Blood of My Blood (I Hunt Killers, #3)

by Barry Lyga

Jazz Dent, who has been shot and left to die in New York City, his girlfriend, Connie, who is in the clutches of Jazz's serial killer father, Billy, and his best friend, Howie, who is bleeding to death on the floor of Jazz's own home in tiny Lobo's Nod, must all rise above the horrors their lives have become and find a way to come together in pursuit of Billy.

Jazz Dent, his girlfriend, Connie, who is in the clutches of Jazz's serial killer father, and his best friend Howie must all rise above the horrors their lives have become and find a way to come together in pursuit of Billy, Jazz's father. Book #3

• ISBN10: 0316198706
• ISBN13: 9780316198707
• Publish Date: 9 September 2014 (first published 1 January 2014)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Little, Brown & Company
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 480
• Language: English

Reviews

[Melanie]

Review originally posted at BooksOfMyHeart.net.

The final book in the Jasper Dent series. Hmm… How to write this review without revealing spoilers. Blood of My Blood picks up right after the cliffhanger of book two, Game. Jasper and his best friend, Howie, and his girlfriend, Connie are still trying to solve some murders. Each of them have a different piece to help solve it and they are all in different locations. Jazz is in New York, as is Connie, though she isn’t with him. Howie is back in Lobo’s Nod. All of them end up in the hospital, though again, they are kept separate. Things aren’t looking good for them.

Jasper decides he needs to leave the hospital. Not only does he leave without doctor’s approval, he has to take out the cops to do so. Jazz has spent the entire series trying to stay on the right side of the law. He is desperate to not become his father. However, he does have to break some laws if he is going to stop his father and that is just what he does. Jazz does make a point to not permanently hurt anything more than an ego.

I don’t want to go too much into this story. For one, I don’t want to spoil any of the earlier books for those who might not have read them yet. Two, I don’t want to spoil anything in this book and there is a lot of spoilery material in this book. Let’s just say I continue to love our three teenagers. Jazz, Howie and Connie are all great characters. The adults are really good too. There is still G. William, the sheriff of Lobo’s Nod, Detective Hughes of the NYPD and even Connie’s dad. I really enjoyed all of them.

The suspense here really keeps you on the edge of your seat. There are things you learn in this book that are totally NOT what you’re expecting. There are things that are revealed that really pushed some boundaries for me (and that is saying something). Things where I read them, and thought “No, the author really isn’t going to go there is he. Yes. Yes, he is.” If you like suspense, especially if you like creepy, serial killer stories, this is a great trilogy and I highly recommend you try it. And this book wrapped the whole story up really well. I couldn’t have asked for a better ending.

NARRATION
Charlie Thurston continued with a wonderful narration of this series. I have to say that the voices he chose were perfect for the characters. Billy Dent’s voice especially (Jazz’s dad). He is a really creepy character. The way the voice wavers between crazy sociopath and charming male, really fit the description that the author used for Billy. I even like his voice for Connie and the few other women in this book. I would love to find more books with Thurston as the narrator.

[Amanda]

The last installment of the Jasper Dent series had me gasping more than once. So many twists and turns. So good. So heartbreaking. But glad for the ending.

[alisoninbookland]

Oh man, just when you didn’t think things could get more intense…they do. It’s nice that this book doesn’t follow the basic plot of the other books. It’s its own unique story that we start in the middle of. Things are pretty much insane and nothing is off limits.

The story certainly wasn’t boring. There were many, many twists. Crazy revelations. You couldn’t and didn’t want to stop reading. Always a plus.

I thought all three of our characters made great progress. It was interesting seeing them grow up and how much they were willing to risk for friendship and love. It was great to see Jazz fight with himself. It really shows that you make the decision about how you turn out. Not nature or nurture. It was good to see how far he was willing to go and the roads he would not cross no matter what. Connie was great. It was nice to see some diversity. She wasn’t just a throw away character. She was a bit stupid with her actions but she was definitely a strong woman who could handle herself and the situations she was in. Even Howie, who almost bled out from a scratch on the hand, did a good job of holding his own.

The bottom line? Great conclusion.

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[Stephanie]

This review was originally posted on Once Upon a Chapter



I had been waiting on Blood of My Blood by Barry Lyga since I finished Game in the summer of 2013. Game left a big cliffhanger and I had to think on it before I remember where we left off. Blood of My Blood did not disappoint me.

I've become a little leery of the final installment of trilogies, a la Allegiant. Thankfully Lyga was uses the conclusion of his trilogy to answer burning questions. It's also a fast paced race to the end of the book. I had suspicions of who Ugly J really was. I was wrong and I had to keep guessing.

Along with fast paced actions and resolutions there was a lot of character growth. Jazz finally gets some of the answer he's been searching for and he uses those to define himself. There were a lot of times that I felt like cheering for Jasper, Connie and Howie. I love these characters and while I'm sad to not spend more time with them, I am more than satisfied with where I have left them.