Title: Breaker (Monster Breaker Book 1) Pdf
One man.
A whole lot of monsters.
Malem is a Breaker. He breaks the minds of beasts, exerting the steel vise of his will over their own, bending them to his wishes.
His ability is severely limited in terms of the types of creatures he can control, and how many. Most monsters have always been beyond him.
And then one day he accidentally breaks a monster girl. Doors begin to open for him faster than he thought possible…
Note: this book contains harem elements. The main character certainly isn't shy around women, and the magic system is unique in ways you might not expect. Also, the story can get a tad dark in places.
An attempt to write a "different" plot failed. Breaker is another "harem fantasy" tale. But I will admit it tries to avoid some of the tropes of these tales which can turn them into cardboard cutout tales with characters stamped out by "tropes'r'us".The problem is that a huge part of that change was to make the hero far closer to an "anti-hero" with him being a vagrant due to some mysterious "darkness" that follows him and kills those near him.And I can pretty much point to that as the problem. This is a harem tale with an unlikeable hero. He's not heroic. He's not adorkably clumsy. He's a hard-boiled detective type from a bad film noir movie who can't really carry the tale because the MacGuffin he's sent after is terrible.I read it through, and at the end, I was quick to remove it from my kindle. It's definitely not a book I would recommend to even fervent fans of the genre.Difficult to rate for me. Gotta say, this is the second Isaac Hooke book I've read. The concepts he writes about are interesting. I just for the life of me can't get into his narrative. I'm really happy to say "It's not him, it's me". The books are well written, well edited, but I can't get involved in the premise as much as I hoped from the description. His characters can come across a bit one dimensional and non-sympathetic, but again, I'm willing to take the blame on reading that. I'd say if you like the genre, try him. He's by no means a slap dash, forgot to edit, I'm just riding the wave of the genre writer. He's skilled and competent, but apparently just not my cup of tea.Much better than I had thought (some spoilers) I have only read one other book by Mr. Hooke, which I liked, but not enough to continue a 4 books series. It was a SF based on some star wars ideas, even though the power described there was more like magic. This book is fantasy, a genre I have come to like more and more. From some other books I have read with Harem elements, I thought that meant "Fantasy porn" but this book was light on that aspect. The idea of breaking I have seen with other beastmaster concepts, but Mr. Hooke makes his unique. His concept is more a battle of wills, and has some slight RPG element to it in that he has slots, and different creatures cost more slots to break. I liked that bit of difference.I thought the characters were great, because they are not cookie cutters. The MC is not a hero, or quite an anti-hero. He is tormented, and rationalizes bad deeds, but this is very human and seemed like what might happen to a real person.His relationships with the Harem are complex and more than just sex, just as his relationship with his animals is not just master and servant.The magic system falls into "elemental controlling" style and a Dark Magic that seems a little generic, but it all falls into place, and I personally liked it.All in all, much better than I expected. I do believe I will continue this series.
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