Reviewed by: Laura

GOODREADS:

Dev Peltier thought he knew it all. But one night when not just a Dark-Hunter, but an official member of the Dogs of War sashays into his bar, he realizes that he might have met his match.

Sam was one the fiercest Amazon warrior in her tribe. But when an act of brutal betrayal made her a Dark-Hunter, she’s been pissed ever since.

Life fast, fight hard and enjoy the night. That’s her credo. But as old enemies and new move into New Orleans, she realizes that Dev just might be the only hope she and mankind have to save the world.

REVIEW:

I have been a huge fan and followed Sherrilyn Kenyon’s ‘Dark-Hunter‘ series for years. While there have been a couple of miss books, most of them are fantastic. Nineteen books in and this series is still going strong, unlike some other long standing series I just don’t seem to get bored with it.

Sherrilyn Kenyon has created a rich world of characters and supernatural beings, I love the way she has mixed in Greek mythology into the story and her world building really is superb. There are a lot of characters in her books, so at times you do have to work at keeping track, but I’ve got used to this writing style now. It’s on the grittier side of paranormal romance which is why I like it, ok you’re never denied that happy ending but at the same time Ms Kenyon is not afraid for bad things, or even to kill off some of her characters in the name of good writing.

This is were-bear Dev Peltier’s story, he is one of a quad of identical brothers and works at and part owns supernatural club and safe haven Sanctuary. For some who have read book #18 in the series, Sanctuary was dealt some terrible blows in the last instalment and the characters are still working at recovering from them.

The heroine is Sam, a dark hunter. If you haven’t read the series, dark hunters are people who scream for terrible vengeance upon their death and give up their afterlife in service to the Goddess Artemis, to hunt & kill daimons, in exchange for their ultimate moment of revenge. Sam was an Amazon before she died 5000 years ago and is a ferocious warrior, her recent assignment is to watch Nick.

The chemistry between Dev and Sam was great, I loved Dev’s quick-witted sense of humour. Sam has a gift, or maybe more of a curse, which means whoever or whatever she touches she can see their past or what has happened in that place, but for some reason that doesn’t happen when she touches Dev or any of his things. But when the evil Stryker learns of this gift she suddenly becomes on every daimon’s hit list. The action is the books is fast and doesn’t leave you bored for a moment. Just the way I like it!

There are some developments on the whole Nick/Ash feud. Up until recent books, Nick has always been one of my favourite characters, but I really am starting to dislike the situation between him and Ash. I want it resolved and for Nick to get his very own happy ending. I’m also not sure I can forgive Sherrilyn Kenyon if she ends up making Nick one of the bad guys.

If you haven’t read any books from this series before, you probably could pick this up, but there are lots of characters that we have met before and enjoyed their stories and there are references to past events that may spoil the earlier books for you. So, my recommendation would be to start at book number one, actually while it’s not listed below I would start with ‘Fantasy Lover’ and then work your way through.

VERDICT:

This really is a fantastic PNR series, see if you’re a paranormal romance fan and you haven’t picked it up yet, I would urge you to do so. The action’s hot and the romance even hotter!