Saturday, October 8, 2011

Book Review - Retribution - Sherrilyn Kenyon

Retribution (Dark-Hunter, #20)

Title:      Retribution


Review:  This is the first book I’ve read by this author and I realize now that this in number 20 in the Dark Hunters Series.  This is good because it helps me realize why I was so lost at times in the reading.  I think the books can be read out of order, but starting with 20 left me a bit confused. 

The story was entertaining and held my interest most of the time, only when the story switched from present to past it took me a minute to realize the shift.  Lots of characters fill these pages, many names, shapes and animals with mystical powers and sorted pasts.  Jess is a man that could get any women’s heart pumping fast.  Abigail on the other side is a bit too whiny.   I really didn’t care for her, Jess deserved better in my estimations.  I did like the way the story started in the past and then today, the flow was good even with the time shifts.

I entered a blog hop to win this book since I had never read this author before.  I had heard of her and many of my friends on Goodreads had commented on her books.  I’m trying to read things I don’t usually pick up at the library, this is definitely one I would not have grabbed.  That said I really am enjoying paranormal, especially the act that anything can happen and usually does.

I would suggest this book to those who love paranormal romance and action stories.

Publisher:  Published August 2nd 2011 by St. Martin's Press

Copyright: 2011

Pages:  448 pages

ISBN:  978-0312546595

Quick Review:  31/2 Stars out of 5. 

Why I Read it:  I wanted to read something different.

Where I Obtained the Book:  Won in a Blog Hop.

Synopsis:  Harm no human...

A hired gunslinger, William Jessup Brady lived his life with one foot in the grave. He believed that every life had a price. Until the day when he finally found a reason to live. In one single act of brutal betrayal, he lost everything, including his life. Brought back by a Greek goddess to be one of her Dark-Hunters, he gave his immortal soul for vengeance and swore he’d spend eternity protecting the humans he’d once considered prey.

Orphaned as a toddler, Abigail Yager was taken in by a family of vampires and raised on one belief- Dark-Hunters are the evil who prey on both their people and mankind, and they must all be destroyed. While protecting her adoptive race, she has spent her life eliminating the Dark-Hunters and training for the day when she meets the man who killed her family: Jess Brady.

A gun in the hand is worth two in the holster...

Jess has been charged with finding and terminating the creature who’s assassinating Dark-Hunters. The last thing he expects to find is a human face behind the killings, but when that face bears a striking resemblance to the one who murdered him centuries ago, he knows something evil is going on. He also knows he’s not the one who killed her parents. But Abigail refuses to believe the truth and is determined to see him dead once and for all.

Brought together by an angry god and chased by ancient enemies out to kill them both, they must find a way to overcome their mutual hatred or watch as one of the darkest of powers rises and kills both the races they’ve sworn to protect.

Author Biography:  Sherrilyn Kenyon lives a life of extraordinary danger... as does any woman with three sons, a husband, a menagerie of pets and a collection of swords that all of the above have a fixation on. But when not running interference (or dashing off to the emergency room), she's found chained to her computer where she likes to play with all her imaginary friends. With more than ten million copies of her books in print in 26 countries, she certainly has many friends to play with.

Writing as Kinley MacGregor and Sherrilyn Kenyon, she is the author of several series, including The Dark-Hunters, Brotherhood of the Sword, Lords of Avalon, Nevermore, BAD (Bureau of American Defense), Sex Camp Diaries, The MacAllisters and Sea Wolves.

Her books have appeared in the top five of the New York Times, Publisher's Weekly, and USA Today lists.

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2 comments:

  1. I love this author, but you are right to fully appreciate the plot and characters you really need to read it from the beginning.

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  2. This is on my TBR list, followed the complete series so far, have not been disappointed. Love your blog. Foreverbklover http://foreverbklover.blogspot.com/

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