by Cathy McCrumb
publisher’s synopsis
The Recorder’s fate has been sealed, but the Consortium is not the only enemy.
Labeled an aberration by the Consortium, the Recorder is not yet free. Time is running out as an engineered bioweapon wreaks havoc on friend and foe alike.
Stopping both the biological agent and the people who created it is no easy task, especially since the Recorder and her friends are trapped on a research station infested with behemoth insects.
Without Consortium technology, the probability of neutralizing the threat falls to nothing. In order to save her allies, the Recorder must activate a drone, but her success might destroy any hope for freedom, a future, and a name.
“Every human in this system is unique and valuable.”
You know you read a good book when you’re still thinking about it in the days after you finished.
I love all of the characters. Recorder’s character arc is beautiful. The side cast is fantastic. Seriously, I need more of these characters.
The plot pulled me in from the beginning and didn’t let go. Guardian is probably the “heaviest” book in the trilogy. There’s a lot going on at times, and sometimes it’s emotionally weighty. Yet Cathy masterfully paces it right with sweet, slower scenes for the readers to enjoy. (The kittens. ❤️ You’ll understand when you read it.)
Cathy did have me nervous for a good chunk of the novel about how things were going to end, but I needn’t have feared. She did a great job of wrapping things up while leaving them just open enough.
Guardian is a completely satisfying conclusion to the Children of the Consortium series. I’m just sad that the story has to end. 🙂
Cautions: moderate romance; seven kisses; non-graphic heavy violence; brief mention of an affair; an unmarried character is pregnant; a statement leaves the reader to infer that a character was born outside of marriage
I received an eARC from the publisher. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Guardian releases February 2024.
Hailey Huntington 
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