Reviewed by Annika
TITLE: Ignite
SERIES: Unbreakable Bonds #7
AUTHOR: Jocelynn Drake & Rinda Elliot
NARRATOR: Kennteth Obi
PUBLISHER: Self-Published
LENGTH: 7 hours, 13 minutes
RELEASE DATE: April 17, 2020
BLURB:
Two of Noah’s Army buddies are dead.
Someone has taken shots at Noah.
And now Noah’s former lover, JB, is a target.
Noah, Rowe, and JB team up to track down a killer trying to take out all of Noah’s old Army team in hopes of covering up a dark secret.
But this trip to Washington, D.C. threatens to unravel the perfect life that Rowe and Noah have built over the past three years. JB’s arrival in their lives have Rowe and Noah wondering if they want the same thing for their happily ever after.
Rowe is sure of one thing—nobody threatens his man. And he sets out to show anyone with a hidden agenda what a bad decision that was.
REVIEW:
Ignite marks the 7th book of this series and it’s been quite a journey to get there. It’s been dangerous, funny and filled with love and friendships, but also loss and sorrow. This time we are back with Noah and Rowe and they were happily living their lives until someone took a shot at Noah. Writing it off as a random drive-by, they don’t worry too much about it. That is, until JB, an old friend and lover from Noah’s past calls to inform them that someone was killing off their old unit and JB and Noah were next on the list. The three of them team up to investigate and find out who and why someone was trying to kill them.
It wasn’t a friction-less team-up with between the three of them with JB and Noah being former lovers and Rowe’s jealous side coming out to play at times. I kind of liked seeing it for a few reasons though. It was never about Rowe not trusting Noah or what they had together, nor was it about causing drama. Because it never turned into any drama, no – what I loved about it was those illogical and messy emotions that we humans have despite knowing there is no foundation for them. It showed us that Rowe too was human. As for JB I really ended up liking him and hope he too will find someone to love who loves him back, but I’m guessing that’s not going to happen in this series. Still he deserves his HEA.
I really enjoyed this story. It wasn’t as “big” as many of the previous ones have been and I appreciated that a lot. Now I’m not saying that it wasn’t as explosive and filled with action, firefights and car chases, because there were plenty of that – and plenty of bad guys. It’s intense, at times emotional and even funny. It has you on the edge of your seat – gripping the “oh-shit-handle” with both hands trying to hang on for dear life. And you’ll have a blast doing it.
Listening to Ignite was a little bittersweet. On the one hand I’m so happy that Kenneth Obi narrated it, it wouldn’t have been the same had it been narrated by someone else. At the same time it also marks an ending of sorts, knowing that there most likely won’t be many more books released by him. So I spent the afternoon basking in his narration, savouring it and just having a great and thrilling time. He was without a doubt a greatly talented voice actor and will be missed.
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