The combination of humor, surprises, and craziness lured me in, kept me from putting down the book. It all ends on a high note with just enough of a dunt-dunt-da cliffy that isn't frustrating yet has me wanting to know what happens next.
I might have to go back and start the series from the beginning while I wait for the next book to come out. Either way, Moonbreaker was high action fun and well worth the time reading. I received this book from The JeepDiva prior to release with the express purpose of an honest review.
The opinions, contents, and rating of this review are solely mine Stars - Aug 20, Kathy Davie rated it it was amazing Shelves: sci-fi , urban-fantasy.
Eleventh in the Secret Histories urban fantasy-science fiction spy series revolving around Eddie Drood, a rebellious boy with a conscience in the Drood Family. My Take Green does have fun poking away at secret agent stories, especially James Bond… Bond wishes he had any of these toys! The monsters are worse. The destructive capabilities are more outlandish.
The Demon and Angelic Droods battle in Moonbreaker does raise an interesting question. One that I suspect Green is holding for Night Fall , which is intended to be the last in the series. Molly Metcalf , the witch of the wild woods and a former supernatural terrorist, is his girlfriend and former enemy, untrusted by the family. The Droods are… …a centuries-old family whose business it is to stand between Humanity and all unnatural forces that threaten it. Capability Maggie is the current Matriarch.
Cedric is the Serjeant-at-Arms. Peter is the very absolute last of the very-secret agents. Yorith is the Assistant Librarian who takes care of William. Indira Drood is one of their medics. Mark is a messenger for the Matriarch. The Diary Room contains personal diaries written since the beginning of the Droods.
The Heart had been the original source of the Drood armor, now Ethel , a different alien entity, provides something better. The Pook loves the Library. The Rainbow is alive and comes if it wants. The Museum of Unattached Oddities is more of a storehouse for excess Drood finds and includes the Dead Drood , a mummified one who refuses to admit to being dead.
And we meet the Angelic Droods and Demon Droods. The Grim Gulf is a prison that was forced outside our reality. The Drood oracle has been caged for years.
Grendel Rex is the Unforgiven God, an 11th century Drood who became a megalomaniac, a. The underground city that… …belonged to the Selenites , aliens who lived inside the moon. After a few hundred years, they got nervous about Moonbreaker. Black Heir is the organization in charge of clearing up after alien incursions and salvaging their tech with the Droods getting first pick more on Black Heir in the Ishmael Jones series. The London Knights had been in a vicious war with the Droods back in the 16th century; the Sequestered Square commemorates the, ahem, quarrel.
Shadows Fall is the place where legends and fairy tales go when the world stops believing in them. Morgana La Fae was the greatest witch of all time and had been killed by Merlin.
On an alternate earth The other Droods are… …from an alternate earth, a different Drood family utterly unlike this earth's Droods. DOA , a. Penelope was their Matriarch. Uncle James was their Armourer while Uncle Jack had been the super-excellent secret agent. Grandmother Martha had been the previous Matriarch; Arthur had been her husband.
The Blue Fairy had allied with his Drood half. Major Benson is the man in charge of the attacking army. The transmorphing battle droid from the 23rd century is a prisoner of the alternate Droods, forced to follow their orders. The Swarm is an earth enemy the droid had been fighting.
The Cover and Title The cover is bright in the night with the yellow-orange explosions from the attacking soldiers with their tanks, grenade launchers, and more.
The green is continued in a splotch at the top of the cover with the series information inside it in white. The title is in white and orange against a transparent green band, angled upward from left to right. The title is the last resort chance that the Drood Family planted inside the moon, Moonbreaker , and a play-off on the James Bond title, Moonraker. Oct 19, Jay rated it liked it Shelves: urban-fantasy.
Another fun entry in the series, although not the best. The characters are, as usual, a hoot, and there are some interesting setpieces and world-building bits. The story, on the other hand, is a bit slapdash and set a bit apart from most of the action. As a whole, this is entertaining fun for fans of the series, but the uninitiated need not apply.
Nov 04, Terry rated it liked it. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Dragon is my new favourite character. Once again we see how strong the Droods are and how much stronger Eddie is than everyone. Also Eddie is dying, totally losing his life, can't go on for how weak he is feeling. Proceeds to not suffer as he beats down everything in his way Thought this would be the time we see Eddie winning from a different angle but that wouldn't be the Drood way.
Jul 18, Caitlin rated it liked it. The cliffhanger of the previous book is resolved, though everything falls into place perhaps a little too neatly. But I'm still looking forward to the next book--crossover time! Apr 21, Lauren rated it it was ok Shelves: for-blog. Eddie Drood, former head of the Drood family and very secret agent, is a dead man.
He was attacked and poisoned by Dr. DOA and cannot last much longer. To prevent anyone else getting hurt Eddie and Molly Metcalf, former magical terrorist turned ally and love interest, are going to do whatever it takes to stop Dr. Moonbreaker is another book that is far into its series, leading to me having a number of issues with both the characters and story.
The characters, particularly Eddie himself, were a fair part of my issue here. Imagine that James Bond knew that he was kind of awful and was perfectly happy to explain that to his companion and, by extension, the reader.
Just in case. That annoys me. My other problems is that the plot feels almost fractured. There are several conflicts that crop up that have little to do with stopping Dr.
DOA or could have done better as the main conflict of another story. Then the book was over and I could only be disappointed. Molly was pretty awesome though. I kind of want to read a series about her. Trying to find a cure would have actually worked better for me as the B conflict that a lot of the other stuff and it could have hit a lot of the same beats the book did anyway. Where does that leave Moonbreaker? Despite my best efforts, I know that my enjoyment of the older Nightside books leaves me more disappointed in this one than I would otherwise be.
I feel like there were a lot of good ideas here that wound up being used as padding instead of explored as well as they could have been. But it is rushed and disjointed, so it gets a two out of five. I would read Simon R. Green again, just not this series.
I received a review copy of this book through netGalley for honest review. Jun 11, kartik narayanan rated it liked it. It continues the story of Eddie Drood who was poisoned in his last outing. Eddie and Molly are searching for Edmund Drood when this story begins. Sep 19, Brian Curtis rated it liked it. Simon R. Green seems to have run out of words. Eddie Drood has morphed into the deathstalker with all of his death head grins - which he now does a lot, and John Taylor of the Nightside, with his sight, and now "it was the easiest thing to I really liked the Nightside series, and the next Secret history book, which takes place in the Nightside will probably be my last Secret Histories book.
Oct 26, Pop Bop rated it really liked it Shelves: reviewed. High-Spirited, Imaginative Fun This is the eleventh volume in the Secret Histories series and the second book in a two-book story arc. Because our hero offers a running narrative and monologues constantly it's nearly effortless to get up to speed on the action even if you haven't read or have forgotten the previous book. Anyway, apart from needing a general sense of who's who and who's chasing who, and things like "what is Red Alpha Red for?
To me the beauty of this series is that it almost seems designed and intended to make a mockery of plot. Sure, lots of things happen to set the action in motion and then lots of things happen at the end to tie it all up, but in between it's pretty much anything goes. There's always a cool new tool or weapon or ability or character or revelation that pops up just in time to save our hero, and the fun isn't in such developments' plausibility, there rarely is any , but rather in the developments' wild unpredictability and exuberant over-the-topness.
What holds these together, for me, is Eddie Drood's, and Molly's , amiable deadpan approach to these adventures and his absolute unwillingness to be impressed or intimidated by any of the goings on. On top of that, and what makes this one of my favorite books in the series, is that - 1 a huge part of the book consists of what is basically a dungeon crawl through two Drood Halls, the current one and the abandoned one on an alternate Earth , and 2 two new favorite supporting characters - a hilariously deadpan Grey-ish alien and an equally engaging, exquisitely snarky Dragon.
Everything else, of course, is bonus time. Apparently, Eddie and Molly will be called to some final conflict in The Nightside. In the meantime, we'll always have Moonbreaker. Please note that I found this book while wandering in our local library. I have no connection at all to either the author or the publisher of this book.
Moonbreaker is the eleventh and penultimate book in the Secret Histories series written by Simon R. It stars Edwin Drood, code named Shaman Bond and he is a part of the Droods, an ancient family that purportedly watches over the world and protects it from various threats, including supernatural and magical ones. Eddie Drood is running out of time. He's been poisoned by himself from an alternative dimension, Edmond Drood as Dr.
DOA, and worse yet, his torc is barely keeping him alive. With Moonbreaker is the eleventh and penultimate book in the Secret Histories series written by Simon R.
With Molly Metcalf by his side, Eddie hopes to escape the alternate world he's been stranded on and find his evil counterpart before he kills any others. Eddie is determined to kill Dr. DOA, if it is the last thing he does before the poison completely consumes his body. Moonbreaker is written rather well. The action was completely gripping and the emotions were poignant, particularly with the idea of Eddie's own mortality and the choices he makes, knowing they may well be his last.
The connection and support between Molly Metcalf and Eddie is as heartwarming as it is witty. The humor and steadfastness of their relationship is an anchor during the chaotic nature of their lives.
All in all, Moonbreaker is written rather well and is a good continuation to what would hopefully be a wonderful series, which I plan to continue in the very near future.
Jun 04, Penny rated it really liked it Shelves: reviewed. Here we are at the 11th book in the Secret Histories series. By now, every time you read one of these books, you know exactly what you are getting. This book was not an exception. The previous book was a cliffhanger and the book immediately started up where the one before left off.
I have to admit that I was worried that this one would end in a cliffhanger, too, but that was not the case. And, I Here we are at the 11th book in the Secret Histories series. Anyway, if you are fan of this series, this book is exactly what you are looking for. This exact review will be posted on both Amazon and Goodreads. Jun 24, Chris Bauer rated it it was amazing. So, after finishing this book, I did a little research and came to the pleasant conclusion that I've read every book by Simon R.
This fact made me inordinately happy for some reason. Green casually tosses out incredible, richly designed world-building nuggets as throwaway comments. One could grab at the table scraps of his work and create a multitude of other series. Just great, great fun. Oct 23, Jsrott rated it really liked it. Drood books are always fast,fun reads that don't require a lot of attention. I enjoyed getting lost in that world again, although I start to get a little jaded at the sheer number of "This is the deadliest, most dangerous thing ever in the Universe and is undoubtedly going to kill everyone and everything" creatures and people Green fills up his world with and then proceeds to have the stuffing knocked out of them in short order.
I get the tongue-in-cheek nod to spy novels, it just takes a bit aw Drood books are always fast,fun reads that don't require a lot of attention. I get the tongue-in-cheek nod to spy novels, it just takes a bit away from the adventure when there's no clear reason why the adversary is so dangerous. Still, was a pleasant diversion, and the ending promises a big sequel that brings the Droods into the world of another of Green's popular series- the Nightside. Looking forward to it.
Eddie Drood is dying. He has been poisoned by Dr. DOA, who is actually Edmund Drood from an alternate universe. Even Ethel and his strange material torc cannot save Eddie, so he is determined to kill Edmund before he dies. Eddie and Molly Metcalf, the wild witch of the woods, are there to protect humanity and the Drood family when Edmund attacked Drood Hall, bringing into this reality both the Demon Droods and the Angelic Droods from their banishment to another dimension.
Eddie and Molly follow Eddie Drood is dying. Another madcap adventure as this series and the Nighside series wind down. Jan 16, Mickey rated it really liked it Shelves: simon-r-green , paranormal-and-supernatural. I had a bad feeling about this book and kept putting off reading it because Eddie was dying from an untreatable poison at the end of his last adventure. The author had seemingly wrapped up the Nightside series, and ended the Ghost Finders with heartbreak, so I wasn't ready to let Eddie go.
I'm glad I gave in. Spoiler- Eddie lives! I won't say how, but I was very happy. And there was, as usual, a teaser for the n I had a bad feeling about this book and kept putting off reading it because Eddie was dying from an untreatable poison at the end of his last adventure. And there was, as usual, a teaser for the next book So I'm a happy camper! Thank you, Simon R. Jun 03, Henry Lazarus rated it liked it. Eddie is still dying from poison from Dr. DOA paper who is Edward Drood from another reality Eddie and Molly Metcalf have to track down his killer from the world he lived in to the Drood mansion under attack, to Siberia on dragon back, and finally to the moon where centuries before the Droods had created a Moonbreaker hard from ACE device.
Review p Simon R. Review printed by Philadelphia Weekly Press After the shocking cliffhanger in the previous book, I was nervous starting this one. I should have never feared Green has delivered an outstanding sequel! This novel was gripping, witty, exciting and heartfelt in the dignified Drood way - of course.
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