Seize the Night

Since reviewing Night Play for The Romance Reader last year, I've been working my way through Sherrilyn Kenyon's books. This week I read Seize the Night. It has a different tone from the other books in the series, but I still liked it: 4 out of 5.

When vampire hunter Tabitha fights off an attack, she ends up injuring the wrong man. Valerius is an immortal dark-hunter, but his injury is serious enough that Tabitha brings him home to recover. Although Valerius seems cold and aloof, she's attracted to him in spite of the fact that he is her brother-in-law's enemy.

Valerius and Tabitha are a classic case of opposites attract. He's reserved, she's gregarious. He's conservative, she's not. This, along with their similarities, makes them a good match for each other. I liked seeing a less-aggressive dark-hunter; Valerius is a beta hero with some alpha traits.

Acheron plays a big role in Seize the Night, and readers learn more about him and meet a possible love interest.

I mentioned that the tone of this book is different from the tone of her other books. It's darker, with a bit less humor. There's a bit too much going on, too. I think this would be a difficult book for a new reader to start with.

On another subject: After seeing several posts about blog templates, I've been exploring the possibility of a new template for this site. I downloaded a free one and then decided I didn't like it as much as I thought. I found another one I really like, but it looks like the Blogger version may no longer be available. In the meantime, I've spent so much time seeing what's out there that my eyes may fall out. So, you may see a new template soon, or you may not. You'll be the first to know.

In other news, I'm making a few final changes to my Romancing the Blog entry. I'm a little concerned that it will sound prissy. I hope not; I'm probably just being paranoid. In any case, you'll see it there on February 10. I have a few ideas for my March entry that I think will be fun. I'm not having writer's block at RTB (yet, knock on wood), which was one of my fears before agreeing to be a columnist.

Alyssa