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Wednesday 20 March 2013

Review - Acheron by Sherrilyn Kenyon

Hey guys! I am so happy to be reviewing this book! If you've read last Sunday's Top Five list, then you'll know that Acheron is one of my top five Favourite Book Boyfriends. So let's do this!



PREMISE

Eleven thousand years ago, a god was born. Cursed into the body of a human, Acheron spent a lifetime of shame. But the strongest steel is forged from the fires of hell…

Acheron’s human death unleashed an unspeakable horror that almost destroyed the earth. Then, brought back against his will, he became the sole defender of mankind. Only it was never that simple. For centuries, Acheron 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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This book will make you cry. It will make you scream and groan and want to rip out the pages. Ash goes through a lot - a lot - of crap in his life and this is definitely not a light read. I just thought I'd warn you.

*The book is divided into two parts, and for the sake of this review (and my sanity) I'm going to call them Forsaken and Saved.*

In the first part of the book, Ash is Forsaken.
In this part of the book we follow Acheron from birth to just after his twenty-first birthday. This is were all the shit happens and were we learn about all the stuff that makes Ash, well, Ash. The gist of it (without giving away spoilers!) is that Ash was fated to live a life being loved, but a A Series of Unfortunate Events transpired and he spent his entire human life being ground so far down into the earth, that he came out the other side.

Not fun.

This goes on for awhile, but then Ash gets Saved.
We all get transported to the twenty-first century where Ash meets his match in a beautiful, geeky woman named Soteira. Now that the Ash we all know and love is back - witty sarcasm included - we finally get to see some romance!

I have to say, this book made me fall in love with Ash all over again. You really have to read it to appreciate him and understand the 'why's behind his decisions. I also liked the depth of the world-building and the plot-twists, as well as the characters themselves. It was a good, well-rounded and intense read.

I'd recommend this book to anyone who is a fan of Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark-Hunter series - and to anyone who loves a good hero. I give it:

Four hats - I was enchanted!


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