No Mercy by Sherrilyn Kenyon
No Mercy by Sherrilyn Kenyon is another exciting book that ties both Kenyon's Dark-Hunter and Were-Hunter world. While in all of her books since she has included the three different types of hunters there is usually a mention or involved in one of the books, but this is the first time that two different types were involved romantically. Again Kenyon brings her love of history, mythology, humor and suspense with a spice of romance into another one of novels. This is of course a romance novel but Kenyon has through the years kind of underplayed it and had made it more suspenseful.
The story follows two of Kenyon's characters who have either have had a part of have been mentioned in previous books. These are characters that we were already familiar with and loved. The two characters are Dev and Samia. Dev is a were-hunter who is a bear and Samia is a Dark-Hunter. These two should never mix in a romantic setting but unfortunately it has happened. Which is a common theme in the Dark-Hunter series by Kenyon. Dev is a Were-Hunter who is of mix breeding, his father is an Arcadian and mother is a Katagarian. He is special because he was chosen by the fates to be a Arcadian sentinel. Which means he is supposed to hunt the Katagarians. Because of this knowledge Dev has always been weird and different. Samia is an ancient Amazonian Queen murdered by her own sister, wishing to take her crown. As she watched her husband and toddler daughter get murdered she vowed revenge selling her soul to the very goddess Artemis that she served in her mortal life. Like all Dark-Hunters she was given a gift, but her gift is more her curse than anything else. She can see a persons past just by touching them. Because of this her sex life had been seriously lacking. Dev is special to her because when she touches him she gets nothing making him a safe zone. With the addition to the romance between Dev and Samia, there are up against what is called a super daimon. Which is a daimon that has adapted to be able to go into the sunlight, which leaves the Dark-Hunters at a large disadvantage because they aren't allowed to go into the sun still.
Again when it comes to Sherrilyn Kenyon it's hard for me to be objective. But I do have to say, this book wasn't nearly as memorable as some of her other books. It was still good and I enjoyed reading it, but almost two months after finishing it and finally writing the review, there really isn't a whole lot of parts that sticks out to me. One of the few parts that I do remember is in all honestly is the tale of Dev and Samia's pasts. They are both heartbreaking and you definitely feel their pain, Sherrilyn Kenyon is a very good story teller when it comes to expressing painful experiences.
So in the end, I still enjoyed the book, but like I said, it wasn't as exciting as some of Kenyon's other books, but if you're a fan of the Dark-Hunter Saga by Sherrilyn Kenyon this is a definite must to have to read and to have in your collection.
Rating:
3.5 out of 5
On Deck:
Death at Seaworld by David Kirby
The Warrior by Kinley MacGregor
Keeper of the Crystal Spring by Naomi and Deborah Baltuck
So just as a quick note, I was thinking about doing video reviews to go with my written review. Tell me what you all think.
