Format: Kindle, 320 pages
Release Date: September 21, 2023
Publisher: Black Dog Books, LLC
Source: Kindle Unlimited
Genre: Fantasy
The Black Hat compound is rubble on the ocean floor, the director
hasn’t been seen since the explosion that demolished his life’s work,
and old enemies have decided it’s open season on the remaining agents.
Oh. And Arden has decided now is a great time for a surprise visit to force a confrontation with Rue.
Between
holding the Bureau together, searching for her grandfather, and
babysitting Arden, Rue has her work cut out for her. But her distraction
allows her to be blindsided by a loss that fractures her very soul.
Betrayal is a familiar sting for Rue, she barely feels it anymore, but
this time? She might not survive it.
Hailey Edwards' Gray Days is the Ninth Installment in the authors Black Hat Bureau series. This story begins right where the previous installment left off. The Black Hat compound has been destroyed and is rubble on the ocean floor. The director aka Rue's grandfather is missing and Rue has been elevated to Interim Director. The Portal to Faerie is still open, and the black witch known as Luca still has an agenda and now it appears that she's taking her hatred out on humans by using a poison called King Kill as well as others in the Boston area.
To make matters even more difficult, Rue has a list of enemies as long as her arm and if she doesn't pull it together soon, there won't be anything left of the Black Hat Bureau which was intended to be a gatekeeper and to hold the line against villains who would destroy the peace. To make things even more twisted, Arden, who some of you may have remembered as one of Rue's workers, has decided to reconnect with Rue in the most inopportune time bringing a curious development between her, Aiden, and a vampire named Fergal.
Oh, and I would be remiss to mention Clay's connection to the director. With him missing (Director is basically his master), what is Clay's future? As Rue, who is losing herself to the Grimoire, and team try to hunt down what happened to the Director as well as his butler who is an Ice Giant, it seems as though Calixta has done what she set out to do and is now Queen of Hael. Aedan is still bound to her as her heir and that makes Rue's heart shatter because of her decision to make a deal with Calixta.
And then there is Saint, aka Hiram Nadasdy, aka Rue's father who has been hoping for revenge on his father, Rue's grandfather, for the murder of Saint, wife and mother, who is basically a spirit without a body. Confused yet? Even after 9 books, things are still not settled. Luka is still killing people. Aedan is fighting for his freedom but has no control of what happens to him. Arden seems to want to become part of Rue's team, and to make things more twisted, the author kicks the reader in the head with a brutal ending that leaves two very important characters in limbo.
*Thoughts*
If you missed it, here is the most important key clue to what happens in this story. "Between holding the Bureau together, searching for her grandfather, and babysitting Arden, Rue has her work cut out for her. But her distraction allows her to be blindsided by a loss that fractures her very soul. Betrayal is a familiar sting for Rue, she barely feels it anymore, but this time? She might not survive it." Now you know why I am dumbfounded by the cliffhanger ending. Did not see that coming. Even after 9 books, you would think that the author would get to the point where Rue isn't flying off to one place or the other trying to save the world and her friends. There is always another piece to the puzzle, and in this case, one very big piece is now in purgatory until the author decides what to do next.
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