Book Review: Guardian by Claire Delacroix

Guardian
Author: Claire Delacroix
Series: Prometheus Project, book 2
Publisher: Tor Paranormal Romance
ISBN-10: 0765359502
ISBN-13: 978-0765359506
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Delilah Desjardins is a Shade with a secret. She is the one true oracle of the Republic but when she tries to reveal herself for who she really is, Delilah is caste aside and is soon running for her life. Before Delilah realizes what is happening, she is taken captive by what she first thinks is a hunter out to take her in but she soon discovers he is her only hope for survival. Raphael has no memory of his past. All he remembers is his mission and that is to make sure Delilah is officially seen as the oracle of the Republic. To accomplish this they will need to learn to trust each other if they are to survive the coming obstacles and treachery.

Delilah is the daughter of Lilia who is the heroine in the first book of the series. She was taken from her mother at birth because of a third eye and marked as a Shade. A Shade is a human born with some type of birth defect or mutation. They are labeled as Shades and treated as slaves and experimented on. Delilah escaped this fate and was sent to the Citadel of the Daughters of the Light of the Republic nine years ago. The Daughters plan to name a false oracle but Delilah knows that it is her the angels speak through and will not sit quietly by and let this happen. Delilah is confident in the fact that she is the true oracle and will do anything necessary to get people to believe it. I liked that she wouldn't let anyone take this away from her and she was also a compassionate person that really felt for her fellow Shades. Her unyielding faith in the angels was admirable. Even in the darkest situations she believed. The problem I had with her was no matter what Raphael did, she didn't trust him and it bugged me because I felt he more than proved himself. She was attracted to him but I felt her love for him came out of no where and didn't feel genuine.

Raphael has been on earth for a few months and has enjoyed his share pleasures along the way. He will not apologize for the fun he has been having and I liked him for all his faults. He wasn't too keen on completing his mission at first but once he saw Delilah it all changed. It was lust with him at first but he fell for her a lot faster than she did for him. I wasn't a fan of these two characters together but separate, they are wonderful.

Ferris is also a Shade and a friend of Delilah's. He is mute but he won't let that stop him from helping his friends and keeping a promise to one of the very few people who was ever good to him. I really hope to see him in future books. Where there are angels there is bound to be the devil. He makes another visit to the Republic in Guardian. He is dark with matching wings, well built and every bit as malicious as you'd expect. Like in Fallen, he is trying to recruit an angel to his side. You know he has something wicked planned and I'm both anticipating and dreading to see what he has in store.

I felt Guardian was even better than Fallen. The frighting world of the future is expanded in the 2nd installment of this series and light is shed on some of the darkest corners of the Republic. Secrets are being revealed and hero's are rising but will it be enough to survive the coming storm? I look forward to starting Rebel and finding out.
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Reviews of other books in the series:
Fallen