PNR Review: Styxx (Dark-Hunter) Hardcover

I've finished "Styxx" the 23rd book in her Dark-Hunter series by Sherrilyn Kenyon.

Sherrilyn Kenyon's most highly-anticipated novel in the Dark-Hunter series since Acheron is here — the unforgettable story of Styxx, Acheron's twin brother and one of the most powerful beings on earth

Just when you thought doomsday was over

Centuries ago Acheron saved the human race by imprisoning an ancient evil bent on absolute destruction. Now that evil has been unleashed and it is out for revenge.

As the twin to Acheron, Styxx hasn’t always been on his brother’s side. They’ve spent more centuries going at each other’s throats than protecting their backs. Now Styxx has a chance to prove his loyalty to his brother, but only if he’s willing to trade his life and future for Acheron’s.

The Atlantean goddess of Wrath and Misery, Bethany was born to right wrongs. But it was never a task she relished. Until now.

She owes Acheron a debt that she vows to repay, no matter what it takes. He will join their fellow gods in hell and nothing is going to stop her. But things are never what they seem, and Acheron is no longer the last of his line. Styxx and Acheron must put aside their past and learn to trust each other or more will suffer.

Yet it’s hard to risk your own life for someone who once tried to take yours, even when it's your own twin, and when loyalties are skewed and no one can be trusted, not even yourself, how do you find a way back from the darkness that wants to consume the entire world? One that wants to start by devouring your very soul?

Product Details
Series: Dark-Hunter (Book 23)
Hardcover: 848 pages
Publisher: St. Martin's Press; First Edition edition (September 3, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1250029880
ISBN-13: 978-1250029881

My Review:

Styxx's book is very heart wrenching with tales of torture, violence and all he had to endure from childhood to adulthood.  I've always had a soft spot for Styxx even though I didn't really like him that much.

Ryssa is such an awful sister who is vindictive, spoiled, rotten to the core and the apple of her father's eye.  I can't believe how she treats Ash and Styxx differently one she treats like a god and the other like dirt.  She sure got her comeuppance!

I really like how Sherrilyn handled the relationship between Ash and Styxx and I thought it was well written and descriptive.  Really glad they finally trust each other and will die for one another.

Not for the fate of heart because the child abuse, torture and violence are really brutal, cruel and extremely descriptive!

5/5

Thanks St. Martin's Press for sending me this book to review, greatly appreciated!

PNR Review: Time Untime (Dark-Hunters) [Hardcover]

I've finished "Time Untime" 12th the book in her Dark-Hunter series by Sherrilyn Kenyon.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon comes the next thrilling installment in her blockbuster Dark-Hunter series.

The Mayans aren’t the only ones with a 2012 prophecy …

Long before recorded history, there was a Keetoowah warrior so feared that everyone trembled before his wrath. Only a brutal betrayal by the one closest to him could defeat him. But not even death was the end of a man so strong.

The Time Untime approaches …

Kateri Avani has been plagued her entire life with dreams she doesn’t understand. Images of places she’s never been and of a man she’s never seen. Her quest for answers has driven her to Las Vegas where she hopes to finally silence the demons in her mind.

What she never anticipates is coming face to face with the warrior who has haunted her her entire life. One who belongs to a world the scientist in her refuses to believe is real.

Ren Waya came back from the dead to keep the prophecy he began from coming true and ending the world. For thousands of years, he has fought the same evil that once possessed him. But now that evil has found the one person he can’t fight. The one person who, against his will, holds the most sacred part of him.

His heart.

But if he doesn’t kill Kateri, the deadliest of evils will reemerge and destroy everyone else on the planet. It was a sacrifice he made once.

Will he be able to make it again?

My Review:

Ren Waya (short for Renegade) is the son of a Mayan Chieftain and a Greek Goddess but nursed by a demon.  He was unwanted by his father and ridiculed and excluded from his tribe because of his heritage and stutter.  In his past life he was known as the Keetoowah warrior Guardian who guarded was chosen to keep hell sealed while resetting the celestial calendar.  He allowed his body to be possessed by great evil which resulted in him making a huge mistake and people to fear him even after 11,000 years have passed.

He allowed a women to get close to him and he learned she was an agent who worked for evil.  She lead him down the wrong path and he was possessed by The Grizzly Spirit who made him a very deadly weapon.  His half-brother Coyote killed him and Artemis has made him immortal to make up for all his wrong doings and get revenge.

Kateri Avani is an archaelogist whose grandmother left her a precious stone to protect as the Keeper of Legend.  Teri never believed her grandmother's superstitions until she is attacked by malevolent beasts she has second thoughts.  Lucky for her Ren and his some of his friends Sundown, Acheron, Sasha, Urian and Nick. are there to help.  When she meets Ren she recognizes him as the man who has haunted her dreams but she's not sure if he's her savior or the one who kills her.

I really enjoyed the elements of the Native American and Mayan history interwoven with the Greek pantheon.  Really glad to meet up with old friends Talon and Sunshine (Teri's cousin and that was a surprise) again. 

I admire Ren for becoming the man he is today even after all the torture and humiliation he went through as a child and young man.


4/5

Books in the Dark-Hunter series:

1.   Fantasy Lover
2.   Night Pleasures
3.   Night Embrace
4.   Dance with the Devil
5.   Kiss of the Night
6.   Seize the Night
7.   Sins of the Night
8.   Devil May Cry
9.   Acheron
10. One Silent Night
11. Retribution
12. Time Untime


Thanks St. Martin's Press for sending me this book to review, greatly appreciated!

Fantasy Lover (Dark-Hunter, Book 1) (Mass Market Paperback)

I've just finished reading "Fantasy Lover" the pre-quel to her Dark-Hunter series by Sherrilyn Kenyon.

Product Description

Dear Reader, Being trapped in a bedroom with a woman is a grand thing. Being trapped in hundreds of bedrooms over two thousand years isn't. And being cursed into a book as a love-slave for eternity can ruin even a Spartan warrior's day. As a love-slave, I knew everything about women. How to touch them, how to savor them, and most of all how to pleasure them. But when I was summoned to fulfill Grace Alexander's sexual fantasies, I found the first woman in history who saw me as a man with a tormented past. She, alone, bothered to take me out of the bedroom and into the world. She taught me to love again. But I was not born to know love. I was cursed to walk eternity alone. As a general, I had long ago accepted my sentence. Yet now I have found Grace-the one thing my wounded heart cannot survive without. Sure, love can heal all wounds, but can it break a two thousand year old curse? Julian of Macedon

About the Author

New York Times best-selling author Sherrilyn Kenyon knows men. She lives outside of Nashville, TN with her husband and three sons. Raised in the middle of eight boys, and currently outnumbered by the Y chromosomes in her home, she realizes the most valuable asset a woman has for coping with men is a sense of humor. Not to mention a large trash bag and a pair of tongs.

Writing as Sherrilyn Kenyon and Kinley MacGregor, she is the best-selling author of several series including, The Dark-Hunters, Brotherhood of the Sword, and The MacAllisters. Her novel Fantasy Lover was voted as one of the Top Ten Romances of 2002 by Romance Writers of America.

My review:

I have to confess that I wasn't really sure if I wanted to read this book or not because I do like Julian but he didn't really interest me that much.  I'm glad I did because I actually enjoyed this book.

4/5

One Silent Night (Dark-Hunter, Book 13) (Mass Market Paperback)

I've just finished reading "One Silent Night" the 13th book in her Dark-Hunter series by Sherrilyn Kenyon.

Product Description


While the world carries on unawares, Stryker, who leads an army of demons and vampires, is plotting an all out onslaught against his enemies—which, unfortunately for us, includes the entire human race. To avenge his sister, Stryker prepares to annihilate the Dark-Hunters. But things go awry when his oldest enemy returns. Enter his ex-wife. Zephyra. Just when he thought nothing could stop him, he’s now embroiled in a centuries old war with a shrew who gives new meaning to pain.

My review:

This book wasn't that bad and I did enjoy reading it.

3/5