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The Guardians #3
The Banished Beta's Saving Grace
Eli Gunnar has been on the run most of his life, after the Alpha of his pack killed his father, blaming him for the death of the Alpha and Beta heirs. Eli was banished at 12 by the Alpha. Less than a year later, attempting to save the only person kind to him in his banishment, Eli was found with a dead Luna Estella in his arms. He was blamed for her death ad was hunted until her son, Liam caught him. Only because of Liam's mate, Angel, a Guardian with the gift of tasting deceit, was the real story believed. Liam let him go to start a new life. It's on this journey that he stumbles across his fated mate, only she doesn't have a wolf. Grace is the only child of Alpha Edgar and Luna Paige. For ten years she is spoiled, the darling of the pack, prepared to become the next Alpha, taking over for her father. However, when Grace does not get her wolf, her father changes, becoming angry and distant. When she still has no wolf on her 12th birthday, he banishes her from the pack. She and her mother leave the pack and Paige's mate. Living in the human world, Grace watches the ruptured mate bond slowly kill her mother, leaving her alone in the world at age 16. However, on her 18th birthday she not only awakens with a wolf, but a Guardian. Now, hunters are coming. They have heard of Guardians and their strength, and they want them dead. Grace will have to trust Eli as her mate and join forces with the other Guardians who she feels a strange connection to defeat this now foe and begin the life she was always meant to have - the leader of her own pack.
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400 books406 followersDiana Cooper has written books about angels, Archangels, unicorns, all elementals including fairies and Ascended Masters. Her Spirit guide Kumeka, who has given her information about the orbs, Atlantis, the Spiritual Laws, ascension and enlightenment
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October 23, 2024
What started off as a random Instagram advert, has turned out to be a trilogy I'd be happy to recommend for an easy and enjoyable read!
Pleasantly surprised by how invested I became in each character and seeing them build their lives...and besides, who can resist werewolves, fated mates, magic and supernatural battles!?🐺🔮
Pleasantly surprised by how invested I became in each character and seeing them build their lives...and besides, who can resist werewolves, fated mates, magic and supernatural battles!?🐺🔮
March 26, 2025
Unexpectedly, really good. I didn’t have much hope because I’ve read a ton of really bad pay by chapter werewolf books, but this one is great and I hope it becomes a traditional book or an indie book because more people need to read it, but I don’t think most people are going to be into paying so much each chapter.
This is gonna be kind of a review for the entirety of the series because I’ve read all of them at this point .
The actual reading of them is annoying as hell because once again it’s paid by chapter or you find one of those free with pop-ups situations. Either way it sucks.
The world is super detailed as are the characters in the plot lines. It is in no way just spice the way some of them are and I shed more than a few tears.
The love stories and the idea of family and the people around you are central to this series.
If you’ve got money to spare and you’re looking for a world to get involved in, it’s worth it. But if spending more than $10 on a book isn’t in your budget, then the series isn’t for you.
Specifically in this book, I spent the entire damn book waiting for the other shoe to drop. Nobody is gonna actually talk about what Eli did in the other books? Nobody????
Like I get it, he didn’t kill the Luna, but he did kidnap Cara and tried to force her into a meat bond when she was 17 ????
Yet it doesn’t come up at all other than talking about how he was beaten up
I would be utterly furious if that happened and I didn’t even know about it. So it kind of felt like everybody got together and just decided to never talk about that and keep it from the FMC even though she herself met him when she was 17 which again super creepy because MMC is 32.
Ughhhhh
As much as I want to rate this higher, I just can’t because I feel like things were just glossed over.
The battle scenes in this book are really awesome though, and I enjoyed the integration of other species and new characters.
This is gonna be kind of a review for the entirety of the series because I’ve read all of them at this point .
The actual reading of them is annoying as hell because once again it’s paid by chapter or you find one of those free with pop-ups situations. Either way it sucks.
The world is super detailed as are the characters in the plot lines. It is in no way just spice the way some of them are and I shed more than a few tears.
The love stories and the idea of family and the people around you are central to this series.
If you’ve got money to spare and you’re looking for a world to get involved in, it’s worth it. But if spending more than $10 on a book isn’t in your budget, then the series isn’t for you.
Specifically in this book, I spent the entire damn book waiting for the other shoe to drop. Nobody is gonna actually talk about what Eli did in the other books? Nobody????
Like I get it, he didn’t kill the Luna, but he did kidnap Cara and tried to force her into a meat bond when she was 17 ????
Yet it doesn’t come up at all other than talking about how he was beaten up
I would be utterly furious if that happened and I didn’t even know about it. So it kind of felt like everybody got together and just decided to never talk about that and keep it from the FMC even though she herself met him when she was 17 which again super creepy because MMC is 32.
Ughhhhh
As much as I want to rate this higher, I just can’t because I feel like things were just glossed over.
The battle scenes in this book are really awesome though, and I enjoyed the integration of other species and new characters.
September 19, 2024
Enjoyable and very satisfying
This was the third and final book in The Guardians trilogy. But I hope it’s not the end. There are a few more characters that I would love to read their story. Maybe even the next generation of guardians - children of the current ones. The guardians and their spouses from the previous books feature pretty prominently in this book.
Our FMC, Grace, was a late bloomer. But that wasn’t good enough for her alphahole father. What’s sad is that he was a loving husband and father until it looked like Grace didn’t have a wolf. He underwent a drastic personality change. Grace and her mother ran away in the dead of night and lived among humans for the next 7 years. Eli stumbles across Grace one day and realizes that she is his mate. Eli was a bad character in book #1, was pretty abused in Book #2, and turned into a loving mate and a strong and benevolent alpha in this book. I thought the author did a fine job of taking this character from bad to good, and did it in such an organic way that it was very believable. It’s not often that a character I hate ends up being a character that I love.
I also loved how the relationship between these two characters developed. She was a bit reserved in the beginning. She saw her mom go through hell because of the mate bond and she wanted nothing to do with it in the beginning. But Eli was patient and won her over. It turns out, she is the strongest of the guardians, which they need to win a fight against the hunters.
This book had a bit of comic relief in the form of the woodland sprites. Some of the dialog between them and Eli really had me chuckling. I am sorry to say goodbye to these characters and I hope the author will bring us back here once again. This series really must be read in order, and I highly recommend it.
This was the third and final book in The Guardians trilogy. But I hope it’s not the end. There are a few more characters that I would love to read their story. Maybe even the next generation of guardians - children of the current ones. The guardians and their spouses from the previous books feature pretty prominently in this book.
Our FMC, Grace, was a late bloomer. But that wasn’t good enough for her alphahole father. What’s sad is that he was a loving husband and father until it looked like Grace didn’t have a wolf. He underwent a drastic personality change. Grace and her mother ran away in the dead of night and lived among humans for the next 7 years. Eli stumbles across Grace one day and realizes that she is his mate. Eli was a bad character in book #1, was pretty abused in Book #2, and turned into a loving mate and a strong and benevolent alpha in this book. I thought the author did a fine job of taking this character from bad to good, and did it in such an organic way that it was very believable. It’s not often that a character I hate ends up being a character that I love.
I also loved how the relationship between these two characters developed. She was a bit reserved in the beginning. She saw her mom go through hell because of the mate bond and she wanted nothing to do with it in the beginning. But Eli was patient and won her over. It turns out, she is the strongest of the guardians, which they need to win a fight against the hunters.
This book had a bit of comic relief in the form of the woodland sprites. Some of the dialog between them and Eli really had me chuckling. I am sorry to say goodbye to these characters and I hope the author will bring us back here once again. This series really must be read in order, and I highly recommend it.
May 20, 2025
I love the series and how the three books are connected. However, I noticed several inconsistencies. In Book 1, it is said that while Shadow Falls is the largest, Canyon Ridge is the strongest because of Cara and Clint. They also have 2 alphas (Rik and Anders). Plus their warriors are trained not just by Anders, but 2 guardians as well. So why in book 2 and 3 the author is now saying Shadow Falls is the strongest pack?? Cara alone is stronger than Liam and Angel. Angel and Grace hasn't had any intense and longer training than Cara. Grace also acts more like a conduit connecting and borrowing power from Angel and Cara. Angel has more control over her aura but that's it? Why suddenly Cara and Canyon Ridge's military strength is being downplayed in books 2 and 3? It's frustrating to read anytime it happens. Canyon Ridge's warriors should have been stronger than Safe Haven's previously rogue warriors. That alone should have been common sense that Canyon Ridge is stronger than them yet their being downplayed. It's extremely frustrating and it doesn't make any sense.
Also why is Grace being called the strongest among 3 Guardians? Cara had more training. If it came down to strength alone, Cara would outlast Angel and Grace ten times over. Grace’s strength only thrives in the presence of allies. Without Cara and Angel, who she can ask to borrow power from? She's extremely lacking. Out of the 3 Cara has the perfectly balance of strength, battle tactics, and mystic powers.
Lastly, in book 2, it is said multiple times that Cara is like the glue that connects Clint and Angel, so why in book 3 that suddenly changes? Yes Clint and Grace are different people but that shouldn't have changed because of the wolf. Plus Artemis is their daughter so in that logic it makes more sense that Cara is the conduit, the glue that connects their powers and wolves. Right?? This is a BIG NARRATIVE OVERSIGHT on the author's part.
I would have enjoyed re-reading books 2 and 3 if not for these inconsistencies. Book 1 is by far better because of this.
Also why is Grace being called the strongest among 3 Guardians? Cara had more training. If it came down to strength alone, Cara would outlast Angel and Grace ten times over. Grace’s strength only thrives in the presence of allies. Without Cara and Angel, who she can ask to borrow power from? She's extremely lacking. Out of the 3 Cara has the perfectly balance of strength, battle tactics, and mystic powers.
Lastly, in book 2, it is said multiple times that Cara is like the glue that connects Clint and Angel, so why in book 3 that suddenly changes? Yes Clint and Grace are different people but that shouldn't have changed because of the wolf. Plus Artemis is their daughter so in that logic it makes more sense that Cara is the conduit, the glue that connects their powers and wolves. Right?? This is a BIG NARRATIVE OVERSIGHT on the author's part.
I would have enjoyed re-reading books 2 and 3 if not for these inconsistencies. Book 1 is by far better because of this.
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February 26, 2025
The Banished Beta’s Saving Grace-- A Raw, Redemptive Howl of Fate and Fury
Cooper’s third Guardians installment delivers a masterclass in werewolf storytelling on GoodNovel. Exiled beta Eli Gunnar—wrongly accused, perpetually hunted—finds his fractured soul mirrored in Grace Edgar, the Alpha’s heir cast out for lacking a wolf. Their dual tragedies intertwine brilliantly: Eli’s gruff resilience clashes with Grace’s quiet defiance as she awakens not just as a wolf at 18, but as a Guardian hunted for her power.
Cooper’s genius lies in twisting pain into purpose. Grace’s late-blooming wolf isn’t a convenience—it’s a rebellion against her father’s conditional love. Eli’s haunted past fuels his fierce protectiveness, yet their bond avoids clichés, simmering in shared vulnerability rather than instant passion. The real villains? Not just the hunters chasing Guardians, but the toxic pack hierarchies that discard the “flawed.”
With blistering action and prose that cuts like claws, this story howls about redemption through resilience. Grace’s rise as a leader who earns loyalty (not demands it) and Eli’s hard-won peace make their triumph unforgettable. A five-star howl for paranormal romance fans craving grit with their soulmates.
Cooper’s third Guardians installment delivers a masterclass in werewolf storytelling on GoodNovel. Exiled beta Eli Gunnar—wrongly accused, perpetually hunted—finds his fractured soul mirrored in Grace Edgar, the Alpha’s heir cast out for lacking a wolf. Their dual tragedies intertwine brilliantly: Eli’s gruff resilience clashes with Grace’s quiet defiance as she awakens not just as a wolf at 18, but as a Guardian hunted for her power.
Cooper’s genius lies in twisting pain into purpose. Grace’s late-blooming wolf isn’t a convenience—it’s a rebellion against her father’s conditional love. Eli’s haunted past fuels his fierce protectiveness, yet their bond avoids clichés, simmering in shared vulnerability rather than instant passion. The real villains? Not just the hunters chasing Guardians, but the toxic pack hierarchies that discard the “flawed.”
With blistering action and prose that cuts like claws, this story howls about redemption through resilience. Grace’s rise as a leader who earns loyalty (not demands it) and Eli’s hard-won peace make their triumph unforgettable. A five-star howl for paranormal romance fans craving grit with their soulmates.
October 21, 2024
Adoro a los duendes
January 21, 2025
Loved it, love that this is a cohesive series. Girl power is solid in this series.
March 7, 2025
I enjoyed all three books they are and awesome trilogy to read
March 15, 2025
Loved this book, the journey the characters went on and the growth they each showed. Lots of twists and turns and loved the world that has been created. Definitely recommend 💖
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