5 enthusiastic stars

Gryphon
Maelea

Elisabeth Naughton's books have become a bit of addiction for me. I have read 9 of her books in 16 days. Enslaved is the fifth book in her Eternal Guardian series. I was first drawn to these books because of the connection to mythology. With that focus, clearly this was going to be a light, fun, romantic read, right? Yes, and more. Embedded in this fanciful mythology are serious themes - betrayal, loss, abandonment, self-esteem, and surviving trauma. The Guardian More...

This book was get another great installment of the argonauts.

Gryphon - who's soul was saved from hell, darkness still haunts him, meets maela half breed daughter of good and evil and the adventure begins. Some real touching scenes in this book that actually made me cry, the words were just so emotional it couldn't help touch me.

In this book we have all the other characthers making appearances which really enhances the story, also a new female makes an appearance, whic I assume will appear in new More...

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Since paranormal became the “in” thing in romance I seem to run into the same problem over and over….. if the world building and characters aren’t very unique in some way they seem to either bore me to tears or blur into each other to the point where I can’t remember the whos, whats and wheres when I go to pick up the second book in a series. Elisabeth Naughton’s Eternal Gaurdians series is very differe More...

Enslaved
by Elisabeth Naughton
Sourcebooks, Casablanca
November 2012

With a voice only he can hear incessantly calling to him, drawing him back to the evil goddess Atalanta, Gryphon is losing his mind. He hasn't recovered from his torture in the Underworld, doesn't trust women and doesn't trust himself. One thing he knows, when Malea is near, the voice weakens. He's able to think, to plan. To fight for him mind and freedom. He won't harm her or do anything she doesn't want but he won't let her go. N More...

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There is nothing more tempting than a seductive voice calling to you at all times of the day. However, Gryphon will not be fooled by the voice in his head. He knows she has nothing to offer him except a slow and steady trip to crazy-ville. Therefore, he does the only thing he can to protect those he cares for: run away so he cannot hurt anyone but himself. Only he needs to help of the mysterious Malea who shares his darkness and may b More...

This series has gotten better with a not so great start. In the last book Gryphon an Argonaut warrior was rescued by his brother Orpheus from the Underworld but not before he broke. He made a deal with Atlanta, their enemy to make the torture stop and Atlanta with the help of Kronos tied him to her. For months he has been kept restrained in the Misos colony run by Nick because he is unstable, feeling the lure of Atlanta and too ashamed to tell anyone what happened to him. He feels unworthy.

Maele More...

Enslaved was 3 stars, likable book for me. I really wanted to love it with a tortured, wounded hero and an outcast heroine but was not feeling a connection with them all the time. For me Enslaved started out good with Gryphon and Malea escaping, but while trying to escape, out of the blues her attitude changed and bang all of a sudden she is scared and has to escape from Gryphon. After that, the rest of the book was choppy and just did not flow right. I think they were perfect for each other but More...

It's fun to see how each author writes a series. There are some who connect a series of stand alone books, with intriguing secondary characters who later have their own books. There are some who write about multiple characters their stories intertwining.. telling the same story from a different point of view. There are some who have an entire over all arc but write mini arcs inside (a series of smaller arcs with a few books that compliment the overall arc). Then there are those who write an ongo More...

Wow! Just wow! Words truly cannot express just how badass Enslaved was but I'm gonna try. Elisabeth Naughton raised the bar with this installment of the Eternal Guardians series and I can't wait to see what happens next. Full review can be found here: http://www.smashattackreads.com/2012/...

4.5♥s

" . . .everything she knew about Gryphon screamed nut job."

Ever since Gryphon's brother, Orpheus, rescued him from the Underworld (Enraptured), Gryphon has been hearing dark Atalanta's voice calling to him to her. Constantly. Making him want to twitch and scream. The Argonauts don't know what to do with him, and so they've hidden him away in the half-breeds' colony to "recover." On his first mission after his rescue, the darkness inside him takes over, with grave consequences. In the afterm More...

This book was given to me by Netgalley and Sourcebooks for an honest review.

Gryphon, an argonaut recently rescued from decades of torture, is a dark and dangerous soul, full of self-loathing and a need for revenge. Maelea is the exiled daughter of two gods who has been living on the run from those who wish her harm. Both Gryphon and Maelea have trust issues and fear being hurt as much as they fear hurting those around them. When Maelea attempts to escape Misos to prevent harm coming to her frien More...

Rating: B+

This book has a wonderful blend of mythology and romance. I even liked how the author took characters from Greek mythology and incorporated them into the story without changing their traditional characteristics. Most everyone knows that the Greek pantheon is full of beings similar to the mythological jinn: capricious, callous, and definitely not human despite their appearance. The only other story I've enjoyed the world building and use of historical/mythological representations this m More...

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I first read this book not realizing that it was the fifth book in a series. There was enough background information that you could read it as a stand alone, but I have to admit that after reading Enslaved, I went back and read the first four books in the series. I loved them all.

Summary: Enslaved is the story of Gryphon, an Argonaut (warrior/protector/hottie), who is trying to adjust to life on Earth after spending several More...

Grphyon had suffered such unspeakable tortures at the hands of Atalanta and Kronos, I had to wonder just how Elisabeth Naughton was going to bring this "broken" argonaut back into the land of the living. What she gave us was a man who was so very worthy of his argonaut markings, but also the daughter of the Gods.

Gryphon, in the other Guardian books, was also such an easy going character, so his transformation into this hardened, tortured soul is tough. He thinks he's losing his mind because he c More...

This is book 5 in the Eternal Guardians series. At this point i have only read this one and the one before it. I plan on eventually going back to read the first three. I was afraid that i would have trouble not reading in order but so far i don't feel that's a problem. I'm sure it helps with the whole picture to do that though. I would recommend you read at least book 4 before trying 5. Enslaved will be much clearer if you do as the set up for Gryphon the hero of this book is set in book 4 which More...

Can we just take a moment to drool over this amazing and sexy cover? I'll wait.
Did we get the drool wiped up? Okay, let us proceed.

I love, LOVE, love this author and her writing. There is just something about the way she can create a scene that captures me. One word can sum up this series for me: ADDICTIVE. Trust me when I say that when you start with the first book in this series, you will be snatching up the currently released books in this series just to keep getting your fix.

Gryphon, how I l More...

Enslaved turned out to be my favorite of the Eternal Guardian series, so far, with the first book as a close second. In this book, a character I thought I was going to dislike turned out to be far deeper than I could even guess. Gryphon endured horrific torture while in the Underworld as a prisoner and when rescued by his brother Orpheus in the book TEMPTED, he returned convinced he was worthless. Maelea, the daughter of Zeus and Persephone, is his salvation, yet the dark stain on her own soul m More...

4.25stars actually.

Neither Mealea nor Gryphon are adjusting to life in the Colony as they are still victims of their curses. Accidently they meet while making independent escapes and end up travelling together. Although they seem unlikely Mealea and Grypon work very well as a couple and the sexual tension between them is palpable. Mealea was more than eye candy/arm decoration for Gryphon as she fought by his side against the daemons and hellhounds. Gryphon admirably allowed opportunity for droo More...

These books sucked me in so completely that I flew through them in no time. I adored Maelea and Gryphon. My only question, though, was about the redhead who broke into the castle and went through Maelea's room. If Maelea and Gryphon couldn't even break OUT of the castle, how was it so easy for that chick to break in? Why did no one question HOW she got there? They all wanted to know why she was there, but no one thought for one second about how she managed to first find a supposedly invisible lo More...

Fifth book in the series... Wow, what a milestone! Yayyyy Naughtiness (my pet name for Elisabeth)

Okay - so I was rooting for Malea to be Gryphon's heroine since Orpheus's book. It simply made sense.

Malea - she is nothing like the heroines I generally like and connect with. However, her background, how Hades hates her for the circumstances of her birth, and generally how she was forced to live her life really changed that.

Most of her background is brought up in Orpheus's book. So I went in un More...

I'm amazed again and again at how good the actual stories are in these so called/ labeled "Romance Novels". I hate that term: Romance Novel; it implies noting but mindless smut ans sex on every page. don't get me wrong there are some books out there that rightly deserve that definition, but this is certainly not one of them. I mean, yes, there is sex, but this novel was so much more. I truly love and appreciate the the struggles the characters go through to learn and trust one another to the poi More...

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I’ve always wanted to read Elisabeth Naughton’s work, so glad I finally got to do so and should kick myself for waiting as long as I did. Elisabeth has created an original, imaginative and vivid world with a combination of known and unknown paranormal aspects and characters for us to truly engross ourselves in and enjoy. Even though this is book #5 of the series and the first I’ve read from it, I did not find myself to be lost or unable to understand any of the happenings within the story. All o More...

After finishing the book before this I was anxious to read this story to see how everything would come together. I was not disappointed, this was a good story and I like the main characters and had fun rooting for them. However, there were a couple of times the erotic scenes seemed to be unnecessary, though I know those are the reason most of the readers pick up this kind of book, so I have no place to complain. Most likely it is time for me to go back to reading my sci fi or historical fiction More...

Well, this one took me a long time to finish but the ending was quite rewarding. This book was quite slow to start. It wasn't really boring, it just didn't suck me in like some of the other books in this series.

There is a scene where Gryphon shares what happened to him in the Underworld that was quite heart-breaking but Mealea's response was very sweet and loving. That was probably one of my favorite scenes in this book.

I really enjoy Naughton's writing. I'm certainly glad I fell into reading o More...

ENSLAVED (Eternal Guardians #5) by Elisabeth Naughton

ENSLAVED is the fifth instalment in Elisabeth Naughton’s Eternal Guardians series based in Greek mythology, stories, prophecy and history. All Guardians are descended from Greek gods, but many of the gods still rule. When Hades wife Persephone gave birth to Zeus’s daughter, Hades cursed Maelea to walk alone for over 3,000 years, but now Hades wants something from Maelea, and the Guardian Gryphon is standing in his way.

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Okay, so..I cheated. I read book 5 (Enslaved) before I read book (4) Enraptured. Now my thought was to just..you know take a peak inside the pages, just to see what was going on with Gryphon and….well…you see, this bad habit is hard to break...I read this book in 2 days. Technically it would have been one, but a girl has got to get up and go to work. And I have nothing against Orpheus book, it’s just that Gryphon and Maelea just sucked me into their relationship., I was done for really.

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My Review:

Gryphon is on the edge... The edge of madness after spending months of being tortured in the Underworld. Now he's escaped, but has a new madness...a voice in his head is bringing him closer and closer to the edge. He hasn't recovered from his torture and is just not mentally strong enough to withstand any more. That's why Malea is such a miracle for him. When he's with her, the voice calms. He calms. He can find a thread of sanity.

But his insanity has terrified her and she wants nothin More...