I'll start off right away by saying that I'm not a huge fan of Kenyon's writing style. She obviously has an amazing imagination and clearly knows her mythology and history, yet she persists in creating cookie cutter characters and situations designed only to bring two characters together.

This is me maybe expecting a little too much out of a paranormal romance (heavy emphasis on the romance) series, but I'm disappointed all the same. Kenyon taps into this rich vein of mythological knowledge and still creates lackluster characters that are hard to differentiate between, with a few notable exceptions. This is not the only book of hers that I've read either, so I'm not just commenting on Acheron alone.

That being said, it took me about two weeks to slog through Acheron. The first part of the book, Acheron's past, was downright depressing. I enjoy depressing books, but this was just heaping painful experience on top of painful experience. I wanted to shout at Kenyon, "Alright! We get it! He's been abused! He's had a terrible past! We get it! Move on, please." And finally, after about four hundred pages of agony (for the reader as much as the main character) she does.

The second part was a little more compelling, bringing in Tory, who was semi-interesting. The most memorable character out of the whole book, however- I kid you not- was Simi. Her take on everything was just immensely amusing. Artemis was a boring bitch, Acheron's friends were one buff, dangerous-but-in-touch-with-his-feminine-side dude after another. The daimons felt recycled off of the CW network.

Even with all this negative stuff though, I will say that Kenyon writes a decent manga and has a few characters worth remembering (ie: Jaden, Asmodeus, Simi). It will be interesting to see how Acheron turns out in manga form. ( )

I LOVED THIS BOOK. I have been waiting and waiting and patiently reading the rest of the series and then I get to this one and it's even better than I expected. I am debating on rereading it now, again. The history of Ash was pretty brutal and we all know Artemis is no fun. It was just an amazing story. LOVED IT. ( )

At first I was totaly disapointed. 430 pages of how Ash's life sucked, It was really depresing. If people have folowed the series and the promo clips they know all the first part. The only new stuff comes after pg. 329. Wow was the first two parts were brutal if I was not such a fan I would not have read it at all. I know everyone was beging to know Ash's past but that was bordering on the explicit. The romance starts on the modernday part, And I loved it! I couldn't stop smiling, Kenyon's hummor is amazing! I'm so happy that Ash finaly has some one who takes care of him, and tought Artemis a lesson! I so look forwerd to her next book! ( )

Finally, Acheron's story! It is not easy to read Acheron's history. He is such an intregral part of the series and to read his back history was difficult. That his heroine fought her attraction and his arrogance made it just that much more fun. In Artemis' face! Well, I do not want to bring down the wrath of the Gods! ( )

Worth the wait. Gives insight into one of the big players in the Dark-Hunter series. ( )