This is the 2nd book in Kenyon’s Dark-Hunter series. Talon is a 1500 year old Celt who’s cursed by the God Cumulus that anyone he loves will die. Therefore, he’s lived the last millennium in solitude, doing his duty as a Dark-Hunter to save the human population from Daimons. Sunshine Runningwolf is an artist, with the soul of his long-dead wife, who just may be able to save Talon’s soul, and break his thousand-year curse in the process.

I liked this book a bit better than Night Pleasures, the first in the series. Though some of the same things that bugged me about Night Pleasures still plagued me here as well. For instance, mostly towards the beginning of the book, Kenyon would drag on an on about how gorgeous Talon’s body was, how sculpted his pecs, saying the same thing over and over and over…. Those parts read like some sappy romance novel to me and I find my mind wandering. I remember thinking, like I did with the first book, that if this didn’t stop, I was putting down this book and not picking up any more in the series.

Fortunately, after the first 100 pages or so, the author must figure we’ve got the picture: Talon is a hottie! Okay, enough already! I guess you can’t say that she doesn’t develop her characters well… I just think it’s a bit too well sometimes, and a bit too syrupy. But once all that has stopped, you can really get into the meat of the rest of the story, and the danger stalking Talon and Sunshine through the streets of New Orleans during Mardi Gras.

Unlike Night Pleasures, which left me unsure as to whether or not I want to continue reading this series, this one left me wanting more. :)

The story of Talon and Sunshine Runningwolf, actually the first one I read months ago in a raid of a friend’s shelves and the first instance I fell in love with this series.
Talon is a celt and is still haunted by the death of his wife and sister, literally in the case of his sister. When he rescues Sunshine and gets run over by a float little does he realise what’s going to happen next.

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9/10 Stars
Second in the Dark Hunter series. Talon is a 1500 year old celt who is the ultimate loner until he meets Sunshine, an artist who just might be able to save his soul. Beautifully written and we get to know a bit more about the Dark Hunter’s leader Acheron.