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"The shear genius behind the wit and writing still amazes me"

Acheron Parthenopaeus is the famed leader of the Dark Hunters. He is respected, feared, mysterious, and secretive to the extreme. He knows everything about everyone yet few know anything about him. He is tall, dark and to see him is to want him. Despite looking twenty-one, he has an unimaginative depth of knowledge and compassion. The mad, bad, and immortal theme doesn't even begin to cover Ash.

Acheron, the book, is actually two books in one cover. The beginning takes you back to ancient Atlantis where Ash's life began. Cursed by his own father, a god, to die, his mother tries to protect him by sending him into the human world to live as one of them. Little did she know the pain and suffering he would be made to live with there. For those that have followed the Dark Hunter series, the beginning of this book is not the typical sarcastic, dry witted, up tempo books we are used to. It is honest straight, forward, and blunt. The things that happened to the man we have come to adore over the years were horrific and they are depicted as such. That being said, personally I'm glad the Mrs. Kenyon wrote it this way because to have made light of it would have in so many ways ruined it and taken away the importance of Ash's past and the way it has shaped the being he has become. The second part of the book brings us back to present day and is in every way a Dark Hunter novel. The dry sense of humors are back in full force and will have you laughing out loud despite trying not to look insane in a crowd. The shear genius behind the wit and writing still amazes me and I've been following the series for years now. The stroke of genius over the Sprite scene astounds me and I will never be able to look at a Sprite again without bursting into laughter.

The book introduces us to many new characters that are setting us up for the next part of the series, but for those that have read it, many of our favorites make appearances also. The book is actually the 25th in the series if you count all the anthologies and shorts from the other books. Can it be read before the other books? Sure. Should it be? No. There is no way you can fully appreciate the being that Ash has come to be without seeing him in action in the other books. This is the longest book in the series and well deserving of it. Ms. Kenyon hits another home run with Acheron, a book more than worth the time it takes to read. I waited in line for about four hours to get this book and don't regret it in the least.

Reviewed by Amy Parker
Posted August 31, 2008

A Dark-Hunter Novel

**2008 PEARL WINNER - BEST OVERALL PARANORMAL ROMANCE**

**2008 PEARL WINNER - BEST MAGICAL/FANTASY ROMANCE**

**A PNR Reviewer Top Pick**

From the world of the Dark-Hunters comes the most anticipated book to date...

Eleven thousand years ago a god was born. Cursed into the body of a human, Acheron endured a lifetime of hatred. His human death unleashed an unspeakable horror that almost destroyed the earth. Brought back against his will, he became the sole defender of mankind.

Only it was never that simple...

For centuries, he has fought for our survival and hidden a past he never wants revealed. Until a lone woman who refuses to be intimidated by him threatens his very existence.

Now his survival, and ours, hinges on hers and old enemies reawaken and unite to kill them both.

War has never been more deadly... or more fun.

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