Women Of The Otherworld Challenge - Month 6

Month 6 of the Women of the Otherworld Challenge is Broken. Broken brings back Elena as narrator again and revolves around the 'From Hell' letter!

Blurb

Broken

When half-demon Xavier calls in the favour Elena owes him, it seems easy enough, steal Jack the Ripper’s ‘From Hell’ letter away from a Toronto collector who had himself stolen it from the Ripper evidence boxes. But nothing in the supernatural world is ever as simple as it seems. Elena accidentally triggers a spell placed on the letter, and opens a dimensional portal into Victorian London, releasing zombies, disease, and maybe the notorious serial killer himself.

My Review

I love this book, one of my favourites of the series as I love how it incorporates the 'Jack The Ripper' legend giving it supernatural twists! I loved Elena being pregnant and the issues she had being a werewolf! I'm sure most women would be jealous that she gets to shave 3 months of her pregnancy term.
I loved Jaime coming into it as well and being brought face to face with her biggest fear - what she can expect in later life if she isn't careful using her abilities - namely the madness of Tee. All necromancers and Clairvoyants face going insane as they get older if they overuse their powers and their barriers breakdown.
I think Clay may have started to accept, respect and maybe even like Jaime in this book, she proved she wasn't just a flighty superficial airhead I think, plus she managed not to get captured or possessed! I think this book probably sees her and Jaime's relationship hint at more then friendship given that Elena think's she see's something more then concern in Jeremy's eyes while looking at Jaime at one point!
I liked the introduction of Zoe, while she never gets her own book. she does get a couple of short stories and a mention as one of Elena's friends in future books. She's a character I always liked and wished could have featured more in the series.
I got a little emotional when they discussed baby names as Logan's name came up. I also felt Nick was having a difficult time adjusting to Clay and Elena starting a family, not because he didn't want them to, but because it made him think about his fathers wish for a grandchild and made him consider whether fatherhood would ever suit him. He wasn't so much broody as he was feeling guilty for not giving his dad a grandchild. It made me feel a little bad for him seeing him re-evaluating his life because of Elena's pregnancy.
I'm definetly glad to have re-read this one and I'm looking forward to re-reading the next novel too! Part of the story was hinted at in this book!