Sherrilyn Kenyon - Dark Hunters series
Okie... first review entry... hmm... I had to think a little bit before choosing what to review and here's my choice: the Dark Hunters series
by Sherrilyn Kenyon. Why? Because it's my current favorite series and
because Sherrilyn Kenyon is an awesome, but awesome author. Not only
her writing is good, but she's also very close to her fans and
providing a lot of activities for her fans :) I guess I would say she's
the nicest of all the authors...
So what's the Dark Hunters series about?
This series is about vampires... but vampires à la Sherrilyn. It all started when Apollo wanted to prove to Zeus that he could create a superior race to humans and therefore, he created the Apollites. However, Zeus wasn't happy, so he decided to match Apollo with a human woman. Meanwhile, the Apollite Queen, also Apollo's wife, was jealous and sent her warriors to assasinate the human woman and ordered them to pass the crime as an animal attacks. However, Apollo discovered the truth and angry, he cursed his race: they would get the abilities of animals, i.e. fangs, with increased physcial abilities (speed, etc.), they would never be able to be in contact with sunlight anymore and they would die at 27, the same age as his beloved human died, atroceously. However, the Apollites found a way to live longer than 27 years: suck the souls (ousia) of humans by sucking their blood.... and so, these Apollites become Daimons.
As the number of Daimons increased, Artemis came up with Dark hunters, her personal army to get rid of Daimons... basically, dark hunters are the same as Apollites: they have fangs and cannot be in the sunlight. Most of them have special abilities. Also, dark hunters immortal are souless as they have gave up their souls in order to get an Act of Revenge...basically, they are at the mercy of Artemis... and under the leadership of Acheron, the oldest dark hunter.
Between Dark hunters, Apollites and Daimons, they are Were Hunters. Were Hunters were created by a sorcerer king who wanted to save his 2 sons, half-Apollites. The Sorcerer King thought that by Apollites with animals, he could extend their longivity... he tried many species: dragons, wolves, jackals, panters, lions, bears, etc... and then, chose dragons and wolves because they were the strongest. As a result, he created a race who could control magic, take an animal form and live more than 800-900 years. Unfortunately, because he tampered with lives, the Three Fates weren't happy and therefore cursed the 2 sons... from then on, Were-hunters were divided into 2 sub-species: acardian and katagarian. Acardian have the heart of human, so their base form is human and once they reach puberty, they can turn into animals. while Katagarian have the heart of animal and their base form is animal. Additionally, the Three Fates decided to make them ennemies so they would fight for the rest of their existence. oh by the way, almost forgot... Were-hunters have the ability to time-travel... quite handy no?
There are also Dream-hunters... but so far, no Dream-hunter has been main characters, so I can't really describe them ^^;
Also, Dark Hunters are supported by a human network: Squires... They are humans who served the dark hunters and help them when needed...
This series is very good... in fact, fascinating. You can see that Sherrilyn Kenyon has put lots of efforts and planning into the story. There are a lots of characters, but in my opinion, it's still awesome ;) It's very complex and she's added lots of culture and mythology: Greek, Atlantis, vikings, etc. but everything ties up together and Acheron is really awesome :D Lots of laugh guaranteed and smutty scenes :)
So here are books parts of the series in order,
Night Pleasures ***
Night Embrace *** 1/2
Dance with the Devil **
Kiss of the Night ****
Night Play **** 1/2
Seize the Night ***
Sins of the Night ****
There was also a short story in the anthology "Stroke of Midnight" called Winter Born *** 1/2 ( I would have given **** if only the story was longer!!)
Overall **** 1/2
by the way, the next book, Unleash the Night, is coming next month ... can't wait for it!!! You can be sure I'll be rushing to Chapters or Indigo on Dec. 27!!!!
I'll do a book-by-book review when I'll have time.
if anyone is interested in more info, here's her various websites:
www.dark-hunter.com - you'll find everything you want on dark hunters, including tons of profiles of characters and excerpt of books
http://sherrilynkenyon.libsyn.com/ - author's podcasts
acheronp - Read Acheron, leader of dark hunters, LJ :P
so there we go... first review completed!
So what's the Dark Hunters series about?
This series is about vampires... but vampires à la Sherrilyn. It all started when Apollo wanted to prove to Zeus that he could create a superior race to humans and therefore, he created the Apollites. However, Zeus wasn't happy, so he decided to match Apollo with a human woman. Meanwhile, the Apollite Queen, also Apollo's wife, was jealous and sent her warriors to assasinate the human woman and ordered them to pass the crime as an animal attacks. However, Apollo discovered the truth and angry, he cursed his race: they would get the abilities of animals, i.e. fangs, with increased physcial abilities (speed, etc.), they would never be able to be in contact with sunlight anymore and they would die at 27, the same age as his beloved human died, atroceously. However, the Apollites found a way to live longer than 27 years: suck the souls (ousia) of humans by sucking their blood.... and so, these Apollites become Daimons.
As the number of Daimons increased, Artemis came up with Dark hunters, her personal army to get rid of Daimons... basically, dark hunters are the same as Apollites: they have fangs and cannot be in the sunlight. Most of them have special abilities. Also, dark hunters immortal are souless as they have gave up their souls in order to get an Act of Revenge...basically, they are at the mercy of Artemis... and under the leadership of Acheron, the oldest dark hunter.
Between Dark hunters, Apollites and Daimons, they are Were Hunters. Were Hunters were created by a sorcerer king who wanted to save his 2 sons, half-Apollites. The Sorcerer King thought that by Apollites with animals, he could extend their longivity... he tried many species: dragons, wolves, jackals, panters, lions, bears, etc... and then, chose dragons and wolves because they were the strongest. As a result, he created a race who could control magic, take an animal form and live more than 800-900 years. Unfortunately, because he tampered with lives, the Three Fates weren't happy and therefore cursed the 2 sons... from then on, Were-hunters were divided into 2 sub-species: acardian and katagarian. Acardian have the heart of human, so their base form is human and once they reach puberty, they can turn into animals. while Katagarian have the heart of animal and their base form is animal. Additionally, the Three Fates decided to make them ennemies so they would fight for the rest of their existence. oh by the way, almost forgot... Were-hunters have the ability to time-travel... quite handy no?
There are also Dream-hunters... but so far, no Dream-hunter has been main characters, so I can't really describe them ^^;
Also, Dark Hunters are supported by a human network: Squires... They are humans who served the dark hunters and help them when needed...
This series is very good... in fact, fascinating. You can see that Sherrilyn Kenyon has put lots of efforts and planning into the story. There are a lots of characters, but in my opinion, it's still awesome ;) It's very complex and she's added lots of culture and mythology: Greek, Atlantis, vikings, etc. but everything ties up together and Acheron is really awesome :D Lots of laugh guaranteed and smutty scenes :)
So here are books parts of the series in order,
Night Pleasures ***
Night Embrace *** 1/2
Dance with the Devil **
Kiss of the Night ****
Night Play **** 1/2
Seize the Night ***
Sins of the Night ****
There was also a short story in the anthology "Stroke of Midnight" called Winter Born *** 1/2 ( I would have given **** if only the story was longer!!)
Overall **** 1/2
by the way, the next book, Unleash the Night, is coming next month ... can't wait for it!!! You can be sure I'll be rushing to Chapters or Indigo on Dec. 27!!!!
I'll do a book-by-book review when I'll have time.
if anyone is interested in more info, here's her various websites:
www.dark-hunter.com - you'll find everything you want on dark hunters, including tons of profiles of characters and excerpt of books
http://sherrilynkenyon.libsyn.com/ - author's podcasts
acheronp - Read Acheron, leader of dark hunters, LJ :P
so there we go... first review completed!