Dark Side of the Moon, Sherrilyn Kenyon
Dark Side of the Moon
Dark Hunter Book 9 by Sherrilyn Kenyon
reviewed by cfmom Lisa
Susan Michaels was the hottest reporter on the Beltway Beat until she walked into a setup that ruined her reputation. Now she’s working for a small Seattle paper, penning stories about killer moths and alien babies, convinced that her life couldn’t get any worse…That was before an idea for a breaking news piece brought her to a local animal shelter where she ends up listening to her source rant about vampires and gets coerced into adopting a cat despite her allergies. But when her new pet suddenly reveals himself to be a gorgeous–and lethal–shapeshifter, Susan realizes that there’s far more at stake than a career-saving by-line.Born into a world of predators, Were-Hunter Ravyn Kontis was betrayed by those he loved best. Soulless, pitiless, he has spent three hundred years battling the Daimons who seek to subjugate humankind. Against all odds, Susan evokes in Ravyn feelings of tenderness. Desire. Love. And with the ultimate battle about to begin, this one very human woman holds the power to shatter both their worlds…
Well, Dark Hunter fans we have a change of pace in this book. Our Dark Hunter hero is Ravyn Kontis. Not only is he a Dark Hunter, he is also a Were Hunter – a leopard in fact. Betrayed by his human mate, Isabeau, he returns from a hunting party to find that she led her human clan to his village where they slaughtered all the women and children. Because Isabeau was responsible for this destruction, Ravyn’s father and brothers kill him in retaliation. Ravyn, blaming himself for the tragedy, doesn’t even fight back as his own blood family kills him without mercy. With his last breath his soul cries out for vengeance, drawing the attention of Artemis who, intrigued with Ravyn’s spirit, decides to make him a Dark Hunter. Fast forward to modern day Seattle and Ravyn finds himself in the middle of a war between the Dark Hunter and Daimons only this time there are humans helping the Daimons. What fresh hell is this? Dark Hunters are being killed and Ash is nowhere to be found. Is this finally the end of Ravyn’s long existence?
Enter Susan Michaels, a reporter with a penchant for finding herself in situations that are less than desirable. She works for a tabloid newspaper after a scandal destroyed all her credibility in the real news world. Leo, her boss, is a college friend and as it turns out is a squire for the Dark Hunters. Leo’s tabloid paper helps keep the Dark Hunters under wraps, so when Leo sends Susan on an assignment to investigate the musing of an angsty college student blogger he never expects her to cross paths with someone from the Dark Hunter world. Life never seems to work out the way we expect it to, does it?
Susan visits her best friend, Angie, on the way to check out a story for her boss. Angie’s husband, Jimmy is a police detective that believes there is a conspiracy involving the disappearance of several college kids. The meeting with Angie was a ruse to get Susan to hear Jimmy’s theories before he leaves town in fear of his own life. To continue the ruse, Susan agrees to adopt a cat, which she is allergic to, only to get him home and see him change into a man. A very angry, gorgeous, powerful man. From that moment on, Susan finds herself in the middle of a supernatural war that she would’ve never believed possible.
I like this coupling. Susan is spicy and smart and everything that Ravyn likes in a person, even is she is allergic to him which makes for some comedic moments. We get appearances from Ash, Stryker, mentions of Hurricane Katrina, Savitar, and Nick finally comes back into the story. Boy, you want to talk about anger issues? That Cajun boy has them in spades and he’s out to kill Ash. Doesn’t that just play into Stryker’s hand perfectly? Oh yes, my friends, lots of juicy details in this fast paced, action filled book. A great installment in the Dark Hunter series with a huge build up for future books. Cael, anyone? I’m dying to see how that plays out.
I’d give this book four out of five moons: 
Until next time,
~Lisa
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