D'Alerian

I just finished re-reading The Dream-Hunter and I realized that D'Alerian is a character of mystery to me.  They say that he's the brother of Persephone and is actually the son of Zeus and D'Aria (one of the original Oneroi).  But other than that and his physical appearance, there isn't much else about him.

He's one of the characters I've been wondering about since I finished reading this book the first time and have looked forward to more Dream Hunter books in order to catch a glimpse of him.  To me, he seems to be more than just a dream-hunter and I wouldn't be surprised if it turns out that he was, since he's the son of Zeus after all.  I just wonder what his history is and how he can be so calm even though the curse is weakening.  There isn't much written about him at all.  He's like one of those characters that you see but you know nothing about. 

Plus you wonder what happened to him after Dream Warrior.  I really miss him and to be honest, I think the guy deserves his own book!!  Don't you?

No Mercy: Review

**Warning: there are spoilers in this review.  Please read at your own risk.  Thank-you**

After the battle that stripped it's limani status, Sanctuary re-opens, but is no longer protected by the laws of the Omegrion.

Dev Peltier is starting to second guess his place at Sanctuary.  With his parent's deaths and his sister mated, he no longer feels bound to the club.  When Dark-Huntress and Dog of War Samia Savage pulls up on her bike, everything changes inside Dev.  Despite the fact that both of them know that laws that govern their world will never allow them to be together.  But then again, rules were meant to be broken anyways.

Samia has fought the memories that haunted her for five thousand years.  Since the night that Daimons killed her family, she has regretted the fact that she was not able to protect them, especially because she was trained from childhood to be a hardened warrior. 

Stryker wants Sam to use her unique powers to find out once and for all how to kill Apollo and get finally quench his thirst for revenge against his father.  And now that Stryker's army have a new trick up their sleeve, it pretty much seems like the Dark-Hunters are royally screwed. 

Overall, I would have to say that this book was great, however, there were many parts were I would skip over just because it seemed repetitive or irrelevant.  Other than that, the story did flow very well and it kept the reader interested.  There were no overly drawn out scenes, everything was clean and sharp and to the point.  There were also a lot of things that I never expect at all (see the Jaw Dropping Moments list) and I can't wait to see what Ms.Kenyon has in store for us next time! 

Jaw Dropping Moments
-Ash and Tory's news...
-Sam's connection to Ethon
-Amaranda and Cael's reappearance
-What exactly happened the night Dev's brothers died
-How Apollo really feels about Stryker

Questions I really hope get answered (and things that I hope happen later on)
-What will Aimee and Fang's kids be like?
-Why exactly does Savitar want Thorn to leave Dev alone?
-Ethon gets a book and a happy ending. (Actually I'll take him if no one else minds)
-Chi and Takeshi get together.  (I only suggest that because they're both Asian and I think that might get interesting)

Seize the Night or Dream Hunter: When Exactly was Nick Cursed?

I was re-reading The Dream-Hunter and I remembered some sort of debate that argued over whether Nick was cursed during the events of Seize the Night or at the end of The Dream-Hunter.

In Seize the Night, Nick slept with Simi.  When Ash found out, he blew a gasket and cursed Nick to kill himself saying "if I were you, I would kill myself to save me the trouble of doing it later".  At the time, it was seen that this was what sealed Nick's fate, though the events of that night also played a part.  In order for him to get his act of vengance against the person who killed his mother, he had to be dead.  So he shot himself.

In The Dream-Hunter, M'Adoc gets brought to Ash at Kyrian's house after he freaked out over the situation with Arik and Geary.  Nick was leaving to go walk his mother home from work, Kyrian comments that Nick is going to be the death of her one day, but Ash, know Nick's devotion to his mother rebuttled, "I'd be the death of her before Nick would".  Ash then felt as if a chain of events was set in motion and it was going to screw him over at some point. 

With that, it makes the situation with Nick a lot more open to interpretation.  Did Ash curse Nick and Cherise six years before their deaths?  Did he curse Nick in Seize the Night?  Or was it just a really really messed up chain of events brought on by choices being interlinked?