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Obviously, I'm a fan of the series, since I'm reviewing bk 6. With that said, I was NOT a fan of this particular installment. Here are the reasons or issues I have for giving a low rating:::
•New characters were not mentioned in previous books. Books 1-5 have always included mentions, description, and some plot involvement by the next book in the series's, main characters.
• Too many new characters. I just read the book description for book 7 and who the supposed main characters will be. I was annoyed that I'll need to reread book 6 to figure who Decklan was, again? I admit, I am horrible with remembering names but up until this installment, I've not needed to go back and review.
• Meryn was an over the top caricature of herself. I get that her character serves as a sort of comic relief but this time around, I found her annoying and not very funny.
•Character evolution is not happening in regards to Meryn. I have a teenager on the higher functioning end of the autism spectrum, so social skill challenges are ever present in our daily life. So even if Meryn truly has some sort of autism spectrum disorder like Aspergers, her inappropriate and sometimes rude behavior is often treated by the people around her, as the adorable antics of a child. Do not misunderstand me, I don't think any of her loved ones should take anything personally, get offended, or even ignore the humor of some of it. However, as smart and loving as Meryn is at her core, unless the people in her support circle do not call her out on it, and help her to learn some boundaries, inevitably, there will come a time when it stops being cute and funny. And Meryn will get hurt emotionally by the lashback and not have a clue why. I have learned that this doesn't have to mean, she has to stop being who she is deep down, or prevnt her from seeing the world in her unique way, but it does help her become a bit more empathetic, and aware of how her words and actions can effect her friends and family.
• There are times that it gets a little creepy and uncomfortable for me while reading about Meryn and widen. Mainly, when Meryn behaves like a child in most aspects of her life and is often indulged by her own very adult mate, in most social situations, as one would to a child. At the same time, her relationship with said, mature male is a predominatly sexual one. It bothers me that a woman with the social and emotional age of a young teen is in a relationship with a centuries old male who seems to do nothing that might help Meryn to mature in any way, other than sexually. At this point, nothing about Meryn demonstrates she is emotionally old enough for a mature sexual relationship. I question why a centuries old, fully mature male would be OK with and enable his mate's immaturity. As I mentioned above, Meryn needs to mature and evolve.
•Not every book in the series has to be about new pair of romantic characters. I've read other authors who bring back a popular couple for a new book in their series. I can't believe your past couples do not have anymore depth to them for more storyline develpoment. Also, it is a great way to INTRODUCE fresh new characters that you plan to be main characters in the future, and let's us get to know them as support characters. Which is how you've done it with the exception of book 6.


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My Guardian Bewitched and Bewildered Book 6 edition by Alanea Alder Paranormal Romance eBooks Reviews

In this book Meryn, Aiden, Beth, Gavriel, and Ryuu travel to Noctem Falls. We are finally introduced to Beth’s family, but we are also introduced to an extremely large cast of other characters.
That is one of my first issues. There were too many people, way too many people. Between those who already live in the city, the refugees on the run from ferals, and the visitors from Lycaonia, there were just too many people to keep track of.
This book (if you follow along with the previous five books) should follow Adriel getting his mate. In the prologue he has his nightmare regarding his mate and then she doesn’t appear in the book until Chapter 5. And between those two times nothing is mentioned about it, and even after he meets Eva there is no discussion regarding dreams and/or nightmares. And while ‘instalove’ is normal when reading books with paranormal and mates it felt even more rushed in this book.
If you’ve been reading this series then you know Meryn is pregnant and is so because she is human, even though Aiden is paranormal. We also learned in My Commander (book 1), that paranormals didn’t get pregnant like humans. As stated in My Commander, ‘Shifters get pregnant at Summer Solstice and usually give birth around the Spring Equinox’, yet in this book we learn that Beth (who is a shifter) is pregnant and it’s quickly noted that it’s not the time of year for shifters. As an explanation we are told that ‘in the vampire’s written history there are recorded examples of women conceiving out of season. In every instance the male is an ancient vampire and the female another type of paranormal. It was theorized the act of multiple feedings while being intimate, passed along something of the vampire to stimulate his mate to ovulate.’
I understand it’s the authors prerogative to change their world the way she wishes, but making it very specific one way (like pregnancy explanations in book one), and then throwing out some random explanation to explain Beth being pregnant seems in my opinion only created to be able to have Beth pregnant sooner rather than later. Also, we know that Kendrick (My Brother’s Keeper) is an archivist for paranormals so I don’t understand how he never knew of even on time when a shifter got pregnant out of season, and if he does why he didn’t let Gavriel and Beth know about it when he learned of Gavriel’s age.
Throughout the past four books Meryn hasn’t been allowed to have coffee or caffeine due to her pregnancy but in this book she practically lives off of chocolate pudding and coffee. When Aiden asks Ryuu about it he tells him that the coffee seems to be helping her condition now. It is left at that, no other explanation. I would have liked to know why her ability to have coffee is now all of a sudden not an issue.
In My Commander, Meryn is given the ‘Gown of Eire Danu’. She’s told by Lady Fairfax that when she puts the gown on it will change into whatever ‘dress’ she needs. In My Brother’s Keeper, Kendrick explains he owns the ‘Gentlemen’s Garments’. They are similar however Kendrick’s can be used to change all clothes, they aren’t used for formal attire like we believe Meryn’s dress is, because we are never told they will do that. In fact Lady Fairfax mentions that since her grandson wasn’t into crossdressing the dress hasn’t been used since his mother. In this book Meryn is using the dress to change her regular daily clothes since she has no maternity wear. She’s been using the magic to change into her daily tees and jeans. She’s also able to control the change whereas before the gown did what it wanted when she put it on. If in fact the ‘Gown of Eire Danu’ can be used to change basic daily clothes and not just dresses than wouldn’t that mean that Lady Fairfax’s grandson be able to use it?
When the group arrived it was clear that Adriel (the unit warrior) had some kind of issue or concern or even hated Gavriel. While some might say it was because of a crush he may have had on Beth as a child that would have gone away as soon as he met his mate, but it didn’t. I won’t go into too much explanation but it basically came down to him not believing that Gavriel is who he claims. Adriel tells Eva that he believes Gavriel is using and claiming the last name Ambrosios and that he isn’t part of that familiar line. Near the end of the book things are explained so that plot hole is closed.
Some other things that bothered me. While the layout of how the city is explained, it never really made sense and even at the end of the book I was still confused. The book was supposed to be about Adriel and Eva but their storyline could have been removed and nobody would have missed it. Meryn was given too much page time. We are now in book six in the series and still she’s getting page time like it was her book. It’s clear that there is a feral inside the city but aside from the mention of a missing person and the deaths of a few refugees that’s all we got. Yes Eva went after the feral but we, the readers, learned nothing else.
So personal feelings. This book seems pointless in the overall scheme. If in fact the author wanted to introduce us to another city I think maybe that could have been done in a novella and then the Unit Warriors meeting their mates wouldn’t be over-shadowed. Meryn is overused. I don’t think she needs to be everywhere. She takes up page space that could be used for the unit warriors that are not mentioned enough. I think that too many citizens were introduced or mentioned in this book, we don’t need to meet them all in one book. If this arc is supposed to be this city there will be plenty of time to introduce and explain who the citizens are. I feel like we met more in this book than we did in the first five books combined. As mentioned before, the city structure is not explained or described enough to truly get a visual in our heads (maybe a map could be made available to readers on the author’s website). And again this is supposed to be Adriel and Eva’s book and not another book about Meryn.
I’m personally not a fan of writing reviews that aren’t good. But I couldn’t let this slide. I’ve read all of this authors books and while there are a few grammatical errors here and there in this book they don’t bother me like the other things I mentioned. I admit I forced myself to finish this book and to not give up. It took me three days to read what I should have been able to do in a few hours. And as much as it pains me to say since there are so many things I’d like to know and characters I love, I won’t be purchasing future books in this series. Maybe one day I will look back and decide to finish it, when the series itself is finished, but that’s a big maybe.
Obviously, I'm a fan of the series, since I'm reviewing bk 6. With that said, I was NOT a fan of this particular installment. Here are the reasons or issues I have for giving a low rating
•New characters were not mentioned in previous books. Books 1-5 have always included mentions, description, and some plot involvement by the next book in the series's, main characters.
• Too many new characters. I just read the book description for book 7 and who the supposed main characters will be. I was annoyed that I'll need to reread book 6 to figure who Decklan was, again? I admit, I am horrible with remembering names but up until this installment, I've not needed to go back and review.
• Meryn was an over the top caricature of herself. I get that her character serves as a sort of comic relief but this time around, I found her annoying and not very funny.
•Character evolution is not happening in regards to Meryn. I have a teenager on the higher functioning end of the autism spectrum, so social skill challenges are ever present in our daily life. So even if Meryn truly has some sort of autism spectrum disorder like Aspergers, her inappropriate and sometimes rude behavior is often treated by the people around her, as the adorable antics of a child. Do not misunderstand me, I don't think any of her loved ones should take anything personally, get offended, or even ignore the humor of some of it. However, as smart and loving as Meryn is at her core, unless the people in her support circle do not call her out on it, and help her to learn some boundaries, inevitably, there will come a time when it stops being cute and funny. And Meryn will get hurt emotionally by the lashback and not have a clue why. I have learned that this doesn't have to mean, she has to stop being who she is deep down, or prevnt her from seeing the world in her unique way, but it does help her become a bit more empathetic, and aware of how her words and actions can effect her friends and family.
• There are times that it gets a little creepy and uncomfortable for me while reading about Meryn and widen. Mainly, when Meryn behaves like a child in most aspects of her life and is often indulged by her own very adult mate, in most social situations, as one would to a child. At the same time, her relationship with said, mature male is a predominatly sexual one. It bothers me that a woman with the social and emotional age of a young teen is in a relationship with a centuries old male who seems to do nothing that might help Meryn to mature in any way, other than sexually. At this point, nothing about Meryn demonstrates she is emotionally old enough for a mature sexual relationship. I question why a centuries old, fully mature male would be OK with and enable his mate's immaturity. As I mentioned above, Meryn needs to mature and evolve.
•Not every book in the series has to be about new pair of romantic characters. I've read other authors who bring back a popular couple for a new book in their series. I can't believe your past couples do not have anymore depth to them for more storyline develpoment. Also, it is a great way to INTRODUCE fresh new characters that you plan to be main characters in the future, and let's us get to know them as support characters. Which is how you've done it with the exception of book 6.