Night Pleasures (Dark-Hunter, Book 2) | Sherrilyn Kenyon

Night Pleasures (Dark-Hunter, Book 2) | Sherrilyn Kenyon | So good!

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	Night Pleasures (Dark-Hunter, Book 2) Sherrilyn Kenyon St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2002 - 323 pages average customer review:based on 129 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Dear Reader:

Have you ever wanted to know what it's like to be immortal? To journey through the night stalking the evil that preys on humans? To have unlimited wealth, unlimited power? That is my existence, and it is dark and dangerous. I play hero to thousands, but am known to none. And I love every minutes of it.

Or so I thought until one night when I woke up handcuffed to my worst nightmare: a conservative woman in a button-down shirt. Or in Amanda's case, one buttoned all the way up to her chin. She's smart, sexy, witty, and wants nothing to do with the paranormal--in other words, me.

My attraction to Amanda Devereaux goes against everything I stand for. Not to mention the last time I fell in love it cost me not only my human life, but also my very soul. Yet every time I look at her, I find myself wanting to try again. Wanting to believe that love and loyalty do exist.

Even more disturbing, I find myself wondering if there's any way a woman like Amanda can love a man whose battle scars run deep, and whose heart was damaged by a betrayal so savage that he's not sure it will ever beat again.

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Oh My Gosh!!

I'm so loving this series. I'm at a lose for words to describe Ms. Kenyon's writing style. It's great. I love the humor in her books. The characters are to die for. A fast read. You won't be able to put it down.

So good!

I really love this book. Sherrilyn Kenyon is one of my favorite paranormal romance novelist. She really rocks. I love the wise cracks from Nick, however I didn't care for Tabitha or Esmeralda. I just didn't care for these two characters, they were just so annoying in their views on vampires. They could have been kept from the book. But all in all this book was super.

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Another Good Read

Didn't enjoy as much as the first but kept my interest enough. LOVE Sherrilyn's humor as well as romance and action. Lead characters were likeable but not as much as the first book. Will keep reading the series.

It was ok, but I wasn't thrilled. The plot was illogical.

A few times while reading, I wanted it to be over. If a reader loves paranormal and doesn't mind a weak plot, then they might enjoy this more than I did.

CAUTION SPOILERS:
The illogical plot follows. Kyrian is a dark-hunter who kills evil diamons. Desiderius is an unusually powerful diamon who wants to kill Kyrian. Desiderius kidnaps Kyrian and has him unconscious. He should have killed him then, but he doesn't. He sets Kyrian free and says you have one day and then I will find you and kill you. A few days later, Desiderius catches Kyrian, ties him up, and leaves him outside so the sun will kill him. However, a friend is able to free Kyrian before the sun rises. Desiderius gets Kyrian a third time, ties him up, and stabs him in a way that does kill him. Why would Desiderius not kill him the first two times? There was a reason offered for the first time relating to Amanda, but I didn't buy it. The Amanda objective could have been accomplished in other ways. (By the way, there is a happy ending, meaning Kyrian will come to life again.)

I also question the author's creature rules. The diamons can fight in groups against dark-hunters and others. But, dark-hunters are not allowed to help each other fight diamons. The thinking is the gods don't want the dark-hunters to become too powerful. It's obvious that Kyrian wasn't even powerful enough to take on one diamond, Desiderius, which didn't sit well with me. Granted, Desiderius was more than a straight diamon, but the gods knew he existed and should have allowed for a change in rules.

The separation of the hero and heroine after they fall in love didn't make sense to me. Kyrian keeps Amanda with him for safety when her life is threatened. After they fall in love, Kyrian leaves Amanda because he feels they can't be together because he is immortal and she is human. Their separation at this point puts her in danger.

Sexual language: mild. Number of sex scenes: nine. Setting: current day New Orleans and the back story from over 2,000 years earlier in Europe. Copyright: 2002. Genre: paranormal romance.

As of 6/19/08, I have read 4 Sherrilyn Kenyon books, as follows.
5 stars. Turn Up the Heat (in anthology Playing Easy To Get). Copyright 2006. My review posted 3/26/07.
3 stars. Night Pleasures. Copyright 2002. My review posted 6/19/08.
2.5 stars. Fantasy Lover. Copyright 2002. My review posted 6/19/08.
2 stars. Captivated by You (in anthology Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down). Copyright 2005. My review posted 4/02/08.

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