Comments on: Review: Acheron by Sherrilyn Kenyon

By: Kayla

Kayla — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 05:32:23 +0000

Ok, so I realize that I’m in the minority here but I really enjoyed the first part. Not so much as torture porn, but as really good story telling. (At least by SK standards…) I’m halfway through the second half now and it’s the same old predictable cheese.

I’m pretty saddened to see the same bs being strewn about for such an amazing and deep character, especially when she went through all of the trouble to give him such a detailed history. I will probably re-read the first part again, but I could do without the hokey pop culture references and cookie-cutter story line.

By: ShellBell

ShellBell — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:00:45 +0000

Finally got around to reading Acheron. I really want to read One Silent Night, so I had to read Acheron first (and I’m far too anal to read any series out of order). I did enjoy Acheron, not my favourite of the series but a lot better than some offerings on recent years. Like a few other posters, I found the first part of the book (i.e Ash’s past) far too long winded. Ash has never been a favourite of mine, so maybe that was why I just got sick and tired of the continual references to his suffering, and maybe also why my emotions really weren’t too engaged in the first part of the book. The pace definitely picked up for me in part 2 but even then there were a few too many cheesy moments for me. I’d probably give Acheron a B-, better than Dark Side of the Moon, Dream Hunter and Upon a Midnight Clear but not as good as Dance With the Devil and Night Play.

By: Holly

Holly — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:31:50 +0000

Sam Starret?? *gag* Thanks for the heads up on that. LOL

By: Devon

Devon — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:18:04 +0000

Yeah, no doubt there was a bit of the whiny. At one point, Holly, I swear I thought of you, and your feelings about Sam Starret. I was like, Oh, Holly would not like these developments at all.

Gwen did you read it yet?

Helgabi, it was a tough book to put down. I bitched about the first part, but I polished it off so quick!

Stryker’s next, and we’re apparently heading into Jaden’s arc. We’ll see, but the series could use some refreshing.

By: Helgabi

Helgabi — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:17:15 +0000

Thank you very much!! your review was right on target! at first even when the book wasn’t out yet I told a friend that I was a little afraid because after all the waiting, SK could come up with something that wouldn’t do Ash’s justice..specially since her previous bks weren’t as good as the first ones of the serie. Plus, she had said that Ash’s story was going be 2 books instead of one, I said to myself Noooooooooooooo!!! and expected the worse.

But she made it..althought I have to confess that it felt a little strange to see Acheron as the Hero after all this time, to see this “vulnerability” we have seen in previous heroes characters, I found it weird because he always has been so mysterious..it was so surreal..LOL!

Anyway..I totally agree with you, SK stretched a little too much Ash’s past life and abuse..I mean ok..one time it’s fine..but to go over and over about it? thanks but no thanks…the only thing I liked about that first part was that SK filled in the blanks about how Atlantis got destroyed, how Ash died and what happened after that, how he came into his powers, Apollimy blowing up the atlantean gods, How Ash got Simi..etc…things we could just imagine because not enough details were given through previous books.

The second part was very good, I liked the heroine..*jumps up and down singing I knew it was her! I knew it was her* I wondered how SK was going to solve the Arty/Ash/S. situation..and I wasn’t disappointed..:) one of my favorite scenes..when Artemis got her ass kicked! Woohoo!! LOL! I loved it!

Overall it was a good book, I couldn’t put it down even when I skiped those pages in the first part (and I skipped a lot)

I can’t wait for the next one..Striker isn’t it?

Ms. H.

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By: Holly

Holly — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:13:02 +0000

I didn’t mind it too much, because I’m a bit of a mama bear, so I just wanted to rub his back and make him a bowl of pasta.

Haha! That’s an excellent way to describe yourself. I’m somewhat the same way, so I wonder if I’d feel that way about Ash or just end up annoyed.

I still haven’t even cracked this open yet. Not sure I ever will, to be honest. Mostly I just wanted to know who his heroine was and if I was right in all the speculating I did. I wasn’t, in case you were wondering.

By: Gwen

Gwen — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:30:23 +0000

They didn’t used to be whiney. But they sure are now.

Boring, ya know?

By: ShannonC

ShannonC — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:53:43 +0000

Oh God, self-esteem issues? Between that and the torture porn, I really am glad I haven’t gotten into the Dark Hunters books. Whiny heroes make me grind my teeth. LOL.

By: Devon

Devon — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:09:01 +0000

ShellBell–I’d wait if I were you. Or check it out of the library. 25 bucks for something where you may be skipping a couple hundred pages? And believe me, you may.

Sylvia–You bring up some really good points. I think the fact that we were seeing Ash’s abuse through another’s eyes (Ryssa) added to the ick factor. A bit voyeuristic. Damn I hated it. I would’ve skipped too.

Oh, there were so many things I wanted to bring up, but the review was already so long. I’m like I left out this, and and this, and this. Ash’s self esteem issues got a bit annoying after awhile. It was so repetitive. I didn’t mind it too much, because I’m a bit of a mama bear, so I just wanted to rub his back and make him a bowl of pasta. But I’m surprised some readers didn’t see it as a wussification of da man. I had avoided all reviews until I was done, so I’m going to check some out today.

By: Sylvia

Sylvia — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 06:52:38 +0000

Ha, I know this doesn’t make me that popular with the ‘its a perfect novel” people but I didn’t read the first part… started it and grew irritated. Okay, I admit I really can’t stand books with depressing things in them because they make me feel depressed… never finished Lovley Bones because I couldn’t stop crying. But I didn’t have that reaction when I started Acheron, I jsut couldn’t get into it, I thought I would at least find it interesting. And wow, why did it start out as Ryssa diary… big reason why I didn’t read the first part I felt mislead and a tiny bit cheated.

The second part I really enjoyed though… but it seems I haven’t seen one thing mentioned yet that bothered me. Ash still has self-esteem issues, big ones… the scene after he and Tory get it on sort of eeked me out.

I did reread the second part.

By: ShellBell

ShellBell — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 06:32:47 +0000

I’m still waiting for the price of the eBook to be reduced – as much as I want the book I’m not paying the hardcover price of between $19 & $25!