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Sep 14, 2010

Julie (Mom2lnb) rated it:

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"3.5 stars" I know that the Dark-Hunter series is an extremely popular one, and after reading and thoroughly enjoying Fantasy Lover, the prequel, I truly thought that the series would become a favorite of mine too. Unfortunately, I have yet to be completely sucked in by it. The next two stories in the series both suffered from some of the same problems, and for me, Night Embrace has followed in their footsteps. While there were some things that I really li More...

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Oct 22, 2011

♥ Sarah ♥ rated it:

Like every other night Talon is enjoying his chicory coffee and beignets at his favorite coffee shop in New Orleans. Or at least he's trying to, when he has to go after some Daimons who seem to be prowling after an unsuspecting woman. After fighting them and saving the woman he runs off to get away from her, in order to keep her questions and suspicions down. But what he doesn't suspect is to be run over by a Mardi Gras float. After passing out, Sunshine takes him to her loft to let him sleep it More...

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Sep 02, 2008

Miss Kim rated it:

They just keep getting better! This is Talon's story. I really like him and feel his pain through the entire book. Sunshine is ok--a little spacey--but not too bad. Its Mardi-Gras and Acheron has to call in reinforcements to handle the extra daimons that will be out during the festival. He sends for Zarek,the psycho, who has been basically banished to Alaska for hundreds of years. Zarek comes off as a bad ass you don't want to mess with, but I liked him. There were moments when you could More...

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Jan 02, 2011

May rated it:

It wasn't bad actually... but it also wasn't a great read. What I said about the first book, stands for me:

I have been told by so many that I would LOVE this author + that the earlier books in this series are gold... so I had to check it out. Here's my verdict:
1. Don't like this world. It just doesn't make sense to me. To be in this "dark hunters" club you have to have had such a F'ed up life/betrayed/etc. that when you die you catch the goddesses notice and she turns More...

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Nov 22, 2011

Myvampfiction rated it:

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*Warning: possible spoilers ahead.*

Night Embrace is book two in the Dark Hunter series by Sherrilyn Kenyon. Let me start off by saying this book is action packed from the get go.

Talon and Sunshine's story isn't just about Talon and Sunshine. This book really draws the reader into the world that SK has created. There are pissed of Greek Gods that are looking to make some trouble to regain their Godhood - of course. When aren't those pesky Gods tr More...

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Mar 20, 2011

Aimee (Fiction Fool) rated it:

My experience with this series is that most of the books are painfully annoying and difficult to finish. I found the first two books in this series only slightly entertaining. I started seeing annoying similarities and patterns to the series by the second book. Now the third book is repeating these same similarities and cookie cutter patterns to an irritating degree.

The authors dialogue is lacking and there is overuse of adjectives and specific phrases. Like the repetitive use of " More...

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Oct 01, 2008

Angie rated it:

I said that the last book, Night Pleasures, was possibly my favorite in the Dark Hunter series (so far, I’m attempting to go back and read them ion order). The next book, Night Embrace, is my least favorite so far (unless we’re counting the Dream Hunter offshoot).

While it normally takes me a day or two to finish one of these books, I spent five days slogging through the first half of Night Embrace. I got a little more than halfway through today, and it finally picked up so that I cou More...

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Sep 23, 2010

Jacqueline rated it:

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Mar 12, 2009

Jodz rated it:

I can always trust that I am going to enjoy Kenyon's writing. It is brilliant and Night Embrace was no exception.

Night Embrace is the story of Dark-Hunter Talon and Artist Sunshine.
Sunshine is a beautiful character. I love her wittiness and how laidback/easy going she is.

I found the middle rather slow and i really hate when that happens... seemed like it dragged on in parts. The ending was worth it though.

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Sep 09, 2011

Titis rated it:

Hmmm ngiler sama rumahnya Talon yang dijaga buaya :P
Baru ngeh kalo Acheron cool banget. Lucu pas Acheron sama Nick lagi ke bar, eh dianggap gak cukup umur ampe disuruh nunjukin ID nya hahahahaha...

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Nov 03, 2011

Debora rated it:

Ogni libro è migliore del precedente ed i personaggi sempre più interessanti. In questo caso vediamo contrapposti Talon, colui che non provava nulla, e Sunshine, colei che provava troppo. Per entrambi è attrazione immediata ma per quanto Talon cerca di rimanere freddo e scostante, Sunshine invece è un vulcano in piena eruzione. Carismatica, divertente, sbadata, sbarazzina, divertente e determinata. Lei vive per i suoi quadri e per l'emozioni della vita, lui vive per sopprimere i sentimenti in og More...

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Sep 27, 2011

Romantika rated it:

Sono in tremendo ritardo dall'uscita di questo libro, ma per la verità dopo kyrian è passato un bel po' di tempo e Talon non mi ispirava proprio per nulla. Ricordavo questo ragazzone solitario e nudista (non se ricordavo bene :D ) che non mi attirava per nulla..e poi quella storia della palude beh fatto sta che ogni volta che lo guardavo li in libreria storcevo il naso..

Con l'uscita di Zarek mi son decisa a darmi una mossa e messi da parte i pregiudizi ho finalmente letto questo libro.

Diciamo c More...

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Jan 11, 2012

Kyra rated it:

Talon a Celtic tribal chieftain as a human had a miserable life where he got punished for the forbidden marriage of his parents, lost everyone he loved, got betrayed by his own people and cursed by the war god Camulus. He became a dark hunter after accepting the offer by Artemis and came out a perfect warrior with his power and the ability to bury his emotions. For 500 years he had been the unfeeling and clearheaded dark hunter, protecting humans and indulging in meaningless one night stands un More...

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Nov 15, 2011

Fangs for the Fantasy rated it:

Talon is a Dark Hunter. Sworn follower of Artemis, he hunts down the soul devouring daimons that plague the world from his base in New Orleans.

And it's a major job. Mardi Gras is coming, which always attracts the daimons in droves. And to make things harder, the Dark Hunters who are supposed to be backing him up loathe each other – and him – making it even harder for them to work together than it usually is.

And there is an additional threat far above and beyond daimons. The C More...

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Nov 14, 2011

Reading rated it:

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One of my favorite things about the Dark Hunter Series is the incorporation of Greek Mythology (along with other pantheons) into Paranormal Romance. Night Embrace is alive with this mythology. Throw in my favorite Louisiana holiday, Mardi Gras, and a hot Celtic warrior, and there is no way this one can go wrong. Talon and Sunshine are two of my favorite characters from the Dark Hunter world. Sunshine was More...

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Sep 13, 2011

Videlia rated it:

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Aug 23, 2011

AnEyeSpy rated it:

Listed as #2, chronologically more like #4 <Abandon shelf> "Night Embrace" (Dark Hunter 2 supposedly) by Sherrilyn Kenyon seems to start in the middle. Name-dropping never encourages me into a series, even gods and goddesses. Artemis is a boss who relocates a Greco-Roman psycopath to help a hot immortal Celt from 558 AD fight vampires "Daimons" during present-day Mardi-Gras. Styxx is an immortal who wants to die, so gets involved in a plot where Dionysius uses a parade More...

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Apr 04, 2011

Pat rated it:

This book has immortals and gods along with vampires(called Daimons),werewolves and shapeshifters along with other assorted creatures. Set in New Orleans it starts with an immortal Dark Hunter and the hero of the book, Talon, saving Sunshine, the heroine from an attack by Daimons. In the process he's run over by a Mardi Gras float which means Sunshine must save him. Both the hero and heroine are strong characters and they have much to go through as they find they are soul mates bound together th More...

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Mar 22, 2011

Sylvie rated it:

So I'm 100% sucked into the Dark Hunter series. No wonder readers hailed it as the paranormal series before paranormal became 'normal'. :P Sherrilyn Kenyon has a very easy writing style - she keeps you engaged with her relaxed, immediate prose. She doesn't do purple prose, nor does she keep it so simple that you feel like you're reading a children's book. I may be more used to writers from before, because the newer urban-fantasy writers just don't do it for me (with exception to Karen Marie Moning More...

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Nov 29, 2010

Peep (Pop! Pop!) rated it:

This one was about Talon. To be honest, I don't remember that much because I read this a few days ago and have read a few books since then. I liked Talon. He wore leather and he wasn't afraid to fight. You know I always like that in my manly man characters.

I wanted more of the psycho bad guy! Woot! Is it wrong to say I love the creepy crazies? But I do love an angry Acheron even more – both of what I got here. And I LOVED the parts with Valerius, Zarek, Talon and Ash. Hahaha. That w More...

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Nov 28, 2010

Rachel rated it:

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Oct 19, 2010

Bookaholics rated it:

Night Embrace by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Paranormal Romance – September 14, 2010
4 Stars

Talon was once a Celtic war chief who sold his soul to Artemis for vengeance. Now, Talon is an immortal Dark-Hunter, who protects humans from the Daimons and other scary supernatural creatures. But one night, Talon meets Sunshine, a quirky artist, whom he feels a deep connection with. For fifteen hundred years, Talon has forced himself to not get attached to anyone, but unwittingly, Sunshine br More...

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Oct 18, 2010

Nina rated it:

This Dark Hunter book satisfied the itch and also took place in one of my favorite story locales: New Orleans. This one starred Talon, who we met in the last book, and from the moment he answered the door of his swamp shack in the buff in Kyrian's book, was a character I wanted to get to know better. So when this one started out with him enjoying his chicory coffee and beignets, I wanted to know more. Then the Mardi Gras float came flying down the street and Sunshine came into his life. And now More...

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Oct 06, 2010

Vixenne rated it:

My only problem with this book is that I don't picture Talon with blonde hair. I see him as a hulky redhead in leather and tattoos. That's the image and I'm sticking with it!!!

Other than that, this book only proves that Ms. Kenyon has created a world that will leave you breathless and wanting to spend a lot of time in New Orleans. I am definitely going to find Sanctuary (if you don't know what I'm talking about, read the books).

I liked the character of Sunshine Runningwo More...

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Aug 27, 2010

Telma rated it:

Resumo: Talon é um Predador da Noite de origem Celta que está satisfeito por ser quem é. Mas, uma noite, ele cruza-se com Sunshine e tudo muda. Ela surpreende-o quando, após uma tarde apaixonada, ela não lhe pede para ficar com ela, como todas as mulheres faziam. E ele percebe que não a consegue esquecer. Mais tarde eles percebem porquê: ela é a reencarnação do seu amor há muito desaparecido e eles são almas gémeas. há no entanto uma maldição que os impede de ficar juntos, que acaba por ser queb More...

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Mar 05, 2009

Felicia rated it:

UUUUGH. Well, not really hooked on this series anymore. I dunno man, there's a weirdness to this I don't understand. These dudes are supposed to be amazingly powerful, but they seem to have the emotional maturity of a 17 year old. YOu live 1000 years and still are this obtuse? Weird pop culture references, the plot was pretty meandery, and wtf all these basketball-tall white dudes wearing leather are wandering New Orleans and no one notices? Every one of these books the dudes get taller and More...

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Aug 14, 2011

Kate rated it:

Now, this novel was a lot better than the last one.
The lovestory was once again good, but this time different. Not only the plottwist with Sunshines heritage at the end, but right from the start on, because of Sunshines unique-ness. Getting Nynya back was also nice, because it put the love to a whole new level. It's also alwaysnice to read a bit more of the couples who were the main topic in the novels before; to see Kyrian and Julian again, to show the deep friendship between the "old More...

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May 04, 2011

Liza rated it:

This is my first book that i truly understand what a Dark Hunter is. Truly but not completely. Before i read another book of "Dark Hunter", I though that it only had a few Dark Hunters because of how Acheron said that Talon is the only one he could trust!

What i like the most in this book is the attitude of Sunshine! I really loved how she saw a Daimon and took his chin and said: "Do you know that you have a beautiful face?"! But she only admired the structure of his More...

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Aug 06, 2010

Ni_kii rated it:

Hmm...after reading infinity I decided to get into this series. I read Julains book first and then got this one. I have to say I liked it but I didnt love it

After reading a lot of paranormal romance I have to say Im kinda getting used to the layout of these books go. Immortal, tortured, leather clad man seeks end of boring existance but then meets some gorgeous nubile hottie and after severaL complications they get a HEA. The main unique point of these books is the interferance from More...

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Jan 18, 2010

Leah, Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle Yeah rated it:

I think this is one of my favorite Dark-Hunter books so far. I already loved Talon from the other books I read about him in, but this book made me appreciate him even more. I have to say, I think Sunshine was hilarious, especially with the way she was always forgeting things. I was surprised to find that Sunshine's grandma was an ancient Celtic goddess, though. I was very happy that Vane and Fang showed up in this book, and I have now decided that I adore Fang. He was very hilarious to me, and V More...

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