Night Huntress (Otherworld / Sisters of the Moon, #5) by Yasmine Galenorn

Jan 19, 2010 Shera (Book Whispers) rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal-romance, ebook-second

When ever I pick up an Otherworld book I'm always surprised by how much I enjoy them. Each sister has a fun take on Galenorn's world. Camille is the eldest, then Dehilah, and finally Menolly. This book is from my favorite sister, Delilah, and stands as number 5. I love how the books transition from sister to sister. The plots always merge seamlessly, which is a good thing because there is a lot of plot.

I admit to having some doubts about Night Huntress. I just couldn't image how Galenorn would...more

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Nov 02, 2012 Sherie Davis rated it 4 of 5 stars

I'm really enjoying this series, it brings back the old days for me, when my girlfriends and I watched Charmed every week. I just have a couple gripes, but I'll admit they aren't keeping me from continuing to read these books. The first one is the over use of the expression "lucked out". Not only is it used too much but too many characters use it which to me makes them seem to have less of an individual voice. I also think it's a little weird how whoever is the narrator for the book is somehow t...more I'm really enjoying this series, it brings back the old days for me, when my girlfriends and I watched Charmed every week. I just have a couple gripes, but I'll admit they aren't keeping me from continuing to read these books. The first one is the over use of the expression "lucked out". Not only is it used too much but too many characters use it which to me makes them seem to have less of an individual voice. I also think it's a little weird how whoever is the narrator for the book is somehow the one in charge and just orders everyone else around. I don't know, it just doesn't feel very natural. Also, and this is the big one, what is the deal with the crazy fae lessons in the middle of an action scene? This happened in other books but this one really ran wild with it. Spoiler Warning! Like in the scene where they're scoping out the house with the demon flies they all just stop, without ensuring they were in any way secure, and get into it about various netherworld creatures. Seriously, if I were the bad guys I'd just take them out while they were having a lesson in the hallway. I think the author wanted us, the reader, to know the information they were dispensing, but there just had to be a better way to do that. I mean they were sitting there talking about their plan of attack in possible hearing distance of the enemy. And then they did it again in the cave later on. Poor planning. I think the author did something similar when they were in the Darkenwyrd (spelling?) forest, at one point Delilah tells everyone to be careful and warns them about how dangerous the forest is. When I read it, I was like ok, first you're on the way out of the forest now, so it seems a little late to be saying this, plus she's surrounded by more experienced individuals so the idea that she needs to warn them about anything is ridiculous. The only conclusion I can draw is that the author wanted me to know this (in case I hadn't gotten it already by all the previous discussion of how dangerous the forest was) so she had Delilah point it out, not cool. I did really still enjoy the book though.(less)

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Oct 30, 2012 Kathy Davie rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, urban

Fifth in the Otherworld / Sisters of the Moon urban fantasy series revolving around three unusual Fae sisters. The D'Artigo girls. This story is from Delilah's perspective.

My Take
What a load of crap! I really thought Galenorn was improving as a writer and Night Huntress has proved me wrong. Whatever happened to continuity? Oh, wait, I know what happened...this must be a dream sequence that Delilah is having. One in which she sees herself as brave and commanding. 'Cause it sure ain't the impressi...more

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Jul 30, 2012 Kristen rated it 5 of 5 stars

I just LOVE this series by Yasmine Galanorn!! She creates multi-dimensional characters and puts them into fully realized paranormal worlds filled with excitement, danger, love and family.

This book focuses on Deliliah, the werecat. She hasn't been my favourite of the sisters so far, but the character experiences a lot in this book and she grows up and matures and I liked her a lot more by the end.

The conflict between the Fae worlds and the mortal world continues, with the sisters and their allies...more

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May 19, 2011 Kim~Fantasy~ rated it 4 of 5 stars

OHHHH ohh ohhh...I could have killed Chase! Would have murdered him!! Won't give any details so that you all can read it for yourselves but OHHH! And yea if I was delilah I would just go for the Autum Lord, be your death madien...sure, carry your child at some point in the future sure....whoa nelly...I'll do those for mind blowing orgasms just from his breath on my lips,OH yes I will! But I do like Zach if I had to choose between him or Chase I would go for him...but thats just me! I liked that...more

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Mar 31, 2011 Ana Mardoll rated it 4 of 5 stars

Night Huntress / 978-0-425-22546-2

The fifth in the Sisters of the Moon series, "Night Huntress" places us once again in the point of view of middle sister Delilah, as she struggles to sort out her relationship issues in the face of an oncoming potential apocalypse.

Like the previous novel, "Night Huntress" contains a large dose of "middle-of-the-series" syndrome, as at least as much time (if not more) is spent dissecting Delilah's love life as if spent on the search for the spirit seals. This is...more Night Huntress / 978-0-425-22546-2

The fifth in the Sisters of the Moon series, "Night Huntress" places us once again in the point of view of middle sister Delilah, as she struggles to sort out her relationship issues in the face of an oncoming potential apocalypse.

Like the previous novel, "Night Huntress" contains a large dose of "middle-of-the-series" syndrome, as at least as much time (if not more) is spent dissecting Delilah's love life as if spent on the search for the spirit seals. This is tempered, however, by Delilah being a more sympathetic and realistic character to sink into, and the problems with her lovers (infidelity and love-vs-lust issues) are more complex and less quickly solved than her sister Camille's one-trick-pony solution to all her relationship problems.

Bravely, Galenorn shakes things up a bit by making the search for the spirit seal the focus of the first half of the book, instead of the second, with the actual climax combining both a demonic showdown and some relationship drama all mixed in together. This choice breathes some fresh life into a series that otherwise seemed destined to follow the same format verbatim: Introduction, Relationship Drama, Spirit Seal, Repeat. The new format also serves to characterize the sisters as distinctly proactive forces, no longer just reacting to the demonic activity as supernatural firefighters.

This freshness is somewhat undermined, however, in the constant struggle to move things forward for long time fans without leaving new readers behind. Of course, all authors want to be able to snag new readers at any point in the series, but "Night Huntress" crams in massive back-exposition and repetitive re-angst of all the difficulties that have gone before. Long-time readers of the series will no doubt become frustrated with the repetition - there's only so many ways to repeat the backstory of the previous four books, the childhood history exposition, and all the relationship drama that has gone before - and large swaths of the book feel like you're turning the pages to get to the actual *new* material.

Overall, though, "Night Huntress" is a solid addition to the series, and even better than the previous entry (which also suffered from "middle-of-the-series" syndrome), and if you've stuck with it this far, I'm fairly confident you won't be disappointed. Chase-shippers may be disappointed with the character development (derailment?) that occurs for him in this novel, and the resolution may stick a little as a bit of a Family Unfriendly Aesop, but the overall plot is excellent and will keep you coming back for more.

~ Ana Mardoll(less)

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Jan 29, 2011 Topher rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: modernfantasy, plain-old-fantasy

I like that this series is written as a collection of trilogies - with the narrator of each book being one of the 3 sisters. On the other hand, there isn't a whole lot that makes this series stand out in my mind from any of the other urban fantasy bordering on paranormal romance series out there. The women, of course, are beautiful - and with 3 of them as narrators, you get the curvy woman, the tomboyish one, and the vamp (literally, in this case). All of the men are dark and brooding, and somet...more

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Oct 06, 2009 Brandy rated it 3 of 5 stars

I still can't say that I'm hooked on these books..other than the fact that I bought all of them before I read the first one, but they have progressively gotten better. I find that Galenorn over explains and describes to a point that sometimes you can find yourself bored. When I find myself at that type of place in the book, I simply use my speed reading skills and go through it anyway just to make sure that I'm not missing something important. I'll say the same with this one as I did the previou...more

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Aug 01, 2010 Bethany C rated it 1 of 5 stars

I think I'm officially done with this series. I wasn't a fan of the last installment, and I didn't like this one at all. I kind of liked the ending, but that didn't save it. Things that used to just kind of annoy me here and there about the writing now make it barely readable to me. Like the author's tendency to stop explaining what's happening to give a complete run-down of what everyone's wearing down to the last detail. And cheesy lines like, "My sisters and I and a ragtag bunch of friends ar...more

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Jun 21, 2009 Falling Off The Shelf rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-2009

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Title : Night Huntress
Author : Yasmine Galenorn
Publisher : Berkley Publishing
ISBN : 978-0425225462
Series : Yes, #5
Rating : 4

From Booklist :

"Delilah’s not sure which is more troublesome, fighting demons or figuring out what’s bothering boyfriend Chase. As the war and love life grow more complicated, new threats emerge from Netherworld. One bit of good news: another Spirit Seal has emerged, and she, her sisters, and allies ha...more

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Mar 17, 2009 Johnny perez rated it 1 of 5 stars

I recommend this book, because its a cool book.The book is very interesting book to read.I liked the book because in some parts it was exciting.the book was about demons. the demons were trying to get the people.the demons were trying to hunt them down so they can take another spirit. the demons had took a spirit from them an they were trying to get it back. but then the demons were trying to take there life away. the demons could do someting to them an kill them right away. but later on in the...more

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Apr 01, 2013 Chibineko rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

There's just something about this series that keeps me hooked. I can't quite put my finger on it. This series has some serious flaws to it at times, one of which is the ongoing feeling that eventually it's going to stretch itself far too thin ala Anita Blake, at the cost of the enjoyment of the series as a whole. However Night Huntress is fairly good and so far, the slow release of overall plot development has worked in the series' favor.

Delilah is my second favorite character in the series apa...more There's just something about this series that keeps me hooked. I can't quite put my finger on it. This series has some serious flaws to it at times, one of which is the ongoing feeling that eventually it's going to stretch itself far too thin ala Anita Blake, at the cost of the enjoyment of the series as a whole. However Night Huntress is fairly good and so far, the slow release of overall plot development has worked in the series' favor.

Delilah is my second favorite character in the series apart from Menolly and as such, I'm inclined to like this more than I did Dragon Wytch. Part of what really made me love this book was how Delilah grew as a character. She's the innocent one of the trio and this book hammers home that there's no going back to her initial happy-go-lucky state from the beginning of the series. Delilah is forced to make one or two hard choices here, as well as deal with the inevitable relationship issues with her boyfriend Chase.

The story line here is fairly short and sweet. I'll admit that the audiobook narration helps this out greatly and I think I might have taken far longer to read this if left to the paperbacks. Campbell just does such an amazing job of capturing the voices and emotions that you can't help but get drawn in. She knows when to put just that slight bit of quavering into her voice in an emotional scene as well as various other emotions when the scene calls for it. Her accent for Iris is one of my favorite bits of the series as a whole, which makes me hope that we get an Iris centered novel just so we can have an entire book narrated in Iris's voice.

Overall this isn't a bad book. I occasionally got a little frustrated with how slow the book moved and I got especially frustrated that one of the bigger fight scenes wasn't shown "on stage" in the novel, but occurred when Delilah was passed out. I can understand why this was done to a point, but it doesn't completely eliminate my desire to see the fight. I'd recommend this for fans of the series, but this was one that I'm glad I got from the library. I wouldn't say that I'm sorry I listened/read it, but I don't know that it's one I'd re-read enough to warrant purchasing it.(less)

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Jul 29, 2009 Christine rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: series

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Apr 20, 2012 July rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012, audiobooks, fantasy, romance-paranormal, urban-fantasy

Do not read this book unless you have read the previous books in the series. If you haven't been following the series in order, you will have no idea what is going on.

Liked:
* I really enjoy the world of the books and it keeps getting richer with every book.
* I like the main characters, the D'Artigo sisters. They are complex, well-rounded people. They are also remarkably well-adjusted emotionally, but I think that's because they have each other for support. It's nice to have that kind of family d...more

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Feb 19, 2012 Michelle Tempted By Books rated it 4 of 5 stars

I really wanted to give this book a three star because I wanted to slap Delilah for her reactions to Chase. I also wanted to slap both of her sisters for their advice. In the long run I guess I have to go with four because I was on the edge of my seat waiting to see what would happen next. So far I can say that of all the sisters I think I have found Delilah to be my favorite. In this book I can also say that more than any other component of the storyline was the relationship with Chase. From th...more

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Nov 23, 2011 Apps *๒l๏๏๔ ๏ภ เςє* rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: inhuman-books-vamps-weres-etc, i-actually-liked-these-books

Curse me! curse me! curse me!
Okay, first let me tell you that I've read this book before any of the others in this series and am totally off balance about what the story is about. But since I pretty much never read series in the order it is , not knowing what happens before doesn't bother me much. Anyway, unlike other paranormal stories it doesn't follow any one creature race , but instead has every creature you can think about and more. I mean seriously, Were-killerwhale??? Zeus and Hera comin...more

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Mar 05, 2011 Ana Mardoll rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Night Huntress / 978-0-425-22546-2

The fifth in the Sisters of the Moon series, "Night Huntress" places us once again in the point of view of middle sister Delilah, as she struggles to sort out her relationship issues in the face of an oncoming potential apocalypse.

Like the previous novel, "Night Huntress" contains a large dose of "middle-of-the-series" syndrome, as at least as much time (if not more) is spent dissecting Delilah's love life as if spent on the search for the spirit seals. This is...more Night Huntress / 978-0-425-22546-2

The fifth in the Sisters of the Moon series, "Night Huntress" places us once again in the point of view of middle sister Delilah, as she struggles to sort out her relationship issues in the face of an oncoming potential apocalypse.

Like the previous novel, "Night Huntress" contains a large dose of "middle-of-the-series" syndrome, as at least as much time (if not more) is spent dissecting Delilah's love life as if spent on the search for the spirit seals. This is tempered, however, by Delilah being a more sympathetic and realistic character to sink into, and the problems with her lovers (infidelity and love-vs-lust issues) are more complex and less quickly solved than her sister Camille's one-trick-pony solution to all her relationship problems.

Bravely, Galenorn shakes things up a bit by making the search for the spirit seal the focus of the first half of the book, instead of the second, with the actual climax combining both a demonic showdown and some relationship drama all mixed in together. This choice breathes some fresh life into a series that otherwise seemed destined to follow the same format verbatim: Introduction, Relationship Drama, Spirit Seal, Repeat. The new format also serves to characterize the sisters as distinctly proactive forces, no longer just reacting to the demonic activity as supernatural firefighters.

This freshness is somewhat undermined, however, in the constant struggle to move things forward for long time fans without leaving new readers behind. Of course, all authors want to be able to snag new readers at any point in the series, but "Night Huntress" crams in massive back-exposition and repetitive re-angst of all the difficulties that have gone before. Long-time readers of the series will no doubt become frustrated with the repetition - there's only so many ways to repeat the backstory of the previous four books, the childhood history exposition, and all the relationship drama that has gone before - and large swaths of the book feel like you're turning the pages to get to the actual *new* material.

Overall, though, "Night Huntress" is a solid addition to the series, and even better than the previous entry (which also suffered from "middle-of-the-series" syndrome), and if you've stuck with it this far, I'm fairly confident you won't be disappointed. Chase-shippers may be disappointed with the character development (derailment?) that occurs for him in this novel, and the resolution may stick a little as a bit of a Family Unfriendly Aesop, but the overall plot is excellent and will keep you coming back for more.

~ Ana Mardoll(less)

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Dec 14, 2011 Lindsay rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: adult-fantasy

This was the fifth installment in the Otherworld series. It was from Delilah's perspective, which by far is one of my favorite of the D'Artigo sisters. This book has some strange twists in it. For Delilah some good and some really bad, there is the fourth seal that is found and need to be recovered. Chase muttering another's name in his sleep! And oh what a s*** pickle she's getting into with the Autumn Lord. Then Karvanak has returned and with it causing huge trouble! Delilah will have to save...more

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Jul 10, 2009 Gaby rated it 5 of 5 stars

Spoilers!!!

I thought this book was excellent, and I think of all the sisters I like Delilah the most. I'm really interested in how the Death Maiden aspect plays out. That should make for excellent storyline development.

However, for the love of Bast :) why oh why does Delilah love Chase??? Because he's an FBH like her mother or what?! Especially with the reason for Chase's embarrassing ill-behavior: because he's just a pig! His betrayal had been going on for weeks, yet Delilah suddenly forgives C...more

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Aug 13, 2009 Donna rated it 4 of 5 stars

The half-fae D�Artigo sisters continue their hunt for the spirit seals in order to prevent the demonic forces opening a gate for demons to pour into Earth. At the same time they are helping in the civil war between the fae in the Otherworld.
This segment focuses on Delilah and her relationship with Chase, her human detective boyfriend. Chase is acting different and his ex-fiancee is back in town.
This series balances between an action focus and a romance focus. For people who want more than a pr...more

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Mar 03, 2009 Emily rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: romance

She STAYED with her horrible boyfried! Bad book.

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Aug 07, 2012 April rated it 2 of 5 stars

I recently picked up a copy of this 5th book in the Sisters of the Moon series and I have to report, much about this character hasn’t changed.

Delilah D’Artigo (if you haven’t read this series before) is a part human, part Fae, werecat. Who, along with her two sisters ( Camille – who’s a witch and Menolly - a Vampire) are in the battle for all of our lives. Demons led by an evil commander named Shadow Wing are trying to open a door between their world and the other worlds with the intention of en...more

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Jan 01, 2011 Yolanda Sfetsos rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: urban-fantasy

Talk about an awesome read - this is another one! I absolutely loved every minute of this story and totally lost myself in what was going on. Delilah and her sisters are once again thrown into an array of impossible situations trying to ensure that all of their friends stay safe, and the demons don't beat them to the Spirit Seals. Awesome!

Although Delilah goes through a bunch of negative situations, she's at least able to get her heart in order and even gets an answer to one of the questions hou...more

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May 08, 2010 Sharon Malcolm rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal-fantasy

I think I've finally worked out the things that annoy me about this series, because the premise is quite interesting, yet it just doesn't grab me as I think it should. First, it's the way everything is explained, in fact everything is over-explained. Too much explanation and too little action. Something as simple as hearing the dog bark next-door, and we have to know about the breed of dog, the personality, if it goes for walkies, the fact that it sometimes does its business in the wrong yard, w...more

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Mar 31, 2009 Rhianna rated it 4 of 5 stars

The D'Artigo sisters are back for the fifth time with werecat Delilah to tell the story. With four previous stories there's a lot of background that has lead us up to this latest adventure. In short the three sisters have come to Earth from their home in Otherworld, have become Earth's protectors from the demons of the Sub-Realms and made some interesting friends and enemies along the way. Delilah was marked by the Autumn Lord in Changeling. Becoming his only living Death Maiden she has gained t...more The D'Artigo sisters are back for the fifth time with werecat Delilah to tell the story. With four previous stories there's a lot of background that has lead us up to this latest adventure. In short the three sisters have come to Earth from their home in Otherworld, have become Earth's protectors from the demons of the Sub-Realms and made some interesting friends and enemies along the way. Delilah was marked by the Autumn Lord in Changeling. Becoming his only living Death Maiden she has gained the ability to shapeshift not just into her little tabbycat form but into the form of a panther. But having a new form isn't really a gift it's part of her new job. Sending Delilah on a special mission he lets her know he has plans for her, one in particular she may not be sure she is ready for.

Meanwhile, Karvanak, the nasty demon the sisters have faced before, has kidnapped Chase (Delilah's full blooded human boyfriend) to use as a hostage. He wants the fourth Spirit Seal in exchange but there's no way in hell the sisters are willing to risk their homes for the life of one man. It's up to them to find a way to rescue Chase, protect the fourth Seal and destroy Karvanak before the tables get turned.

Bah! I really was hoping for another story I would love as I had the last two. Unfortunately, Night Huntress just fell short in several ways. For one, the storyline direction that the author took with Chase and Delilah's relationship felt unnecessarily random. For fans who have liked their relationship this change may be a disappointment. Once again the author had her characters doing a lot of conflict-meets-instant-solution type plotting which left me frustrated because I enjoy seeing characters struggle to come up with a good plan or needing some outside power to guide them to the right solution. There was a lot of talking when it wasn't suited to the scene and over-description to the point of beating dead horses at times. When there's too much "what should we do?" going on in the middle of a fight it bogs the action down.

While those things definitely frustrated me there were many good parts of the book as well. Carefully sprinkled throughout are important little additions to the story that serve to help the many different sub/side stories move forward. Finding out what's happening with the civil war in OW and hints about Menolly's vampire group strengthen to plot of the series. The list of secondary characters in this series has gotten a bit overloaded (in my opinion) but again some of those serve important purposes.

Night Huntress is definitely not my favorite of the series so far but it was by no means awful.(less)

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Jan 12, 2009 Julie (jjmachshev) rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2009-reads

Yasmine Galenorn's world settles in a bit with "Night Huntress". She doesn't introduce any new characters in this latest novel of her 'Sisters of the Moon' series, but instead she expands the parameters and relationships of the middle sister, Delilah. While Delilah's first book "Changeling" was more about the sisters' overall mission and Delilah's romance, this book is about Delilah coming to terms with her non-humanity and what that means to her lover. I found the book fascinating from that per...more

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Oct 18, 2010 Zaanodes rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: a-yasmine-galenorn, s-sisters-of-the-moon, dtb

Don't ask me why I keep reading these. They are kind of a filler when I am out of 1st reads and can't find any thing else to get. But that is one stupid reason to spend money on something! Ah, well.

I really like the premise of the stories. I don't care for the delivery that well. I guess I would have to say that I do want to see what happens...if only I didn't have to read the "Whaaa????" (all those annoying pieces and inconsistencies that just boggles the mind) to get to the 'what happens'.

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Mar 04, 2009 Sarah rated it 1 of 5 stars Recommends it for: no one i'm acutually angry that i paid for it

maybe because i haven't read the other books in the series is why i didn't like it but i think it was just a bad book. the action was less than satisfying the characters might as well not have know each other at all there is no connection, no common bond. after 230 excruciating pages i finally gave up reading every word and decided to just skim the ending to satisfy my need of completing everything i start. the ending was more predictable then the toppings on a peperoni pizza i mean it was unins...more

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Sep 18, 2010 Devon rated it 3 of 5 stars

Okay so Delila isn't my favorite character. But mostly because she cant really get it through her head that their at war and in war there must be death. I mean its like she understands it but she really hates and she shows it. Now maybe its just me but I don't think your supposed to show that you hate fighting whilst in a fight. but overall I liked the book and how Delilah's character seems to be developing.

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Nov 01, 2011 Jacque rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: cats, contemporary, fantasy, female-heroine, supernatural, urban-fastasy

I thought this book was okay. I like the characters a lot, just not the story. To be fair I've kind of skipped around in the series and maybe reading some of the others would round it out some. I have the hardest time trying to envision humanity on earth just accepting vampire bars, fairy queens and all the rest. How that came about being would probably be a more enticing story for me.

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