Monochrome (ORCA Book 4) by Vinni George

This is it! The last book in the ORCA series! The youngest brother Julius gets his man and we finally find out who the big bad is we've been searching for all series long! An absolutely adorable and intense conclusion to a fantastic series!


From the blurb:

After a career on Wall Street, Julius Hunter is content to live his life as a modern Robin Hood. Getting corrupt corporations to invest with him while he siphons their money into charitable organizations makes his blood pump, so when he’s sent in to find out what the new CEO of a global company knows about money being used to fund the search for a priceless piece of artwork connected to his family, he’s all in.

Ethan Lin never wanted to be CEO of the company his great-great-grandfather founded. He also never wanted to be a parent, but when his sister died in a car accident, he inherited her title and her two adorable children. Balancing life as the head of a corporation and as a new dad is a challenge, and with diminishing returns at home and in the boardroom something has to give.

When Julius shows up, offering help in both areas of Ethan’s life, they learn they have more in common than they think. Including a shared enemy. Whoever is targeting the Hunter family also has their sights set on Ethan, and Julius will stop at nothing to make sure the man he’s falling for and his children stay safe as the final pieces fall into place.

Monochrome is the final book in the Organization for the Return of Criminals and Assets (ORCA) series, featuring an orca shifter financier who had no idea he liked kids, a panda shifter hellbent on making sure his family’s legacy doesn’t end with him, and a final showdown that changes everything.


Jacqueleen the Reading Queen's review:

"𝙷𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚙𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚢, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝙸'𝚍 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚗. 𝙸𝚗 𝚊 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚍, 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝-𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐"

And the baby brother finally gets a mate of his own! I've loved this whole series and watching the ORCA family expand as each of them found the fated mate meant for them. I found the idea of the saddle patch changing once a mate has been found to be interesting and I liked that it gave them physical proof of the bond. With Julius I don't think he even needed to look in the mirror for a confirmation. As soon as he met Ethan, he just knew he belonged to him.

"𝙻𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚎, 𝙴𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗. 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙸 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚎."

A lot goes on in this book as it also has to wrap up the series long storyline. I felt so bad for Ethan and Julius. Not only do they have to worry about themselves and each other being targeted, but Ethan is also raising his twin niece and nephew who are only 4 years old and quite the handful. I don't know about you, but in my experience the pre-school stage is a wild ride, and these guys have TWO at once!

I adored how much the twins took to Julius. It was like they knew he was meant to be a part of their family. In turn, Julius was almost immediately certain that the two little ones were just as meant for him as his mate. He just had to get over this hurdle of figuring who was after the painting, why they wanted Ethan dead, and just how far this whole thing went. What could go wrong?

Angel's review:

Something that I have loved about this series is how important family is within these books, all the brothers live together and want to and enjoy spending time with each other. The bond they all have is so precious, and I'm elated that it's so important in each of these stories.

Julius is the last of his family who has yet to find his mate, when he has to go undercover to try to figure out who owns the bank accounts his family has been investigating, he gets a surprise he wasn't prepared for.

I honestly adore Julius, Ethan, Lily and Jude, they make such a cute family. Even before the twins knew who Julius was they had a connection to him, it was so cute reading about how comfortable they felt around the Sea Panda. Also, can I just say how much I love the fact that Killer Whales are sometimes called sea pandas and how Julius is a Killer Whale shifter and Ethan is an actual panda shifter? That is just so cute, well done Vinni! I thought Ethan and Julius's relationship did develop a bit quickly but it didn't feel rushed or anything, the pace of the story just felt more fast than previous stories, but that's not a bad thing! I actually think it fit really well here.

Now, as for the overarching plot that has flowed through the previous books.. I thought that was handled tremendously well. I liked how things picked right up where the last book left off, I enjoyed learning more details alongside the characters and trying to figure out who is causing so much trouble. Let me just say, I was not prepared for who it ended up being! I suspected who the culprit was but I never expected for the bad guy to be so interconnected with Julius and his siblings as well as connected to Ethan. That was really well done and I enjoyed it a lot!

I'm sad to see this series and these characters go but this was such a tremendous way to wrap up such an amazing series. I'm really glad all these men found their person and were able to get their hard won HEA's. And we finally got to see Juno!!

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