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3.89 AVERAGE
3.89 AVERAGE
adventurous
fast-paced
adventurous
challenging
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
adventurous
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
fast-paced
fast-paced
adventurous
inspiring
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I thought we'd seen the last of the bleeping Gizzida but when they fled the ragtag bunch of survivors who kicked their scaly asses, they left behind some of their experiments. Experiments that have continued to mutate and hybridise and now a new generation of warriors are needed to combat them. Enter Hunter Squad!
Jameson (son of Marcus and Elle (Hell Squad #1), leads Hunter Squad. He and his team leap from Quadcopters, hunt big nasties and are all around heroes to the other non-combatant survivors. He's never been one for relationships though, How can he when the next mission may be the one that unalives him.
Greer, (daughter of Claudia and Shaw (Hell Squad #7) is an amazing engineer and is working on keeping power going to their small encampments and towns. But her latest project is plagued by some nasties and she finally calls in Jameson to eradicate them. These two...oh lordy they have been circling each other for years. Neither of them wanted to rock their friendship, and their families are so close - things would get hella messy if things went wrong!
Jameson is rough, tough, and a great friend and team-mate. He's been a bit of a player but Greer has always been his...everything. Greer is very much her parents daughter - she's crazy smart, brave, determined, opinionated and a hard worker. She is also one helluva shot!
These two may go from zero to 100 in 0.5 seconds but they've already done the getting to know you thing for the last 20-odd years! They already know each other's quirks, flaws and foibles. Now they need to get to know the hidden parts, the parts that they keep deep inside themselves, only letting a trusted few ever get close enough to see. And can I say that whilst Shaw may be the Sniper in the family, Claudia is the one Jameson should worry about upsetting the most, lol. The bonding scene between Marcus and Shaw was hilarious!
You don't need to have read the Hell Squad series to understand this world but it would help you see the evolution of the fight back from the Gizzida Invasion to now.
There is some blood/gore and some co-workers don't make it to the end of the book.
Jameson (son of Marcus and Elle (Hell Squad #1), leads Hunter Squad. He and his team leap from Quadcopters, hunt big nasties and are all around heroes to the other non-combatant survivors. He's never been one for relationships though, How can he when the next mission may be the one that unalives him.
Greer, (daughter of Claudia and Shaw (Hell Squad #7) is an amazing engineer and is working on keeping power going to their small encampments and towns. But her latest project is plagued by some nasties and she finally calls in Jameson to eradicate them. These two...oh lordy they have been circling each other for years. Neither of them wanted to rock their friendship, and their families are so close - things would get hella messy if things went wrong!
Jameson is rough, tough, and a great friend and team-mate. He's been a bit of a player but Greer has always been his...everything. Greer is very much her parents daughter - she's crazy smart, brave, determined, opinionated and a hard worker. She is also one helluva shot!
These two may go from zero to 100 in 0.5 seconds but they've already done the getting to know you thing for the last 20-odd years! They already know each other's quirks, flaws and foibles. Now they need to get to know the hidden parts, the parts that they keep deep inside themselves, only letting a trusted few ever get close enough to see. And can I say that whilst Shaw may be the Sniper in the family, Claudia is the one Jameson should worry about upsetting the most, lol. The bonding scene between Marcus and Shaw was hilarious!
You don't need to have read the Hell Squad series to understand this world but it would help you see the evolution of the fight back from the Gizzida Invasion to now.
There is some blood/gore and some co-workers don't make it to the end of the book.
4 stars - It was really good
As soon as I saw that Hackett was writing a spin-off series of Hell Squad I got excited. I love the Hell Squad series and was so excited to see what the future of this world would look like, and meet all the couples' children. Well, this book did not disappoint and I am so excited to read more from this series now.
While this is a spin-off series, you don’t need to read the Hell Squad series before reading this. Reading Hell Squad will just give you a little bit better understanding of the alien invasion and the previous couples whose children we are meeting in this. There are references to those couples and the invasion in this book, but you don’t need to read that series to understand what is happening.
Jameson Steel, son of Marcus and Elle (Hell Squad #1), is leader of the Hunter Squad, which is tasked with hunting down the hybrid monsters that were originally created by the Gizzida but have since mutated and bred. When his childhood friend, Greer Baird, calls saying a giant monster is attacking the dam project she is working on, he rushes to help. Working together they defeat the monster, and finally admit their feelings for each other along the way.
Jameson is a tough, protective, and determined leader who won’t stop until all the hybrid monsters are killed. While Jameson has a lot of his father’s characteristics, he didn’t feel like a copy, which is always good for a spin-off featuring previous couples children. Jameson is a strong leader who will take risks if it means protecting his team and friends. Much like his father, I liked Jameson a lot.
Greer is an engineer working on rebuilding a dam that is vital to the survivors water supply. She has wanted Jameson since she was young, but always thought she was viewed as a sibling so never pursued it. While Greer was an engineer, she was still her parents' child. We see she inherited her fathers sniper skills and her mothers determination to survive and defeat the enemy.
Jameson and Greer had an intense and fast paced relationship. They both have been pining for each other for years and this monster attack made them finally admit it to each other. Once that happened, they wasted no time getting together. I enjoyed their fast paced relationship interspersed with dealing with giant tentacle monsters.
As someone who read and loved the Hell Squad series though, I loved seeing their future and meeting their children. We get to meet multiple former squad members' children in this and I am really excited to learn more about them as this series progresses. I am especially curious to see how much like their parents they act and what careers they have chosen.
While this is a spin-off of Hell Squad and set in the same world, it felt almost like a new world because it's been years since the invasion and defeat of the Gizzida. The world isn’t the same anymore and the survivors are starting to reclaim the world again. Also the creatures within this series are fascinating because they are mutated creations leftover from the invasion and they are not just brainless monsters. I am really curious to see what happens next in this series and what other kinds of creatures they come across.
TW: death of coworkers and grief; on page near-drowning; injuries, blood, and gore;
*ARC provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.*