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Broken
480 pages
A fierce, adrenaline-fueled urban fantasy where maternal instincts collide with supernatural serial killers.
What it feels like
Reading this installment feels like strapping into a high-stakes supernatural rollercoaster where the tension never lets up. The narrative balances the visceral, grounded reality of a fiercely capable heroine grappling with the vulnerabilities of impending motherhood against a wildly entertaining, time-bending thriller plot. The mood is dark and adrenaline-fueled, steeped in the gritty atmosphere of urban fantasy but spiked with the eerie dread of Victorian horror. The prose is sharp and pragmatic, keeping the reader anchored in the protagonist's sensory, physical world even as the supernatural chaos escalates. It is a propulsive, action-heavy read that will delight fans of kick-ass heroines who handle both personal anxieties and literal monsters with unapologetic ferocity.
- Mood
- tense
- atmospheric
- adrenaline-fueled
- dark
- Tone
- pragmatic
- suspenseful
- gritty
- wry
- Pace
- propulsive
- Themes
- maternal anxiety · protecting the pack · supernatural survival · colliding timelines
- The writing
- Sharp, fast-paced, and grounded in the visceral, sensory reality of its werewolf narrator.
- The arc
- Begins with the vulnerable uncertainty of impending motherhood and escalates into fierce, unapologetic protective rage.
- Who it's for
- Readers who love their urban fantasy heroines fiercely capable, physically grounded, and thrown into high-stakes, monster-hunting chaos.
Content notes
- graphic violence
- pregnancy anxiety
- gore
- serial killer themes
About the book
In this thrilling new novel from the author of Industrial Magic, a pregnant werewolf may have unwittingly unleashed Jack the Ripper on the twenty-first century -- and become his next target...Ever since she discovered she's pregnant, Elena Michaels has been on edge. After all, she's never heard of another living female werewolf, let alone one who's given birth. But thankfully, her expertise is needed to retrieve a stolen letter allegedly written by Jack the Ripper. As a distraction, the job seems simple enough -- only the letter contains a portal to Victorian London's underworld, which Elena inadvertently triggers -- unleashing a vicious killer and a pair of zombie thugs.Now Elena must find a way to seal the portal before the unwelcome visitors get what they're looking for -- which, for some unknown reason, is Elena...From the Paperback edition.
Description from Open Library.
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