Total Surrender (Sin Brothers, #4)

by Rebecca Zanetti

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The final (?) story of the Sin Brothers series was certainly exciting. It was full of chase scenes, fights, gun fire and daring escapes. I'm sorry to see the end of these devoted brothers. The ending will be satisfying yet leaves a little wiggle room if Rebecca decides to toss in a follow up novel or novella to tie up some loose ends.

This was definitely the most exciting of the four stories going from one chase and escape to the next. My family wanted dinner and I only lifted my head long enough to shout "Order something. I'm in the middle of a chase."

During the prior story, we learned that the youngest Dean brother, Jory, was still alive, and was being held by the Commander. In Total Surrender we find that as soon as Jory wakes from a two year coma, he immediately begins rebuilding his strength and preparing to escape so that he can save his brothers. All the brothers were implanted with a computer chip which will detonate and sever their spines if a code isn't input within a certain period of time. Since the brothers escaped the Commander's compound five years ago, the final deadline to reset the chips is almost upon them. They have not been able to figure out the algorithm on their own. They need to get into the compound to find their brother and to find a computer to reset the chips so they can be removed.

Jory's chip was damaged when he was shot so he knows there is no hope for him. In an attempt to keep one of his favorite experiments, the Commander sends in a computer hacker to try to reach the damaged chip so it can be reset before the deadline. Of course, the computer hacker is smart, beautiful and intriguing. She is also the Commander's daughter.

Piper only found her father recently when she was being arrested for hacking into his company's database. So the Commander "saves" her and gives Piper what she has always wanted, a chance to know her father. Piper has always fantasized that her father was a hero soldier. Although we know what a bastard her father is, Piper believes every word he tells her which leaves us frustrated by her ignorance.

Not only does Jory need to escape so that he can get to his brothers, there is another organization which wants to break into the compound. PROTECT wants to stop the commander and kill his abominations. The Dean brothers need to stay under the radar of both PROTECT and the Commander while breaking in the compound themselves to reset the chips.

There is so much action and running around and Jory spends a lot of time trying to convince Piper that it is the Commander who is the real danger that her 180 turn around supporting Jory and their falling in love seemed very jerky. It eventually smooths out, but there is still the little girl in Piper who wants the Commander to be the hero and to show the brothers that he is not as evil as they think. What does happen is that we get a further look into how evil the Commander truly is in his goal to create the perfect, obedient soldier.

THOUGHTS:
This was a great series and I will miss the Dean brothers. Although we are given plenty of closure, there are still some open threads which could equate to another novel or novella, so we can keep our fingers crossed.

Romancewise, Nate and Audrey's story was my favorite. This one gave us more action and a satisfying series end.

Received an ARC from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

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