And the Fire is Lit....Again

Today, I got Sherrilyn Kenyon's August newsletter and I realized that it was the first one I've read in I don't know how many months.  When I saw that another hunter is getting his book in 2011, the fire started in me  I couldn't believe how long it's been since I got really really excited about a book at all to be honest. 

I remember first picking up this series.  I was working in a bookstore and my best friend/co-worker told me that if I liked romance novels, I would like Fantasy Lover.  She went over to the romance section, grabbed it and let me read the back cover.  It was unlike anything I've ever read in my life.  And when I saw the front cover, well let's just say that Julian (okay, fine, the model they used for Julian) sealed the deal.  Well, at the time, I was in my second year of college and I didn't want any distractions.  I just ended up buying all the mass market paperback copies of each novel available at the time - just so you know how many I bought, at the time, the next book coming out was Dream Chaser - and saved them all until the end of the semester when I would have four months of summer to indulge.  Mind you, that didn't stop me from also raiding the DH site and reading up on every single character profile and reading each excerpt available. 

All I can say about this series is that each and every character has worked their way into a special place in my heart.  These books are so much more than just badass vampires wearing leather, heroines with ideal figures, and crazy sex drives.  And they're not sappy crappy love stories either.  I find that each book has it's own unique story and taste to it, a commom theme that links each character, and they're relatable on a personal level as well.  No two characters are exactly the same and they all are so developed that it's almost as if they're real people themselves.

I think I just had a bit of a hiatus period when it comes to these books.  I'm an avid book collector and I get really really bored when I read the same thing over and over again.  Mind you, it's hard to get bored of Ms. Kenyon's writings.  But I can say that I'm definitely back and I'm not leaving until the final book (that's gonna be a while, isnt it?).

I would say give these books a try.  Seriously.  It's not just paranormal romance, or just horror, or just fantasy.  It literally is every genre rolled up into a single series.  Plus the New York Times didn't give her the #1 spot just because they felt like it either!  Believe me when I say, "you have nothing to lose!"