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Night Embrace
by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Night Embrace is the second official instalment in the Dark-Hunter series and the third book if you include the prequel about Julian of Macedon. This instalment follows Talon, an ancient Celtic warrior who has been cursed to forever lose those he loves after pissing off a Celt God.
As well as diving into the life of Talon, this book sets the scene for our next novel Zarek. However, I felt the big point about this book is how much we learn about Acheron. There are definitely some big reveals about his character in this one that set the series up for some big overall plot lines- whilst still leaving tonnes of mystery.
The big focus of the book was still the romance, and that was its strongest element. The love interest in this one is Sunshine, she's fun-loving, a massive hippie and a very lively character. I really liked her and Talon- particularly in the early stages of their relationship I thought she was well crafted (if a bit eccentric and crazy). I feel like by the end of the novel she'd lost a little bit of her initial spunky personality and just been all about Talon. I really liked how their relationship evolved and developed. Having read this before (quite a few years ago), I'd forgotten how the end all pans out and it made it all the more exciting for me.
I do feel however, that these books have so much great potential for bigger, more in-depth plot lines about greek mythology, celtic mythology and all things ancient. I also feel like there are so many great secondary characters like Acheron, Artemis, Nick Gautier and all the other dark-hunters (past and present) that we just don't get enough of within this one book. I think if the secondary cast gets a bit more time and the world-building strengthened these books could definitely rank more highly for me. Having said that, these books are still lots of fun, entertaining and I'll happily devour 2-3 at a time. However, they do appear to follow a very basic formula which is why I tire quickly of too many at once.
I would recommend this series to paranormal-fans and fans of Greek mythology, but I would say don't have big expectations.
As well as diving into the life of Talon, this book sets the scene for our next novel Zarek. However, I felt the big point about this book is how much we learn about Acheron. There are definitely some big reveals about his character in this one that set the series up for some big overall plot lines- whilst still leaving tonnes of mystery.
The big focus of the book was still the romance, and that was its strongest element. The love interest in this one is Sunshine, she's fun-loving, a massive hippie and a very lively character. I really liked her and Talon- particularly in the early stages of their relationship I thought she was well crafted (if a bit eccentric and crazy). I feel like by the end of the novel she'd lost a little bit of her initial spunky personality and just been all about Talon. I really liked how their relationship evolved and developed. Having read this before (quite a few years ago), I'd forgotten how the end all pans out and it made it all the more exciting for me.
I do feel however, that these books have so much great potential for bigger, more in-depth plot lines about greek mythology, celtic mythology and all things ancient. I also feel like there are so many great secondary characters like Acheron, Artemis, Nick Gautier and all the other dark-hunters (past and present) that we just don't get enough of within this one book. I think if the secondary cast gets a bit more time and the world-building strengthened these books could definitely rank more highly for me. Having said that, these books are still lots of fun, entertaining and I'll happily devour 2-3 at a time. However, they do appear to follow a very basic formula which is why I tire quickly of too many at once.
I would recommend this series to paranormal-fans and fans of Greek mythology, but I would say don't have big expectations.