In Dark Side of the Moon Sherrilyn Kenyon takes us back into the world where the war between the Dark-Hunters and the Daimons has gotten even more dangerous. This time, we jump into the minds of Ravyn and Susan. Ravyn is a Were-Hunter gone Dark-Hunter so he’s an interesting mix of vampire (Dark-Hunter) and Were-cat. Susan is a reporter for a cheesy tabloid magazine and one of the stories she’s assigned to write is about to get all too real.
As always, Kenyon has created two wonderful characters who I fell in love with quickly. My favorite thing about Susan and Ravyn was that they seemed to really become friends before entering to romantic zone. Although the time frame is fairly short (like always), it still felt pretty gradual between them. I loved that Susan acted as a really true friend to Ravyn when he needed her and I think that really helped him to open up to the idea of loving someone again.
But whereas I did love the characters, the story left a lot to be desired. Some interesting things were going on in this book — both with a change in the Daimons’ strategy an with Acheron — but it felt very slow going and frankly a little boring. There just wasn’t enough action and the pace was a bit too slow compared to the previous books. So that’s the main reason that this book fell below the four star mark for me. It was still written well an the characters were really likeable though.
A couple other things that bugged me were that there wasn’t as much humor in this one. In fact, there were some things that made me kind of sad.
Nick’s return being the biggest one. His choices and attitude in this book really broke my heart, especially considering how much we already know that Ash loves him. So I really hope that changes in the future because he’s one of Ash’s best friends.
The other thing is that while I did really like both Ravyn and Susan and I liked their relationship, which seemed realistic and loving, the sexual chemistry between them was a little lukewarm. I could tell they cared about each other, but it wasn’t as steamy as some of the previous DH romances.
So overall this was still a good book and I enjoyed being back in the Dark-Hunter world after being gone from it for so long, but it certainly wasn’t my favorite Dark-Hunter book. I’m hoping the next one has a bit more action and steaminess that’s more up to par with the majority of books in the series.
Read more reviews & Buy it up! 
Leave a Reply