Nox: A Royal Protector Academy Novel

Well, it’s over.Years of love, lust, loss and lunacy; tales of good versus evil and bad ass heroines, mixed with broody and hot protectors that have kept us warm at night, and made our blood run cold at the epic moments…It’s an epic conclusion.No, that’s not all I will tell you about Nox by Randi Cooley Wilson. But I also have no plans to give anything away, so I will do my best to share the vibes of the story – without the details.Wilson’s Royal Protectors have enthralled us since the first book in the original series – Revelation. As this spinoff series about the children of those first works, we find that real love can be tested, but it cannot be destroyed. The bonds of family, faith and forgiveness can delineate us, but they can also unite us.Will things work out for Tristan and his gargoyle princess, Serena? Will they get the happily ever after that we all think they deserve? Or will they, in an effort to protect one another, destroy one another? That’s the thing about love, isn’t it? The very thing that sustains us can just as easily kill us.This final story brings together not only the Royal Protector Academy crew but also the London clan, helping us to say goodbye to a beloved series with an epic finale.Wilson sweeps us into the story from the first words on Page 1. We are forced to become an unwilling (or willing?) bystander to the emotional devastation of loss and emptiness. Tristan’s pain is palpable, his anger tangible. Likewise, Serena makes choices in an effort to protect him that can ultimately doom him.By giving into the storyline, we are swept across imaginative realms and into the darkest corners of our hearts where we let evil win every day. Wilson ensures you need for Xanax and wine with every twist and turn of the story as alliances are tested, new bonds formed and Callan makes cookies… lots of them. But love is the ultimate – worth every sorrow and sacrifice.As for how it ends, I was both surprised and pleased. The final chapter closes with a satisfying thud – a little broken and battered but better for it.*This review also appears on Lit.Buzz*

Once upon a time I started this series on book 2, don’t question me as to why, I quickly remedied that and started at the very beginning of the entire series. When a person is a book reviewer, like I am, I am lucky to be able to get to read books before they are released. The downside to that is trying to gather the thoughts you have when you are reading the book. You try to come up with words that would mean something meaningful about the book. Most people probably think that being a reviewer is easy. It isn’t at all. When we read books with this caliber of writing it is very difficult to write a review that is worthy of the book. That is why it is hard to write this review. There are no words that would to this book justice.Randi has written a book that will leave you speechless. Your words are replaced with tears and smiles. From the beginning of the series to the very last Words that are on the page, Randi leaves you feeling satisfied. You have no questions left and you have a sense of completeness.Nox is the final book in the Royal Protectors Academy series. This book is packed full of mystery and intrigue. You start at the beginning and once you get to the end you have a need to go back and re-read all of the series again. But this time you start with The Revelation series. Because that is where you get the greatness that is her gargoyle world. Then you end with the Royal Protector Academy series. I love this series, finish it now!

The journey of Tristian and Serena over the course of the three RPA books was a beautiful one and Randi could not have done a better job concluding the series than she did with Nox. Each book in the series just kept getting better and better; however, this finale outshined them all.She made us feel all of it! Laughter, pain, intense love, pride, fear as to what was going to happen next, so many emotions rolled into one novel. But the ending! That ending was one of the most beautifully depicted endings to a series I have ever read. She just keeps getting better and better.Looking for a series that will get you absolutely hooked within a matter of 2-3 pages? Choose this one. Looking for a series that has you become emotionally tied to the characters and feel a connection to each and everyone of them? Choose this one. Looking for a series that has brilliant writing and will cause you to laugh out loud and then sprout tears the next? Choose this one. I promise you, you will not regret it.Hands down, you cannot go wrong reading anything (I mean ANYTHING) Randi writes. My only concern now is how am I going to read anything else that will compare to this series?!Read it, read it, read it!! But I would start from the very beginning (Rev series) where it all started with the girl destined to save it all and the sexy protector who was destined to save her.