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Kiss of the Night (Dark-Hunter, Book 5)
While I enjoyed it and finished it in a day, I wasn't as impressed by it as I was by some of her past books. I felt that the ending was contrived. The solution to their problem made no sense to me. And then though Acheron basically told them to do it, it didn't work and then he had to come fix it? Sorry to be so vague but I don't want to give it away :p I just couldn't quite connect what was going on in the end. I'm looking forward to her shifting her focus to the Were-hunters.
Kiss of the Night (Dark-Hunter, Book 5)
This series manages to just keep getting better and better. In Ms. Kenyon's latest addition to the DH series we meet Wulf. A Viking that is a Dark Hunter but not. He has survived for centuries with no one remembering him five minutes after he leaves their presence. That's all about to change when he meets Cassandra. Problem with Cassandra is he has sworn to kill her kind (she's Appollite) and now with the help of the Gods and orders from Ash he now finds himself protecting that which he has hunted. Of course Cassandra is half human so it should be okay that he is now feeling intense things for her and there is the added bonus that she remembers him.We learn more about the DH legend in this story as well as getting to know the Appollite's as well. They are more then people that might turn Daimon. This story was very touching at times (I even managed to tear up a few times) as well as sensual. Ms. Kenyon has an incredible imagination and is not afraid to use it. Julian, Zarak, Ash, Talon, and Kyrian all play a part in this story. I would really be hard pressed to pick my favorite story since they are all different and lets face it so far all of the DH are yummy! If you are new to this series you will find this book very entertaining, and if you have been following it from the beginning such as I have you won't want to miss this story!!! I can hardly wait for the next in the series. Ms. Kenyon truly can't write it fast enough for me!
Kiss of the Night (Dark-Hunter, Book 5)
Whew. I'm not sure why I keep buying Sherrilyn Kenyon's books. I feel kind of like a sucker after this one, and even though I am particularly interested in a couple of characters in the series and would like to know how their stories turn out, I don't know how many more of these things I'm going to buy. Maybe I'll compromise and buy them used instead of new.Anyway...The main love story in this book fell flat, and any real conflict between them was, for all intents and purposes, resolved way too early. (...)For the first three books, the Dark Hunter world was knit together fairly well, but with this book, I think it's starting to unravel around the edges. The next books need to tie up some of the apparent inconsistencies in the world instead of bringing in more mysterious events and secondary characters. I mean, just how many people still running around in the present time were born on Acheron's birthday, anyway? And why isn't Apollo a little more concerned about his last descendant's death? Come to think of it, if Cassandra's death means Apollo's death and therefore the end of the whole world, why aren't whole pantheons of gods protecting her?Peeves, in no particular order:- The author's habit of advertising her other pseudonym's books and her web site. She does it in almost every one of her SK books, and I find this incredibly cheesy.- Simi. She is tolerable only in extremely small doses.- Black clothing, black leather, blah, blah, blah. I find myself thinking longingly of Valerius' story, since it sounds like his wardrobe is a bit more varied. I hope he doesn't turn into a leather addict by the time his book comes out.
Kiss of the Night (Dark-Hunter, Book 5)
Okay, I know I'm going against the majority, but I just didn't like this installment as much as I liked the other ones.By the way I'm a huge Sherrilyn Kenyon fan and have devored all of her Dark-Hunter novels. They are on my keeper shelf and I re-read them every chance I get.Having said that, Wulf and Cassandra's romance didn't engage me as much as Zerek, Talon, Kyrain and Julian's did. I kept reading the book hoping for something more from them and never getting it. The part I did love about the book was it's prolouge, which gives you a deeper background on Acheron's orgins (which I think I have figured out!!!) and the apperance of the other Dark-Hunter's from her previous books and Julian (which, I thought was the best part of the novel).Yet, I'm still glad I read it, and I hope that the next novel about Vane will be worth me rushing to the store the moment it's released, like I did for this one.
Kiss of the Night (Dark-Hunter, Book 5)
Centuries ago, he became immortal when he was tricked by a Dark-Huntress whom he had a brief affair with. With the help of her lover, the Norse god Loki, Morginne switched their souls without his knowledge, and Wulf Tryggvason became a Dark-Hunter, while she became mortal. But to add more to his suffering, she put the ultimate curse on him: no human, save someone of his own bloodline, would ever remember him after five minutes of meeting him. Then a thousand years later, he finally met a woman who could remember him - then it turned out that she belongs to the race that his kind has been hunting down for years.Cassandra Peters is a descendant of Apollo. As the only one left who bears the blood of the ancient god, she grew up running from those who hunted her - those who believe in the ancient curse. Now with only eight months before her twenty-seventh birthday, she knows that time is running out for her. And with her enemies closing in on her, she is more fearful that her time on earth is becoming shorter. Then one fateful night in a Minnesota bar, Wulf comes to her rescue. For the very first time, Cassandra meets a man who makes her yearn for all the things she could never have - that of loving someone and being loved in return, and actually growing old in the company of the man she loved.KISS OF THE NIGHT, while having the same romantic element as the other books in the series, is different in other aspects. Wulf and Cassandra are practically enemies sworn to hate each other's kind. Both are forbidden to each other, and this is something that they must overcome not only to find the happiness they both yearn for, but also enable them to save the world from extinction.Although I felt that this was the weakest of the first five books, I still had great fun reading this and it was great to be given a more in depth look into the lives of the Apollites and Daimons alike. It was also great to once again see those gorgeous heroes from the previous books and see them in action as they help to fight off the Daimons. And, of course, there is Acheron. Sherrilyn Kenyon maintains the mystery surrounding his real identity that leaves the readers aching for his own story.Filled with humor, sizzling love scenes and butt-kicking actions, this is another enjoyable book from the Dark-Hunter series.
Kiss of the Night (Dark-Hunter, Book 5)
This was an impulse buy. I was ready for checkout with two books, when I saw this in the new realise section. I actually but back one of the books to get this. It was unheard of for me to do espesially from an author I had never heard of before. I haven't regretted it a bit. Kenyon is the best.Her Dark-Hunter series gives a whole new mythical meaning to the idea of vampires. Immortals with no souls fighting for the innocent, and getting their souls back if they find their true love. The fighting and god powers give dimension to the story line.The heroine an Apollite, Cassandra is destined to die on her 27th birhtday and she's pregnant by Wolf (a Dark-Hunter) who no one, but his relatives and other immortals can remember meeting five minutes after he leaves. Their being chased by Daimons who want to kill Cassandra and her baby as the last descendants of Apollo, so they will be cured (not that it would work). If they did kill her Apollo would die and with him the sun. The book is fast and detailed. You want to rush ahead to know whats going to happen next. It's a book that can easily be read twice.I have now read all of Kenyon's books and will continue to get them. If your cautious borrow someone else's. But when your hooked you just can't wait for the next book.