Dream Chaser (Dark-Hunter Novels Book 13)

If you have read DEVIL MAY CRY you have some idea who Xypher is, if not, he is a Phobatory Skotos, one of the Dream Gods, who brings nightmares and eats the dreams of humans for emotion. Zeus has condemned them to have no emotions. Xypher was sentenced to Tartarus for his misdeeds. In DEVIL MAY CRY he helped Sin defeat the dimme demons and for that he was promised a month on earth to redeem himself by doing a good deed. Xypher didn't think Hades would abide by the bargain but now he finds himself on Earth. He is given only his clothes and strength and memories. He has been living on the streets, finding food where ever he can and sleepiing standing up. But the only thing he wants is to find a way into Kalosis so he can destroy the one who betrayed him and left him in hell. Simone Dubois is a medical examiner with Tulane, she is a contemporay of Tate who is the medical examiner for New Orleans. Tate is also a squire for the Dark Hunters, he has seen many things that others would not believe, only Simone knows about all the other supernaturals that populate our world. She has the ability to see and talk to ghosts. As a matter of fact a ghost lives with her. She helps Tate when he needs it. When a body gets up off the examining table and walks out, Tate calls Simone. She goes with Tate to look at the scene of the crime. The woman's throat was torn out. While there they are attacked by daimons, Xypher is trying to force the daimons to open a portal to Kalosis, where Satara has gone to hide from him. He saves Simone but Satara has a plan, she will use Atlantian braclets to kill Xypher, by putting the bracelets on him and Simone if she dies he dies. His brother is a demon and he is the one sent to kill her after the spathi daimons chain them togather. From here the story justs gets better and better. We meet up with Julian and others from other books. This is the best of the Dream Hunter books so far. I loved it and there are so many surprises. I liked Xypher in DEVIL MAY CRY and I am thrilled to get his story. Do not miss it. Good Reading.

Simone Dubois sees dead people. She¢s a medical examiner and many of the dead bodies she sees don¢t stay dead. Ghosts come to her for help too. Unfortunately, Simone has never seen the ghosts of her family who were killed when she was a child. A ghost named Jesse and her co-worker, Tate are the closest resemblance to family Simone has now. Since his release from the torturous bowls of Tartarus, dream god Xypher has one thing on his mind- vengeance. So when he gets shackled to human Simone Dubois he is less than pleased. Because he helped a Dark-Hunter, Xypher is granted a temporary release from his own personal hell. He has one month on earth. One good deed could save him but Xypher is filled with hatred. His need to kill Satara-the one who sent him to Tartarus-consumes him. Simone is stuck with the hottest guy she has ever seen, but he has a really bad attitude, and that¢s just the beginning of her problems. There are demons chasing them, and Simone¢s about to have a life changing experience. As Xypher reluctantly gets to know his constant companion he starts to have feelings for her. He has only known pain and hatred his whole life though, so when he is forced to decide will Xypher choose vengeance or love? Xypher is a tortured hero with a few added twists. He¢s a dream god with immense and really cool powers. He¢s also angry, rude and has no social skills. I love him! Simone is tough and compassionate. Her real strength lies in her ability to break through the walls surrounding Xypher's heart though. Jesse endeared me to him with his love of eighties music, movie quotes, and horrible fashions. Demon fights, car chases, a sensual and tumultuous romance along with appearances by a few other oldie but goodie characters make Dream Chaser another great novel in Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark-Hunter series! Nannette reviewed for Joyfully Reviewed

Author Sherrilyn Kenyon had created an interesting way to view Mythology and create amazing stories from the many mythological characters many people have probably read about or heard about while growing up. We first were treated to her Dark Hunter series which in turn brought us into her Were Hunter and Dream Hunters as SECONDARY characters. However, many then begged for their stories and now we have the Were-Hunter, Dream-Hunter and Hellchaser series. This is Sherrilyn Kenyon's web site. You should really check out the blog and biography's/Pictures she has about her characters. [...] There may be spoilers.... We first were introduced to the character of Xypher in Devil May Cry as his service was requested to help out therefore Hades lent him out. However, Hades never lends someone out without a bargain. Since Xypher was able to help in that situation he was allowed to live out ONE month on earth. Xypher figured that since he only had a month then it was back to being tortured for crimes the Gods believed him guilty of he was going after the person who tricked him into teaching him to invade other's dreams. This person is Satara (sister to Stryker, daughter of Apollo and slave to Atremis) also tortured those people. She tricked Xypher into admitting to her crimes then reneged on their deal. If that was not bad enough, she then came to watch as he was tortured for her crimes AND she laughed at him for believing her. He is out to find a way into her domain so he can kill her. Then we have Simone who is a medical examiner who can see spirits of those who have passed away but not gone over to the other side. She sometimes can get help from those spirits in solving their own murders. Unfortunately Satra has it in for Xypher and Simone just happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Then they are bounded together by an ancient piece of jewelry which will kill them both if they go to far from each other or if one is attacked and killed the other one dies as well. Satara figures tie him to a human because humans are easy to kill. The characters are likeable EVEN the bad ones. You just root for the rotten ones sometimes which says a lot in how an author can make even the most evil character likeable. It was funny, well paced, the interaction between the hero and heroine was hilarious as well as the secondary characters and their interactions. My only issue with this was how the Dimme Demon's character and Simone were tied together. It just seemed to be tacked on and not well developed. I was wanting to know more and see more interaction between Simone and her newly founded cousin. Over all this was a good book with a great story and likeable characters.

Really enjoyed the storyline. The characters and supporting characters. Has a bit of everything that will keep you turning pages

Me? I get mayhem and blood. And as a medical examiner, Simone knows what she's talking about. She works with Tate, the coroner who just happens to be the Dark-Hunter squire that you met in Kyrian and Amanda's story, Night Pleasures. Dream Chaser begins where Devil May Cry ends, with hero Xypher on a quest to find the missing Dimme Gallu demon. The missing demon is Kerryana and she's with Xedrix, a Charonte demon from Club Charonte and Club Vampyre. Interesting twist of fate. Jaden, the Demon broker with the mismatched eyes, is a prominent character as well. Yet the waters surrounding his character become even murkier than ever by the end of the book. He's more of an enigma than Acheron, as is his "master" who controls him. Simone quips sarcasm with the best of them and Xypher is endearing and his transformation into a worthy hero is a wild-assed roller coaster ride from the get go. Factor in a teen-age, stuck in the 80's ghost and you have all the makings of a good read. Julian (Fantasy Lover), Kat, and Acheron also make supporting appearances. For once it isn't Ash who saves the day. You will also discover some unexpected things about the Peltier Bear Clan.

Read every "Dark Hunter" novel. Waiting to get the latest one. If you like Paranormal Romance. You'll love this series. It's a little confusing but Dark Hunter is the whole and they seem to break down to a couple of "sub hunters", Dream Hunter, Were Hunter and of course the traditional "Dark Hunter". They all still interconnect with the "Dark Hunter" series and they frequently cross each other. Dream Chaser was fun. Simone has the whole "I can see dead people" thing going on and she has a very interesting "best friend" looking out for her. I personally recommend reading the WHOLE "Dark/Dream/Were Hunter" series.

I'm a big fan of sherilyn Kenyon and all of her books. I want them to keep coming. Great read! Great series!

I like Xypher and Simone in this book. I like the fact that Simone is not freaked out about different things that are in the supernatural world, especially since she has a ghost for a friend that hangs out with her all the time. I love the ghost, even though he can be a pain in her butt. I remember Xypher being mentioned in a different story in this series and i’m glad that his story was finally told.

Yeay back to a good read again! I don't know if it's because the book is set back in New Orleans or whether it's just that we have got some of the previously mentioned characters back in this book but after the last couple of disappointing reads I loved this book. I loved Xypher's character, I think I must like men who have had a hard time as I liked Zarek in his book as well. I am actually intrigued to find out where the Jaden link will go which may or may not be set in New Orleans but I'll find that out when I get up to that book. This is the fourteenth book in the series and features the Dream Hunter/Skoti Xypher (who we have met before) and Simone Dubois a ME coroner. I won't go into the plot line too much as with me only recently discovering the series and trying to 'catch up' on the books obviously other readers have already posted reviews on this and quite a bit ago. Xypher has been given a month on earth by Hades due to the bargain Kat made with him for Xypher's help and all he initially has on his mind is getting revenge on the one who basically put him in Tartarus that is until he meets Simone. Xypher finds it hard to trust anyone but Simone's gentleness starts to break down his walls a bit and he finds for the first time in hundreds of years he is actually attracted to a woman again (not that he liked men but that he hasn't had any 'urges' for so long). Simone can see the dead, she doesn't know why until later on in the book but she can and by her work as a medical examiner she finds herself bound to Xypher quite literally! It took me quite a while to get around to discovering this series as when you look up Sherrilyn Kenyon on Amazon and these books in list order it actually shows Dragonswan as being the first book (but it's not) and Dragonswan is never ever available to buy! As a girl who likes to read all books in a series and most definitely the first one in a series, thinking that I couldn't get the first book did actually stop me starting the series. I have only just discovered that the first book is actually Fantasy Lover, read this and have now proceeded to order the rest of the series:) Sherrilyn has now joined the ranks on Gena Showalter and Kresley Cole on my favourite authors list.

Great characters, lots of action. It had a nice emotional depth to it.

Fabulous book, the story is excellent just like the reste of the series. I recommend this book to all fans of Kenyon.

Schön, daß uns dieses Buch das miserable _Upon The Midnight Clear_ vergessen läßt. Hier wird Xyphers Geschichte (aus dem ebenfalls sehr guten _Devil May Cry_) erzählt. In Kenyons gewohnt witzigem, actionreichen und sinnlichen Stil. Schön, daß wir auch alte Bekannte wiedersehen (Tate Bennett, Julian Alexander, die Leute in Sanctuary). Auch Acheron taucht auf. Achtung Spoiler: Komischerweise stört es mich gar nicht, daß auch hier wieder (wie in _Night Pleasures_) ein Unsterblicher und eine Sterbliche aneinandergekettet auf Julians Türschwelle stehen. Das war witzig, aber kein Recycling...

I made the mistake initially with the Dream-hunter series as thinking of them as a separate series to the Dark-hunter books. They're really not. You lose some important elements of the world if you don't read both strands, and let's face it, the Were-hunters aren't hived off as a separate series. I reckon the good guide is that if Acheron or any one of his connections shows up, it's really part of the same series, and Acheron does make a significant appearance in this story. You see the crossover clearly in the opening scene where our heroine, Simone is at lunch with Tate - the New Orleans city coroner we first met in Night Pleasures, rescuing Kyrian and Amanda from the daylight. The hero, Xypher, we have already met too - in Devil May Cry where he helps out Kat and Sin, and earns his time as a human, which is what we share here. The strongest connection plot-wise is undoubtedly with Devil May Cry, as we're awash with demons, particularly the Gallu we first met in that book. Simone teaches future pathologists, hence her connection with Tate. Her choice of career is driven by the tragedy of her childhood. We also, because of Simone's unique talent, get to meet some ghosts. Most importantly Jesse the young teen trapped in a 1980's timewarp that those of a certain age will remember vividly. He's great fun, and adds lightness and humour as another struggle between the defenders of humanity and those who want to rule the world at any cost ensues. We also get to meet Jaden - the demon broker, a character it's worth taking note of for future reference. He sounds like someone who really deserves his own story, for sure. The Simone-Xypher story is one of discovery. One discovers their humanity, and the other discovers something unique about their heritage and learns to embrace it. Together they find love and a future together.