A Little About the Book: Hunter is reunited with his father, who vanished years before. But Hunter doesn’t find his childhood hero—instead he finds a dark and shadowy version of the man he once knew.
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My Review: Hunter is about to leave Widow's Vale in search of his parents who he recently discovered were living in a small town that resided in Canada. Hunter doesn't know what to expect to find after eleven years of not seeing them, but he can't fight the urge to see them. This is what he's been waiting for since the day they had left. He wanted nothing more to see them, except for having Morgan Rowlands join him on the trip, but he knew that was very unlikely. Morgan was only seventeen and her adoptive parents would never allow it. So Hunter finds himself having to make the journey, that might change his life forever, alone.
Once reaching the town that his sources said his parents lived, Hunter couldn't have been prepared for what met him. Not only does he find out that his mother had died a few months before, he also finds a shell of the man he once knew to be his father. Hunter can't believe the way his father had been living for the last few months. It's was just too upsetting for Hunter to see.
His father's living conditions is nothing compared to the secret that Hunter unlocks about his father. A secret that puts Hunter in a awkward position as a seeker for the witches' council.
Along with having to take care of his father, the council has a mission for Hunter to complete. There's a witch collecting true names of living things that must be stopped. Justine Courceau wasn't what Hunter expected when the council had sent him to investigate. She was beautiful, intelligent, and enticing. Hunter believed that with a bit of persuasion, he could educate Justine in the harm of collecting the true names of living things. What Hunter didn't realize was that Justine didn't want to be educated. She didn't see how keeping true names was wrong and didn't believe the council had any right to dictate what was right and wrong for witches.
Even though Hunter had put all his faith and trust into the council, he began to discover that the council might not be as innocent as it claimed to be. Especially after he find out that they kept the secret of his parents whereabouts from him when his mother had still been alive.
He now had some important choices to make about who he was and what he was going to do, especially after just gaining a new enemy who he had humiliated and scared.
The tenth book of the Sweep series is written from another perspective- Hunter's perspective. It's was quite intriguing to hear things through Hunter's insight. I found it quite entertaining to learn that Hunter isn't as sure and centered as Morgan sees him. In the previous books, Hunter is reserved and dignified, but in this book, you get to see a side of Hunter that no one else sees. It's refreshing as it's enticing. The suffering that Hunter goes through after discovering his father is heart-breaking. He had waited eleven years to see his parents, only to be disappointed with what he finds. The determination to help his father is endearing and touching, especially while enduring the emotional turmoil that he feels during the whole adventure.
Seeker is an outstanding novel in the Sweep series. I found myself captivated within it's pages and couldn't put it down until I had finished. Definitely worth the time of reading. 5/5 STARS
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