Review: Hopper House (Jenkins Cycle #3) by John L. Monk

From Goodreads:
Dan meets a mysterious woman named Rose who says he’s not alone. Like him, she’s dead and possesses the bodies of awful people. Unlike him, she doesn’t care what they’ve done, and she hides a secret shame.

Through Rose, Dan learns there are others like them, living in the shadows, hopping blissfully from ride to ride chasing excitement and chemical highs. For them, morality doesn’t matter, virtue is negotiable, and consequence has a three week expiration date.

They call themselves “hoppers.”







My Thoughts:
If you've been following my for a while, you'll know that I loved books 1 and 2 of this series. Like seriously LOVED from page one. This book is no different.

Dan Jenkins is one of those characters who you can't help but love. He's quirky, hopelessly flawed, has a wicked sense of humor, and a strong moral code. I think that's what made me love him the most in the first two books; that he always wanted to do the right thing, even when he was dealing with seriously evil bad guys that he pretty much had to kill or they'd go on being evil.
Hopper House takes a new turn for Dan's afterlife experience when he discovers he's not the only person like him jumping from body to body. And Rose wants him to stay that way. Despite her efforts, he finds himself cornered by a new nemesis, one who knows all about his "condition" and how to blackmail him. But in typical Dan style, he's not going to give in without doing his best to make the bad guy pay.

I could rant and rave about this book until the cows come home. It's one of those books I couldn't put down, even when I really needed to. The character of Dan really does make this story. He makes these ugly situation amusing and light, and these horrible so confused and thrown of guard by his quirky unpredictability. But he has a big heart, and I'm so glad that's what comes through in the end, even when the minister is a nut job, and the other hoppers are also kind of crazy.

I'm pretty sad the series is over... at least it definitely feels like it wrapped up nicely. If there are more books, this little bit of sadness I get when finishing a really good book series will go away. Seriously, it's like I turned that last page and felt like I'd lost a friend.

While I would never call The Jenkins Cycle books clean reads, they definitely are riveting page turners I'd recommend to anyone who's not overly sensitive and loves a great, exciting, and unique adventure with an unforgettable hero.