Breaker

Monster Breaker, Book 1

By: Isaac Hooke

Narrated by: Luke Daniels

Three women.
One man.
A whole lot of monsters.

Malem is a breaker. He breaks the minds of beasts, exerting the steel vise of his will over their own, bending them to his wishes.

His ability is severely limited in terms of the types of creatures he can control and how many. Most monsters have always been beyond him.

And then one day he accidentally breaks a monster girl. Doors begin to open for him faster than he thought possible.

Note: This book contains harem elements. The main character certainly isn't shy around women, and the magic system is unique in ways you might not expect. Also, the story can get a tad dark in places.

©2019 Isaac Hooke (P)2019 Isaac Hooke

great story

the MC has an unusual power and that makes it so interesting. good character stories.

Fun but

To much combat for my taste, there are times the combat goes on for probably over an hour at a time without stop.

This is for Monster breaker books 1-3
First off I love this series! It’s got interesting well thought out mechanics, especially the monster breaking mechanics, you can tell the author has put a lot of thought and care into this series. Only complaint for the writing is a fight can go on for around an hour or so and makes me start to tune out a little sometimes.
Narration is decent but near book 3 he starts running out of voices and reuses some of them (especially annoying when it’s a voice he uses for a main female character and uses it for a new male character of a different race)

Decent enough

Story was good enough to keep me listening. The only problem I had with it was the harem. I knew it was a harem book going into it but the more I listened the more I wish it had stopped at the first girl. Would have made the whole story more compelling. Maybe it was just wasted potential at a good romance story? Ehh it was worth a token, won’t be getting the next books tho.

A Surprisingly Mature Harem

Obviously, this is a harem story. Girls on the cover surrounding our MC, I thought I knew what this would be all about. Well, I only mostly knew what is was about.

The main character; Malum, is a well nuanced character who I felt had some real depth to him. A man who knows what he wants, and is absolutely not afraid to take it; he's not the shining knight a lot of main characters are. In fact, during the first arc of the book, I found myself thinking he was kind of scummy more than once. That did not last, and I was strongly emphasizing with him halfway through the story.

Luke Daniels did an amazing job bringing the characters, like he always does.

The ladies were all unique, with blatantly different personalities, again helped by the masterful performance.

Breaker was a damn good ride, and I'll be back for more.

shallow

shallow. struggled to finish it. couldnt hold my attention. alot like dungeon books. h h