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Dance with the Devil (Dark-Hunter, Book 4)
written by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Studio : St. Martin's Paperbacks
by St. Martin's Paperbacks
Publisher : St. Martin's Paperbacks
Released : 2003-03-01
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 9780312984830
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 133 reviews)
List Price : $7.99
Our Price : $3.89
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Zarek's Point of View:Dark-Hunter: A soulless guardian who stands between mankind and those who would see mankind destroyed. Yeah, right. The only part of that Code of Honor I got was eternity and solitude. Insanity: A condition many say I suffer from after being alone for so long. But I don't suffer from my insanity-I enjoy every minute of it. Trust: I can't trust anyone...not even myself. The only thing I trust in is my ability to do the wrong thing in any situation and to hurt anyone who gets in my way.Truth: I endured a lifetime as a Roman slave, and 900 years as an exiled Dark-Hunter. Now I'm tired of enduring. I want the truth about what happened the night I was exiled-I have nothing to lose and everything to gain.Astrid (Greek, meaning star): An exceptional woman who can see straight to the truth. Brave and strong, she is a point of light in the darkness. She touches me and I tremble. She smiles and my cold heart shatters.Zarek: They say even the most damned man can be forgiven. I never believed that until the night Astrid opened her door to me and made this feral beast want to be human again. Made me want to love and be loved. But how can an ex-slave whose soul is owned by a Greek goddess ever dream of touching, let alone holding, a fiery star? |
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Not what I was expecting |
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I wasn't expecting to like this installment in the series, mostly because Zarek is not the most charming of Dark-Hunters. I was pleasantly surprised! I ended up like this quite a bit, despite Zarek's surliness. It helps if it hasn't been *too* long since you read Night Embrace (Talon's story), because there's a lot of reference to Zarek's part in that book. There were a few things that didn't make sense to me in this, not the least of which was the story behind Astrid's blindness. She's supposed to lose her sight while she's judging someone, yet she can use her "companion", Sasha, to see. Isn't that cheating? Regardless, this troublesome little detail isn't enough to get in the way of the true purpose of the story, which is to tell a love story about the gods. |
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Sloppy writing spoils the story! |
These books would be better if the author actually remembered what she had previously written and therefore did not contradict herself.
For example: on page 339 of "Dance with the Devil" she described Archeron thus: "His long blonde hair flowed around his shoulders".
On page 8 of "Seize the Night" however she says that Archeron "......wore his long black hair loose and flowing around his shoulders".
On page 242 of "Dance with the Devil" the author says "Zarek stripped his own clothes off" and yet just one page later on 243 she says: "Zarek moved away from her only long enough to remove his clothes".
This kind of sloppy writing detracts and distracts from some rather unusual ideas that deserve either a) a writer of more discipline or b) proof-readers who knows what they are doing.
The other thing that detracts from what would be interesting stories is the insistance that all her primary male and female characters seem to suffer from a severe sex addiction and the inability to control it to the point where it interferes with the flow of the story.
On top of that the sex scenes are so repetitve that having read a couple of them, the reader is free skip forward a couple of pages in any and all of the books to pass over the "seeing stars" and "hissing" with passion bits.
It's a shame because the basic themes are interesting....the above instances are distractions from what should be good stories. |
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An Entertaining Read |
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This book was a great continuation from New Orleans. It takes on a whole new perspective and puts one of the Dark Hunters with a non-human. Definitely worth the read, exciting in many ways. |
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My Favorite of the Series So Far! |
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Zarek is by far the best leading character so far. He is dark and mean and has every right to be. But has an inner sensitive side that only his love can reveal. Another one I could not put down until finished and wanted more! |
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Simply fantastic |
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I don't know why I let this book linger for so long on my to-be-read shelf. It is simply amazing. Zarek is the ultimate tortured hero and the justice nymph Astrid is his perfect foil. This is such a wonderfully dark book that it amazes me how the author can bring me from tears to laughter a few pages later. Well written, well plotted, well done. This is an intense, riveting read that I simply could not put down. |
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