Search - Devil May Cry (Dark-Hunter, Bk 11)

Wow, ok, apparently I'm in the minority. I hated this book. Kenyon is totally predictable, and as usual, everything is soooo convenient. Here we have a (new) mythical threat we've never heard of before in the series and OF COURSE there is only one person or heretofore unknown object or whatever necessary to negate it...the history of which is to be revealed in just a few easy conversations between characters, "oh, you know the thing that can defeat the Evil Threat - the one that can only be used by X person with this convenient bloodline and doesn't work for anyone else - and even then only if he happens to be standing on one leg holding a banana", or something equally ridiculous.

Oh, no! We must get it before Armageddon is upon us! Blech. Blah blah. I'm a lone dark hunter/ex-god and I've been wronged and I'm so grumpy and hurt (and boy do I have major trust issues) that only one special woman can truly make me not act like a big putz all the time. Show me that women can be trusted! Save my wounded soul!

The end features the usual deus ex machina with this series - Acheron shows up at the end to bring back the dead - 'cuz he can. He facilitates the usual pathetic nod at self sacrifice and then fixes everyone's boo boos and wraps the book up in a tidy bow.

If you ARE A big fan of this series and you can get past her crap writing and the fact that its always the SAME STUPID BOOK over and over again - there are loads of personal revelations to be had - who is Acheron's long lost daughter? Will he find out? Will he kill Artie if he finds out she knew? Who are the enemies of the Charonte demons (like Simi)? What's Simi's favorite bbq sauce? Is Artie just misunderstood? What is the mysterious hold she has on Acheron and why can he only feed on her? What's with Apollymi and those Daimons anyway?

Argh! ****SPOILER**** DON'T READ BELOW HERE IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW
Let me save you the trouble - now we've got a demon-hunting deposed Sumerian God who's only sort-of a dark hunter - and who is fine with Daimons as long as they only eat bad people. He hates Artemis (who doesn't?). He meets Katra, secret daughter of over 1000 years of Artie and Acheron. Conveniently, only a Sumerian can keep the lid on evil demons they created eons ago that threaten the world every so often...but since he's an ex-god (thanks to Artie, indirectly), they must search for his long lost brother and use a tablet that drains god-powers ("I've got just the thing!"). He learns to love the daughter of the woman he hates most, "the heifer goddess". Naturally, there's some setup for the next book, with collusion between the new enemy (demons) and the old enemy (daimons).

I like Kim Harrison, Kelly Armstrong, LKH...there are just so many authors who do it better.

I loved this book!! It did take some memory to recall some events from previous books that she referred to but overall it was great! I finished it in 5 hours - was up until 2 am! I couldn't put it down. As always, Sherrilyn Kenyon sets up for the next books perfectly. She leaves you wanting more! Great series, but definitely start with the first one and read in order. 5 stars all the way!!

Finally, after the last two books, a good Dark Hunter story again. I was about to give up on this series! This is the story of the Sumerian Fertility God: Sin. He isn't exactly a Dark-Hunter as he never died, he was drained of his powers by Artemis' trickery and left to die. Acheron found him like that and trained him to be a Dark-hunter so that he could continue to protect the world from Sumerian demons. Artemis gets mad at Sin and sends one of her handmaids: Kat Agrotera to kill Sin ... but, of course, it isn't that simple. Sin is the only Sumerian God left which means he is the only one who can save the world from the Sumerian demons. Kat and Sin decide to work together to rid the world of the Sumerian demons. Of course, this is a romance, so they fall in love in the process. Enjoyed it very much. It finally answered A LOT of questions about the characters in this series.

How do I love this one, let me count the ways!
Great plot! Fast reading that you just can't put down!
and you get to learn a lot more about Ash that you have always had some questions with.
You know there are other things out there besides Damions to worry about and you get to meet them here.
You get to see how things are connected which a lot of the other's don't give you.
I am putting this one back in pile only because I know that other's would be just as eager to learn and read what the connections are.
Artemsis is still the "heifer cow" no matter what Simi has to do for her lol

this is the first book i read in the series. it pulled me right in. sin was such a strong male character. even though archeon is still my favorite guy. great book!!!

continuation of the great books she writes. read the whole series. I love them