I'm trying to tackle and fight myself into a new path in life. In doing so, I've adding more things to my To Do lists and more things to my TBR lists. BUT that also means more ARCs for me! :D Here's S.J. Coles's latest. "Hunt in the Night" is the third novel in the new Blood and Bonds series, and it debuts August 6, 2024.
["Hunting killers is Mason’s job. But falling for a vampire is the scariest thing he’s ever done.
Detective Inspector Mason Walker is good at his job. He has never focused on much else in his life. Women come and go. Friends take time he doesn’t have to spare. The job is constant. He works hard and has built a reputation for determination and integrity.
Now his skills are needed more than ever. The level of violence in York has risen, involving both the haemophile and human communities. These are unexplored waters for Mason, with both political and professional implications, and Mason is afraid to lose his way.
But there’s been a murder—a haemophile—and Mason’s facing the question of not only who committed the dreadful crime but how? Nothing seems to be adding up. And being assigned a haemophile partner, Special Officer Cai Bracken, a freelance detective working for the Met Police, only increases his tension.
What’s really unnerving is that Cai is not only making Mason question his professional convictions, but his personal preferences, too…his most personal preferences.
With so much at stake, can Mason really cope with overhauling his police work and his personal life all at once?"]
This one was a culmination of all the books before it. There was hesitation and trepidation, there was trust and lust, there was secrets and violence, there was love and dedication, there was betrayal and murder, there was a wedding and multiple happily ever afters.
I love seeing people get a full character arc through a series.
We never really hated Mason (DI Walker) but seeing him more of a main character here than a side character was nice, and he's sooooo marshmallowy (well...around and because of Cai). Cai was caring, to a breaking point, and just wanted justice (so the exact same person as Mason--just more nervous and drawn back, unsure).
Cai didn't trust himself, but Mason did enough trusting for him. I fucking love them.
They're like the British, not-a-comedy, one of them is a vampire, one of them is walking dead (Mason needs some self-care) versions of Jake and Amy from Brooklynn 99. A perfect team, dedicated to the truth and dedicated to each other.
Trigger Warnings: violence, gore, deaths of secondary characters, and more
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