Immortal Sentry by Eden Winters

A royal in hiding doesn't realize there is more to his life than dodging matchmaking mothers and seducing the nobles he is robbing in his role as Lordling Night a notorious highwayman. But there is a cursed gargoyle that has watched over him and now is the time for them to join together and fight and maybe find love.


From the Immortal Sentry blurb:

Honor, redemption, destiny, and magic.

As captain of the king’s guard, Kerric should have laid down his life for the royal family. Now, the king and his heirs lie dead. Kerric deserves death, too, yet the court mage has another punishment in mind. For their failure on the fateful day an enemy invasion killed the king, Captain Kerric and his men will forever guard the castle as gargoyles, both as a curse and as a warning. His one chance for redemption is to put a rightful heir on the throne. How can that happen when there are no living heirs, and he’s encased in stone?

Eron doesn’t remember much about his time before being rescued by notorious highwayman Lord Night and taught to live the life of a noble by day and brigand by night. There’s much more to Lord Night than meets the eye and much more to Eron’s destiny than purses of gold and nightly conquests.

A mysterious mage appears, saying it’s time for Eron to return home, overthrow an evil usurper, and take his rightful place.

As king.


SNik's review:

Standalone. Paranormal fantasy. Slow burn. Dual POV. 

A young prince whisked away and given a new identity, Eron doesn’t remember his royal past but he’s been raised as a baroness’s ward and taught all sorts of skills including that of a highwayman. Cursed for his loyalty as a guard to the king, Kerric is now a gargoyle that can only be released once the rightful royal family returns, and he keeps watch over the castle for years waiting. 

This story has a slow romantic start as the main characters don’t officially meet for a while, but there is a good amount of world-building and insight into how the characters spend their lives prior to meeting. Eron is not a soft or whiny royal, he is capable in his own right, and Kerric is protective and has a crush that ends up being reciprocated. An entertaining story where there are helpful secondary characters, and good old-fashioned villains to root against. All the while Eron and Kerric become closer as they try to do what’s best for the kingdom for this fun adventure full of swords and kisses.

Angel's review:

I'm going to be honest, upon starting this story I was immediately pulled in by the characters or the story. It just didn't flow smoothly, in my opinion. However, I kept reading because I've read a book previously by the author and enjoyed it immensely so I wanted to really give this story a chance.

I'm glad I kept reading. The pace did eventually pick up and once it did the story flowed smoothly from there. The aspect of Kerric and his men being cursed and forced to be Gargoyles was quite unique, and reading Kerric's POV whilst he was stone was interesting. Kerric is a sweetheart who yearns for him and his men to become humans once more, and to exact revenge on the ones who betrayed them and their king.

Eron is bold, sassy, confident, and talented. You could tell that Knee truly took him under her wing and made sure he flourished under disguise. Eron slowly discovering who he is, and who his family really was, I found to be written well.

I will say that this felt focused more on the plotline of Eron reclaiming the throne and exacting revenge more so than on the romance. There was some romance between him and Kerric but that wasn't a huge component of the story itself. I wish there was more love and more romance, but overall a decent story.

I'm happy Lessa, Kerric, Eron, and Kene ended up happy and where they rightfully belonged.

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