Stone Guardian

Today's post is on Stone Guardian by Danielle Monsch. It is the first in her Entwined Realms series. It is 374 pages long and is published by Romance Geek Publishing. The intended reader is someone who like urban fantasy and romance. There is mild foul language, sex, and mild violence in this book. The story is told from third person close of the two main characters moving from one to the other as the story goes. There Be Spoilers Ahead.

From the back of the book- Gryphons flying past skyscrapers? Wizards battling it out in coffeehouses? Women riding motorcycles with large swords strapped to their backs? All normal sights since the Great Collision happened twenty-six years ago.
Well, not normal for everyone. Larissa Miller may have been born after the Great Collision, but as a history teacher who lives in the human-only city, she has never come into contact with any other race or species, nor has she wanted to. Her life is as ordinary as it gets - that is, until one day she walks out of her apartment and is attacked by a mob of Zombies, only to be saved by a Gargoyle.
Gargoyles trust no one outside their Clan, but due to a cryptic prophecy, Terak, Leader of the Gargoyles, has been watching over the human woman for months. While he can find no reason why the woman has been singled out, something about her stirs every protective instinct within him. When the attack confirms that the threats against her exist and are real, he convinces Larissa that though their races have never been allies, the best chance of discovering why she has been brought into his world is by working together.
In the course of their investigation Terak becomes entranced by his little human. But when he discovers why Necromancers want her and the great reward that awaits him if he betrays her, he must choose between the welfare of his Clan and not only Larissa’s life, but the fate of this New Realm as well.

Review- A fun paranormal romance with an interesting world. This world is everything and the kitchen sink world. You have magic with guns, humans and everything else, and then add forbidden love story and you have this book. The plot is a little slow to build because it is all about the world building and the characters. Towards the end of the novel we get lots of plot as we move towards the end. The characters are fun but nothing groundbreaking. The romance is cute and believable between the two main characters but it was also not groundbreaking. I like a lot of what Monsch did but she really does not do anything new with the genre. If you area a fan of urban fantasy you should check this one out.

I give this a Three out of Five stars. I get nothing for my review and I borrowed this book from my local library.