salene27's review against another edition
5.0
While the world carries on unawares, Stryker, who leads an army of demons and vampires, is plotting an all out onslaught against his enemies—which, unfortunately for us, includes the entire human race.
To avenge his sister, Stryker prepares to annihilate the Dark-Hunters. But things go awry when his oldest enemy returns. Enter his ex-wife. Zephyra. Just when he thought nothing could stop him, he’s now embroiled in a centuries old war with a shrew who gives new meaning to pain.
Loved this book, as always SK is amazing.
To avenge his sister, Stryker prepares to annihilate the Dark-Hunters. But things go awry when his oldest enemy returns. Enter his ex-wife. Zephyra. Just when he thought nothing could stop him, he’s now embroiled in a centuries old war with a shrew who gives new meaning to pain.
Loved this book, as always SK is amazing.
hoosgracie's review against another edition
4.0
Interesting to have a story about the enemy. Overall, enjoyed it.
ria_mhrj's review against another edition
3.0
Quite enjoyable - although I sometimes wish the endings had a bit more tension!
tkat's review against another edition
4.0
So here we finally get Stryker's story, and he finally finds a woman. Will this make him a better man or a worse Daimon, only time will tell.
His current Daimon crew learns a new trick that threatens the rest of the world, and I'm curious to see what the Dark Hunter's are going to do when they find out about it. Frankly I'm curious if there's anything they CAN do...
This has that short story feel to it again. Like Kenyon didn't really have a whole heck of a lot to say about Stryker this time round, despite to doozy of a left hook she presents.
His current Daimon crew learns a new trick that threatens the rest of the world, and I'm curious to see what the Dark Hunter's are going to do when they find out about it. Frankly I'm curious if there's anything they CAN do...
This has that short story feel to it again. Like Kenyon didn't really have a whole heck of a lot to say about Stryker this time round, despite to doozy of a left hook she presents.
auntblh's review against another edition
4.0
One of the bad guys has his story. I guess they deserve to have love too. It was nice to see the bad guys and the good guys working together.
leahkarge's review against another edition
5.0
I absolutely loved this book. I thought that maybe I might not like it because it was completely about Stryker and, while I love him, he and I have a love-hate relationship, particularly when he tries to kill my Acheron. However, I believe this might be one of the best Dark-Hunter books.
As I said, I love Stryker. I hated seeing him try to kill Ash, and almost succeeding until Savitar's intervention. I loved seeing a softer side to him, though: he can't stand torture, everlasting love, really loves and cares about his children. This book made him more..."human" to me. It made me understand him better because I got to see his side of the story and understand where he was coming from. I think this book made him sexy to me, because before I just loved him as an awesome bad guy but now I love him because he's him. His memories and flashbacks just about broke my poor heart.
At first, I didn't like Zephyra. She pissed me off, particularly when she continually tried to kill Stryker, but I actually do like her. She's an interesting woman. I was teary-eyed when Zephyra found Stryker's "memory drawer". My biggest issue with her, though, is that she owns and brutally tortures Jared.
I absolutely loved having Ash nad Tory in this book quite a bit. I loved Kat, Sin, Alexion, Danger, Urian, and Simi's cameos in the book.
I actually liked Madea quite a bit. She was funny and sarcastic. I'm interested to see how she and Urian will react to each other when they finally meet.
Nim was completely and utterly adorable, and he reminded me of Simi. I loved when Simi gave him a teddy bear to replace his pink bunny.
I love Jared and it broke my heart to see him being tortured. And I hate that he was sent to kill Ash and Nick.
Nick...ohhhh, Nick. I still love him, but like with Stryker, he and I have a love-hate relationship. I hate that he still hates Ash, and I found a perverse sense of satisfaction when Nick learned that Ash was the only one who could help train him in his Malachai powers, which he came into in this book.
I thought it was really interesting to see more of the interworkings of the Daimons. Granted, I wouldn't want a bunch more books that in depth in the Daimon world, but it was cool to learn more about them and see more from their perspective.
I got highly emotional when Ryssa, Cherise, and Tannis showed up. Well, their souls showed up. Broke my heart to see Ash, Nick, and Stryker be hurt like that.
SAVITAR! Anyone who knows me and has talked to me about this series knows how I feel about Savitar. And that would be that I love him to freaking death. He's so sarcastic and funny, smart, loyal to Ash. I totally loved Sav and Apollymi's banter when he was watching her in Kalosis.
I liked seeing Apollymi opening up to Stryker and being honest with him.
The Daimons found a way to absorb gallu demon powers. Now they can walk in the sun. Oh. Shit.
I found it completely hilarious that Acheron, Stryker, and Nick all had to suck it up and work together. I got great satisfaction out of their misery in this instance.
I absolutely love Hades. I'm glad he was in this book. He is my favorite Greek god in the whole series. He's totally badass while being totally un-badass at the same time.
As I said, I love Stryker. I hated seeing him try to kill Ash, and almost succeeding until Savitar's intervention. I loved seeing a softer side to him, though: he can't stand torture, everlasting love, really loves and cares about his children. This book made him more..."human" to me. It made me understand him better because I got to see his side of the story and understand where he was coming from. I think this book made him sexy to me, because before I just loved him as an awesome bad guy but now I love him because he's him. His memories and flashbacks just about broke my poor heart.
At first, I didn't like Zephyra. She pissed me off, particularly when she continually tried to kill Stryker, but I actually do like her. She's an interesting woman. I was teary-eyed when Zephyra found Stryker's "memory drawer". My biggest issue with her, though, is that she owns and brutally tortures Jared.
I absolutely loved having Ash nad Tory in this book quite a bit. I loved Kat, Sin, Alexion, Danger, Urian, and Simi's cameos in the book.
I actually liked Madea quite a bit. She was funny and sarcastic. I'm interested to see how she and Urian will react to each other when they finally meet.
Nim was completely and utterly adorable, and he reminded me of Simi. I loved when Simi gave him a teddy bear to replace his pink bunny.
I love Jared and it broke my heart to see him being tortured. And I hate that he was sent to kill Ash and Nick.
Nick...ohhhh, Nick. I still love him, but like with Stryker, he and I have a love-hate relationship. I hate that he still hates Ash, and I found a perverse sense of satisfaction when Nick learned that Ash was the only one who could help train him in his Malachai powers, which he came into in this book.
I thought it was really interesting to see more of the interworkings of the Daimons. Granted, I wouldn't want a bunch more books that in depth in the Daimon world, but it was cool to learn more about them and see more from their perspective.
I got highly emotional when Ryssa, Cherise, and Tannis showed up. Well, their souls showed up. Broke my heart to see Ash, Nick, and Stryker be hurt like that.
SAVITAR! Anyone who knows me and has talked to me about this series knows how I feel about Savitar. And that would be that I love him to freaking death. He's so sarcastic and funny, smart, loyal to Ash. I totally loved Sav and Apollymi's banter when he was watching her in Kalosis.
I liked seeing Apollymi opening up to Stryker and being honest with him.
The Daimons found a way to absorb gallu demon powers. Now they can walk in the sun. Oh. Shit.
I found it completely hilarious that Acheron, Stryker, and Nick all had to suck it up and work together. I got great satisfaction out of their misery in this instance.
I absolutely love Hades. I'm glad he was in this book. He is my favorite Greek god in the whole series. He's totally badass while being totally un-badass at the same time.
milicasbookshelf's review against another edition
4.0
Stryker... I didn't expect that I would like him. Ever. The author really has that gift to tell everyone's story. And those stories never leave you indifferent.
ezichinny's review against another edition
4.0
Stryker wanted revenge against Acheron & Nick for the death of his son so he releases Aries, the god of war and bargains for Aries to kill Ach & Nick.
To thwart Stryker, Artemis enlists the Zephyra, Stryker's ex-wife to stop Stryker's plan. So now the ex lovers are on a collision course to fight it out, along with their personal issues.
This series is iffy for me but this book was one of the good ones. I didn't enjoy Acheron as much as others, but this one was enjoyable. We get to see how Artemis and Apollo have manipulated the hunters over hundreds of years. What I enjoyed most is the complexity of Stryker as a character. I wouldn't call him a super good hero, but he isn't a bad guy either. He is what the gods made him and I found that I like him as a protagnoist.
The couple had great chemisty and I am glad that the love was restored for Stryker and Phyra. I think I will get back to this series now.
To thwart Stryker, Artemis enlists the Zephyra, Stryker's ex-wife to stop Stryker's plan. So now the ex lovers are on a collision course to fight it out, along with their personal issues.
This series is iffy for me but this book was one of the good ones. I didn't enjoy Acheron as much as others, but this one was enjoyable. We get to see how Artemis and Apollo have manipulated the hunters over hundreds of years. What I enjoyed most is the complexity of Stryker as a character. I wouldn't call him a super good hero, but he isn't a bad guy either. He is what the gods made him and I found that I like him as a protagnoist.
The couple had great chemisty and I am glad that the love was restored for Stryker and Phyra. I think I will get back to this series now.
bookishnerdyjess's review against another edition
4.0
One of the shorter DH novels but still so much information and its always fun to get a peek at what is going on through a non DH perspective
amyiw's review against another edition
3.0
Didn't like this one as much because I never liked the main characters. They learn forgiveness for each other but never for anything else. The background story of the war is very intense and it is the only reason I gave the book 3 stars.