Moonshadow’s Guardian by Dianna Gunn is a unique fantasy story. I wasn’t sure what to expect at first. But I kept reading and after the first few chapters I just couldn't put it down.

What caught my attention was a specific name in the description, Loki. I love Loki. I read everything that has his character in it. So this was a must read for me. He doesn’t have that many lines but when he does appear he is amazing.

The story is set in a fictional place called Moonshadow. A plague ravages the country so its king summons Riana to help them. As she goes through a whole lot of difficulties she changes, evolves. Some things get revelead from her past in the form of her nightmares. I really liked this because it was more interesting this way.

Riana was human once with a different name. What’s more important is that she is a demon now. A demon with a conscience. She always gets into trouble but we are given only a little information about that. I really liked Riana, her attitude towards her being a demon. Her attitude towards people. Not the usual way demons behave.

Rolf, the dragon. He is such a sweet thing, definitely one of my favourite character. He is given to Riana by Loki. What is the most the interesting about him is that despite of being Loki’s creature, he is nothing like him.

Andre Vonstone...what to say about him. I fell in love with him along with Riana.

Thank you NetGalley and BooksGoSocial for this copy.

This is a very complicated book to review.

To briefly explain. Riana is a demon. She has been alive for centuries. She wasnt born a demon however, she was born to a human mother who didnt want her to be a demon but took her to a special temple to see if her powers would kick in and she would change forms. In the process of this she killed her mother and then her father took her to hell i can assume although its never specified.

Riana is assigned by Loki the mischief God, to protect a young princess called Eternia, but things happen and Eternia dies and Riana is tortured for over 300 years. Then she gets a 2nd chance and Loki assigns her to a King called Jacob 8th who wants her to find out who has caused a plague that is not only killing his people, but his only son.

Now i have niggles. All the Jacobs confsed me, there was no need to name all the kings the same name, i was shaking my head at times going what, who, when did that happen and had to go back to clarify things. Also Rolf. Really? Not amused. And i dont see how her and Andre ended up together so quickly. It was bizarre and almost put there as an afterthought just to allow her to have some reason to live but there was no connection between them that i had read, i didnt see a romance coming because it was never there so that could have been written better.

I would however read book 2 but only to see Rolf come back.

Beautiful and enchanting loved this read! Amazing story, wonderful writing style kept me up long after my bed time