Sins of the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon is quite possibly my favourite book in the series so far. I know I seem to say that for all of them, but what else can I say when a series keeps getting better and better like this one does?

Alexion is the title of Ash’s right-hand man, and although it is not his actual name it is the one he goes by and I won’t spoil it for those who still haven’t read the book as to what name he was previously known as.

Although he doesn’t really know Ash at all by living in his home on Katoteros through Alexion’s eyes we see more of Ash and Simi than the brief glimpses that we have in previous books.

Alexion is the right-hand of the devil, and the one who tracks down the Dark-Hunters that have broken the codes that they live by. He is the one that hands out justice on behalf of Ash, who as leader of the Dark-Hunters is pretty much run off of his feet all the time anyway. Something that became very clear in the short story Winter Born.

Alexion’s latest assignment has brought him to the door of Dangereuse “Danger” St Richard.

His first task though is to convince Danger’s Squire that he is in fact Acheron’s Squire, so thank goodness that Alexion has a whole host of powers available to him for his time in the mortal world.

What he doesn’t have is time, for Alexion has just ten days to determine exactly what is happening in the Dark-Hunter community, to find out who, if anyone, is about to betray them all and to keep the peace. For at the end of that time one way or another things would end.

Danger herself is not convinced of the arguments of Kyros and the others who are starting to turn on Acheron. She senses that there is something else going on and calls for Acheron’s help, fearing that her friends are in danger for risking the wrath of their leader.

What she gets is more than she bargained for when Alexion arrives but it is only with his help that they will be able to uncover the truth.

Alexion himself has his own history with Kyros and he is hardly an impartial observer in this particular mission, and he knows that if Kyros is proven to be a traitor there is nothing he will be able to do to save him. He can only hope that his investigation into things reveals that it is someone else pulling the strings of the Dark-Hunters, someone else who he will have to destroy, instead of his old friend.

Like many of the stories in this series it is the secondary stories that hold my attention for more than the main story. In this case the story of the Simi and her family is by far my favourite of the sub-stories and I thoroughly enjoyed seeing how different a demon can be without the influence of Acheron and Alexion, who of course spoil Simi far too much for her own good.

I think however that what I liked most about this story is that even though it is a romance novel, and even though there is the obligatory happy ending, it wasn’t quite the perfect happy ending, though it was close enough that it perhaps doesn’t matter. However by making the ending not entirely perfect it gave the story a touch of realism and shows that even though his powers are great even Acheron can’t wave the proverbial magic wand and fix things entirely.

A spellbinding addition to the series which I am hesitant to say more about without revealing too many spoilers for the novel which is intricately plotted throughout.
 

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