Night Embrace (Dark-Hunter, Book 3)

Night Embrace (Dark-Hunter, Book 3)
by Sherrilyn Kenyon

Night Embrace (Dark-Hunter, Book 3)
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Author: Sherrilyn Kenyon
Edition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-07-13
ISBN: 0312984820
Number of pages: 416
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
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  • ISBN13: 9780312984823
  • Condition: New
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Book Reviews of Night Embrace (Dark-Hunter, Book 3)

Book Review: A lot to take in, but it is worth it!
Summary: 4 Stars

[BOOK SUMMARY]
Talon, the son of a Druid Priest and a Celt Queen, and his sister, are slaughtered by a cousin. On the verge of death, Talon's rage calls out for Vengeance and is answered by goddess Artemis. He agrees to the goddess's bargain to trade his soul for the opportunity for an Act of Vengeance. As a result, he becomes an immortal Dark-Hunter (a non-blood drinking, fanged immortal whose life-purpose is to protect the world from Daimons, in particular the vampires-like ones who suck the blood and the soul of their victims into their evil bodies). In addition to this change in his existence, he is cursed by the Celtic god Camulus so that he cannot love. For if he does love, death will befall all he holds in his heart at the hand of the cranky god. The curse has already taken the lives of his wife and unborn son when he was human, as well as his sister's. He now holds all feeling tightly in check, not willing to risk more innocent lives. It's all well and good until the night he rescues a woman, Sunshine Runningwolf, from Daimons, and, in the process, is run down by a Mardi Gras float (Yeah, you read correctly a Mardi Gras Float).
Sunshine is an artist with a short attention span and family and friends who either have, or are believers of, special psychic or `other' talents. When her rescuer, Talon, is felled by a runaway float, she takes her unconscious hero home with her. And then, Romantic and Paranormal chaos ensues. In addition to the Dark-Hunters, we encounter Daimons, a variety of temperamental gods and goddesses, were-animals, and two mischievous gods in particular, who are attempting to raise a long imprisoned goddess, Appollymi, who will bring the end of the world.
As if relationship catastrophe isn't enough to worry about, now Talon has to save the world. Sigh! The life of a Dark-hunter is an eventful one.

[BOOK REVIEW]
The book started out a bit slow, but it began to pick up and by the end I just had to know what the heck was going to happen. I remember at one point I had an amusing notion of a possible unknown 'secret' aspect of a character. And then I tossed it aside and got lost in the story. But lo-and-behold, that little niggling notion popped up in the story. This can be disappointing in a book, but the way that it was presented and reasoned was great!
The reason for not 'loving-it' and just 'liked and enjoyed' it is because
the first half of the book had so many characters coming in and so much information of the paranormal's presence in the real world that, initially, I was a mite overwhelmed. To the point that I considered that I would not read another of this series (this was the first of her paranormal books I've read). But the book was still good enough that I was determined to finish, to see what was in store for our heroes. Then book managed to pick up about halfway through and I was completely enthralled. I didn't want to put it down for the need to know what was to come.
Now, though the large cast was initially overwhelming, I have to say that they were all good characters. Each interesting enough to grab interest, but were not a major-continuous distraction. And I must commend Mrs. Kenyon for her ability to draw the reader's interest to the cast of secondary characters. Despite the mentioned issue of them all, I become very curious about all these others in the cast. I must now read the other books in this series just so that I can find out what lies ahead for all those introduced in this book. Damn sneaky of the author. :)

Good read. Nice twists. Do need to be able to sort through a lot of info and characters so that you can understand and enjoy rather than be overwhelmed and tripped up with all of the niftiness.

Summary of Night Embrace (Dark-Hunter, Book 3)

Dear Reader,
Life is great for me. I have my chicory coffee, my warm beignets, and my best friend on the cell phone. Once the sun goes down, I am the baddest thing prowling the night: I command the elements, and I know no fear. For centuries, I've protected the innocent and watched over the mankind, making sure they are safe in a world where nothing is ever certain. All I want in return is a hot babe in a red dress, who wants nothing more from me then one night.
Instead, I get a runaway Mardi Gras float that tries to turn me into roadkill and a beautiful woman who saves my life but can't remember where she put my pants. Flamboyant and extravagant, Sunshine Runningwolf should be the perfect woman for me. She wants nothing past tonight, no ties, no long-term commitments.
But every time I look at her, I start yearning for dreams that I buried centuries ago. With her unconventional ways and ability to baffle me, Sunshine is the one person I find myself needing. But for me to love her would mean her death. I am cursed never to know peace or happiness-not so long as my enemy waits in the night to destroy us both.
--Talon of the Morrigantes

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