Not bad…I mean that in the good way, not the “whatever” kind of way. Night Embrace is about Talon who we me in Night Pleasures. He’s a good kind of guy and all Celtic. Ooooooo, how I love me a Celtic chieftain gone rogue.
Is the book sizzling hot? Did it chase me around the room screaming I want choo mama?
Not exactly.
This definitely reads as a transition book. It feels like you’re being set up for a lot of something else. That’s good because we know there’s more good stuff coming, but it does overload the senses a bit.
In this book we meet Zarek, Valerius, learn about two segments of the Katagaria, get some dish on Acheron, and have a gang load of new main character fodder for upcoming books.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining exactly. I don’t want you to think the book sucks, I just want you to understand some of you might get bogged down and all of you will need a score card to get through the who’s who of this series.
But a score card you will need, maybe a few charts and some colored markers. Hey, I could use a trip to Office Depot.
I loves me some office supplies.
But let’s hop that crack in the concrete for a moment. What else is wrong or right about this book?
Like so many romance novels, you’ll have to deal with the romance formula. I think I might beat that one to death, but it’s true and it’s real. So once again, if you can’t stomach the saccharine love a romance novel delivers go read some Stephen King to get your horror fix.
Better yet, munch on some Kim Harrison for a more general style. You’ll get some of this romancey stuff, but more in a Laurel K. Hamilton groove, but definitely more sophisticated than Hamilton can deliver.
I’m not here to do a Laurel K smackdown, but since I mentioned her let me say this.
“You’re a keen write Ms. Hamilton. I loved the vamp thing, but you lost me when you recycled Anita’s office for your fey chick. I’m not twelve and there is far too much sex for this to be written for teens. So please, don’t insult me by recycling your hash. You could have made her a bartender or something. That would have been more interesting.”
Umm okay…..I guess I have a few issues. I will jot that down for my next office visit.
So we were talking Kenyon and Night Embrace. Let’s cut to the chase.
Buy it.
Read it.
You’ll have to to get to book four, Dance with the Devil. Uh, I won’t mention the next main characters similarities to Wards’ Zsadist, nope, no slavery here, no scars and no bad attitude. Uh, no, no, no resemblance at all. Zarek. Zsadist. Hmmmm….
Okay, there is. I wonder who came first? Not sure it matters though, different worlds, different stories.
Hey didn’t I just yell at Laurel for recycling? Hey aren’t romance formulas recycling?
Yes to both, but you know recycling a genre is one thing, recycling yourself is just tacky.
Ouch.
I’m saying all of this with the notion I’ll never be famous cuz man if I get published and have to shake hands with any of these bitches I’m toast.
Let me say this before I continue to pretend focusing on Night Embrace.
There is nothing wrong with making money and if you have to recycle to send the pups to college, then do it. I know if I’m ever handed some 5 or more digit checks, I’d do it. Hell give me ten thousand I will eat whip cream off your dirty underwear.
Ew.
Oh yeah, the book.
Night Embrace also lets us get to know Sunshine from previous books better. Yes, the flighty artist who can’t seem to remember anything. Initially I was almost offended by this stereotype, but Kenyon eased up and Sunshine because a character not an overused sketch of one. (Ha, ha sketch. I have so little to be proud of…)
Talon himself is his own cliché, but a mother fucking hot one. You can cliché me over and over again with this hot stud. Ooooooooh, yeah, a little over to the left baby!
Shoot. I really need to focus.
The best part of this book is the integration of past and present. That’s all I can really say about Kenyon’s spin on this couple. The predicament brings up some real questions that real couple will have. So, despite all the fantasy based super hunter shit going on, it’s got some reality threaded in there. Some.
Yay for reality!!!!! Yay for some!!!!!
All in all, I felt for the characters. I was concerned about them and best of all I liked them. It doesn’t matter if you’ve walked the path before, the scenery is different and man do I really love to look at it. So like I said, buy it, read it. I’m out. Read happy.
© 2008
Is the book sizzling hot? Did it chase me around the room screaming I want choo mama?
Not exactly.
This definitely reads as a transition book. It feels like you’re being set up for a lot of something else. That’s good because we know there’s more good stuff coming, but it does overload the senses a bit.
In this book we meet Zarek, Valerius, learn about two segments of the Katagaria, get some dish on Acheron, and have a gang load of new main character fodder for upcoming books.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining exactly. I don’t want you to think the book sucks, I just want you to understand some of you might get bogged down and all of you will need a score card to get through the who’s who of this series.
But a score card you will need, maybe a few charts and some colored markers. Hey, I could use a trip to Office Depot.
I loves me some office supplies.
But let’s hop that crack in the concrete for a moment. What else is wrong or right about this book?
Like so many romance novels, you’ll have to deal with the romance formula. I think I might beat that one to death, but it’s true and it’s real. So once again, if you can’t stomach the saccharine love a romance novel delivers go read some Stephen King to get your horror fix.
Better yet, munch on some Kim Harrison for a more general style. You’ll get some of this romancey stuff, but more in a Laurel K. Hamilton groove, but definitely more sophisticated than Hamilton can deliver.
I’m not here to do a Laurel K smackdown, but since I mentioned her let me say this.
“You’re a keen write Ms. Hamilton. I loved the vamp thing, but you lost me when you recycled Anita’s office for your fey chick. I’m not twelve and there is far too much sex for this to be written for teens. So please, don’t insult me by recycling your hash. You could have made her a bartender or something. That would have been more interesting.”
Umm okay…..I guess I have a few issues. I will jot that down for my next office visit.
So we were talking Kenyon and Night Embrace. Let’s cut to the chase.
Buy it.
Read it.
You’ll have to to get to book four, Dance with the Devil. Uh, I won’t mention the next main characters similarities to Wards’ Zsadist, nope, no slavery here, no scars and no bad attitude. Uh, no, no, no resemblance at all. Zarek. Zsadist. Hmmmm….
Okay, there is. I wonder who came first? Not sure it matters though, different worlds, different stories.
Hey didn’t I just yell at Laurel for recycling? Hey aren’t romance formulas recycling?
Yes to both, but you know recycling a genre is one thing, recycling yourself is just tacky.
Ouch.
I’m saying all of this with the notion I’ll never be famous cuz man if I get published and have to shake hands with any of these bitches I’m toast.
Let me say this before I continue to pretend focusing on Night Embrace.
There is nothing wrong with making money and if you have to recycle to send the pups to college, then do it. I know if I’m ever handed some 5 or more digit checks, I’d do it. Hell give me ten thousand I will eat whip cream off your dirty underwear.
Ew.
Oh yeah, the book.
Night Embrace also lets us get to know Sunshine from previous books better. Yes, the flighty artist who can’t seem to remember anything. Initially I was almost offended by this stereotype, but Kenyon eased up and Sunshine because a character not an overused sketch of one. (Ha, ha sketch. I have so little to be proud of…)
Talon himself is his own cliché, but a mother fucking hot one. You can cliché me over and over again with this hot stud. Ooooooooh, yeah, a little over to the left baby!
Shoot. I really need to focus.
The best part of this book is the integration of past and present. That’s all I can really say about Kenyon’s spin on this couple. The predicament brings up some real questions that real couple will have. So, despite all the fantasy based super hunter shit going on, it’s got some reality threaded in there. Some.
Yay for reality!!!!! Yay for some!!!!!
All in all, I felt for the characters. I was concerned about them and best of all I liked them. It doesn’t matter if you’ve walked the path before, the scenery is different and man do I really love to look at it. So like I said, buy it, read it. I’m out. Read happy.
© 2008
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