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
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