Seize the Night brought us the story of Valerius who in earlier stories was represented as a truly evil character as a human. Of course, in this book we just find out that he is misunderstood. Valerius has had a hard life and the way he copes with other people's sneers and jabs is by pulling a cloak of coldness around himself which makes him appear as an elitist snob. The self-proclaimed vampire hunter, Tabitha - who happens to be an empath - can see through this mask of cold snobbery to see when his outer face and his inner emotions conflict. The big problem for Valerius is that Tabitha's twin sister is married to our hero from book 2, Kyrian who hates Valerius with all of his being. Well, and having been crucified (literally) by Valerious' grandfather, how can you really blame him?
The lightest part of this story is the mention of Zarek from Dance With the Devil. Zarek is Valerius' brother and was a slave (an whipping boy) in Valerius' household. It wasn't until Valerius saw Zarek as a Dark-Hunter and free of his scars and deformities that Valerius even realized that Zarek was his brother. In this book, Zarek gets revenge on Valerius in very funny ways such as sending a rain cloud to fall just on Valerius (who takes it all in stride). I enjoyed this book quite a bit. Especially because we learned a little more about Acheron.
Book number 8 is Sins of the Night. In this book, there is a Dark-Hunter uprising. One Dark-Hunter has been listening to tales from a Daimon God who tries to turn them all from Acheron. Acheron doesn't care if the Dark-Hunters like him or not, but when they start to kill humans - then he has a problem with it. Acheron sends in Alexion. Alexion is "other". He was a dark-hunter at one time, was turned into a shade, and now is set in a human form with some of Acheron's powers (who - by the way - is a god!) to judge the Dark-Hunters. He is sent to find out who will stand with Acheron and who will not. Those who decide against Acheron will die.
Alexion goes to fin Danger as his Dark-Hunter guide. Ok - it is kinda corny, but Danger is Dangeroeuse St. Richard is a female Dark-Hunter who died trying to save her family during the French Revolution. She makes Alexion feel like he hasn't in nine thousand years.
This story teaches us more about Acheron and Simi as well. I loved meeting Simi's sister and look forward to more about her in the future.
Book 1.5 is Dragonswain. This book was written between one and two and didn't have any of the other characters in it, so it was easy to read in any order. It is about a dragon who finds his mate in modern america. It is a very short book that is sweet. It is so short however, that I wouldn't have realized that Sabastian's father was the one who created all of the weres if it hadn't been for reading Vane's book where it was explained in more detail.
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