Wow, ok, apparently I'm in the minority. I hated this book. Kenyon is totally predictable, and as usual, everything is soooo convenient. Here we have a (new) mythical threat we've never heard of before in the series and OF COURSE there is only one person or heretofore unknown object or whatever necessary to negate it...the history of which is to be revealed in just a few easy conversations between characters, "oh, you know the thing that can defeat the Evil Threat - the one that can only be used by X person with this convenient bloodline and doesn't work for anyone else - and even then only if he happens to be standing on one leg holding a banana", or something equally ridiculous.
Oh, no! We must get it before Armageddon is upon us! Blech. Blah blah. I'm a lone dark hunter/ex-god and I've been wronged and I'm so grumpy and hurt (and boy do I have major trust issues) that only one special woman can truly make me not act like a big putz all the time. Show me that women can be trusted! Save my wounded soul!
The end features the usual deus ex machina with this series - Acheron shows up at the end to bring back the dead - 'cuz he can. He facilitates the usual pathetic nod at self sacrifice and then fixes everyone's boo boos and wraps the book up in a tidy bow.
If you ARE A big fan of this series and you can get past her crap writing and the fact that its always the SAME STUPID BOOK over and over again - there are loads of personal revelations to be had - who is Acheron's long lost daughter? Will he find out? Will he kill Artie if he finds out she knew? Who are the enemies of the Charonte demons (like Simi)? What's Simi's favorite bbq sauce? Is Artie just misunderstood? What is the mysterious hold she has on Acheron and why can he only feed on her? What's with Apollymi and those Daimons anyway?
Argh! ****SPOILER**** DON'T READ BELOW HERE IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW
Let me save you the trouble - now we've got a demon-hunting deposed Sumerian God who's only sort-of a dark hunter - and who is fine with Daimons as long as they only eat bad people. He hates Artemis (who doesn't?). He meets Katra, secret daughter of over 1000 years of Artie and Acheron. Conveniently, only a Sumerian can keep the lid on evil demons they created eons ago that threaten the world every so often...but since he's an ex-god (thanks to Artie, indirectly), they must search for his long lost brother and use a tablet that drains god-powers ("I've got just the thing!"). He learns to love the daughter of the woman he hates most, "the heifer goddess". Naturally, there's some setup for the next book, with collusion between the new enemy (demons) and the old enemy (daimons).
I like Kim Harrison, Kelly Armstrong, LKH...there are just so many authors who do it better.
Oh, no! We must get it before Armageddon is upon us! Blech. Blah blah. I'm a lone dark hunter/ex-god and I've been wronged and I'm so grumpy and hurt (and boy do I have major trust issues) that only one special woman can truly make me not act like a big putz all the time. Show me that women can be trusted! Save my wounded soul!
The end features the usual deus ex machina with this series - Acheron shows up at the end to bring back the dead - 'cuz he can. He facilitates the usual pathetic nod at self sacrifice and then fixes everyone's boo boos and wraps the book up in a tidy bow.
If you ARE A big fan of this series and you can get past her crap writing and the fact that its always the SAME STUPID BOOK over and over again - there are loads of personal revelations to be had - who is Acheron's long lost daughter? Will he find out? Will he kill Artie if he finds out she knew? Who are the enemies of the Charonte demons (like Simi)? What's Simi's favorite bbq sauce? Is Artie just misunderstood? What is the mysterious hold she has on Acheron and why can he only feed on her? What's with Apollymi and those Daimons anyway?
Argh! ****SPOILER**** DON'T READ BELOW HERE IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW
Let me save you the trouble - now we've got a demon-hunting deposed Sumerian God who's only sort-of a dark hunter - and who is fine with Daimons as long as they only eat bad people. He hates Artemis (who doesn't?). He meets Katra, secret daughter of over 1000 years of Artie and Acheron. Conveniently, only a Sumerian can keep the lid on evil demons they created eons ago that threaten the world every so often...but since he's an ex-god (thanks to Artie, indirectly), they must search for his long lost brother and use a tablet that drains god-powers ("I've got just the thing!"). He learns to love the daughter of the woman he hates most, "the heifer goddess". Naturally, there's some setup for the next book, with collusion between the new enemy (demons) and the old enemy (daimons).
I like Kim Harrison, Kelly Armstrong, LKH...there are just so many authors who do it better.
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