Night Embrace

A Dark-Hunter Novel

By: Sherrilyn Kenyon

Narrated by: Carrington MacDuffie

Length: 13 hrs and 4 mins

Publisher's summary

The second installment in Sherrilyn Kenyon's bestselling Dark-Hunter series, Night Embrace.

As an ancient Celtic warrior, Talon made one giant mistake— he killed the son of the war god Camulus. In anger and outrage, Camulus cursed him—Everyone Talon loved would die a horrible death in front of his eyes. But when Talon's clan slaughters his young sister while he watches, powerless to stop them, he sells his soul for vengeance against them. Two thousand years later in modern-day New Orleans, as part of the bargain he made, he's now an immortal protector who keeps mankind safe from the creatures who would prey on them. A life he's happy with until he meets Sunshine—an offbeat artist who reminds him what it's like to really live. Unfortunately for both of them, it's Mardi Gras, and New Orleans is teeming with a complex plot of ancient gods, including Camulus, who are now out to re-conquer the world. The gloves are off and it's time for a rematch with Talon out to save everyone, including the artist who makes him insane.

Love in vein: listen to another Dark-Hunter novel.

©2008 Sherrilyn Kenyon (P)2008 Macmillan Audio

Critic reviews

“A wild, wicked delight!” —Nicole Jordan, bestselling author of Ecstasy

“Fun, fresh and fabulous! Sherrilyn Kenyon's imagination is a bright as her future.” —Teresa Medeiros, author of A Kiss To Remember

“By turns funny and touching...a compelling story that will make you laugh out loud. The gods haven't had this much fun since Xena!” —Susan Krinard, author of the Secret of the Wolf

Night Embrace: A Dark-Hunter Novel.

It is fascinating and completely different from the first book, and this has its uniqueness and style. The dark hunter by the name Talon was dominant in his own right, charged with protecting the human race from the demon that preys on human beings. Acheron Parthenopaeus as the guider and protector of the Dark hunters. Acheron did care for his hunters and always make a way to see that they are protected and save. Even when he knows the commitment that these hunters have giving or contributed. After falling in love, he finds a way to that allows or forces the hands of the goddess to give them back their soul. Allowing them to live their life with only that one woman that is for them. The soulmate also loves that the hunters are allowed and we're able to save their life and soul. I love this because of the lady called Sunshine in the life of Talon. Another aspect was the revelation of the life and secret about Acheron as a twin, and his twin hated his brother Acheron Parthenopaeus. Talon had been caused by a deity for killing his son and promise to take everyone he loved that meaning anything to him. Nevertheless, in the end, Sunshine's grandmother has also been one of the goddesses who were able to grand his life and protection. Without the gods, be able to hurt Talon any more again.

Beauty tames the Beast

What made the experience of listening to Night Embrace the most enjoyable?

I loved how the female lead was able to "tame" the male lead. She was able to bring him to the point where he could see how he could be loved and show him that he deserved to be loved.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Night Embrace?

There were some pretty sexy scenes in the book

What does Carrington MacDuffie bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

I liked the narrator. An audio book allows me to multi-task

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

All Sherrilyn Kenyon books give you that warm fuzzy feeling by the end of the book. I think that's why we read them

Any additional comments?

I love this series. I am only a few short of reading them all. Unfortunately, I haven't listed to many. I hope to resolve this in the future.

Wonderful

I love this series. This author is one of the best I have ever read.

talon's book is great

What made the experience of listening to Night Embrace the most enjoyable?

I love the dark hunters but Sunshine is the best. I could be her friend and have so much fun with her.

Don't like narrator

The narrator makes the women sound like whiny airheads with no brains in their heads.

Wow!!!

I am so delighted to have found this Author and Series.

Excellent story, excellent narrator, the story doesn’t drag along endlessly it cuts right to the chase!!!

So far the first 2 books in the series are pretty good, let’s see about book number #3.....

Very hilarious

Has the feel of modern life. I loved the humor in the conversations and it keep me wanting to finish. Very worth the time just to escape into a world of fantasy in these crazy times.

Good story, not so good narrator....

I accidentally started listening to book 6 of this series since it was titled "Warehunter Book 1" and fell in love with the story. Once I figured out there were more prior I wanted to get the back story for all the characters and world that I missed.

I have to say I enjoyed the story for the most part but I had a hard time with the narrator and her southern drawl. I could not stand Sunshine, I don't know if that was just how she was written or the voice the narrator used. I will say the narrator does change after book 2, so if you enjoy the story and world that's been created, hang in there, because the new narrator is sooooo much better.

Aside from the narrator, I really enjoyed the spin on vampires, gods and werewolves. It was an easy listen thou your typical insa-attraction you find in the genre. There are also some good steamy sex scenes so if that's not your thing steer clear. Overall worth a credit.

Other PRN books I think are fantastic are anything by Jeaniene Frost, Heather Hunter's Irin Chronicles (really beautifully written and narrated), Dianne Duvall's Immortal Guardian Series, Jacqueline Frank's Nightwalker Series, Nalini Singh's Guild Hunter Series, J. D. Tyler's Alpha Pack Series and Tessa Dawn's Blood Curse series (very dark take on vampires). Patricia Brigg's Alpha and Omega series is really good too, thou more just paranormal than a PRN, romance is subtle but totally worth a listen unless you require steam. Most of these are available in the Romance Package which is a bonus if you like to binge.

Excellent Series for anyone who loves SciFi and

excellent series for anyone who loves Scifi and Fantasy. I really like what sherrilyn kenyon has done.

Great story

What did you like best about this story?

Just enough historical facts to make it really interesting for a history buff. And the love story always makes for a nice book