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Title: Night Embrace (Dark-Hunter) by Sherrilyn Kenyon ISBN: 0-312-98482-0 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 13 July, 2003 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.26 (61 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Actually 3.5 stars
Comment: I'm a huge fan of Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark-Hunter series and enjoyed this book a lot. Talon is a sexy supporting character introduced in "Night Pleasures" and is fleshed out in this story as a likable, flawed hero with a great sense of humor. The problem with this book was the heroine, Sunshine, a dopey flake with a propensity for lots o' sex. I get the impression that Ms. Kenyon was so busy introducing secondary characters being set up for their own books that character development of Sunshine got left in the dust. (BTW, the secondaries in this book rocked - Zarek's story in "Dance with the Devil" is hot, hot, HOT.) I didn't really ever get the sense that Sunshine actually loved Talon until she said it - the rest of the time she was just paranoid about Nynia and focused on getting in Talon's pants (not that I can blame her). Still, the book is fun, and is a great transition into "Dance with the Devil," a five-star book up there with "Fantasy Lover" and "Night Pleasures." Enjoy!
Rating: 3
Summary: Sexy Comic Book
Comment: I read a lot of action-based romances, and I've found that there is a fine line that must be walked to keep both the action and the romance balanced enough to make the book a good one. I think Ms. Kenyon did that well in Fantasy Lover and Night Pleasures. Unfortunately, she missed the mark in this latest episode of the Dark Hunter saga.
The dialogue (and internal monologues) of all the characters in this book read like a comic book (lots of "oooo, I'm so scared" and "puh-lease" -type lines). I kept expecting Peter Parker as Spiderman to join the enormous cast of characters - his one-liners would've fit right in.
As for the romance: the author equates sexual marathons with eternal love; Talon and Sunshine hit the sheets (and the couch, and the kitchen counter, etc.) every chance they get, and the only way we know they actually LIKE, never mind love, each other--for reasons other than sex--is because they tell us so (no show-don't-tell in this book).
But I have to admit I'm hooked on this series. I like the world Kenyon has created, and I keep hoping she'll hone her craft so that we truly feel like we understand the love story as well as we understand the action (Fantasy Lover came close to this--since the plot required the h/h to avoid consumating their relationship, we actually saw some bonding.).
Relationship development didn't happen in this book, but according to Ms. Kenyon's web site there will be many more books to come, so I'll keep reading them, hoping for a glimmer of real romance to go with my taste for comic book adventure.
In fact, I have hopes for Zarek's story. I've read the teaser on the Dark-Hunters.com web site, and I didn't see the silly dialogue. I also thought I caught a glimpse of some real character development there. I can only hope, because I can't seem to give up on this series or this author just yet!
Rating: 3
Summary: Just average.
Comment: I'm becoming increasingly disappointed with the books in this series. I don't know how long Ms. Kenyon has been writing, but she needs a lot of improvement. Yes, she has come up with a novel, engaging fantasy world. But it is as if she used up all of her creative energy in the conceiving. As with the second book, I feel as if she is making this stuff up as she goes. The result is a confusing hodgepodge of characters who seem very comic-book like. This author is particularly inept at writing dialogue (there wasn't a single line of dialogue that would have come out of a real person's mouth) and fight scenes. Essentially, every male in this book is complete comic book caricature: tall, gorgeous and [tough] with too much attitude. They were all too busy spouting one-liners to say anything intelligent or compelling.
On top of that, the Talon/Sunshine love story was not the least bit compelling. I have no idea why the issue of reincarnation was placed in this story, because it completely killed the little romantic potential that already existed. I guess reincarnation explained how Talon and Sunshine could fall in love in one day, but why was that necessary? Because they fell in love so quickly, the rest of their story consisted of them repeating the same angst-ridden thoughts over and over and over.
Finally, I'm getting tired of the "poor me" attitude of the lead male characters. Will there ever be a happy Dark Hunter? Or at least one who has a healthy mental attitude? Is that too much to ask? The whole [I was severely mistreated in my past so I've remained angry for centuries] schtick is getting really old. I keep wanting to tell these Dark Hunters, "Get over yourselves!"
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Title: Dance With The Devil: A Dark-Hunter Novel by Sherrilyn Kenyon ISBN: 0312984839 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 07 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Night Pleasures (Dark-Hunters) by Sherrilyn Kenyon ISBN: 0312979983 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Fantasy Lover by Sherrilyn Kenyon ISBN: 0312979975 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: January, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Kiss of the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon ISBN: 0312992416 Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks Pub. Date: 06 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Midnight Pleasures by Amanda Ashley, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Ronda Thompson, Maggie Shayne ISBN: 0312987625 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 17 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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