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A review by leahkarge
One Silent Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon
5.0
I absolutely loved this book. I thought that maybe I might not like it because it was completely about Stryker and, while I love him, he and I have a love-hate relationship, particularly when he tries to kill my Acheron. However, I believe this might be one of the best Dark-Hunter books.
As I said, I love Stryker. I hated seeing him try to kill Ash, and almost succeeding until Savitar's intervention. I loved seeing a softer side to him, though: he can't stand torture, everlasting love, really loves and cares about his children. This book made him more..."human" to me. It made me understand him better because I got to see his side of the story and understand where he was coming from. I think this book made him sexy to me, because before I just loved him as an awesome bad guy but now I love him because he's him. His memories and flashbacks just about broke my poor heart.
At first, I didn't like Zephyra. She pissed me off, particularly when she continually tried to kill Stryker, but I actually do like her. She's an interesting woman. I was teary-eyed when Zephyra found Stryker's "memory drawer". My biggest issue with her, though, is that she owns and brutally tortures Jared.
I absolutely loved having Ash nad Tory in this book quite a bit. I loved Kat, Sin, Alexion, Danger, Urian, and Simi's cameos in the book.
I actually liked Madea quite a bit. She was funny and sarcastic. I'm interested to see how she and Urian will react to each other when they finally meet.
Nim was completely and utterly adorable, and he reminded me of Simi. I loved when Simi gave him a teddy bear to replace his pink bunny.
I love Jared and it broke my heart to see him being tortured. And I hate that he was sent to kill Ash and Nick.
Nick...ohhhh, Nick. I still love him, but like with Stryker, he and I have a love-hate relationship. I hate that he still hates Ash, and I found a perverse sense of satisfaction when Nick learned that Ash was the only one who could help train him in his Malachai powers, which he came into in this book.
I thought it was really interesting to see more of the interworkings of the Daimons. Granted, I wouldn't want a bunch more books that in depth in the Daimon world, but it was cool to learn more about them and see more from their perspective.
I got highly emotional when Ryssa, Cherise, and Tannis showed up. Well, their souls showed up. Broke my heart to see Ash, Nick, and Stryker be hurt like that.
SAVITAR! Anyone who knows me and has talked to me about this series knows how I feel about Savitar. And that would be that I love him to freaking death. He's so sarcastic and funny, smart, loyal to Ash. I totally loved Sav and Apollymi's banter when he was watching her in Kalosis.
I liked seeing Apollymi opening up to Stryker and being honest with him.
The Daimons found a way to absorb gallu demon powers. Now they can walk in the sun. Oh. Shit.
I found it completely hilarious that Acheron, Stryker, and Nick all had to suck it up and work together. I got great satisfaction out of their misery in this instance.
I absolutely love Hades. I'm glad he was in this book. He is my favorite Greek god in the whole series. He's totally badass while being totally un-badass at the same time.
As I said, I love Stryker. I hated seeing him try to kill Ash, and almost succeeding until Savitar's intervention. I loved seeing a softer side to him, though: he can't stand torture, everlasting love, really loves and cares about his children. This book made him more..."human" to me. It made me understand him better because I got to see his side of the story and understand where he was coming from. I think this book made him sexy to me, because before I just loved him as an awesome bad guy but now I love him because he's him. His memories and flashbacks just about broke my poor heart.
At first, I didn't like Zephyra. She pissed me off, particularly when she continually tried to kill Stryker, but I actually do like her. She's an interesting woman. I was teary-eyed when Zephyra found Stryker's "memory drawer". My biggest issue with her, though, is that she owns and brutally tortures Jared.
I absolutely loved having Ash nad Tory in this book quite a bit. I loved Kat, Sin, Alexion, Danger, Urian, and Simi's cameos in the book.
I actually liked Madea quite a bit. She was funny and sarcastic. I'm interested to see how she and Urian will react to each other when they finally meet.
Nim was completely and utterly adorable, and he reminded me of Simi. I loved when Simi gave him a teddy bear to replace his pink bunny.
I love Jared and it broke my heart to see him being tortured. And I hate that he was sent to kill Ash and Nick.
Nick...ohhhh, Nick. I still love him, but like with Stryker, he and I have a love-hate relationship. I hate that he still hates Ash, and I found a perverse sense of satisfaction when Nick learned that Ash was the only one who could help train him in his Malachai powers, which he came into in this book.
I thought it was really interesting to see more of the interworkings of the Daimons. Granted, I wouldn't want a bunch more books that in depth in the Daimon world, but it was cool to learn more about them and see more from their perspective.
I got highly emotional when Ryssa, Cherise, and Tannis showed up. Well, their souls showed up. Broke my heart to see Ash, Nick, and Stryker be hurt like that.
SAVITAR! Anyone who knows me and has talked to me about this series knows how I feel about Savitar. And that would be that I love him to freaking death. He's so sarcastic and funny, smart, loyal to Ash. I totally loved Sav and Apollymi's banter when he was watching her in Kalosis.
I liked seeing Apollymi opening up to Stryker and being honest with him.
The Daimons found a way to absorb gallu demon powers. Now they can walk in the sun. Oh. Shit.
I found it completely hilarious that Acheron, Stryker, and Nick all had to suck it up and work together. I got great satisfaction out of their misery in this instance.
I absolutely love Hades. I'm glad he was in this book. He is my favorite Greek god in the whole series. He's totally badass while being totally un-badass at the same time.