Customer Reviews
Sloppy writing spoils the story! - By: just me, 17 Aug 2008 
These books would be better if the author actually remembered what she had previously written & therefore did not contradict herself.
For example: on page 339 of "Dance with the Devil" she described Archeron thus: "His long blonde hair flowed around his shoulders".
On page 8 of "Seize the Night" however she says that Archeron "......wore his long black hair loose & flowing around his shoulders".
On page 242 of "Dance with the Devil" the author says "Zarek stripped his own clothes off" & yet just one page later on 243 she says: "Zarek moved away from her only long enough to remove his clothes".
This kind of sloppy writing detracts & distracts from some rather unusual ideas that deserve either a) a writer of more discipline or b) proof-readers who knows what they are doing.
The other thing that detracts from what would be interesting stories is the insistance that all her primary male & female characters seem to suffer from a severe sex addiction & the inability to control it to the point where it interferes with the flow of the story.
On top of that the sex scenes are so repetitve that having read a couple of them, the reader is free skip forward a couple of pagesin any & all of the books to pass over the "seeing stars" & "hissing" with passion bits.
It's a shame because the basic themes are interesting....the above instances are distractions from what should be good stories.
Second best of the DH series - By: Karen, 19 Apr 2007 
For fans out there. This is the story where we get to find out the act of vengeance Zarek carried out when he became a Dark-Hunter. And we see that he's being a mean ol' god when it comes to dishing out rubbish to Valerius.
Anyway. Valerius & Tabby plus a cast of thousands. I liked Tabby...an excellent heroine. Valerius is the usual DH with issues that are incredibly trivial considering he's had a generally good life as a human. They have a nice enough romance. And I cannot emphasize enough how ditzy the story is...it veers from comic to traumatic within a few chapters. I could never figure out the conclusion of the gods part of the plot...the Stryker character just fizzles out. But its all very interesting for a while. We meet a lot of old friendsin this story; Ash, Simi, the 2000-year old greek Kyrian who seems to have metaphorphosed into your typical working-class american male somehow. And we find out what happened to Nick. Strangely this is the first DH story that I've read that features some real tragedy. But then Kenyon ties up nearly all the loose ends very nicelyin her usual fashion.
The second best DHin my opinion...Dance with the Devil is better.
Definately the darkest so far in the series and the best. - By: Mrs. K. L. Findlay, 10 Apr 2007 
I have become a Dark-Hunter addict over the last month & I can't stress enough how good this series is.
Originally my favourite book so farin this series was 'Dance with the Devil' with Zarek, I found him such an amazing character, with a very dark & painful past (like most of the dark-hunters) but his really reached out to me the most.
I wasn't sure if I could take to Valerius because of Zarek's past but I was so surprised. I didn't think I'd like Tabby either as she annoyed mein Night Pleasures, but OMG, she really did make me laugh & I could see why Sherrilyn gave her her own story.
This bookin my opinion is darker than the others (so far), but it does take up until the last 3 chapters to really get to a head & trust me, you will be on the edge of your seat. I had to keep reminding myself to breath out while reading as it literally took my breath away.
It's also refreshing to see Acheron struggle tooin this book, twice we see him suffer & as much as I adore Acheron, I think the added extra information about him was a necessity. He is my favourite character out of the lot of them, but he makes mistakes & I really need Sherrilyn to hurry up & write his back-story & novel. If you LOVE Nick's character, than be prepared for a surprising event!
You see more of the other charactersin this book too which is probably why so far it is my favourite. It was nice to see more of Amanda & Kyrian & even Bride & Vane make a cameo.
I devoured this bookin one day, as all the others, but this one plays on my mind the most.
Read this series!!!!
Seize the Night - By: Eilidh Smith, 08 Feb 2007 
You never expect a romantic novel to be a literary masterpiece, but though I managed to finish the book I found it difficult to get involvedin it. The plot was somewhat superficial & unconvincing & the ending was just ridiculous & unrealistically convenient. The story was merely diverting & left me feeling unsatisfied to the point that I wasn't sure I could justify spending the time reading it.
Not bad... just not as good as the rest - By: slayra, 08 Jan 2007 Dark Hunters are men & women who sold their souls to the goddess Artemis for a moment of revenge. In exchange they spend eternity fighting this evil race of beings, who look very much like vampires but aren't. In this book, we meet Valerius, a 2000 year old Dark Hunter who is unfortunate enough to be hated by most of his kind. Lucky for him, he meets "sassy, sexy" Tabitha one night...
Seize the Night was the first Dark Hunter novel I've read. After I finished the book, I wasn't that interestedin reading more. I thought the plot was a bit weak because the two main characters were so eager to jump each other that the rest of the story (read: the action parts) was secondary & badly developed.
I didn't dislike Valerius (who wouldn't like a sexy, brooding & mysterious guy?) but I did dislike Tabitha immensely. The back cover says she's 'sassy' & 'sexy' but I thought her annoying, obnoxious & lacking... class. Also, it completely confused me that they used short names for everyone... I mean, modern Americans calling themselves by their nicknames, pet names or short names I can understand... but an old Greek goddess being called 'Artie' seemed a bit too much.
A second read made me like the book a bit more, especially because of Valerius & Acheron. I thought the main idea of Dark Hunters selling their souls & all that was interesting, & that made me buy a few more books. Now I think I started with the wrong book, because even if this isn't a total waste of time it's definitely not one of Sherrilyn Kenyon's best Dark Hunter books.
