Courage by Taylor Longford

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Title: Courage
Author: Taylor Longford
Series: Greystone #8
Published by: Indie
Release Date: December 31, 2015
Format: Kobo Book
Pages: 173
Genres: Paranormal Romance, Young Adult
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My rating:

Blurb:

Think you know about gargoyles? The beautiful winged race disappeared eight hundred years ago. When they last walked the earth, they traveled in close-knit packs, their throats marked with ancient runes. Their greatest enemies were the ugly and brutal harpies that people today mistake for gargoyles.

After surviving a fire, Courage needs to find a lass with the power of magic to heal his terrible scars. When he runs across Lorissa Burns, he thinks the redhead is the perfect girl for the job. But when her touch fails to heal him, he can't figure it out.

Lorissa Burns is a witch, sure enough, even though she doesn't know it. She's even performed magic before, unwittingly. Will her magic be enough to heal the once-beautiful gargoyle? And when danger threatens the two teenagers, will it be enough to save their lives?

My Review:

3.5 stars — Well…this one gave me mixed feelings.  I was really looking forward to finding out what happened to Courage too!!  But it definitely didn’t live up to my expectations.  Maybe I’ve outgrown this series.  I will finish it, but I feel like the books have not been getting better as we go along…

The number one disappointment for me in this one came from the emphasis on looks, and the absolutely HORRID behavior of Lorissa (and even Courage to a degree) over Courage’s burns.  I’m seriously sick of the society in which we live, where a burned face is not viewed with compassion, but rather disgust and reluctance.  I mean, Lissa thinks he’s only interested in her “plain jane” self because he has those burns.  I’m not even going to go into it, but needless to say I was appalled by some of her thoughts and some of the things she says…and Courage as well.  I really thought with what Courage went through, the love interest would be someone sweet and above it all, you know?  That wasn’t quite Lissa.

Now, once the whole burn stuff was set aside, and they were getting to know one another, I thought they were pretty cute together.  I loved the way Courage would tease, and how earnest he seemed.  I really felt how enraptured he was by Lissa (even if I wasn’t as enraptured), and there were some sweet moments.

This is another one of those books where we really didn’t get a lot of time with the pack…other than Defiance.  And Defiance isn’t exactly my fave.  I thought the conflict and continuation of the Olander stuff was intriguing, and I’m wondering what is left for Havoc.

All in all, there were good moments…but unfortunately they came after I was kind of turned off.  So I’m probably going to round down.  *sigh*  I don’t have as much hope for Havoc now…  I wonder if the author just wanted to get them finished.