Monday, July 27, 2009
"My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding", anthology "A Hard-Days Night Searcher" by Sherrilyn Kenyon
I am going to start this anthology this weekend. My reading is going kind of slow as of yet, while I prepare to attend Twicon this weekend. Craziness all around, but I will be packing a few books , of course and get a little reading time in. As always, I will post a review soon and let you in on what is new in the Dark -Hunter world.
"Dark Side of the Moon", by Sherrilyn Kenyon
I finished reading book 10 this past weekend. I liked this story, however, I cannot say it was one of my favorites.
Sunday, July 12, 2009
"Unleash the Night", by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Book 9 of the Dark-Hunter series brings us back to the Were-Hunters. It looks like this one will be about Wren Tigarian, a Were-Hunter who is a mix between a snow leopard and a white tiger. We have seen Wren hanging out at Sanctuary in New Orleans in past books, but this is "his story". Should prove to be interesting. I hope they have some of Vane and Fang in here, as I would like to know how Fang is doing since he finally woke up at the end of "Night Play". Well, as always, I will post back with a review once I am finished.
Friday, July 10, 2009
"Sins of the Night", by Sherrilyn Kenyon
I am starting book 8 of the Dark-Hunter series this weekend. I guess this is the story of a female Dark-Hunter called Dangereuse St. Richard. I cannot remember having come across this name before in the other books, so not sure where this one is going. As always, I will post back with my review.
I finished book 8 last night. I really liked this one, as it tied some of the beginning stuff to the here and now, as well as gave us some insight into Acheron. This is where having read "The Beginning" at the following link, http://www.dailyinquisitor.com//hunter/release.htm, would be useful to understand where Alexion comes from and what happened to him when he became a Dark-Hunter. I really recommend reading that story first or even now, if you have already read this one.
So... this is the story of Danger (a.k.a. Dangereuse St. Richard), a french Dark-Huntress that resides in Mississippi. Apparently, one of the Dark-Hunters of Mississippi has gone rogue and is feeding off of human blood, then giving the souls to the daimons. He is the only one who has gone as far as taking human life, but the others are attempting to be swayed to the daimon side with the help of Stryker. Stryker had solicited Kyros, one of the first three dark hunters created, to help him call the hunters of the area to rid of Acheron.
So, in comes the Alexicon. The Alexicon is responsible for ending the lives of rogue dark-hunters. He lives in Katoteros with Acheron and Simi, but he is a very unique individual , but I will let you read about that , as not to spoil it for you. He is sent by Acheron to decide if the Dark-Hunters of Mississippi can be saved, or which ones have gone rogue and must be destroyed. He is sent to stay with Danger, as she is the one who summoned Acheron's help with the matter.
There are some new characters introduced here, as well as some we already know. Simi, of course, makes her spotlight here as well as another demon you will meet that has some history you will learn about, neat stuff. The fate of Kyros and several Dark-Hunters are at stake here, and the Alexicon is the only one who can determine help them decide what their fate will be. Anyone who threatens Acheron, he will destroy and ask questions later.
Of course, there are those share of steamy pages, with do you need to ask which love interest come to life here? But... how is a Dark-Huntress to live eternity in love with an "other"? You must read on to find out. In Sherrilyn's world, where there's a will, there is a
Monday, July 6, 2009
"Seize the Night", by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Book 7, and who's story is it??? Well, none other than Valerius Magnus. I enjoyed the little bit I got to read about him at the end of book 6, when Bride and Vane had to hide out with him for a bit, so this should be fun. He has been in other books too, remember Talon's book , and Mardi Gras. There was a secret revealed in the end of that book too , as well as carried on into Zarek's book, hope I am not spoiling it for you, but Valerius is Zarek's half brother. Valerius' father slept with a woman (slave or something I guess) and Zarek was born and given to Valerius' father to use as a whipping boy. Valerius just finds out the true identity of Zarek in New Orleans in Talon's book. Well, now I am getting off course, but you get the idea, there is A LOT of baggage going to be carried here. As always, I will follow up with review when I am done. It may take me a bit, as I am headed back to work tonight, but hope not to keep you hanging long.
"Winter Born", anthology in "Stroke of Midnight", by Sherrilyn Kenyon
"Night Play", by Sherrilyn Kenyon
I stayed up until after 2am finishing book number 6. Redemption for book 5, in my opinion. I really liked this one and gave 5 star recognition. Like I said before, this book was Vane Kattalakis' story. Vane is a Werewolf. He is a very special "breed" (no pun intended) , that I will let you discover on your own. He and his brother , Fang were introduced before alongside Talon, in his story.
Vane protected Sunshine for Talon , remember? Well, he will pay for it in this book and you will learn about his past with his mother, father and siblings. His sister was killed at the end of Talon's book, and frankly, Vane is pissed about that as well as many, many other things.
We get to learn a lot about the history of the Arcadians and the Katagaria, which is a very interesting concept, but not too complicated to get overwhelmed. So here is that history lesson.
Basically, King Lycaon married a women he loved, but did not know she was an Apollite (yes, those cursed to die on their 27th b-day). After learning that fate was just cruel, and he could do nothing to save his children, he started experimenting with his magic in an attempt to prolong the lives of the Appollites.
King Lycaon succeeded in prolonging their lives by blending his sons with dragons and wolves. This made the Fates mad, darn those gods and goddesses, so they cursed the new species.
Lycaon , upon his blending of animal and human, he actually created two creatures, one held the animal heart and the other the human heart. The ones who walked as human, were called the Arcadians and the ones with animal hearts were called Katagaria. Both of the species, when born, were born the species that their hearts governed (animal heart=animal at birth, human heart=human at birth). However, when puberty hits, the the magic is developed, and they may shift to the other form if they choose, but their instincts would always be that of their heart.
As punishment, the Fates sent distrust into the two species, where neither species would ever trust the other. So, they would spend eternity fighting each other and hating until death.
Vane is Arcadian, he has a human hear, but shift to a wolf. In his story, we learn about his past, and his struggle to fit into a world he should not be a part of. Vane meets Bride McTierney at her shop. We met Bride briefly in Talon's story , as she buys art from Sunshine. Vane did get at glimpse of her the day he was protecting Sunshine, but he never pursued her.
So, I really like Bride. I can relate to this girl. She is an Irish woman, but she is not twiggy or skinny, and very self conscious about it, knowing no man would really like her for her, but only take advantage of her. She is going through a break up in the beginning of the book, and quite jaded about it. Yeah, did I tell you I like Bride?
Ok, so Vane meets Bride and well we know Sherrilyn makes her couples very passionate about each other. Remember Dragonswan? Well, this is where it is helpful to have read that story first. It revisits the "mating" part of the were society and the rituals involved there.
Vane struggles with his love for Bride, his sadness for his brother Fang who is sick , and his sister who was killed in the Daimon attack in Talon's book. He is also out to be killed by his father in retribution for him not protecting his sister, as well as some other people that would like to see him dead ( I will let you read more on that ).
I really liked learning more about the Were-Hunters. Of course , we are visited by Acheron, Kyrian, Amanda, Grace, Nick, Otto, Valerius, Simi, and many of the were community in this book. Some new faces , as well as many old faces I probably forgot to mention. I liked this one and will continue on my Dark-Hunter journey with an anthology next, then onto book 7. Until then..."Everyone has scars from their life."-Wren Tigarian