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Acheron (Dark-Hunter, Book 12) | 
 enlarge | Author: Sherrilyn Kenyon
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  374 reviews
Sales Rank: 2821
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 736
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.4
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 6.1 x 2.3
ISBN: 0312362153
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780312362157
ASIN: 0312362153
Publication Date: August 5, 2008
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Product Description
The most anticipated story in the blockbuster Dark-Hunter series. The never-before-revealed story of the Dark-Hunter leader, Acheron. He was made human in order to escape death, but in death he was reborn a god. . . Eleven thousand years ago a god was born. Cursed into the body of a human, Acheron spent a lifetime of shame. However, his human death unleashed an unspeakable horror that almost destroyed the earth. Then, brought back against his will, Acheron became the sole defender of mankind. Only it was never that simple. For centuries, he has fought for our survival and hidden a past he’ll do anything to keep concealed. Until a lone woman who refuses to be intimidated by him threatens his very existence. Now his survival, and ours, hinges on hers and old enemies reawaken and unite to kill them both. War has never been more deadly... or more fun.
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 Loved Acheron Hated the Beginning August 5, 2008
Traci King (Indianapolis, IN)
64 out of 108 found this review helpful
I love the Dark Hunter Series that goes without saying and I can usually stand anything that has to do with this series good and bad, but give me a break do I need all the gory details of pain and abuse. More than half the book is filled with these vivid descriptions. While I think Ash's background is necessary, it could have been done in just as graphic a manner but using less space,while devoting more to the present and his love story. I think Kenyon used the book to purge her own demons and for her it probably achieved its purpose. I just wish she thought more of her readers and Ash to tell his story with a little less vengeance. Having said that and having given the book 3 (wish I could have given the first part 3 and the second 4 1/2)no one who loves this series should miss reading this book even if it means skimming the first 450 pages.
 She did it right!!!! August 7, 2008
Elaine C McTyer (Dawson, GA USA)
54 out of 70 found this review helpful
This is the best DH book in a long while. I got it yesterday and sat up late to finish it. It is over 700 pages so you know it held my attention. All the questions we have had about Ash are answered and although it is hard to read about the things done to him you realize that they made him the God he is today. He is a God of Destruction, but Ash is filled with compassion, because he has been abused, tortured, and maimed himself. I hated Artemis for a long time and I have to say the whole situation is handled in a wonderful way. So many ends are tied up and there is still room for more DH novels. This is an awesome read.
Ash faces hatred and exile in the first 400 pages. Along with torture it is very hard to read without feeling his pain. I really think only someone very strong could come out of it with his mind intact.
Ryssa is his sister and the only one who seems to care for him. She is chosen to be offered to Apollo. But even serving the God she takes time for Ash.
Styxx is his brother, and the hatred and jealousy that he pours on Ash is horrible.
Tory is in our time, she is hunting for Atlantis. Ash meets her when he goes to a seminar that she is leading, and makes her look like an idiot. Shortly their paths cross again and he finds himself protecting her from a group led by Artemis. They are told to kill her, when she finds something that should never have been written down.
Satara is determined to find what was lost and use it to destroy those she hates.
Everyone in the Dark Hunter universe somehow is involved in the mystery and all the secrets are revealed. Do not miss this book. It is outstanding.
Author Goddes Rules! August 5, 2008
K. Fish (Aspen, CO USA)
52 out of 60 found this review helpful
Yes- this is a real review I spent 8 hours straight curled up on my couch reading. I litteraly couldn't put it down.
I've always loved Ash. He's sexy and funny and dark and the leader of the Dark Hunters and we all knew he had a really dark past... and then there's his tie with Artemis and I really couldn't see how that could be worked with. And the thought of a heroine for him... nobody could possible be good enough (except me!). So I went into this story eagerly but full of doubts. My doubts are gone - the AG rules!
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The first 428 pages of Ash's story is his human life and how he became a god. I cried. It's so hard. Abuse, physical, mental and sexual. Betrayal by all who should have loved him. Sherrilyn writes so that you feel his pain and can see his ancient world. It helps to explain who he is.
Pages 429-722 are the present and it's sexy and funny and I found that I liked Tory Ash needs someone who will love him unconditionally and not break his trust. I loved seeing their relationship grow and the struggles Ash goes through to open his heart and to believe that he is worthy of love and respect. I'm greedy though- I would have liked their story to be as long as the first part of the book. :) But I know we'll see them more.
At the heart of this story is the message of love- when you go through hell and think you are no longer worthy of anything- YOU ARE. All of us are worthy and we all matter and we all deserve love.
Thank you Sherrilyn Kenyon for a beautiful story.
A rare read August 6, 2008
Mkath
45 out of 58 found this review helpful
By now you know that this is a very intense book. If you read the other reviews you know that the first part of the book is about Acheron's past. You finally understand why Artemis must die (or at least be smacked around). I've waited for a long time to read this book, I even skipped over the last several books because I was uninterested in more teasers. IT WAS WORTH IT!!!! I loved the back story and I loved the relationship with his mother. Finally, loved the fact that she may be close to explaining Nick's story. Don't be swayed by the negative comments or the length. Take a weekend and read this one.
 Disappointed Fan September 1, 2008
Quwinntessa Starber (Seattle, WA USA)
25 out of 30 found this review helpful
Let me start off by saying that I really, really, really wanted to like this book. In my opinion SK is only a decent writer, though her stories are very intriguing and she has a lot of twists that make her books worth reading, not for the words but the plot lines.
Having said that, this book sucked. The first half of the book was about Ash's abused childhood, which read like angst filled fanfiction. Honestly, the characters would say things like "if father finds you here he'll beat you within an inch of your life" and sure enough, the father would walk into the room and have him beaten. It was ridiculous angst to be angsty, and it made the writing childish and sadly pathetic. Don't get me wrong, I felt for Ash and his childhood, but I could have felt for him in 100 pages instead of 400 and not thought the first half of the book was so poorly written.
The only shining star in the first part of the book was Ryssa, was a character that needed more expanding. In my opinion she should have been the heroin of the story since she was the only one that swore never to hurt Ash. That's my own sad disappontment with this book, but I thought it bore mentioning--despite Ryssa being Ash's *NOT* sister, she should have been the one to somehow free him from his curse.
But no, SK wrote her as a woman in the early years of civilization without the ability to act in a man's world (believable, but also pathetic and without a backbone to stand up and find a way to help her brother anyway (sad for an author with such strong female characters).
Then we get to part two. Oh lordy! I agree with other reviews that Tory is weak, goody-goody, and nothing like what I expected for Ash. She was so pathetically written, I had to skip some of her diologue or roll my eyes until they were stuck in the back of my head! Ash was also not like himself, and though you're supposed to see the real inner workings of the man--it is his book afterall--he comes off flat, and really pathetic as well. This is NOT the Ash we've all come to love, this is a new character SK created and gave the name Acheron. Really, it's sad that this is his book and how history will remember him.
And DO NOT EVEN GET ME STARTED about that stupid sex shop sequence before they first make love. I almost put the book down right then and there and said forget it! No woman in her right mind would do something like that. He's degrading, pathetic, and shows the childish and fanfiction like quality of this entire story.
In the end, this story left me feeling cheated of Ash's story. SK did a real disservice to a great character by writting his story this way. And even though I've badmouthed her writting style as fanfiction during this review, I will be going to the boards myself and finding a much better Acheron story from a dedicated fan who I know will do Ash's story justice.
Unlike his creator.
Sorry Ms Kenyon, but this is one disappointed fan.
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