Reviewed by Jen
TITLE: Breaking the CodeSERIES: Sins of the Father
AUTHOR: Sara Hurst
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 231 pages
RELEASE DATE: June 14, 2024
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I didn’t choose this life. They chose it for me.
For two decades, a cycle of suffering trapped us. Our lives, like a tangled web, were bound together by one tragedy after another, each one tightening the knot of our collective yet separate misery. Neither of us are aware of the other’s pain and suffering until his hunt for his missing sister brings us together.
They took everything from me. Now, I will rain vengeance upon them.
After years of searching for the people who robbed me of everything I knew and loved, I’ve become a cold, hard, unfeeling man. That is until I catch sight of a boy who makes me question the mission I’ve been on for twenty years.
REVIEW:
This story begins with a bit of backstory switching between dates to bring us current. It felt a little disjointed at first, but it becomes clearer ad the story unfolds and we learn about the connections and events that bring Tavish and Draven together.
Tavish is basically brought up and thrown into captivity through his father in the Order of Death, a secret society of human traffickers. His father was tasked with killing Draven’s family. Tavish makes himself more valuable by learning computers and coding, providing valuable information to his captors. This is how he learns of Draven.
Draven is on a mission to find and eliminatethose responsible for taking his family away from him. He starts receiving information from someone and learns his sister may still be alive.
Tavish and a few others manage to get away and a new secret society is created for the purpose of eliminating the Order of Death.
This story picked up the pace as it went along. Draven is Scottish, and his accent and brogue are prevalent throughout. It takes a little getting used to but it is charming and helps paint the picture of who Draven is. There is an age gap, but Tavish is exactly with Draven (and his husband) had been searching for for many years. He often reminds us of this, but fights it for some time before giving in.
I was fully invested in this story about halfway through and the last half flew by. It ends on a cliffhanger, and I can’t wait to jump into the next book of this duet to see how things play out. This is a new author for me, and I’ll definitely be keeping my eyes out for more from her.
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