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Retribution (Dark-Hunter, #16; Were-Hunter, #8)
by Sherrilyn Kenyon
by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Jacqueline's review
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Oct 12, 11
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Read from August 14 to 17, 2011, read count: Once
As always...WOW! Sherri, yet again, has amazed another fan with another new release! Of all the male characters Sherrilyn Kenyon has ever written, William Jessup Brady has to be the most unique, if for no other reason than the sheer loveability and fun loving attitude of his personality. And, Abigale was just plain amazing. I always find something fascinating in each of the DH heroines and Retribution was no exception. Paired together, these two characters were fun to read from prologue to epilogue. The dynamic of the characters astounded even I!
The plot of this novel was so interesting, and best is described as a story which brings all of its characters full circle, but with untold future events to follow later in subsequent books. I don't doubt many who have read Retribution will say the plot was lacking in a conclusion. However, having seen what lies in store for the 2012 summer Dark-Hunter release, I think it might be safe to say Retribution was intended to be a prequel of sorts for the book Time Untime. What's more, considering the fact that our amazing Author Goddess is re-exploring the Native American subtext and Parthenon, Retribution is eased but action-packed.
Overall, yet another entertaining story with rich characterization, action-filled excitement, and passionate romance!
The plot of this novel was so interesting, and best is described as a story which brings all of its characters full circle, but with untold future events to follow later in subsequent books. I don't doubt many who have read Retribution will say the plot was lacking in a conclusion. However, having seen what lies in store for the 2012 summer Dark-Hunter release, I think it might be safe to say Retribution was intended to be a prequel of sorts for the book Time Untime. What's more, considering the fact that our amazing Author Goddess is re-exploring the Native American subtext and Parthenon, Retribution is eased but action-packed.
Overall, yet another entertaining story with rich characterization, action-filled excitement, and passionate romance!
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Quotes Jacqueline Liked
“They say the road to Hell is paved with good intentions. In the case of William Jessup Brady, it’s been hand carved with a lever-action Henry rifle over his shoulder and a Smith & Wesson six-gun strapped to his hip.’ – Solace Walters”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“You have twenty-four hours, horseguy, to kill your betrayer any way you see fit and to take your revenge. Make them count. Oh, and know that you can’t let daylight touch you. If you do…Well, you don’t want to die without your soul. It’s highly unpleasant. Sometime in the next few days, a man named Acheron Parthenopaeus will find you and teach you everything you need to know about being a Dark-Hunter. If you’re smart, you’ll listen to him. Welcome to the madness.” – Artemis”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“Sundown…you don’t understand. It’s–” – Andy
“I get it, kid. Case you haven’t noticed, Dark-Hunters are on almost as many menus as humans are. Having something trying to kill us is about normal. Now, why you more flustered than a preacher in a whorehouse?” – Sundown”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“I get it, kid. Case you haven’t noticed, Dark-Hunters are on almost as many menus as humans are. Having something trying to kill us is about normal. Now, why you more flustered than a preacher in a whorehouse?” – Sundown”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“There’s a human out there who is killing off Dark-Hunters, and someone needs to stop them.” – Andy
“Well, that’s just plain rude.” – Sundown”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“Well, that’s just plain rude.” – Sundown”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“And my mama drowned the dumb ones. I hear everything you’re saying. There’s a group of Buffys thinking we’re the bad guys. Ain’t my first rodeo, pup. It’s been happening so long, they were called Helsings long before your daddy was a gleam in your granddaddy’s eyes. Thank you, Hollywood and Stoker for that. Not like being undead didn’t suck before. They just made it worse for us by cluing the rest of the world in that we exist. Now every goth with a thirst for immortality is cruising for us, begging us to bite them, and turn them. Did I ever tell you about that time when–” – Sundown
“Sundown! I–” – Andy
“You need to check that tone, boy. Remember, I used to kill people for a living, and I ain’t been up long enough to have much tolerance right about now. Knock it down a notch before I forget that I’m supposed to actually like you.” – Sundown”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“Sundown! I–” – Andy
“You need to check that tone, boy. Remember, I used to kill people for a living, and I ain’t been up long enough to have much tolerance right about now. Knock it down a notch before I forget that I’m supposed to actually like you.” – Sundown”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“Fine, but answer me this.” – Andy
‘Dang, when had the kid turned into the Riddler? He should have curtailed all those Batman reruns when Andy was a boy.’ – Sundown”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
‘Dang, when had the kid turned into the Riddler? He should have curtailed all those Batman reruns when Andy was a boy.’ – Sundown”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“I’m turning into an old woman. Might as well start knitting and bitching about soap operas, gas prices, and rude drivers.” – Sundown”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“And here I thought I was being stealthy.” – Ren
“With that girly caw you let out? Did a frog crawl down your throat and die, or what?” – Sundown”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“With that girly caw you let out? Did a frog crawl down your throat and die, or what?” – Sundown”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“You better be glad I like you.” – Ren
“I am indeed, for I have seen how you throw a knife and it is truly awe inspiring.” – Sundown”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“I am indeed, for I have seen how you throw a knife and it is truly awe inspiring.” – Sundown”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“Got to say, dying would really wreck my best day. Been there, done that, and now that I think about it, Artemis forgot to give me the t-shirt.”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“Pulling out his daggers, he kept them in his sleeves, just in case he happened upon someone who wouldn’t understand why a tall, dark-haired man wearing really dark sunglasses and unseasonably warm clothing would be armed to his fangs. Really, Officer, I was trying to protect humanity by killing these things that suck human souls out to live past their twenty-seventh birthday just didn’t cut it. Why no one would believe that, he couldn’t imagine. Really, the audacity of modern courts and judges.’ – Sundown”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“You have no idea. I had them contained here for a while. Unfortunately, they escaped.” – Sin
‘That figured, and it was just like he feared. Suck City Limits was looming in the headlights. He should have known better than to take a detour from Normality.’ – Sundown”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
‘That figured, and it was just like he feared. Suck City Limits was looming in the headlights. He should have known better than to take a detour from Normality.’ – Sundown”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“They can make more of themselves. That was bad enough. Then the Daimons realized they can feed on the gallu.” – Sin
“Why do I have a feeling this is really about to piss me off?” – Sundown”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“Why do I have a feeling this is really about to piss me off?” – Sundown”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“And one bite, and I’m their slave?” – Sundown
“Exactly.” – Sin
“And who thought this would be a good idea?” – Sundown
“Don’t get me started. There are idiots in all pantheons. Some days, I think the Sumerians had more than their fair share, and I only hope the idiocy is congenital and not something contracted later in life. Otherwise, I’m even more screwed.” – Sin”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“Exactly.” – Sin
“And who thought this would be a good idea?” – Sundown
“Don’t get me started. There are idiots in all pantheons. Some days, I think the Sumerians had more than their fair share, and I only hope the idiocy is congenital and not something contracted later in life. Otherwise, I’m even more screwed.” – Sin”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“You know it might help if you’d actually told all of us about them before we run across them. Had you not shown up just now, I’d have been locked in a useless game of Whac-a-Mole, trying to kill them with a knife through the heart. I could have been gallu Daimon kibble. Really not cool, Sin.” – Sundown”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“No one wanted to spontaneously combust into flames, especially not in traffic.’ – Sundown”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“Yes, sir?” – Sundown
“Is there a problem?” – Officer
‘Uh, yeah. You people are bugging the shit out of me when I need to be rocketing home.’ – Sundown”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“Is there a problem?” – Officer
‘Uh, yeah. You people are bugging the shit out of me when I need to be rocketing home.’ – Sundown”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“It’s not what you think, Z. Turn on those god powers and use them. I am not responsible for her knowledge of nothing.” – Sundown
“Impressively screwed-up syntax there, Cowboy. Glad I could follow it…Sort of. As for the powers, don’t really have time to scan her and I really don’t give a shit. Rather kill her and save myself the expended energy for something I might actually enjoy…like picking my pose.” – Zarek
‘Ew. Someone was socially awkward.’ – Abigail”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“Impressively screwed-up syntax there, Cowboy. Glad I could follow it…Sort of. As for the powers, don’t really have time to scan her and I really don’t give a shit. Rather kill her and save myself the expended energy for something I might actually enjoy…like picking my pose.” – Zarek
‘Ew. Someone was socially awkward.’ – Abigail”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“Think, bud. Fierce immortal who likes to gamble in Sin’s casino, wear tacky shirts, and watch anime.” – Zarek
“Old Bear?” – Sundown
“Give that boy a biscuit. He finally got it.” – Zarek”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“Old Bear?” – Sundown
“Give that boy a biscuit. He finally got it.” – Zarek”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“Some fool beheaded him around one A.M.” – Zarek
“Are you talking about the Native American Dark-Hunter stationed here?” – Abigail
“Say you didn’t.” – Sundown
“Kill him? Fine. I didn’t…but I did.” – Abigail”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“Are you talking about the Native American Dark-Hunter stationed here?” – Abigail
“Say you didn’t.” – Sundown
“Kill him? Fine. I didn’t…but I did.” – Abigail”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“Oh yeah, this was bad. The kind of bad they made horror movies out of. In fact, he’d rather be naked in a zombie flick with no ammo or shelter, coated in brain matter and wearing a sign that said COME GET ME, than face what they were going to have to face now.’ “Honey, let me give you a quick lesson. Just ’cause someone’s a few centuries old and fanged, doesn’t make them a Dark-Hunter.” – Sundown”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“What are you people talking about?” – Abigail
“Nothing important. Just the end of the world as we know it, and for the record, I don’t feel fine. Neither will you when it all comes slamming down on your head.” – Zarek”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“Nothing important. Just the end of the world as we know it, and for the record, I don’t feel fine. Neither will you when it all comes slamming down on your head.” – Zarek”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“You’re telling me that Acheron, my boss, the really tall Atlantean pain in most of our asses, actually authorized the killing of a human?” – Sundown
“I can see your confusion. It is highly out of character for him. But since she’s been killing off Hunters…I guess he figures it’s tit for tat. Or maybe he’s just having a really bad day.” – Zarek”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“I can see your confusion. It is highly out of character for him. But since she’s been killing off Hunters…I guess he figures it’s tit for tat. Or maybe he’s just having a really bad day.” – Zarek”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“You’re seriously not joking?” – Sundown
“Really? How many more times are you going to ask me that? I could be on a beach right now with my wife, son, and daughter, baking in the sun while they frolic and play. Am I? No. I’m here, and I want nothing more than to yank you around with bullshit ’cause this gets me off more than my wife running in a bikini.” – Zarek”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“Really? How many more times are you going to ask me that? I could be on a beach right now with my wife, son, and daughter, baking in the sun while they frolic and play. Am I? No. I’m here, and I want nothing more than to yank you around with bullshit ’cause this gets me off more than my wife running in a bikini.” – Zarek”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“You are not sacrificing me…to anything.” – Abigail
“You started this, babe. The choice is simple. Either you die alone, nobly like a good sport, or the entire world dies with you, which I don’t think they’d appreciate much. So put on your big-girl pants and own up to what you and your stupidity caused. It’s Joe Versus the Volcano time. But in the end, I don’t give a shit what you do. With the exception of the cowboy there and my family, I hate people with a passion that makes your feelings for Jess look like a schoolgirl crush. Lovely thing about my current situation, I’m truly immortal. You annihilate humanity and the world…I’m still good. So whatever you decide, it won’t affect me personally. I would say you’re the one who’ll have to live with the guilt. But either way, you’re dead. Whatever. I delivered my message. My job here is done, and I need to get back to the one that I’m still not sure how I let them talk me into doing – which is even weirder and scarier than the Dark-Hunter gig. Jess, call me if she wusses, and I’ll make sure you survive the holocaust.” – Zarek”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“You started this, babe. The choice is simple. Either you die alone, nobly like a good sport, or the entire world dies with you, which I don’t think they’d appreciate much. So put on your big-girl pants and own up to what you and your stupidity caused. It’s Joe Versus the Volcano time. But in the end, I don’t give a shit what you do. With the exception of the cowboy there and my family, I hate people with a passion that makes your feelings for Jess look like a schoolgirl crush. Lovely thing about my current situation, I’m truly immortal. You annihilate humanity and the world…I’m still good. So whatever you decide, it won’t affect me personally. I would say you’re the one who’ll have to live with the guilt. But either way, you’re dead. Whatever. I delivered my message. My job here is done, and I need to get back to the one that I’m still not sure how I let them talk me into doing – which is even weirder and scarier than the Dark-Hunter gig. Jess, call me if she wusses, and I’ll make sure you survive the holocaust.” – Zarek”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“He flipped the channel to another view of the scorpions swarming over a road downtown toward people who were screaming and running to get away from them.’ “Welcome to the apocalypse. Ain’t she pretty?” – Sundown”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“He had fangs. So what? Plenty of things not a Dark-Hunter have fangs, including Hollywood actors and kids playing vampire. You should have checked his membership card before you attacked. Good grief, what if you’d run across a Masquerade group?” – Sundown”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“You can’t kill me with a bullet, darling. You’ll just piss me off.” – Sundown
“Maybe, but shooting you might be fun. And while I might not be able to kill you, I sure could ruin your social life.” – Abigail”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“Maybe, but shooting you might be fun. And while I might not be able to kill you, I sure could ruin your social life.” – Abigail”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“What are you doing here?” – Sundown
“Zarek sent me in, just in case.” – Sasha
“’Cause shit rolls downhill.” – Sundown
“Yeah, and what upsets Z gets my ass kicked. Have I ever told you how much it chafes me that Astrid gave that psycho bastard god powers? I swear I go to bed every night with the one desire to rip out his throat, and I don’t even live with them anymore. Sad, isn’t it?” – Sasha”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“Zarek sent me in, just in case.” – Sasha
“’Cause shit rolls downhill.” – Sundown
“Yeah, and what upsets Z gets my ass kicked. Have I ever told you how much it chafes me that Astrid gave that psycho bastard god powers? I swear I go to bed every night with the one desire to rip out his throat, and I don’t even live with them anymore. Sad, isn’t it?” – Sasha”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“Now, that’s my boy you’re talking about, and I don’t want to get crossed up with you, Sasha. But you keep that tone and attitude about him, and we will.” – Sundown
“Sorry. I forget you and Ash are weird enough to actually like him. No accounting for taste.” – Sasha”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“Sorry. I forget you and Ash are weird enough to actually like him. No accounting for taste.” – Sasha”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“And you must be the cause of this disaster.” – Sasha
“I didn’t do anything.” – Abigail
“She’s in denial.” – Sundown
“Cool. We can feed her to the coyotes then, and I can go back to Sanctuary and continue scoping out this amazing brunette who keeps coming in with her friends.” – Sasha”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“I didn’t do anything.” – Abigail
“She’s in denial.” – Sundown
“Cool. We can feed her to the coyotes then, and I can go back to Sanctuary and continue scoping out this amazing brunette who keeps coming in with her friends.” – Sasha”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“Speaking of friends…why did our new coyote buddies run from you?” – Sundown
“I’m that badass.” – Sasha
“Seriously.” – Sundown
“O ye of little faith. You doubt my rep? My skills?” – Sasha
“And your brains.” – Sundown”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“I’m that badass.” – Sasha
“Seriously.” – Sundown
“O ye of little faith. You doubt my rep? My skills?” – Sasha
“And your brains.” – Sundown”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“My people have a saying. Kirha tahanahna ditari sukenah. To deny the presence of the sun doesn’t escape its blister. I admire your loyalty. But sometimes you have to face the truth, even when it hurts.” – Choo Co La Tah”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“The past is gone and tomorrow is at best a maybe. Live for this moment because it may be all you’ll ever have.” – Choo Co La Tah
“What are you? A fortune cookie writer?” – Abigail”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“What are you? A fortune cookie writer?” – Abigail”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“Respect must be earned, Ren. Not demanded. A questioning mind is the most cherished resource man has and the rarest.” – Choo Co La Tah”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“Why is the wolf always the one who’s drafted?” – Sasha
“The wolf is the one who is most rested.” – Choo Co La Tah
“What? You want to toss logic into my emotional outburst? Where’s the fairness of that?” - Sasha”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“The wolf is the one who is most rested.” – Choo Co La Tah
“What? You want to toss logic into my emotional outburst? Where’s the fairness of that?” - Sasha”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“You have no idea how much it bothers me to know that I was the man she meant to kill tonight and now I have to protect her.” – Ren
“Yeah, well, she tried to kill me, too, and I got over it.” – Sundown”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“Yeah, well, she tried to kill me, too, and I got over it.” – Sundown”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“I’m not as good as a man as you are, Sundown. I find it hard to give an enemy my back under any circumstance.” – Ren
“Oh, I didn’t say I was giving her my back. I’m not lacking all my noodle sense. But I’m not holding a grudge neither. Sometimes you just got to let the rattlesnake lay in the sun.” – Sundown
“Men? You do know I’m standing in this little box with you and can hear every word?” – Abigail
“We know. I merely don’t care.” – Ren”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“Oh, I didn’t say I was giving her my back. I’m not lacking all my noodle sense. But I’m not holding a grudge neither. Sometimes you just got to let the rattlesnake lay in the sun.” – Sundown
“Men? You do know I’m standing in this little box with you and can hear every word?” – Abigail
“We know. I merely don’t care.” – Ren”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“What are you doing?” – Abigail
“We tore my room up, remember? I don’t want to sleep with a big hole over my head. Plaster or something might fall down and scare me enough, I could scream like a woman and humiliate myself. I definitely don’t want to do that with Sasha in the house. He’d laugh at me forever, and I’d have to skin him.” – Sundown”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“We tore my room up, remember? I don’t want to sleep with a big hole over my head. Plaster or something might fall down and scare me enough, I could scream like a woman and humiliate myself. I definitely don’t want to do that with Sasha in the house. He’d laugh at me forever, and I’d have to skin him.” – Sundown”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“Don’t apologize. My ma used to say that crying is good for you. Tears are the path that free your mind of sorrowful thoughts.” – Sundown”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“You must be Andy.” – Abigail
“Yeah, and if you hurt Jess, so help me, I will hunt you down to the farthest corner of hell and make you wish to God you’d never breathed air.” – Andy”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“Yeah, and if you hurt Jess, so help me, I will hunt you down to the farthest corner of hell and make you wish to God you’d never breathed air.” – Andy”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“You greet everyone this way?” – Abigail
“No. I’m usually very nice. But you…you have no idea how much effort it’s taking for me to kill you where you stand.” – Andy”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“No. I’m usually very nice. But you…you have no idea how much effort it’s taking for me to kill you where you stand.” – Andy”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“I’m not going to argue with you. Don’t like you enough to bother.” – Andy”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“You’re right, pup. So I’ll be sending you over to the Ishtar for sin to babysit until I get back. That’ll make sure nothing bad happens to you.” ‘Now, that was a nice shade of indignation mottling the boy’s skin. Quite impressive, really. If he were a tea kettle, he’d be whistling like a train.’ – Sundown”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“You take the air. I’ll get a bike. And you–” – Sundown
“Have an app. Track her down, get my car back, and beat the hell out of her…In that precise order.” – Andy”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“Have an app. Track her down, get my car back, and beat the hell out of her…In that precise order.” – Andy”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
“Acheron always says that our scars are there to remind us of out pasts, of where we've been and what we've gone through. But that pain doesn't have to drive or determine our future. We can rise about it if we let ourselves. It's not easy, but nothing in life ever is." -Sundown”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Retribution
Reading Progress
| 08/14/2011 | page 134 |
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34.0% | "Sherri, darling, you're a writing-goddess!" |
| 08/17/2011 | page 255 |
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64.0% | "The Summer DH release is ALWAYS the highlight of my year, and this book is proving its epicness with every chapter!" |
| 08/18/2011 | page 303 |
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77.0% | "Am PURPOSEFULLY forcing myself to take this slow...Wait all year for this awesomeness and I'm going to treasure it!" 1 comment |
