Series Review - DarkHunter - Part 1

The Dark Hunter Verse
Books 1 - 21

9 Stars
Fantasy / Supernatural / Romance / Fiction / Adult / Erotica /

I want to start by saying that I am in love with Kenyon's writing, and that more than half of these books are rereads for me. These novels are in chronological order and while each book is its own story and can be read separately, it adds so much to the books reading them in sequence.

Review
I am reviewing the collection as one book.

The world is one of the best I have ever read, right up there with the Stephen King Universe with the complex interwoven multifaceted plots and characters. While the novels have great depth and many layers, they are first and foremost romance novels. I am reviewing them as such; meaning that I am aware they all fallow: the man (scared past, tough, unloving, distant, strong, handsome) falls in love with the woman (also has baggage,beautiful but doesn't know it) and dispite the 1001 reason why they cant be together, they end up together relatively happily ever after.

Yes the general layout is repetitive and predictable but that is romance novel 101. Each on of these stories is also very unique. To anyone who has read and enjoyed the Percy Jackson novels (once your old enough) grab up these. Focusing on ancient Greece and Rome, and slowly as the series progresses spreading out the other ancient civilizations. Kenyon incorporates the everyday realities in with the impossibly fantastical world of gods and monsters flawlessly.

Warning! These books also step over a few boundary lines into areas such as torture, sex slaves, rape. Some fairly heavy topics that are more erotica than romance.

 My 3 Least Favourite & My 3 Favourite

Fantasy Lover - Grace and Julian

Night Pleasures - Kyrian and Amanda

Night Embrace - Talon and Sunshine

Dance with the Devil - Zarek and Astrid

Kiss of the Night - Wulf and Cassandra

Night Play - Bride and Vain

Seize the Night - Val and Tabitha

Sins of the Night - Danger and Alexion

Unleash the Night - Wren and Maggie

Dark Side of the Moon - Rayvn and Susan

The Dream-Hunter - Arik and Meg

Devil May Cry - Sin and Katra

Upon the Midnight Clear - Aidan and Leta

Dream Chaser - Xypher  and Simone

Acheron - Ash and Sotira

One Silent Night - Stryker and Zephyra

Dream Warrior - Cratus and Delphine

Bad Moon Rising - Fang and Aimee

No Mercy - Sam and Dev

Retribution - Abigale and Sundown

The Guardian - Lydia and Seth

Time Untime - Ren and Kateri

I find that Kenyon's novels centering lead females fall a little flat. These strong female characters  have  attractive trait (which are more often than not intelligents and power) plus they are drop dead  gorgeous. Those things can't compete with their less appealing sides however. Often they are a combination of these characteristics : bitchy, stubborn, mean, insecure, naïve, foolish, and whiney 

In my opinion Kenyon's best characters are Ash, Nick, Jared and Seth. They are the most powerful characters but they are also some of the most restrained in the use of their abilities. Often the most balanced, they have a very real presence that some of her characters lack. All of her characters are very three dimensional, layered and dynamic, there is a artificial feel to a few however, that is only apparent when they are compaired to her very realistic characters.
It is only when compairing Kenyon to Kenyon that I could ever find flaws in her work. She is in a whole different league than most authors.