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A review by overzealous_reader
Guarded by the Hybrid by Evangeline Anderson
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
fast-paced
4.0
For fans of breeding, size-kink, and Giant Kinderd
After the male relatives squandered all of Lady Isla’s family money, she is forced to accept the proposal of Baslik Le Rank. Marrying Baslik would keep Isla and her Nana from living on the streets. Baslik’s proposal is due to Isla being a Moonstone Goddess. Baslik hopes the ability of the Moonstone Goddess to pass recessive genes to her offspring, to gain an heir bearing Baslik’s family physical traits. But for Isla to become fertile, she had to glow. After a year of failing to glow, Baslik becomes abusive toward Isla.
To get Isla to glow, Baslik hires a Kindred hybrid Sark.
In Guarded by the Hybrid, Anderson presents the simple formula of a damsel in distress, damsel meets adorable Kindred, trouble ensues, and they live happily ever after.
This is not a criticism but rather an observation of Anderson’s work. There is comfort in her work of presenting a complex situation with the addition of her formula. In this work, Isla keeps a diary that gives insight into her feelings and pov. Sark also keeps a voice log to reflect on the strange job that Goddess led him to accept to help Isla glow. Unknown to Baslik and Sark, Isla knows the reason for her lack of glow, and after being saved by Sark Isla feels the first sign of her potential glow.
After Sark and Isla start to accept their feelings, they agree to keep Isla from glowing. However, Baslik is desperate for an heir and finds a solution to forcing Isla to become fertile. This solution results in Isla escaping with Sark to the Mothership.
This is a great escape read. If you’re familiar with Anderson’s work, this doesn’t disappoint.