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A review by jscarpa14
One Silent Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon
3.0
Every time I read this book I'm always kind of divided on my thoughts about it. On one hand Stryker is one of my favorite villains I've ever read. I like him because despite being a villain he has honor, a twisted sort of honor yes, but honor all the same. He's also one of the best kind of villains, the ones that aren't inherently evil. He's not bad for the sake of being bad, he's bad because of a need for survival for both himself and his people. And he's got a chip on his shoulder because he's been just as crapped on as every other hero in Kenyon's Dark-Hunter series. That said it's also a little hard to root for a guy who has the subjugation and destruction of my species on his to do list. As I'm not the human that killed his grandchild nor are most of his victims I don't really feel that the entire human species should be deserving of his hatred and to be honest I think if it were to come out that there really were preternatural species in our world I'd be one of those people that would be like that's cool, let me and mine live our lives in peace and I'll afford you the same courtesy. I've never been one to hate for the sake of hating or fear because something or someone is different. I'd like to think that most modern human kind of have the same outlook so it's hard not to take a little offense that he hates us all just for being born human. Just sayin'.
Anyway I personally didn't feel this book started off strong, it took me a bit more to get into it than other novels in the series, but that said it was kind of like March if it comes in like a lamb it goes out like a lion or vice versa. I enjoyed the insights in to Stryker's past and meeting Zephyra who I thought was a really interesting multifacted character. I also loved the interplay between Stryker and the other characters within this story. Anyone who reads this will be hard pressed not to see Stryker as a creature with a strange sort of honor after it's completion. The scenes between Stryker and Appolomyi were actually some of my favorites. However where I think this novel really shines is in the story lines of the secondary characters - the introduction of Nick as the Malachi and the introduction to Jared all together (not to be confused with Jaden who is a whole other entity I'd love to know more about) Additionally Savitar's scenes with Appolomyii were great. (I'd love to see those two get together, that would be a story I'd kill to read.)
Kenyon adds even more layers to her world with Stryker and Zephyra's story making it even more rich and multifaceted than ever before. When this story ends the Dark Hunter World becomes and whole new ball game and I for one can't wait to see how it plays out.
Anyway I personally didn't feel this book started off strong, it took me a bit more to get into it than other novels in the series, but that said it was kind of like March if it comes in like a lamb it goes out like a lion or vice versa. I enjoyed the insights in to Stryker's past and meeting Zephyra who I thought was a really interesting multifacted character. I also loved the interplay between Stryker and the other characters within this story. Anyone who reads this will be hard pressed not to see Stryker as a creature with a strange sort of honor after it's completion. The scenes between Stryker and Appolomyi were actually some of my favorites. However where I think this novel really shines is in the story lines of the secondary characters - the introduction of Nick as the Malachi and the introduction to Jared all together (not to be confused with Jaden who is a whole other entity I'd love to know more about) Additionally Savitar's scenes with Appolomyii were great. (I'd love to see those two get together, that would be a story I'd kill to read.)
Kenyon adds even more layers to her world with Stryker and Zephyra's story making it even more rich and multifaceted than ever before. When this story ends the Dark Hunter World becomes and whole new ball game and I for one can't wait to see how it plays out.