Monday, June 9, 2025

Jameson by Anna Hackett [Review]

Jameson (Hunter Squad #1) by Anna Hackett
Format: ebook
Source: borrowed through Kindle Unlimited
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Date read: April 12, 2025

Hunter Squad
1. Jameson - Paperback | Kindle
2. North
3. Marc

Related Series:
(find all the books in the series on the 1st book review)
Hell Squad
1. Marcus

Anna Hackett
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Synopsis (Goodreads):
We survived the invasion and beat the aliens. But they left something behind…

Humanity is rebuilding after a devastating invasion. But the growing towns all have walls to protect them from the monsters. Created in alien labs, the monsters hide in the swamps, rivers, and forests—breeding, mutating. Every now and then, they crawl out of the shadows.

That’s where I come in. I’m Jameson Steele, the leader of Hunter Squad—the toughest group of soldiers in New Sydney. It’s our job to keep people safe and secure.

We’re the monster hunters.

When I get a panicked call from my childhood friend, Greer Baird, my usual cool goes out the window.

Greer’s an engineer working on a huge dam project that’s vital to our water supply. There’s a giant, deadly monster in the lake, it’s killed some of her people, and she’s in danger.

I’ve wanted Greer for a long time, but she’s too good for me: too smart, too driven, and out of my league.

But there is nothing I won’t do to protect her.

No monster I won’t hunt down to keep her safe.
Thoughts on Jameson: It's been thirty years since the alien invasion and the HS crew have lived well. I mean, they managed to survive, right? They've also had children who were able to grow up into strong individuals and they're rebuilding the planet. Now it's time for their kids to do their part in keeping the people of Earth safe.

As it turns out, while the Gizzida have been defeated, they left plenty of nasty hybrid monsters behind. Jameson, as the leader of Hunter Squad, is at the forefront of fighting the hybrids. He's also deeply smitten with Greer, but tries to convince himself he's absolutely not because he grew up with her and, BOY, he's not fooling anyone. Except maybe Greer.

It turns out, she's also smitten and doing her level best to pretend they're just besties living their lives in a post-invasion world. Seriously, though, everybody knows these two have the hots for one another. It takes a monster in the lake for these two to admit that maybe those bestie feelings are a little more than just friends.

While coming to these romantic conclusions, they're also faced with the idea that maybe the hybrids are more intelligent than the survivors have given them credit for. They're communicating and seem to be planning. Possibly. It's hard to tell with critters than don't speak the same language as they do. What is comes down to are the hybrids appear to be working together and that's something the survivors haven't seen before. What does it mean in the long run? Probably nothing good. But Hunter Squad and the other survivors will undoubtedly rise to meet the challenge. *thumbs up*

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