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Susan Michaels was the hottest reporter on the Beltway Beat until she walked into a setup that ruined her reputation. Now she’s working for a small Seattle paper, penning stories about killer moths and alien babies, convinced that her life couldn’t get any worse…
That was before an idea for a breaking news piece brought her to a local animal shelter where she ends up listening to her source rant about vampires and gets coerced into adopting a cat despite her allergies. But when her new pet suddenly reveals himself to be a gorgeous–and lethal–shapeshifter, Susan realizes that there’s far more at stake than a career-saving by-line.
Born into a world of predators, Were-Hunter Ravyn Kontis was betrayed by those he loved best. Soulless, pitiless, he has spent three hundred years battling the Daimons who seek to subjugate humankind. Against all odds, Susan evokes in Ravyn feelings of tenderness. Desire. Love. And with the ultimate battle about to begin, this one very human woman holds the power to shatter both their worlds…
That was before an idea for a breaking news piece brought her to a local animal shelter where she ends up listening to her source rant about vampires and gets coerced into adopting a cat despite her allergies. But when her new pet suddenly reveals himself to be a gorgeous–and lethal–shapeshifter, Susan realizes that there’s far more at stake than a career-saving by-line.
Born into a world of predators, Were-Hunter Ravyn Kontis was betrayed by those he loved best. Soulless, pitiless, he has spent three hundred years battling the Daimons who seek to subjugate humankind. Against all odds, Susan evokes in Ravyn feelings of tenderness. Desire. Love. And with the ultimate battle about to begin, this one very human woman holds the power to shatter both their worlds…
Lady Bluestocking @ 4:24 pm
I was pretty upset about this book. I am a huge Sherrilyn Kenyon/Kinley MacGregor fan and I love the DH series (hence the 1 star) but this book was a huge let down for me.
There were a couple of things that I had a HUGE problem with believing. First, I must have missed something because I do not remember Nick being Impervious to Ash’s mind control. I was really uncomfortable with how the whole Nick & Ash relationship was portrayed in this book. Second, I just could not buy the humans & Daimons working together thing. I know that there are some stupid humans out there but I would like to think that we are a bit smarter than to ally with someone who could wipe out our entire neighborhood in an hour if we pissed him off. Third, Rayvn’s character was not fully developed before he moved forward into a relationship with Susan (the most annoyingly sarcastic woman ever!). The love story here is hard to believe and I have a real problem with Rayvn remaining a DH as it is stressed throughout the DH series that Dark Hunters cannot have long term relationships. Lastly, WHAT DID YOU DO TO ASH???? Ash’s development in DSofM was completely unbelievable to me; unless of course he is Daimon-possessed in this book and we don’t find out until the next book in the series. That must be it because the Ash in this book is very different from the one portrayed in previous DH series books.
When I first started reading this series I was captivated by the range & depth of feeling the characters had. I hurt, cried and celebrated along with them because Kenyon’s writing brought them to life for me. The last couple of books have lacked the character and story development I had come to expect from the DH series. For example, I could easily see what made Kyrian become a DH, I felt his gut wrenching anguish with him, experienced his absolute need for vengeance right along with him; by the time I finished his and Amanda’s story I was breathless, I felt like I had been a character in the book and had been right beside them throughout. The last couple of DH stories have left me cold. The character development, story development, and eloquent creative writing that I have come to look forward to from this author have been missing and instead I am reading about new characters that are shallow and seem to be introduced for the sole purpose of adding a new angle to the series, bizarre personality changes to old, well-developed characters that are left unexplained in writing but seem to be added for the sole purpose of adding a new angle to the series, heroes/heroines that are starting to become very similar to each other i.e., very sarcastic, shallow, quick-witted to the point of annoying and all with the ability to think about sex pretty much in any situation and with people they just met.
Please, please, please Ms. Kenyon: I do not mind waiting a whole year for the next book if it means you will take the necessary time to develop the story and write the DH books like you used to. If I put any pressure on you in the past to get a DH book out quickly, please forgive me and know that I will not do it again. I really need a DH story I can escape into so I promise to wait patiently.
SherryEvelyn @ 4:55 pm
I can’t believe I paid retail for this, Sherrilyn has had a few rushed books in the DH series lately, but for a hardcover edition DSOTM was a horror show.
Raven & Susan’s story did not reel me in as many of the other DH/WH stories have, Susan was already unlikeable by playing the holyier than thou card at her job at a cheesy paper that her friend Leo had given her after her career was destroyed by 1 bad story.
I am quite sure it was supposed to make me understand her because she’d been a successful investigative journalist turned to writing for a paper that considered, “Aliens, big foot, etc.” Their big news. You learn later a little about the history of the paper, but Susan’s sarchasm fills the book at the most inappropriate times. Raven’s view is that she amuses him, but her likeability felt forced.
The whole story was extremely rushed for the material involved in it. There is Cael another DH living among the Apollites and his love story with Amaranda this alone should have been a separate book. We find out about it, get a little information and then a shocking ending that is left unfinished.
Then there is Acheron/Ash the leader of the DH’s who is busy with Artemis. Artemis who supposedly created DH’s to protect the world against Daimons keeps him busy with her while things are going crazy in Seattle where this book is set. It made me cringe that her spoiled nature was more important than the life & death of the DH’s & the people they are supposed to protect. A game she forces Ash to play in order for him to get loose long enough to find out what is going on with his people was pitiful. Ash is stuck and comes across so weak in this book. Missing important details because of the whims of the spoiled Artemis.
Possible spoiler although I won’t name, names, but there are DH’s dying in Seattle. No Ash because of Artemis and then he shows up for what seems like minutes instead of the hours he was supposed to be there for.
Nick Gautier who at one time was a squire and ran the Dark Hunter website and was once a loved character died in a previous book and Artemis turned him DH. He returns in this book via Savitar giving him over to Raven for training. But this isn’t any Nick you’ve ever known he is blaming Ash for everything from his death to the hurricane Katrina incident. The DH series has been set in LA for several books so old and fans of the series know the Hunters love of New Orleans. Mentioning that the men were there helping, trying to rebuild, etc was enough, but to have a character blame another for causing it was just out of place and wrong to Nick he was angry & blamed Ash for it all. It made absolutely no sense yes it is fiction and these are Gods/Goddesses, etc, but it was just too off the mark. Nick was blaming Ash for everything being wrong with the world.
Back to Susan and Raven, Raven a DH who happens to be also be a wereanimal and she’s allergic to his hair…
This was my least favorite book in the DH series. I didn’t care for Susan, Raven’s story was too scattered and not detailed enough. Of all the books their love story/lust story was faster than any that I remember. Susan’s best friends are dead, Daimons want her & Raven dead, but all she can think about is how he makes her feel.
Scattered, Rushed & Irratic are the best way I can describe this book and my own review. I didn’t know where to start with my review and this is the only way I know to end it.
I can only hope the next book isn’t like this one or I’ll probably lose my interest in S. Kenyon.
H. O'Hare @ 7:05 pm
Like the previous reviewer, I was pretty upset about this book. I too am a very big fan of the DH series and have been reading religiously for over three years now, but this is definitely the worst of the series.
Susan is just way too sarcastic. Annoyingly so. In fact, I think that most of the heroines in the series are starting to become very similar to each other. Quick-witted, very sarcastic, and with the ability to look at a strange man (in an otherwise very tense situation) and think about sex. Seriously, although I love the big men/sexy vibes, I’m starting to get bothered by the seemingly unrealistic atmosphere that is being dead ending at Repetitionville.
Something that this book lacked was the true, heart-clenching angst. IE Kyrian or Zarek angst. I feel that these last few books, especially DSofM, really fell short in that department. That is one of the things that first had me hooked in this series.
Ash’s developement has also made me flinch. What happened to the arrogant, cocky Ash we were first introduced to? His character has definitely changed, and it seems to me that the original Ash is different from the Ash we now come across in DSofM.
I know that the AG said that Ravyn was itching for his story to be told, but it appears with her writing that it was quickly put together. It lacks the heart that made me fall in love with the first few books. Storylines appear to be repetitive and unoriginal. I’m not sure if it’s her love of the series that is making her drag on stories or the need to please her readers, but that’s what these last stories seem to be doing: dragging on. Maybe it’s both. But I would rather see her write one great book like the beginning ones than see five let downs like this one.
I gave one star because even though I was very disappointed with this one, my love for the series is deep. The second star goes to the little things hidden inside. The bringing back of other characters from previous stories is always a plus, especially in this series.
I hope that the future books will have that missing heart that the originals had. I would also wait for the softcover book instead of paying the $11-$20 for the hardcover. There really isn’t a need to run off and buy this one. And you probably won’t be able to read it in one sitting. I had to force myself to read through a lot of the pages and found myself skipping over a few paragraphs. The characters, especially the constant sarcasm, have ruined a lot of the story that could have otherwise been better.
Elaine C McTyer @ 8:24 pm
I just bought this book, used, and am I glad I did. I have loved all of her other books, but the last one before this left me wondering, and then this one was hardbacked, so I waited.
As everyone else has reviewed this one to death, let me say I agree with them wholeheartedly. This is a soap-opera gone wrong. I found nothing redeeming about it. It left me with a bitter taste and I will not be looking forward to the next one.
1. We have a romance between Ravyn, a Dark-Hunter and Susan, a reporter. It was a very lukewarm romance compared to the others.
2. We have a DH married to an Appollite, who finally to save themselves are both turned into Daimons. Yuch!!! And I liked both of them.
3. We have that idiotic Nick Gautier hating Ash and being turned into something by Stryker, if this isn’t the most perverse plot I have ever read I will offer myself to a daimon, free.
4. We have Stryker’s sister as a handmaiden to Artemis, and she keeps him fully informed of the plots and ploys in Olympus.
Not to mention the feud in Ravyn’s family. Or the fact that I find Artemis’s escapades with Ash very disgusting.
They have turned into the people I avoid watching on the soap operas every day. This book is not worth buying even used. It is a total disappointment.
Fantasy Hunter @ 9:00 pm
I’m hooked on the Dark-Hunter Novels. I’m really hooked on the were-hunters since “Night Play”. “Dark Side of the Moon” tried to merge both. I got the magick and sizzle of both. Dark Side held my interest. I finished the book in one day and ready to reread for the details. OK, “Night Play” and “Seize the Night” are the 5 stars. But “Dark Side of the Moon” is well worth reading. Ravyn and Susan sizzle under the pressures of clearing themselves of murder charges and outwitting the vengeful alliance of humans and demons targetting them.