I guess I should say a little about the romance between Gael and Jake because this is also a significant part of the story. I don’t want to give the impression that this story contains only dark things there are many light-hearted places filled with bantering among the team members that I loved. They were necessary for us to know just how horrible the psycho-bad-person really is. However, I didn’t feel that they were there just for the shock value. I won’t lie, there are scenes of torture in this book that made me shudder. There are twists and turns to this story and things happen that I didn’t see coming. The blurb tells us that Gael was abandoned by his mother and abused by his father the extent of this abuse is horrifying and yet it helped to shape him into the caring person that he is now. It’s just that parts of the story are so intense that I wanted to scream and cry at what was happening.

? She writes in several different genres and I have loved all of them.īeneath This Mask is a fantastic story but there are scenes that made me want to run and hide. I don’t know how Victoria Sue comes up with her story ideas but, as a reader, I’m grateful that her brain works the way it does. The characters are interesting the fact that each character’s ability is so different from the others is fascinating. Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003 Broke me up in places but put me back together again. Tempers rise and loyalties are challenged, and when the serial killer targeting the enhanced finally sets his sights on Gael, not only will Gael have to trust Jake with his secrets, he might have to trust him to save his life. In a world where those with special abilities like Gael’s are regarded as freaks and monsters, it won’t be easy for him to rely on Jake to have his back, especially when the abilities of a vulnerable, enhanced, nonspeaking child make that child a murder suspect.

The hurt and betrayal of his mom’s abandonment and his father’s fists are secrets buried deep beneath the ugly scars on his face, and he doesn’t trust Jake, his new regular human partner, with any of them. Gael Peterson has spent years hiding behind the enhanced abilities he wears like a mask, even though he is an important, confident member of the FBI’s exclusive H.E.R.O. Genre: GLBTQ, MM, Romance, Paranormal, Sci-fi Broke me up in places but put me back together again.

Beneath This Mask by Victoria Sue