For Action-Packed Clean Romance, look to The Faerie Guardian

I always get a little panicky when it’s my turn to write a book review. I simply don’t read a ton of fiction novels when I’m focused on writing my own. If I have time to read something, that means I have time to write something. And the writing will usually win out.

That said, I did learn to appreciate audiobooks over the last year—and it just so happens that I finished listening to a fascinating title in time for this post. 😉

You might recall my book review on the City of Wishes series, by Rachel Morgan. I enjoyed that storyline so much, I re-listened to it earlier this summer. So, when several of her other books/series were on sale about a month ago, I jumped at the opportunity to put more titles on my Kindle bookshelf.

One is called, The Faerie Guardian, the first in a nine-part series (three books per one main character, so we’ll see if I get through all nine or stop after #3). I also paid the extra dollars to get the audio version, knowing I have more time these days to listen (while doing housework and fixing dinner, etc.) than to read (which requires sitting).*

Here is Amazon’s description of The Faerie Guardian:

Seventeen-year-old Violet has one job: protect humans from dangerous magical creatures. It’s a job she’s good at—until her latest assignment, the cute human guy whose life she just saved, follows her into the fae realm.

Now she’s broken faerie law, risking her future at the Guild of Guardians. She needs to get Nate home and make him forget everything he’s discovered—but it won’t be as easy as she hopes.

Someone has been waiting for Nate, and now that he’s entered the fae realm, a dangerous plot is set in motion. Vi is about to find herself fighting for both Nate’s life and her own as the two of them are pulled deeper into the darker side of the fae world.

Two cons I’ll confess up front: 1.) the use of mild swears, though it’s no worse than watching a PG-13 movie or roaming the halls of a public high school (never once is the F-bomb used); and 2.) while this book is clean and comes nowhere close to even a closed-door scene, there are several innuendos to suggest the main characters don’t hold to a biblical worldview when it comes to romantic boundaries. Just laying it out there in case that’s too close for comfort for some families. I would recommend this book for older teens and adults because of Con #2.

Otherwise! This is a fantastic read with plenty of twists to keep you guessing. Kudos to Rachel Morgan for writing an action-packed, clean romance that had this reader unable to easily unplug even when Life demanded my attention. Did I mention it’s action-packed? I will admit I got exhausted a time or two with how often Rachel threw her MC, Violet, from one chaotic situation into another in the blink of an eye. And yes, there is some violence from fight scenes, though thankfully for faeries, they have magic to help with the healing process. 😉 As a writer who has gobbled up two sets of Rachel’s series so far (the Ridley Kayne Chronicles being the second set), I’m awed at Rachel’s creativity. She’s able to imagine her characters into scrapes…and then imagine ways of escape that the reader doesn’t see coming. Book after book. Series after series. And since I don’t overflow with ideas myself, I admire this ability in other writers.

I’ve recently begun the second book in this Creepy Hollow series. So far, so good, as expected. So, depending on your personal threshold for mild swears and a few innuendos, if you’re an older teen or adult looking for something with a bit more edge but still clean, I do recommend The Faerie Guardian.

And if someone can direct me and other readers to a Christian author who writes riveting fantasy romance, let us know in the comment section below! <3

(*Just to clarify, I’m not an advocate for losing the art of simply sitting and “being.” I do need to make room for that in my life, but at present, it’s not my reality.)