Night Pleasures (Dark-Hunter, Book 2)

Author - Sherrilyn Kenyon ... [Goo?] [Posters]

This Mass Market Paperback Book item from St. Martin´s Paperbacks was reviewed on 11-Oct-2008.

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1) Mass Market Paperback Book Night Pleasures (Dark-Hunter, Book 2) by St. Martin´s Paperbacks. Kyrian kept me at the edge of my seat. Grace is a strong woman who draws you in. She is not the typical heroine in one of the romance novels who needs saving, since she is strong and sure of herself. This book was erotic and enticing and I would highly recommend it!¤

2) Mass Market Paperback Book Night Pleasures (Dark-Hunter, Book 2) by St. Martin´s Paperbacks. Kyrian is 6´5" --Have Mercy! He is truly one of my favorite heroes. Actually, this couple is a favorite of mine. They both have big hearts and are very likable. Now that I´ve entered the world of the Dark Hunter, there´s a lot of information pumped into this book. I knew I had a lot more books to read in the series, so I really tried to pay attention to the who´s and the what´s. Night Pleasures and the world of Dark Hunter, is packed full of adventure, survival and passion. I enjoyed all of the characters in this book and it was a great story- the romance very real. I can see why so many are reading this series. I didn´t want to wait for the library´s copy for the next book, so, I went out and bought Talon the Celt´s story, Night Embrace. The best thing about this series, is that it´s like an action packed show that you can start and stop at any time. And there are still more books coming out!¤

3) Mass Market Paperback Book Night Pleasures (Dark-Hunter, Book 2) by St. Martin´s Paperbacks. Didn´t enjoy as much as the first but kept my interest enough. LOVE Sherrilyn´s humor as well as romance and action. Lead characters were likeable but not as much as the first book. Will keep reading the series.¤

4) Mass Market Paperback Book Night Pleasures (Dark-Hunter, Book 2) by St. Martin´s Paperbacks. A few times while reading, I wanted it to be over. If a reader loves paranormal and doesn´t mind a weak plot, then they might enjoy this more than I did.

CAUTION SPOILERS:
The illogical plot follows. Kyrian is a dark-hunter who kills evil diamons. Desiderius is an unusually powerful diamon who wants to kill Kyrian. Desiderius kidnaps Kyrian and has him unconscious. He should have killed him then, but he doesn´t. He sets Kyrian free and says you have one day and then I will find you and kill you. A few days later, Desiderius catches Kyrian, ties him up, and leaves him outside so the sun will kill him. However, a friend is able to free Kyrian before the sun rises. Desiderius gets Kyrian a third time, ties him up, and stabs him in a way that does kill him. Why would Desiderius not kill him the first two times? There was a reason offered for the first time relating to Amanda, but I didn´t buy it. The Amanda objective could have been accomplished in other ways. (By the way, there is a happy ending, meaning Kyrian will come to life again.)

I also question the author´s creature rules. The diamons can fight in groups against dark-hunters and others. But, dark-hunters are not allowed to help each other fight diamons. The thinking is the gods don´t want the dark-hunters to become too powerful. It´s obvious that Kyrian wasn´t even powerful enough to take on one diamond, Desiderius, which didn´t sit well with me. Granted, Desiderius was more than a straight diamon, but the gods knew he existed and should have allowed for a change in rules.

The separation of the hero and heroine after they fall in love didn´t make sense to me. Kyrian keeps Amanda with him for safety when her life is threatened. After they fall in love, Kyrian leaves Amanda because he feels they can´t be together because he is immortal and she is human. Their separation at this point puts her in danger.

Sexual language: mild. Number of sex scenes: nine. Setting: current day New Orleans and the back story from over 2,000 years earlier in Europe. Copyright: 2002. Genre: paranormal romance.

To date, I´ve read the following Kenyon and MacGregor books (same author).

By Sherrilyn Kenyon:
5 stars. Turn Up the Heat (in anthology Playing Easy To Get). Copyrt 2006. My 5 star review for the anthology was posted 3/26/07.
3 stars. Night Pleasures (Dark-Hunter series, Book 2). Copyrt 2002. Review Date 6/19/08.
2.5 stars. Fantasy Lover (Dark-Hunter series, Book 1). Copyrt 2002. My review was posted under 3 stars on 6/19/08.
2 stars. Captivated by You (in anthology Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down). Copyrt 2005. My 5 star review for the anthology was posted 4/02/08.

By Kinley MacGregor:
1 star. The Warrior (Brotherhood of the Sword, Book 3). Copyrt 2007. Review Date 9/14/08.
1 star. Sword of Darkness (Lords of Avalon, Book 1). Copyrt 2006. Review Date 12/28/07.
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5) Mass Market Paperback Book Night Pleasures (Dark-Hunter, Book 2) by St. Martin´s Paperbacks. Ok, so this book definitely deserves an extra star in comparison to the Fantasy Lover, but that´s really not saying much. My personal experience with the Night Hunter series so far reminds me of going to a trendy new restaurant with rave reviews and absolutely hating the whole thing. The ingredients you usually enjoy are all there (chicken, fish, etc.), but all the visually delectable combinations fall completely flat in taste. The spices you usually love taste like grass and it´s almost laughable how absurd the whole experience ends up being. This series is just like that, even though the second book is a little better then the first.

Night Pleasures is almost identical to the Fantasy Lover in its structure. Two for two we´ve got:
- a heroine of average physical appearance with emotional problems and low self esteem.
- an average Joe ex-boyfriend who mistreats the heroine.
- a tortured, gorgeous, famous and rich hero who only wants to be loved.
- a horrible but drop-dead-gorgeous ex-wife that ruined the hero´s life.
- the hero falls in lust with the heroine at first sight, even though tons of beautiful women throw themselves at him.
- the hero can´t believe his luck and is tormented by wanting to be with her from day one, even though his terrible past is making it difficult.
- the average heroine can´t get enough of the "yummy leather hunk" and his "yummy package".
- they do a lot of hissing and growling in pleasure.
- the hero shows the ex-boyfriend what a gem he threw away.
- the heroine makes the hero believe in life and love again.
- they live happily ever after and start reproducing as soon as possible.

That about sums up the book with addition of repetitive emotional mumbling from both the hero and the heroine. The reason I gave this book 2 stars is because there is a bit more story here and the author is trying to set up the Dark-Hunter brotherhood scenario for future books.

Don´t get me wrong, I love a good fairy tale and I enjoy a well written love story, but I do like it to be at least somewhat believable even though it´s fantasy. Why does every heroine have to be overweight, not very attractive and have men issues? For that matter, why does the hero have to be so beautiful? Weren´t there normal looking men two thousand years ago? And how is it believable that a Macedonian general would fall madly in love for a boring accountant three days after meeting her? They have nothing in common and no real explanation for such immediate passion. And why is the first wife always so beautiful and horrific? It´s like the writer is subconsciously trying to show that beauty queens are awful and plain Janes should always get the hunk. Also when a woman writes from the point of view of a male character (and vice versa for that matter), she has to be extremely careful not to come out feminine, especially when the character in question is a mucho-mucho man. Almost at the end of the book when our hero is confronting his nemesis he says "You´re a bully..." Can you really see a two thousand years old Greek general saying something like that to another guy? He is not trying to reclaim a stolen toy in the school yard, but wants to exterminate that individual, so this is really the best he could come up with under the circumstances? Things like that occur throughout the book and make it almost impossible to read with a straight face.

I gave this series another try by reading this book, and I can´t do it to myself anymore. If you want a well developed story with interesting characters and similar plot try JR Ward´s black dagger brotherhood series. The story is well developed and the couples are actually well matched. They are all normal looking people and the writer actually concentrated on character development vs. physical perfection/flaws.

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6) Mass Market Paperback Book Night Pleasures (Dark-Hunter, Book 2) by St. Martin´s Paperbacks.

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