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Kiss of the Night (Dark-Hunter, Book 5)
written by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Studio : St. Martin's Paperbacks
by St. Martin's Paperbacks
Release Date : 2004-04-06
Publisher : St. Martin's Paperbacks
Released : 2004-04-19
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 9780312992415
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 91 reviews)
List Price : $7.99
Our Price : $3.94
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Product Description |
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Wulf is an ancient Viking warrior with a useful but extremely aggravating power-amnesia. No one who meets him in person can remember him 5 minutes later. It makes it easy to have one-night stands, but hard to have a meaningful relationship, and without true love he can never regain his soul. When he finally meets Cassandra, the one woman who can remember him, she turns out to be the princess of the cursed race he's sworn to hunt-and forbidden to him. The two of them must face ancient curses, prophecies, and the direct meddling of the Greek gods to find true happiness at last. |
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Sins of the average book |
Kiss of the Night has been my least favorite Dark-Hunter novel thus far. It left the reader with a lot to be desired. The previous books gave detailed accounts of the Dark-Hunter prior to the change, however it was very vague in this case. Unless I missed it, an explanation was not given as to how Wulf was tricked into trading souls nor what he did in order to become cursed.
I also felt the romance was lacking and rubbed me the wrong way. For some reason, some of the descriptions kind of turned me off. For example one time when Wulf 'passionately' kisses Cassandra, he is left with the taste of lemon. He comments on it to Cassandra who replied that she remembered she had lemon on her fish for dinner. I was saying to myself, "Ew, who wants to kiss someone with fish breath?" Granted, some people may not care, but I like sexy and pleasant smells, not the others. I know I would want to kiss my husband if he hadn't brushed his teeth after eating something the pugnant.
I will say that I so enjoy the background information that is given about daimons and the Apollytes. The back ground information alone is why I rated it a 3 out of 5.
:::Possible Spoilers:::
Questions I had
1) Who and what was/is Kat? They never explained whom she was really
working for.
2) What becomes of Wulf's soul? Is he still soulless since it belongs to Loki?
3) What does Cassandra become? Is she immortal?
4) If both parents are immortal, then what are the children?
I hope as I read further into the series some questions are answered. |
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Impossible to put down |
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Once again, Sherilynn Kenyon grabs your interest from page 1 and holds on to it all the way to the final page and then you just want more! Each new Dark Hunter captures your heart and you know that you've made a friend for eternity. I'll re-read this many times. |
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Amusing Guilty Pleasure |
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Amusing Guilty Pleasure, a bit repetitive, previous one in the series held my attention (more well written than this one). Still, I would recommend this book. |
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Another Disappointment |
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At this point I am undecided about this whole series. Once I get over the poor writing style, the overused cliches and simpleton dialogue, I can usually get through her books. Usually her ideas are phenomenal, but the execution tends to be mediocre. It is so frustrating-think of what a good writer could do with these story lines! This book is no different. The idea is awesome-a Dark Hunter falls in love and impregnates a half Appollite who is destined to die. But once again, the execution of this idea sucks! And it doesn't even make sense half the time. For example, Wulf is squeamish about drinking Cassandra's blood and initially refuses. Even though it would save her life! And Cassandra accepts this. Come on, give me a break. Plus the "out" that Ash gives them in the end is way too convenient. I will try a couple more books in the series because I did like Night Pleasures and Dance with the Devil, but if they are anything like this I'm done. |
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Does not disappoint. |
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I enjoyed this book. Wulf is a DH and Cassandra is an Apollite. The Apollites were created by Apollo and also cursed by him to die on their 27th b-day. You get to learn more about the Apollites and why some choose to turn into Daimons (which are Apollites who refuse to die at 27). I think this book gives readers more understanding about the otherside and makes the whole series even better. The calvary is called out with Julian, Kryian, Talon and Zarek all making appearances in this book. We are introduced to a new character, Urian, who by the end of the book I was loving and so wishing he might get his own book. Otherwise, he will mostly likely be making more appearances in books proceeding this one. |
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