Devil May Cry (Dark-Hunter, Book 11) by Sherrilyn Kenyon
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Book Reviews of Devil May Cry (Dark-Hunter, Book 11)
Book Review: C, mediocre
Summary: 3 Stars
Short synopsis: Sin is the Sumerian god of fertility. He has his powers taken from him by a Greek Goddess, Artemis. He plots to kill her and get his powers back.
Sin also runs a casino in Las Vegas while doing his part-time job of killing demons who shouldn't be wandering the earth. He has a minimal amount of god-like power that were transferred to him from his dying daughter.
Artemis would like to kill him because she knows Sin wants to kill her. One God, Acheron, who happens to be trapped with Artemis in her Pantheon refuses to because he is Sin's friend and he knows that Artemis stole his powers from him in a very unethical way. He is also the god of fate, so he attempts to do non-intervention whenever possible so that some fate is in the hands of people themselves.
Now, many eons ago, Artemis had a love affair with Acheron when he was human. When he was asked about his whereabouts his alibi was about making sweet monkey love to Artemis. He wasn't believed and Artemis never showed up. So, they kill him off. Acheron hates Artemis now. She's drama, self-absorbed and lame. And when she tries to come to him, he blows her off. She presents a child to him and he thinks its a peace offerring to make up for the death of a nephew (which I don't think is ever mentioned except in this one instance--- which is poor writing to me). Anyhow, he rebukes her not knowing it is his child.
Years later, Artemis asks Kat to kill her arch-nemesis, Sin. Kat investigates and decides not to.
Anyhow, lots of drama and cheese. I'm getting bored writing about this. I finished the book just because I wanted to. It wasn't a page turner.
The steamy parts were mediocre. The plot line had too many subplots. The cheese was stale.
Not a great book, but then again, not a completely terrible one. I bought this book because I remember reading another Sherrilyn Kenyon book in the dream-hunter series and thought that one was good. Then again, this one is book 11, so maybe the author is now stretching the series.
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Book Review: Kenyon rushed through this one
Summary: 3 Stars
I love the Dark Hunter series and have been reading it from the first book. But sadly, the further into the series you get, the more the books seem rushed and just silly. This one in particular felt like it was just churned out like "product." It is lacking character development and the heroine, Katra, acts absurd in several parts -- for example, making wise cracks when her beloved guy is grieving over the tomb of his daughter. Every scene feels rushed, like Kenyon just wants to tell you what happened rather than take the time to weave the imagery and draw you in. I don't mind the stories being formulaic as long as they are well done and the author puts in the work to really describe the characters and evoke images and feelings. In this installment, it feels like Kenyon was rushing to push out more product to sell. I hope the next book in the series is better.Book Review: Not What I Expected!
Summary: 3 Stars
I love to read Kenyon and always look forward to her books being published. However, I was very disapointed in this book. It gave many answers to questions that needed to be answered, but it was boring and didn't live up to the Kenyon reputation for excellence. If you love the Dark-Hunter series and want to continue I would suggest reading this book to learn answers about the characters and learn information that you may need to know to continue following the series. If you haven't been following the series and don't know the story line, you will be lost and feel that you have wasted your time.Book Review: Questions answered that's about it...
Summary: 3 Stars
We finally find out who exactly Kat is. I like her, she is beautiful, tough, funny and one of the very few people who can put Artemis in her place. Sin, not so much. I tried, I just couldn't fall in love with him.
Though this book is a must read in the Dark Hunter information category. It ties up a bunch of loose ends which have been hanging out there for a while. However I would advise reading this book with a bit lower expectations than we are used to in this series.
Book Review: Not my favorite!
Summary: 3 Stars
DMC just didn't do it for me. I finished reading it just to get glimpse of some of my favorite characters from the series. I read this book a few months ago and can't recall a single memorable thing about either of the main characters. That's not good..anyhoo, if you do decide to read this book get a used copy. I donated mine to goodwill.