The Protector by Elin Peer (Details)
Book Title: The Protector
Book Author: Elin Peer
Series: Men of the North
Date Published: July 6, 2017
Number Of Pages: 327
My Rating: ★★★★
Find It On: Amazon | GoodReads
Jump to: The Protector (Summary) | The Protector (Book Review) | The Protector (Audiobook Review)
Summary of The Men of the North Series:
400 years into our future, the majority of the world is known as the Motherlands and women rule. They outnumber men 14-to-1 and society is based on the principals of fairness. The five golden rules are: no killing, no greed, no borders (except one), no pollution, and equality for all.
'An individual serves the community so the community can support the individual.' -Christina Sanders in The Protector Click To TweetIn the Northlands, however, men outnumber women 100,000-to-1. These “Nmen” believe that they are superior to all women and see them as nothing but property. It is forbidden for anyone to cross the border separating the Motherland and the Northlands.
'The Northlands was a wild and primitive place and ...the Nmen were the black sheep of the human race. No one expected them to be as technologically evolved or as enlightened as us.' -from The Protector by Elin Peer Click To TweetThe Protector (Summary)
Christina Sanders is an archaeologist in the year 2437. When a job to excavate an old college in the Northlands opens up, she jumps at the chance for this once in a lifetime opportunity to study history. The only problem is that she’ll be in the company of Nmen, the brutal men she has been warned about all of her life.
Alexander Boulder is assigned as Christina’s protector and must spend all of his time making sure that she is safe during her time in the Northlands. It is no surprise that Boulder does not want this job since he’s been warned his whole life about the castrating witches of the Motherland.
There’s no meet-cute here, the two immediately clash as their differences are obvious. Christina is immediately afraid of the size and vulgarity of the barbarian in front of her. Boulder immediately realizes that the feminist in his care isn’t going to accept a single thing about living in the north.
The Protector (Book Review)
Overall, I really enjoyed this book. I think the author, Elin Peer, did a wonderful job building two completely different worlds. She clearly expressed the different views of highly masculinism vs highly feminism societies and their ways of thinking.
Both characters got on my nerves at times with their inability to compromise, but that was one of the main points of the story. It was clear how differently they were raised. I really enjoyed watching the characters start to understand each other more and more throughout the book.
I also enjoyed the chemistry between the two. The sex scenes weren’t super steamy, but both Christina and Boulder were fairly innocent.
The Protector (Audiobook Review)
Noelle Bridges (Christina) and John Masterson (Boulder) both did an amazing job with this book.
