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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. This is the first book in the Dream-Hunter series and I gave this a five for excellent writing, fresh plot, a stunning and creative concept, and a love story that was really pressed for time. I also read it in one sitting, I just can't put it down. There are a lot of things I love about this book and I know I'll read it again. First is the location which was in Greece. Sherrilyn Kenyon's writing really set the mood and it made me want to go there. The view as I imagined it was breathtaking, I wanted to lie in the sand with the sun on my skin. Second, I loved the concept of dream hunters, I wish I could visited by a god in my dreams, and I think it would be enough for me. SK's imagination knows no bounds and the way she puts it in paper is really astounding. This is another branch of a world she created and again, her fusion of Greek mythology with modern day fiction worked really well. She even added fictional characters to connect with everything. Third, I was very interested in the quest for Atlantis, and how everything fell into place, why the people who were searching for the truth about it all their lives died without confirming it. I'm too absorbed in reading this series I confuse fact with fiction and I'd like to research about it just for curiosity's sake. Fourth, the humor is still there, I'm intrigued by Solin's character and his banters with Arik. On another note, I'm intrigued by Geary's family's bloodlines, they must be part-god because some of their physical looks resemble some Olympian goddesses, and SK still leaves a lot of questions behind with other characters. Fifth but not the least, the sex scenes while few, were very hot they make up for their lack in number, compared with SK's other books. They were really passionate (there's no other term to describe them) and creative. It amuses me that Arik was a virgin, but then again he's not a corporeal being so he didn't have the chance to experience carnal pleasure before. In some cases, time is really immaterial when one has found his/her soulmate. I liked how the events (except the happy ending) was quite unpredictable. Moreover, this is the second time I've read about Kat (first appearance was in Kiss of the Night), which is to happen in this book, and M'Adoc was sent to Zarek in Alaska. I'll definitely read this again. This is the first book I've read in the Dark Hunter series, but I don't think starting in the middle of the series confused me, as others have mentioned.I love Greek mythology, which is probably one of the reasons I enjoyed this book. Of course, Kenyon takes a lot of liberties with the traditional myths, but that is to be expected. Great characters, great relationship between Arik and Geary, and great sexual tension. I will definitely be reading more from this series. It was just OK to me. The plot was solid and I like how they took this one back to the past a bit and also how they gave a bit more background information on the Pantheon and the history behind Apollymi. delete_me no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0312938810, Mass Market Paperback)In the ethereal world of dreams, there are champions who fight to protect the dreamer and there are demons who prey on them... Arik is such a predator. Condemned by the gods to live eternity without emotions, Arik can only feel when he’s in the dreams of others. For thousands of years, he’s drifted through the human unconscious, searching for sensation. Now he’s finally found a dreamer whose vivid mind can fill his emptiness. Dr. Megeara Kafieri watched her father ruin himself and his reputation as he searched to prove Atlantis was real. Her deathbed promise to him to salvage his reputation has now brought her to Greece where she intends to prove once and for all that the fabled island is right where her father said it was. But frustration and bad luck dog her every step. Especially the day they find a stranger floating in the sea. His is a face she’s seen many times.... in her dreams. What she doesn’t know is that Arik holds more than the ancient secrets that can help her find the mythical isle of Atlantis. He has made a pact with the god Hades: In exchange for two weeks as a mortal man, he must return to Olympus with a human soul. Megeara’s soul. With a secret society out to ruin her expedition, and mysterious accidents that keep threatening her life, Megeara refuses to quit. She knows she’s getting closer to Atlantis and as she does, she stumbles onto the truth of what Arik really is. For Arik his quest is no longer simple. No human can know of a Dream-Hunter’s existence. His dream of being mortal has quickly turned into his own nightmare and the only way to save himself will be to sacrifice the very thing he wanted to be human for. The only question is, will he? (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:01 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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Dr. Megeara Kafieri made a death bed promise to her father that she will recover his reputation. To do so she has travelled to Greece to prove that the lost city of Atlantis is indeed real. There she pulls a man from the ocean, a man she has only seen in her dreams.
Arikos is mortal, for now, but soon he must return with to the gods with a human soul, Megeara.To Susan Arikos has the missing key to Atlantis,a pure answer to her dreams. Unaware of the danger that waits ahead. (