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The Guardian #2
The Keeper
Clare has woken up in the desert with no memory of her past and no true direction, beyond the impulse to walk west. She has never been more lost.
With no clue about the darkness circling her, Clare is on a direct path with Odette. To add to her a problems, an angel keeps trying to kill her, a Watcher named Jasmine wants to control her, and her only clue to understanding the future is to find a city that does not exist. The war is coming, but will she be ready?
'The Keeper' is the second book of The Guardian Series.
With no clue about the darkness circling her, Clare is on a direct path with Odette. To add to her a problems, an angel keeps trying to kill her, a Watcher named Jasmine wants to control her, and her only clue to understanding the future is to find a city that does not exist. The war is coming, but will she be ready?
'The Keeper' is the second book of The Guardian Series.
- GenresSupernaturalYoung Adult
349 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 28, 2013
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Lynnie Purcell
25 books169 followersLynnie is an author for young adult and romance novels. You can find her works published on Barnes and Noble, Amazon, Sony, and Apple. She has written five young adult novels and one adult novel. Her passions include reading, watching good movies and TV shows, and writing whenever she can.
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July 8, 2019
In this one Clare is put to the test with, being tracked, she has to solve different tests so could get into a hidden city. When finally making it in . She has to find a key but to many bad men show up. Some dear fiends die and she doesn’t make it out of the city in time. She is trapped and ends up being put int a deep sleep with Daniel. While her friends are trying to find them.
December 3, 2014
*SPOILER ALERT*
Okay. I have to admit that the first thing I did was to skim ahead to see how long it takes for Daniel to find Clare. Once I took care of my intense curiosity, I started reading this book like a normal person would… at the beginning.
The beginning pages tell us that Clare has no memory as to who she is. The introductory pages are just long enough to show Clare that she doesn’t get hot, hungry, thirsty, etc, but not so long that I got tired of her desert inner-monologue… so, just right lol.
Clare gets a chance to discover herself without Ellen, Daniel or Alex. For a short time, she lives a normal life (or as normal as she can be without remembering who she is). She makes new friends who are kind and giving. She is given the space to think about the things that seem familiar to her.
There is excitement in knowing that Daniel finds Clare. I had hope that it would at least break open some of the memory gap. Instead, Clare questions her need to trust his decisions… his plan. He is “the keeper”of Farrah’s plan. Along the way, despite her lack of memory, Clare realizes that she does trust him. Even without her memory, there is part of her that recognizes Daniel as someone in which she has faith.
Clare also realizes that she is a person who cares more for others than for herself… she is a protector. Once Clare is separated from Mathias by Daliah and Twitch, her memories return. Even though she is mad at Mathias for “hitching a ride” inside her head, Clare wants to protect him. She places him in a silver room to keep out the houseful of watchers as well as any rogue watchers in the area.
Once she learns the story of Twitch and Daliah, Clare begins to realize that Daliah was chosen by Farrah to be “the keeper” of secrets… the one who can lead her to the secret city that is the next part of the plan. Daliah and Twitch are each half of a whole angel rescued by Farrah. They are powerful and have a secret purpose in Clare’s mission, as Farrah has foreseen they would be needed.
During the mission, Clare “meets” Farrah and learns more about her… her daily life, the role of a leader, and just enough of the future for Clare to understand her importance. She discovers that she is “the keeper” of the knowledge needed to complete the mission. She learns about the historian, the inventor, and the orator realizing that at least two of the three are dead. Clare enjoys getting to know Farrah, and she realizes how much they are alike. She is proud to be a part of such lineage and wishes that somehow Farrah could still be alive.
Clare’s exit from the library is far more difficult that her entrance. It is at this point Daliah and Twitch must sacrifice themselves to save Clare from an Avenging Angel. The ripple effect from “the light” caused by the sacrifice drains all of Clare’s energy and temporarily drains her powers. It is still a mystery as to why this happens.
In the end, Clare’s loyalty and devotion to her friends traps her and Daniel in a watery time bomb into which they fall, both fading to unconsciousness. This is how Lynnie Purcell ends this part of their journey… in a masterfully crafted cliffhanger. I am dying to know what happens next.
This is a must read. I rated it 4 out of 5 stars, but I really feel it deserves closer to 4.5.
Okay. I have to admit that the first thing I did was to skim ahead to see how long it takes for Daniel to find Clare. Once I took care of my intense curiosity, I started reading this book like a normal person would… at the beginning.
The beginning pages tell us that Clare has no memory as to who she is. The introductory pages are just long enough to show Clare that she doesn’t get hot, hungry, thirsty, etc, but not so long that I got tired of her desert inner-monologue… so, just right lol.
Clare gets a chance to discover herself without Ellen, Daniel or Alex. For a short time, she lives a normal life (or as normal as she can be without remembering who she is). She makes new friends who are kind and giving. She is given the space to think about the things that seem familiar to her.
There is excitement in knowing that Daniel finds Clare. I had hope that it would at least break open some of the memory gap. Instead, Clare questions her need to trust his decisions… his plan. He is “the keeper”of Farrah’s plan. Along the way, despite her lack of memory, Clare realizes that she does trust him. Even without her memory, there is part of her that recognizes Daniel as someone in which she has faith.
Clare also realizes that she is a person who cares more for others than for herself… she is a protector. Once Clare is separated from Mathias by Daliah and Twitch, her memories return. Even though she is mad at Mathias for “hitching a ride” inside her head, Clare wants to protect him. She places him in a silver room to keep out the houseful of watchers as well as any rogue watchers in the area.
Once she learns the story of Twitch and Daliah, Clare begins to realize that Daliah was chosen by Farrah to be “the keeper” of secrets… the one who can lead her to the secret city that is the next part of the plan. Daliah and Twitch are each half of a whole angel rescued by Farrah. They are powerful and have a secret purpose in Clare’s mission, as Farrah has foreseen they would be needed.
During the mission, Clare “meets” Farrah and learns more about her… her daily life, the role of a leader, and just enough of the future for Clare to understand her importance. She discovers that she is “the keeper” of the knowledge needed to complete the mission. She learns about the historian, the inventor, and the orator realizing that at least two of the three are dead. Clare enjoys getting to know Farrah, and she realizes how much they are alike. She is proud to be a part of such lineage and wishes that somehow Farrah could still be alive.
Clare’s exit from the library is far more difficult that her entrance. It is at this point Daliah and Twitch must sacrifice themselves to save Clare from an Avenging Angel. The ripple effect from “the light” caused by the sacrifice drains all of Clare’s energy and temporarily drains her powers. It is still a mystery as to why this happens.
In the end, Clare’s loyalty and devotion to her friends traps her and Daniel in a watery time bomb into which they fall, both fading to unconsciousness. This is how Lynnie Purcell ends this part of their journey… in a masterfully crafted cliffhanger. I am dying to know what happens next.
This is a must read. I rated it 4 out of 5 stars, but I really feel it deserves closer to 4.5.
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October 31, 2015
The Keeper was awesome! It starts off with a memory-less Claire trying to find out who she is and what happened to her. Right from the start Claire is still Claire and can't just sit by an let bad things happen to the people she cares about. I was worried that Claire on her own would be dragged out too long but Lynnie Purcell managed to keep it a perfect length. You didn't have to sit there waiting and waiting to see Daniel, Alex and the Saints.
The story keeps a nice pace the whole way through, with it really picking up at the end. For the most part we're as in the dark about what's happening as Claire is. Daniel and The Saints are doing their best to get ahead of Odette and save the world, all while dealing with Jasmine, Fallen, and actual Angels coming for them. As always, when the book ended I was desperately in need of the next part!
The story keeps a nice pace the whole way through, with it really picking up at the end. For the most part we're as in the dark about what's happening as Claire is. Daniel and The Saints are doing their best to get ahead of Odette and save the world, all while dealing with Jasmine, Fallen, and actual Angels coming for them. As always, when the book ended I was desperately in need of the next part!
October 2, 2013
great book, just couldn't put it down, again a cliff hanger at the end, which means I have to w as it till the next book comes out?
April 9, 2014
This book was great! I love this series!!
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