Spectr, Tome 6 : Summoner of Storms
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- Jordan L. Hawk (Écrivain)
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“Anyway, the point is, Papillon knew a few things, but didn’t spend her life thinking about NHEs. Until the night a rougarou—a lycanthrope—attacked her. It would have killed her, except the drakul hunting it showed up. The drakul was in the body of someone she knew, someone who had died from yellow fever just a few days before. It saved her life.”
Tiffany took a long sip from her coffee cup. “Papillon didn’t know what had happened, what she’d just seen. But the experience changed her. Awoke a curiosity, or a drive, whatever you want to call it. She went to the cemetery and her friend’s crypt. And she talked to what she found inside.”
“Yes,” Gray said.
Etheric energy suddenly flooded the room, along with the scent of ozone and petrichor. Startled, John turned to find Gray sitting beside him, eyes black as oil slicks. His long hair shivered and twisted in an unfelt breeze, the locks slithering over his shoulders like black snakes. Several of the Vigilant stirred in alarm, even though they’d fought beside him just a few hours ago.
“What?” Tiffany asked.
“Yes,” Gray repeated, in a voice almost like Caleb’s but underlain with a deep rumble of distant thunder. “I remember.”
“You’ve got to be kidding me,” one of the other Vigilant said, eyes going wide. John privately agreed with him.
“I only recall because mortals seldom spoke to me,” Gray said. “Usually they came into tombs to cut off my head. Or pin me to the ground with stakes.”
He said it as if it were perfectly normal, the sort of thing that might happen to anyone. John’s stomach turned over queasily at the thought of someone hurting Gray, even if he’d been in a dead body unable to experience pain at the time. “What did you tell her?”
“She asked if I was Géraud. I told her no. She thanked me for saving her. I explained I hunted demons and had no interest in her. She left.”
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[Lecture VO]
Un tome qui conclu la première série.
J'ai bien fait de continuer ma lecture car, si les premiers tomes ne m'ont pas convaincue, les derniers ont largement remonté le niveau ! Je pense donc continuer ma lecture en espérant que les autres livres seront plus dans la veine des derniers que des premiers.
Par contre, j'ai été un peu moins fan de la fin. La bataille était bof et clichée et les explications de la situation plusieurs mois plus tard ne sont pas terribles. Je n'ai pas trop compris quel était l'avenir de Caleb et Gray et comment ils étaient considérés dans la société. (J'imagine que j'aurai des réponses dans la suite, mais le dernier chapitre aurait pu nous éclairer étant donné qu'il parle de John.)
Autre point que je n'ai pas apprécié ici, j'ai l'impression que Caleb fait tapisserie par moments et que John a une grande préférence pour Gray !
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Une fin en apothéose pour ce dernier tome, bien plus long et étoffé que les précédents.
On va de surprises en découvertes, du désespoir au miracle, et tout s'imbrique parfaitement au final.
Moi qui avais eu du mal avec les premiers tomes que je trouvais non seulement trop courts mais pas assez assez fouillés, les deux derniers m'ont enfin satisfaite.
En conclusion, je vous recommande cette série si vous aimez ce qui a trait au paranormal (comme dans le reste des romans de JLH, d'ailleurs) mais que vous avez envie d'une histoire dans le monde contemporain. Les références de ces romans et son ambiance me font beaucoup penser à la série TV Supernatural, et je parierais que l'auteure la regarde, ce qui a - pour ma part - ajouté à la sensation d'être en terrain connu.
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Federal exorcist John Starkweather’s life is in tatters. His best friend Sean betrayed him. SPECTR, the agency he viewed more as a surrogate family than an employer, wants him dead. His only allies are members of the mysterious organization called the Vigilant, whose motives remain in question.
The only thing keeping John together is the presence of his lovers: Caleb Jansen, a powerful telekinetic, and Gray, the vampire spirit possessing Caleb.
Together, they must not only evade capture, but somehow stop SPECTR from building an army of demon possessed soldiers. If they are to succeed, John must question everything he’s ever believed about SPECTR and spirits. And Caleb and Gray must decide how far they’re willing to go—not just for John’s love, but for his very life.
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