Product Description

It's the Christmas season and all hell's breaking loose. Literally. While humans shop, an angry demon lord is plotting an all-out onslaught against his enemies, which -unfortunately for us - includes the human race. But as Stryker gathers his forces, he discovers a grown son he never knew existed and an angry ex, Zephyra, who's as determined to end his existence as he is to end ours. The ultimate predator is about to meet his match as new battle lines are drawn and the Dark-Hunters are rallied for a blood bath on Christmas Eve. The only question is this: can Stryker survive his oldest enemy to fight the ones he really wants to kill ? or will Zephyra finally have her shot at the husband who abandoned her?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #11882 in Books
• Published on: 2008-11-06
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

Review
'an entertaining thrill ride' --Publishers Weekly

'A sensual, fast-paced read' --Booklist

'Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Sex and the City' --Mallory Kane

About the Author
New York Times bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon has over ten million copies of her books in print in twenty-six countries. Her Dark-Hunter novels have an international cult following and have appeared on the New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and USA Today top ten lists.

Customer Reviews

An excellent book, and a good bridge into the next series arc.
I found this to be a very good read, and quite frankly, I'm very surprised so many have given this book 3 stars or less and such bad reviews over on Amazon.com for what is actually a very good and enjoyable book. It certainly deserves more praise than what it's getting on amazon.com.

I think the main reason is because many people can't understand why a villain got his own story. What they don't understand is that it was in some ways necessary, it gives you insight into what made Stryker who he is, his background, and why he became so cruel over the centuries, it aslo shows a differnet side to him (Like the previous book did with Acheron), and to a certain degree, a caring side, yes he's still evil, but at least he's not a complete monster.

And yes, there are some very funny moments in the book, particularly between Stryker and Zephyra, although someone reading the Dark-Hunter books for the first time (or who doesn't read them often) might not be able to read between the lines and see the humour that is under the surface of these books.

The twist with Nick was very interesting, and un-expected, it's certainly going to be good seeing where the series goes next over the next 3 arcs.

Hmmm...it was okay
This is more a 3.5 star review but I don't know how to get the half star!Okay, I agree with the above reviewer in saying that it is a good bridging book but...it was just far too short. Big print. Not really a book IMO more like a novella because you will be able to read it in a few hours. Although we got to see why Stryker is the man he is today, I still felt as if the story could have been fleshed out a bit more and the romance just seemed a little flat to me. Maybe because his HEA isn't that likeable, she's bitter and cruel but then again perhaps that's what he needs for a Daimon Queen? I don't know, I expected some redeeming features but couldn't find many.

On the plus side if anyone was getting a little fed up with Nick and his sulking...I think he's gradually going to come out of that. Also, as with all Sherri books, she's introduced some interesting new characters and pantheons, a healthy dose of 'warm and fuzzies' and she always keeps us guessing...

Not impressed, sorry
Here's a bit of a caveat.
Acheron is not a bad book, but I still wish I hadn't read it. It just destroys too much of Ash's mystery and brings him down to our level in a way.
So I looked forward to getting back to normal, after that exercise of torture. :) (Pun intended)

Please note: The blurb of One Silent Night is COMPLETELY wrong.
If you expect a christmassy book -- don't.
Aside from the final events, it has nothing to do with Christmas.
That's just marketing, because of when the book was released, is my guess.
About the only thing right in it is that there is an angry ex. The Dark-Hunters barely get a mention, let alone join in proceedings.
Whoever let the blurb through saying "Son" instead of "Daughter" needs to be made to re-read the book. Shoddy, really shoddy, but not Sherrilyn's fault. That one is down to copy editors, editors or marketing people.

OSN is more about setting up future novels and establishing the new order of power, than it is about Stryker and Zephyra.
Sorry Sherri, but I felt seriously let down, because I know you can do much much better.
The characters lacked depth. Too much "I hate you" followed by "I'm sorry" to really have a conflict.
Stryker suddenly has a heart. I suspected he did, but he deserved so much better than this book. He deserved better than Zephyra, too. It didn't make me perceive him as the strong, unshakable heroes I'm used to from Sherri. Instead my sense of strength that I got from him in previous books, evil and malicious as it may have been, transformed into a sense of "What kind of spineless weak git is this?". We keep being reminded what he's capable of -- but it felt more like "Remember, he's really evil".
I didn't like Zephyra. Or rather, I built up no empathy for her. I can't even recall what she looked like, and I put the book down an hour ago. Her power is too convenient and often feels like a cop out.
There is way too much setup of pantheons and their interactions to get a decent sense of the people whose story this is supposed to be. And they deserved better than being thrown into this hodgepodge of storylines.
There's too much Ash, Savitar, Nick, Jared, Artemis and whatnot involved, along with a whole slew of new and old gods.
Too many events smack of deus ex machina. (WAY too many.)
Too much tell instead of show.
Too much explanation where I could have done without, not enough where I needed to know.
And throughout -- there is a lack of the tension that made the previous books keepers.
The previous books (apart from Acheron, where this trend started) were about people, not about the world around them. This time it's more about the world and the powers in them and who does what -- with a bit of gratuitous sex thrown in -- than about the people.

All in all, I'll only recommend it to keep on track with the series, but other than that... I kept getting bored.
I was more interested in reading about Davyn than Stryker, more intrigued by Medea than Zephyra -- and that's bad, when it's not their story.
I know I'm a harsh, brutal, critic, but I also know Sherri can do better than this.
I'll still get the next one, in the hope we return to previous keeper books, but chances are slowly running out. Stop worldbuilding and start writing about people again.