Styxx Author: Visit Amazon's Sherrilyn Kenyon Page | Language: English | ISBN:
1250029880 | Format: EPUB
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As the best-selling Dark-Hunter series about the centuries-spanning adventures of the immortal warriors of Atlantis enters its second decade, international phenom Kenyon extends the story of her most popular character, Acheron (Acheron, 2008), to include his identical twin, Styxx. Styxx appears to have it all, but the apparent glamor and privilege of being the crown prince of Didymos is merely an illusion. The king has impossible expectations for Styxx and doesn’t understand that every beating he gives Acheron, whom he hates, is also felt by his twin. When the twins were young children, the only peace Styxx experienced was when he and Acheron lay down with the soles of their feet touching. As a teenager, Styxx goes to Atlantis and attempts to rescue Acheron from their cruel uncle, who viciously retaliates. For the next 11,000 years, the brothers despise each other. Kenyon’s epic tale of sibling rivalry and hatred fueled by the manipulations of gods from multiple pantheons features enough depravity and underhanded politics to give The Game of Thrones a run for its money. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: Kenyon is such a mega-seller, this Dark-Hunter title has a 350,000 initial print run and a six-figure marketing budget for a glitzy launch and media and online blitz. --Diana Tixier Herald
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“[A] publishing phenomenon . . . [Sherrilyn Kenyon is] the reigning queen of the wildly successful paranormal scene . . . Just one example of arguably the most in-demand and prolific authors in America these days.” —
Publishers Weekly"Kenyon's writing is brisk, ironic and relentless imaginative. These are not your mother's vampire novels." —Boston Globe
"[An] engaging read." —Entertainment Weekly
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- Series: Dark-Hunter (Book 23)
- Hardcover: 848 pages
- Publisher: St. Martin's Press (September 3, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1250029880
- ISBN-13: 978-1250029881
- Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.5 x 2.4 inches
- Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
This is the 23 book in this series (not counting novella's) and since we first learned about Acheron's royal brat brother, I have hated Styxx. I mean lets be honest, the only reason why Styxx has ever done anything for Acheron was because Artemis forced Styxx to experience Acheron's life.So, when this book popped up on Amazon for pre-order, I refused to push the button. Why do I want to read a story about a spoiled brat who realizes Ash actually had a horrible life and had a sudden epiphany and decides to be a good guy. What else could this story be about, everyone knows that Styxx has no redeeming qualities. Eventually, I decided I had to purchase this book. I love the Dark/Dream/Were Hunter series so much, I figured if nothing else I will get the opportunity to catch up with my favorite characters.
After the first chapter I realized all of my preconceived notions couldn't be more wrong. I flew through the pages that told of a childhood that was so different than the one I imagine the spoiled brat had lived. This story isn't for the faint of heart. Anyone who read about Acheron's childhood knows about the horrors that are possible and we see a lot of the same tortures in this book. There is so much darkness in this book and by the half way point I was thrilled that Styxx had finally found some happiness, however, with so much left to the book you know something bad is about to happen, something, really, really, bad.
This book does span 11,000 years, so there was a lot of change going on, not just in this book but in the reader as well. Once I got to the twenty first century, I had a new respect for Styxx.
Ist: let me say I'm a huge fan of Sherrilyn Kenyon, I have all of her books, have read them over and over again and even purchased them all again in an eBook format. Some of my all-time favourite books and characters are in the Dark Hunter series and Acheron has been my number one favorite character ever! (although this book may have changed that)
However, I have to say that I'm very disappointed in this one...I think Ms. Kenyon went way, way too far and over the line in this book with the bad childhood scenario. If you think Acheron had a bad childhood and life that was a cake walk compared to Styxx's.
The first 600+ pages were filled with more child and adult abuse then I have ever read before. I had to skim a lot through these parts as it was turning my stomach and was very disturbing.
We are talking about violent physical abuse and torture starting from a very early age that continued all through the book, but it got even worse, all his young boyhood and his adult life were filled with vicious rapes, violent gang rapes, public gang rapes and all humiliations in between, over and over and over again. Also it was strongly hinting that Acheron and Styxx when drugged might have had a sexual contact. (yuck) Almost everyone he ever came into contact from family, soldiers and gods either abused him, raped him or humiliated him in some bad way. Not to mention having to endure over 11,000 years in total isolation, who wouldn't be crazy after that! But he wasn't of course. Despite all this the writer still wanted the reader to believe that Styxx could always be so self-sacrificing to everyone including all those that betrayed him (which was almost everyone in the book) and that he even became a better person that Acheron ever was. (Acheron's words) Unlikely!
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