This series keeps getting better and better.
And Victor Bayne keeps getting messier and more powerful and I'm living for it: he could, quite possibily, be the most fucked-up protagonist I've ever had the pleasure of reading about and he's an absolute delight. A walking, talking disaster of a man, a liar and a bit of an asshole, offensive and brash and hilarious and broken, with enough anxieties and insecurities and triggers to fill an entire aircraft hold of baggage, and I love him so much. "Camp Hell" functions as a sort of breakthrough moment for Victor: he's finally dealing (well, kind of, in his own way, i.e. with drugs and conveniently placed memory blocks and his usual "let's avoid talking about it until I have a giant panic attack and then maybe I'll only lie about a little bit" trick) with his Camp Hell memories and his past, he's finally getting somewhere in his quest to actually understand who's been messing about in his life, and I LOVED IT. We get so much more of his past, we get to understand him better and we also get to see how much more scarily powerful he actually is. It was riviting and addicting and I loved every single second of it.
And well, we also get much more Jacob. I'll be the first to admit I wasn't overly convinced with him in the beginning and with his reasons for being with Victor and yeah, he seemed a bit too good to be true, too perfect. The previous novel was a bit of a game changer, since Jacob actually starts showing how un-perfect he really is, but I still wasn't too conviced.
I am now.
His eagerness for anything remotely psychic was endearing, his protective streak showed, a little of his jealous one too, he was swoony and tough and decisive and quite possibily as mad as Victor. I loved him. And god, these two together are seriously everything: I'll always prefer my novels with more plot than just sex, but *blushes* I'm quite happy with how much kinkier these two are getting. They're also getting better at interpreting each other and, the occasional miscommunication aside, I loved how in tune they were.
The ghosts were creepier (like, seriously: I thought I was going to be having nightmares), the action much more paranormal and riveting than before, the mysteries keep piling on, and I'm so damn excited to continue with this series.