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Book Recommendation: One Silent Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon

[digg=http://digg.com/arts_culture/Review_Sherrilyn_Kenyon_s_One_Silent_Night]It makes sad to say this, but I fear that the Dark Hunter series has jumped the shark. It should have ended with Acheron. But here we are reading Stryker’s story in One Silent Night.

The book is well-written, and Kenyon seems to be enjoying the changes to the rules of her world that Acheron allows her. The characters’ motivations match their history, and the development of some of the minor characters is interesting. It makes me sad that I didn’t like this book more than I did.

Stryker’s story doesn’t have the same pull as the other Dark Hunters’ and Were Hunters’ stories. And Stryker is the type of male character that I absolutely hate–the kind who forces the object of his affection to love him. I much prefer the stories that involve longing and misunderstandings, not the ones where the uber-alpha male keeps a woman against her will for two weeks until she loves you. It was hard to care about the romance.

I do not recommend that you read this book unless you are waiting with bated breath for Fang’s story and need to make sure you get all of the background characters’ and mytharc development. Or if you are one of those people who just can’t stop reading a series once they start. I’ll probably read Fang’s book, Bad Moon Rising, but I don’t think I will rush to do it as soon as it comes out. I have a hard time saying goodbye to characters I have grown to care about–I did watch season 7 of Gilmore Girls, after all.

It’s too late for Sherrilyn Kenyon, but I much prefer my stories end on top rather than when they have beaten every inch of life out of the characters and the world. What about you? Which book or TV series dragged on way too long? Which ended just right? Which ended too soon?