Title : Night Pleasures
Author : Sherrilyn Kenyon
Reading Dates : 25 May - 27 May 2010
The Dark-Hunter Series. Night Pleasures is the 2nd book in Sherrilyn Kenyon's paranormal romance Dark-Hunter series. Check out the link below for a listing of the books in the series according to reading order.
Book Summary of Night Pleasures.
Accountant Amanda Devereaux wakes up from a visit to her sister's home to find herself handcuffed to a 2000-year old Greek General. Mistaken for her twin sister, the powerful sorceress who has only ever wanted a normal life now finds herself falling for a bad-ass vampire. Kyrian of Thrace isn't too happy either. In return for an Act of Vengeance against his enemies and traitorous wife, he's been resurrected as a Dark-Hunter; a part of the goddess Artemis's army of the night, protecting humans from the things that go bump in the night. The last thing he needs is a human girl slowing him down, especially when he could so easily fall for her.
Of course, Amanda and Kyrian get their Happy Ever After even with Amanda's own twin being a vampire hunter and an evil demi-god vampire hunting the both of them.
I've got mixed feelings about this book. I started off being disappointed and ended up enjoying it reasonably well. The reason being there were less of the parts which I found annoying as the story progressed.
What did I find annoying ? Well, here's a sample to illustrate :
His shoulders were incredibly broad, with sculpted muscles that promised strength, speed, and agility. His pecs and arms were every bit as well-formed and tight.
His shoulders were incredibly broad, with sculpted muscles that promised strength, speed, and agility. His pecs and arms were every bit as well-formed and tight.
Nothing wrong with that you say. This is a romance novel after all. Well yes, but it gets tedious when the same theme is repeated every few pages. I get it already. He's incredibly gorgeous and she's wonderfully sweet. There's no need to keep telling me that.
That is not to say the book is without its saving grace. I loved both the humor and the way the author has woven Greek mythology into vampire folklore. In Sherrilyn Kenyon's New Orleans, you find eccentric characters like the Dark-Hunter Talon who believes its funny to stake his own mailbox while hunting the vampire-like descendants of Apollo, the god of plagues.
The writer also has left a nice hook near the end to keep readers interested in finding out what is going to happen next :
Before she vanished, she leaned forward and whispered the answer in Acheron's ear. He went cold with the news as she twinkled into mist.
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