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Son of No One by Sherrilyn Kenyon
2.0

I'm so disappointed in this book!
** SPOILERS CONTAINED **

I LOVE the Dark-Hunter series. I mean L-O-V-E it.

I love the Lords of Avalon books.

I thought upon hearing about Son of No One that is was about time Lords of Avalon came back and the premise sounded really good.

The preview of the first chapter with Jo agreeing to be the camera woman for a paranormal investigation show sounded über interesting as it was different to how other non-believers were brought into the Dark-Hunter world and Cade being Welsh was a nice touch.

Unfortunately I found the book so hard to read - I usually read a DH book in hours not days! and I've read the Dark-Hunter series MANY times. I have favourites that I've worn out through re-reading and have read the whole series from start to finish including short stories at least a dozen times. I don't want to re-read this one and I feel awful for that...

Scenes/chapters were jumpy and I sometimes found it hard to track what was going on. Jo and Cade seemed to fall in bed (especially) and love awfully quick which I found strange even with the explanation later in the book not because of why, just they went from zero to 100 too fast without character development points.

I hated the body swap chapters. Truly horrible and awkward to read. Who would honestly wake up in their lovers body and not freak out or ask questions but accept it and then have sex?!?! Jo went from a compete non-believer to "come here buddy I want to sex you up" unnaturally. It feels like Ms Kenyon was trying to re-create some of the Kyrian/Amanda chemistry but missed the mark.

I loved the expansion of Thorn's character and the hints about Karma. I enjoyed seeing Styxx again and how he is adjusting to the modern world and I'm his relationship with Ash. Styxx has quickly become one of my favourite characters as is development and reveal has been so well done. I enjoyed the hints towards the coming of the dragons.

This one just didn't hit the mark. Fingers crossed for the next.