Reviewed by Chris

TITLE:  Breaker of Chains

SERIES:  SPECTR 2 #4

AUTHOR:  Jordan L. Hawk

PUBLISHER:  Self-Published

LENGTH:  163 pages

RELEASE DATE:  March 16, 2018

BLURB:  

Caught between the worlds of human and drakul, Caleb and Gray must make a fateful choice.

Big changes are afoot at SPECTR. John Starkweather, once a hotshot field agent, is now benched. Instead of chasing down demons during Charleston’s biggest outbreak, he’s stuck interviewing exorcists about a previous case. But what at first seems like a busywork assignment takes a darker turn, as John begins to suspect the increase in possessions might not be coincidence, but part of an unseen conspiracy.

The vampire spirit Gray was made to hunt demons and drink their blood. He and his human host, Caleb Jansen, ought to be at the forefront of SPECTR’s field team. But their new partners refuse to let Gray use any of his abilities, let alone actually hunt and fight.

Fortunately, Caleb and Gray have allies outside of SPECTR: the only other living drakul, Drugoy and his host Yuri Azarov. Yuri and Dru live by no mortal’s rules, and they can show Caleb and Gray how to do the same…depending on how far they’re willing to go.

Because breaking the rules comes with a cost, and the price of Caleb and Gray’s freedom may be the life of the man they love.

REVIEW:  

It’s seven years bad luck to break a mirror…wonder what you get for breaking someone’s heart?

As this second series nears it’s end, we are left even more in chaos than before. The team is broken up: John has to deal with a career that has hit a brick wall (going 100 mph), Caleb has to deal with new partners who are gunning for him (probably literally), and Gray is put on a no-demon diet (mortal nonsense!). And that is just the mess at work. At home John is feeling betrayed by Caleb and Gray’s lies, while they are increasingly feeling the strain of trying to be something that they are not in order to protect what they love. There are no easy answers for any of it, and with a city that is filling to the brink with NHE’s, they don’t have the time to try. They can only hope the camel’s back can handle a few more straws.

Well…this is going to be short. Not because I don’t have a lot to say about this book–believe me, I have so many words…and most of them are for a certain author–but because just about everything I want to talk about in regards to this story are spoilers. Which makes writing a review a bit tough. But I’ll give a go.

First off…that goddamn freaking cliffhanger. Man, that is going to kill everyone. I know it just about did me in. I’m tempted to send Jordan Hawk grumpy cat gifs for the next two months because of the ending of this story. Don’t get me wrong, I freaking loved it, but my heart can only take so much this month and that has been maxed out by real life shit. Having to wait who knows how long for the next book in the series is cruel and unusual torture.

Secondly…some of it I saw coming, some I didn’t. I started off this second series with a few predictions, and while we are not at the end so I can’t call anything for certain, there are enough of both that I’m feeling pretty good. I think this series only has one more entry to go, so going into the final story I think we are in an excellent place in regards to certain characters and their arcs. And I really love that this one was able to still pull on my heartstrings. Really, really, hard.

Goddamn cliffhanger.

Mostly what I got for you is this: if you’ve been loving these stories, I think you are going to love this. The end will make you want to plaster Jordan Hawk’s house with photocopies of grumpy vampires though. Just warning ya.

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