One Silent Night (Dark-Hunter, Book 13) (Mass Market Paperback)

by Sherrilyn Kenyon (Author)
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"Kenyon is the reigning queen of the vampire novel."--Barbara Vey, Publishers Weekly

“An engaging read.”—Entertainment Weekly on Devil May Cry

“Kenyon’s writing is brisk, ironic, sexy, and relentlessly imaginative. These are not your mother’s vampire novels.”—The Boston Globe on Dark Side of the Moon

 

 

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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.

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Product Details Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks (November 4, 2008) Language: English ISBN-10: 0312947062 ISBN-13: 978-0312947064 Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.1 x 1 inches Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (95 customer reviews) Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,066 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books) Popular in this category: (What's this?) #24 in  Books > Romance > Fantasy, Futuristic & Ghost This is item 17 in The Dark-Hunter Series.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews 73 of 80 people found the following review helpful: 2.0 out of 5 stars Waiting for my Old DH series to return, November 19, 2008 By  Betsy - See all my reviews I have loved Stryker's character since he first began in the series, but this book was a total let down. The series has become too full of otherworldly characters and lost that bit of human contact that made the series great. Now, every time one of the lead characters fall in love there is an easy out their HEA(Happily ever after for those unfamiliar) Stryker's heroine is his exwife from 11000 plus years ago and not worth my time she was so unlikeable. The fact that she tortured one of the characters Jared that we fans know is to be another Arc of the story was just a yawn we just went through that with Ash for years dealing with Artemis. War was the best part of the book and it became kind of bland in the end. There was a bit of interesting dynamic in which Stryker, Ash and Nick had to work together, but it was much too brief. Also, Savitar another character I adore basically got his whole HEA set up with the basic love/hate thing S.K. has started to make her central theme with what I am sure will be his relationship with Ash's mother Apollymi. There was promise but the story just seemed as if it was an after thought, as if the author, said, well since we are beginning a new section of the story let's just throw out the whole history of the series. Unlike others I personally adored the once great play between the Dark Hunters, Dream Hunters, Were Hunters and now even the baddies like Stryker, I'll base this on the male leads but it seems to me that it was much better when the women they came across weren't all superwomen who all knew Judo, Karate or could kick butt with the guys. I don't have anything against it but it's almost like I preferred the opposites attract angle she began the series with like in the first 6 or 7 books. Although there was the supernatural elements the heroine wasn't always perfect. They had depth and I loved to find out what happened next. In Stryker's story I found it hard to sympathize or even care of his relationship with Zephyra. Yes, they once loved each other and although a bad guy Stryker was always one to go by his Honor. But adding his HEA as a demonic hit woman for Artemis who keeps a slave to torture and do her bidding just was too unlikable for me. Even the similar story line from Devil May Cry where Ash finds out he has a daughter with Artemis and now we have Stryker finding out the same thing was a big yawn. All, I could think was how pitiful it was to read about the basic story of Ash's life. What would have been good? More of the history of Stryker that was mentioned the horrors that he went through. It was mentioned that he'd been torn apart or something similar and then never mentioned again, by who and when? And Zephyra yes they loved each other, but she can't forget or forgive what happened those 11,000 years ago? Just too much of nothing. There was not much empathy to the book at all which was so prevelent in previous books. Between Ash's miracle heroine Tori who became powerful too it's just too many easy outs for a series that was once wonderful with intrigue, twists and just a great spirit. It always made me happy to read a Sherrilyn Kenyon book because even though I am not those characters the women in the beginning were likeable and unique. One Silent Night like Acheron has fallen into what appears to be a fill in the blanks style of writing. A. Hero is this and can't have a human love interest for whatever reason. B. Female either is supernatural already or has to get great powers too. I am not against the Gods, Goddesses and other otherworldly creatures getting their happy ending but make it exciting, wonderful, not just a repetition of old ideas. Bad pun but bring back the magic. The days of Bride and Vane, Tabitha & Valerius, Grace & Julian, Zarek & Astrid, Talon & Sunshine and Kyrian & Amanda. 46 of 54 people found the following review helpful: 2.0 out of 5 stars What happened Sherrilyn?, November 12, 2008 By  Jazzy "Jazzy" (NYC) - See all my reviews I found this book a terrible read. Not a worthy addition to Sherrilyn's writing. She's introducing so many characters and so many wild explanations about what is occuring in her Dark hunter world that I can hardly keep up. How the heck is Nick a gallu demon clothnian, Malachi or whatever the heck he is. Things have gone just way to far off kilter even for Sherilyn's world. I realize that authors evolve, but man this is just ridiculous. I long for a good old fashioned dark hunter novel now or even a werehunter novel. Too many characters have crowded into Sherilyn's world. In this book, stryker, Ash's mortal enemy (aside from Nick) has found his soul mate some gallu demon woman from 11,000 years ago. (rolling eyes). More torture as Jared (yet another strange character) is beaten mercilessly for an unknown reason. I tell you, after this novel, I'm taking a break from Sherilyn's writing and perhaps she needs to as well. I read Ash's novel (I liked it except for the first depressing 400 pages of torture), and the novel before that with Simone a gallu demon and the introduction of the demon broker character. Now I can't keep up, too many characters, underdeveloped. No indepth story line. Something got lost in her journey towards the 'ever crazy'. I miss stories like Zarek, in my book, her best dark hunter story to date. Get back on track Sherilyn. 39 of 47 people found the following review helpful: 1.0 out of 5 stars I feel like I was just cheated out of six bucks..., November 4, 2008 By  J. Kollasch (Vadnais Heights, MN) - See all my reviews    I'm not going to go into a lot of plot detail because its been explained before, but I will warn you this, you have to have read at least 80% of the other books in the series in order to know whats going on. As it was I still couldn't remember half of the old plot details from books I've read in the past. If you've read any of the Dark Hunter Series before this you know that Stryker is the evil leader of the Daimons who once partnered with Apollomyi to destroy the human race and is now trying to become the ruler of the world. Son of Apollo but cursed to walk in the darkness like his Daimon brethren he is at the end of his desire to live. He summons War, a demon that does in fact cause War to break out, to kill both Acheron and Nick Gautier, two of his nemesis. In the meantime his ex-wife the equally evil Zephyra is asked by Artemis to kill him but he cons her into living with him for two weeks so he can win her back. The romance was lukewarm, the character of Stryker as a loving man seemed forced to me. Zephyra, the love interest was mean and cold, which should be a perfect match for Stryker the king of evil, but unfortunately she just seemed like a whiny, ungrateful brat. She also introduces several new characters and plot twists that just add more confusion to an already weird plot. I'm starting to have a hard time keeping up with all of the otherworldly beings and their powers and weird names they have, but maybe I'm just slow. Oh and did I mention that the book is only 310 pages long, which would usually take me a little while to read but it looks like she increased the size of the typeface and spacing to make the book seem longer then it actually is. In total it took me three hours to read, which makes me want my money back. I used to love the Dark Hunters but this book seemed like a forced effort to produce more novels rather than something that took time and heart to write. If this was the first book in a new series I wouldn't have even made the effort to finish the first half of the book. This may be my last Sherrilyn Kenyon novel, but being the stupid person that I am I'm sure I'll buy and read the next crap she produces. If you want to try a new paranormal series that is pretty interesting I would try Kresley Cole's "Immortals After Dark" series.		Most Recent Customer Reviews 1.0 out of 5 stars Don't Even Bother If it were possible to offer a review without giving any stars, I would. Unfortunately, I can't. Now, I've read every single book in Kenyon's Were-series, and she's one of my... Read more Published 17 days ago by Reading on my couch... 5.0 out of 5 stars Great culmination of past characters I read several reviews of this book before picking it up myself and based on those I wasn't looking forward to reading it, but I'm not one to leave out any book in a series. Read more Published 1 month ago by Theresa Griffith 3.0 out of 5 stars It was okay but not great! BEWARE SPOILERS AHEAD. Read at your own risk.... I've read all the books in order and I didn't think this one was great but it wasn't that bad either. Read more Published 2 months ago by kep 5.0 out of 5 stars One Silent Night To kill Acheron Parthenopaeus and Nick Gautier, Stryker, the Daimon lord and son of Apollo, revives War, the fiercest of the Machae -- the sprits of battle. Read more Published 2 months ago by M. Nix 3.0 out of 5 stars Forget the book, I'll just read the reviews I spent about a half hour in the middle of the night crackin' up from all of the reviews I've read on this book. Read more Published 2 months ago by Readsalot 3.0 out of 5 stars Repetitious Kenyon storyline I've been reading all Kenyon's Dark Hunter, Dream Hunter, etc books in the order that she recommends and it's becoming very repetitious. Read more Published 3 months ago by J. Heick 4.0 out of 5 stars I still like it Wow! It's pretty funny to read all the hating going on in the reviews. All those out there who complained about how evil Striker and his lady love are...umm... Read more Published 4 months ago by Neker 1.0 out of 5 stars Yet another let-down - and sells readers short Sherrilyn Kenyon needs to start reading the reviews here and doing something about her writing, or about this series. Read more Published 4 months ago by Dr W. Richards 4.0 out of 5 stars Aww C'mon, it's not so bad! Alot of reviewers for One Silent Night didn't think too much of this the latest Dark Hunter novel. I personally rather enjoyed it! Read more Published 4 months ago by Zeek 1.0 out of 5 stars Worst SK book so far I have enjoyed SK's books for years but this was just painful. I didn't even bother reading the last few chapters because I simply did not care. Read more Published 4 months ago by Kathy Bage Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews

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• Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks (November 4, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312947062
• ISBN-13: 978-0312947064
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (95 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,066 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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73 of 80 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Waiting for my Old DH series to return, November 19, 2008

By	Betsy - See all my reviews

I have loved Stryker's character since he first began in the series, but this book was a total let down. The series has become too full of otherworldly characters and lost that bit of human contact that made the series great.
Now, every time one of the lead characters fall in love there is an easy out their HEA(Happily ever after for those unfamiliar) Stryker's heroine is his exwife from 11000 plus years ago and not worth my time she was so unlikeable. The fact that she tortured one of the characters Jared that we fans know is to be another Arc of the story was just a yawn we just went through that with Ash for years dealing with Artemis.

War was the best part of the book and it became kind of bland in the end. There was a bit of interesting dynamic in which Stryker, Ash and Nick had to work together, but it was much too brief.

Also, Savitar another character I adore basically got his whole HEA set up with the basic love/hate thing S.K. has started to make her central theme with what I am sure will be his relationship with Ash's mother Apollymi.

There was promise but the story just seemed as if it was an after thought, as if the author, said, well since we are beginning a new section of the story let's just throw out the whole history of the series.

Unlike others I personally adored the once great play between the Dark Hunters, Dream Hunters, Were Hunters and now even the baddies like Stryker, I'll base this on the male leads but it seems to me that it was much better when the women they came across weren't all superwomen who all knew Judo, Karate or could kick butt with the guys. I don't have anything against it but it's almost like I preferred the opposites attract angle she began the series with like in the first 6 or 7 books. Although there was the supernatural elements the heroine wasn't always perfect. They had depth and I loved to find out what happened next.

In Stryker's story I found it hard to sympathize or even care of his relationship with Zephyra. Yes, they once loved each other and although a bad guy Stryker was always one to go by his Honor. But adding his HEA as a demonic hit woman for Artemis who keeps a slave to torture and do her bidding just was too unlikable for me.
Even the similar story line from Devil May Cry where Ash finds out he has a daughter with Artemis and now we have Stryker finding out the same thing was a big yawn. All, I could think was how pitiful it was to read about the basic story of Ash's life.

What would have been good? More of the history of Stryker that was mentioned the horrors that he went through. It was mentioned that he'd been torn apart or something similar and then never mentioned again, by who and when?

And Zephyra yes they loved each other, but she can't forget or forgive what happened those 11,000 years ago? Just too much of nothing. There was not much empathy to the book at all which was so prevelent in previous books.

Between Ash's miracle heroine Tori who became powerful too it's just too many easy outs for a series that was once wonderful with intrigue, twists and just a great spirit.

It always made me happy to read a Sherrilyn Kenyon book because even though I am not those characters the women in the beginning were likeable and unique.

One Silent Night like Acheron has fallen into what appears to be a fill in the blanks style of writing.
A. Hero is this and can't have a human love interest for whatever reason.
B. Female either is supernatural already or has to get great powers too.

I am not against the Gods, Goddesses and other otherworldly creatures getting their happy ending but make it exciting, wonderful, not just a repetition of old ideas.

Bad pun but bring back the magic. The days of Bride and Vane, Tabitha & Valerius, Grace & Julian, Zarek & Astrid, Talon & Sunshine and Kyrian & Amanda.

46 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars What happened Sherrilyn?, November 12, 2008

By	Jazzy "Jazzy" (NYC) - See all my reviews

I found this book a terrible read. Not a worthy addition to Sherrilyn's writing. She's introducing so many characters and so many wild explanations about what is occuring in her Dark hunter world that I can hardly keep up. How the heck is Nick a gallu demon clothnian, Malachi or whatever the heck he is. Things have gone just way to far off kilter even for Sherilyn's world. I realize that authors evolve, but man this is just ridiculous. I long for a good old fashioned dark hunter novel now or even a werehunter novel. Too many characters have crowded into Sherilyn's world.
In this book, stryker, Ash's mortal enemy (aside from Nick) has found his soul mate some gallu demon woman from 11,000 years ago. (rolling eyes). More torture as Jared (yet another strange character) is beaten mercilessly for an unknown reason.
I tell you, after this novel, I'm taking a break from Sherilyn's writing and perhaps she needs to as well. I read Ash's novel (I liked it except for the first depressing 400 pages of torture), and the novel before that with Simone a gallu demon and the introduction of the demon broker character.
Now I can't keep up, too many characters, underdeveloped. No indepth story line. Something got lost in her journey towards the 'ever crazy'.
I miss stories like Zarek, in my book, her best dark hunter story to date.
Get back on track Sherilyn.

39 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I feel like I was just cheated out of six bucks..., November 4, 2008

By	J. Kollasch (Vadnais Heights, MN) - See all my reviews

I'm not going to go into a lot of plot detail because its been explained before, but I will warn you this, you have to have read at least 80% of the other books in the series in order to know whats going on. As it was I still couldn't remember half of the old plot details from books I've read in the past. If you've read any of the Dark Hunter Series before this you know that Stryker is the evil leader of the Daimons who once partnered with Apollomyi to destroy the human race and is now trying to become the ruler of the world. Son of Apollo but cursed to walk in the darkness like his Daimon brethren he is at the end of his desire to live. He summons War, a demon that does in fact cause War to break out, to kill both Acheron and Nick Gautier, two of his nemesis. In the meantime his ex-wife the equally evil Zephyra is asked by Artemis to kill him but he cons her into living with him for two weeks so he can win her back.

The romance was lukewarm, the character of Stryker as a loving man seemed forced to me. Zephyra, the love interest was mean and cold, which should be a perfect match for Stryker the king of evil, but unfortunately she just seemed like a whiny, ungrateful brat. She also introduces several new characters and plot twists that just add more confusion to an already weird plot. I'm starting to have a hard time keeping up with all of the otherworldly beings and their powers and weird names they have, but maybe I'm just slow. Oh and did I mention that the book is only 310 pages long, which would usually take me a little while to read but it looks like she increased the size of the typeface and spacing to make the book seem longer then it actually is. In total it took me three hours to read, which makes me want my money back. I used to love the Dark Hunters but this book seemed like a forced effort to produce more novels rather than something that took time and heart to write. If this was the first book in a new series I wouldn't have even made the effort to finish the first half of the book. This may be my last Sherrilyn Kenyon novel, but being the stupid person that I am I'm sure I'll buy and read the next crap she produces. If you want to try a new paranormal series that is pretty interesting I would try Kresley Cole's "Immortals After Dark" series.