Seize the Night (A Dark-Hunter Novel)

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Summary: Well...Duh, Of Course It's A Five Star Review... It's SK!!!
Review: First off let me say that I've been reading this series in order from the very first book and each story gets better and better. Why do you ask? Simple this is a complex world that Ms. Kenyon has created and as a result each book is a small "episode" in the big picture. We learn a little more about the characters (both new and past characters), learn a little more about the legend, and of course there is always the romance!!! *SIGH*

In this story we are treated to Valerius Magnus. We have been introduced to him in several of Ms. Kenyon's other DH stories...a more unlikable charcter I never thought to read about (okay I thought the same about Zarek and was wrong) so because I'm a loyal fan I picked up her latest. Silly me...I had nothing to worry about. We truly get to know Valerius and what makes him tick. His story (without getting into details that would spoil it for other readers) is fast paced and...well, great. Tabitha is a very strong character (again we met her in earlier DH stories and she is the twin of Amanda) but at the same time amazingly sweet and understanding. Just the kind of person Valerius needs in his cynical life. Of course the path to true love is never smooth and this is the case for these two lovers.

I highly look forward to the next in the series and know that it will be as good if perhaps not better than the previous titles. A warning to new readers...this really is a series that builds on it's self. In order to understand all of the little twist and turns it's helpful to have read all of the previous titles. Still this is not a book you want to avoid if have not already read the first six books. This story is still a good stand alone read. If anything it will have readers looking for Ms. Kenyon's backlist.

For a fun and entertaining paranormal/vampire read I highly recommend Ms. Kenyon and her Dark-Hunter series!

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Summary: Better and Better...
Review: I don't know how she does it. She uses the same story line and can make each book better than the last. I too thought it would be hard for her to beat the wonderful story of Zarek, but she did very well in writing and keeping up the suspense in this story of Valerius.
Valerius is hated by just about everyone for something that his ancestors did hundreds of years ago. Talk about holding a grudge! Tabitha Devereaux, whom we met earlier in previous books sees Valerius for the sensitive being he is and helps him come out of his shell, all the while helping other people forgive the past.
If you haven't read any of the Dark Hunter series then your missing out. I suggest you get started ;-)

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Summary: The Best So Far
Review: I have all the dark hunter series books that have come out so far and can't wait for the next. I find that out all of the dark-hunter series that Seize the Night is the one I like the best, Night Play being a close runner up. Tabitha Devereux is twin to sister to Amanda from Night Pleasures who married the dark-hunter Kyrian of Thrace who was tortured and killed by Valerius' grandfather which is a big bone of contention between Valerius and Kyrian. All his life Valerius has kept up a cold exterior because not a lot of people like him. That all changes when he meets Tabitha and he finds that he can't fool Tabitha with his cool facade.

As their love deepens Tabitha and Valerius find that they face a major danger in the form of Desiderius, the daimon that tried to kill Amanda in Night Pleasures, he needs a body to inhabit and has Tabitha is his top choice. The story isn't all about Tabitha and Valerius, there are many deaths, some of them dark-hunters some of them human. We learn a little more about Acheron, Artemis, Apollimyi, Simi, and little more about Kat, a possible love interest for Acheron. We also have the birth of a dark-hunter and the identity of that new dark-hunter just might suprise you.

This book really blew me away. Kenyon really knows her universe and since she explains you don't have to read the other books in the series before you read this one though I highly recommend it. If you want to read a good romance with a lot of the supernatural thrown in then you should give this book and this series a chance.

I would also recommend reading the next book in the series Sins of the Night available June 28.

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Summary: A Hero To Cry For....
Review: I have read every book in the Dark-Hunter series and prior to reading "Seize the Night", my favorite story was Zarek's in "Dance With The Devil". I thought no one could be more tortured than poor Zarek. Wrong!

I was captivated by Valerius almost immediately! Gone were the black leather pants and the gothic/punk attire replaced by turtlenecks, slacks and style. Wow! What a breath of fresh air! Not saying I mind a hot bod clad in tight leather but...it was a nice change. *grin

This man was sooo sensitive. Sensitive without being wimpy, mind you. I just wanted to cuddle him. And he was such a gentleman, in my opinion. I was pissed at how he was treated by everyone around him, including his fellow Dark-Hunters. However, I was very impressed by the fact that Artemis didn't bestow any extra powers on her Roman Dark-Hunters. That pretty much told me that Valerius was one bad mo-fo to have fought off Daimons for centuries using only his strength and skill. What a man!

What infuriated me, yet managed to touch me was the fact that Valerius never stood up for himself. He silently took all that was dished out to him without raising his voice or a hand in his own defense. And when I read about his upbringing at the hands of his cruel father...man, I broke down and cried like a baby. *sniffle

Tabitha was also a very likeable heroine. In fact, she is my favorite so far. Very down-to-earth with quite a few eccentricites, she was my kinda gal.

Darker than most of the other books in this series, I'd have to say hands-down, this was by far the best!



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Summary: An awesome new DARK HUNTER BOOk
Review: I loved the book. I know it is kind of dark, but then most of her books are and of course her heroes are all extremely tortured. I've learned to live with this. However, this book did have a particularly large number of characters die. I just love HEA's for all my characters as well. No dying, dying is bad!

Her newest Dark Hunter, Valerius (Val), is so misunderstood. He's really a great man with lots of compassion for others, but he just gets so abused by his own relatives who are such evil people and get wrongly judged by his family's actions. Of course his brothers does the ultimate betrayal oneday, rapes & kills the woman he loves and then eventually tortures & kills him. Good thing, Tabby the vampire slayer meets up with him oneday and becomes the love of his life. They are really one hot couple and the author's love scenes are getting better & better with each new Dark Hunter book.

What made this book really good for me was what Arch did for Kyrian. It always bothered me every Dark Hunter got a big bonus except for Kyrian and the bonus being immortal. I hope Sherrilyn makes every hero/heroine immortal from now on! And what a surprise Arch turned out to be huh! A god! I guess I should have known, since he zips up & down from the heavens so much whenever he wants.

His brother Zarak is such a bad boy? He's even worst now that he is a god. But I thought is was great what he did for Val at the end during the wedding banquet (gave him immortality as a wedding present). What a great ending!



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Summary: Best in the series
Review: I was surpised to discover just how much I enjoyed this latest installment of the Dark-Hunter series. I am so use to authors losing their touch as they continue a series, but after reading Kiss of the Night (featuring the shapeshifters) and now this one, I'm practically on my edge of the seat waiting for the next.

Kenyon managed to keep the action coming throughout the novel and the romance (mostly sex) followed as a second. I'm so tired of reading paranormal romances that are almost all sex and no plot. Kenyon is a refreshing alternative.

In this enstallment, Tabatha, a real human vampire slayer, encounters Valerius, a Dark-Hunter, while defeating a band of Daimons. During the fight she mistakes him for a Daimon and stabs him. When he doesn't go up in a poof of smoke, she realizes her mistake and calls her friend Nick to help transport the Night Hunter to saftey. Being an empath allows Tabatha to feel Valerius true emotions below his stuffy, condicending(spelling?) facade. Valerius is taken aback by her outspoking, carefree, and sexy ways.

Meanwhile, Amanda, Tabatha's twin sister, is having nightmares of her and Kyrians death (bloody death). Ash practically puts New Orleans under lock-down because of the dreams and the Damions are attacking full force.

It was difficult putting this one down. Kyrian threw me. I liked him in the book when he and Amanda fell in love, but his character was a real prick in this one. Maybe I just felt really sorry for Valerius. Goes to show how well Kenyon got the reader to relate to the characters.

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Summary: she rocks
Review: oh my god this book is amaizing but then again she is amaizng i buy anything with her name on it but this has got to be by far one off her greatst books i though i was gonna hate Val cause i love Zarek but suprise surprise i did't Val is heted by the rest of the of the dark hunters for the siple reson that he is Roman but he is especialy hated by Kyrian becaus Val grandfather that looks a lot like Val killed him. now Val is workin and falling for Tabitha a hunter and Kyrian wife twin sister. they are complet opposites he is proper while tabitha is just that tabithat she is a redel and loud she likes thigs done her way. however she is a great person with a heart of gold.

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Summary: Loved It!
Review: Sherrilyn Kenyon is one of the best... Love her Dark-Hunter books. I really like that the characters keep coming back so you see how their relationships progress past their story. In this one Tabitha and Valerius are just great together. The interaction with Amanda, Kyrian and Julian and how their relationships with Valerius evolve. And the way Zarek keeps getting back at Valerius is funny, and the way Ash fixes is is just as great... The one big shocker is Nick (and I'm not spoiling that, you have to read the book).

Rating:
Summary: Done it Again!
Review: SK's book is full of action, humor, sorrow, joy, and hot steamy love scence that will keep the reader engrossed.

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Summary: Poignant story of the Roman Dark Hunter Valerius
Review: This novel focuses on Zarek's half brother Valerius. Zarek, now an Olympian, despises his legitimate aristocratic half brother and blames him for the horrors he endured as a Roman slave. Valerius seems to be the only decent one aside from Zarek in the entire family. Valerius witnessed Kyrian's execution at age five by his father and grandfather. There are some definitely bad feelings all over. On top of all that, Valerius is a Roman and the majority of the Dark Hunters are Greeks so they hate him and give him a really hard time.

Tabitha, Amanda's twin who is married to Kyrian, gets involved with Valerius. Tabitha is the "wild one". She's very outspoken and unconventional. The demon Desiderius is back in town or sort of...I think he was a vengeful ghost that his son sought to resurrect.

There are losses on both sides, literally.

The mystery thickens as to what/who Acheron really is. I won't spoil it for you, as the details would give the rest of the story away.

I recommend this book, but be prepared for some definite moments of sadness. It's not as painful as Zarek's story, but there are flashbacks to that as well. There is a happy ending though!