characters are as diverse as they are compelling and this is definitely not a series where the reader has any "yawn" moments.
Meljean Brook hits every element that it takes to create a blockbuster series, and there is not one paragraph that wasn't crafted with master precision.
From the snarky dialogue, the dark humor, the mind blowing romance or the dramatic situations, Demon Marked carries the flag for the Guardian series without missing a beat.
I would be sorely remiss if I didn't strongly encourage you to read this book, .