I struggled to put Hunter’s Descent down even to deal with the details of life. Quirky characters, a wonderfully twisted plot, and a new world to explore. A world where chimeras exist. I love the idea of chimeras – “chimera • kye-MEER-uh • noun. 1 : an imaginary monster compounded of incongruous parts 2 : an illusion or fabrication of the mind; especially: an unrealizable dream.”
If there is one drawback, it is that Lake is not a unique character - too many echoes of Leland. The relationship between Lake and Declan also holds a ton of echoes; however, this begins to change about ¾ of the way through the story when a different dynamic begins to peek out that smashes those echoes - Lane is still the silly but confident monster but develops less needy vibes while Declan becomes the possessive, raging stalker claiming Lane as his.
Do I love these characters? Yep! I think Sy sums it up nicely when he says “‘My limited time with you two has led me to the deep understanding that you’re both fucking weird,” Sy says, like he wasn’t sleeping in our closet, “So… are we getting pancakes?”’ ( )