Review ‘Son of No One’ by Sherrilyn Kenyon

It’s not easy being life’s own personal joke, but Josette
Landry has made an unstable peace with the beast. Life will continue to throw
every bad thing it has at her, and she will continue to not put her head in an
oven. But that’s okay. That which doesn’t kill her will just require a few
hours of mental insanity. Completely down on her luck, Josette takes a job with
a local paranormal group trying to get their own cable show as a photographer
and camerawoman. Yeah, they’re even crazier than she is. The only paranormal
thing she believes in is the miracle that keeps her rusted out hoopty running.
But when her group accidentally releases something truly evil into the world,
they are forced to call in reinforcement.

From the moment Josette meets Cadegan, she knows something about him isn’t
quite right. And it’s not just because she can’t even begin to pronounce his
last name: Maboddimun. Mysterious and armed with lethal sarcasm, he seems a lot
older than his apparent age…

Centuries ago, Cadegan sold his soul for vengeance against the betrayer who
cursed him. Forced against his will to do good, he hates everything in life.
All he wants is a way out. But for the damned there is only eternal suffering.
And yet there is something about Josette that intrigues him as much as it
irritates and frustrates him. Something he can’t seem to fight, and the last
time he felt this way about a woman, it cost him his soul.

He knows he has to stay away from her, but the evil her friends unleashed is
hellbent on consuming her soul. Something he cannot allow. If one more innocent
is taken, he will be sent back to an unimaginable prison that makes his current
hell look like paradise. But how can he keep her safe when his being with her
is the greatest threat of all?

In November of last year I read the collection of
Novella’s by Sherrilyn Kenyon called ‘Dark Bites’. That book was my first
Sherrilyn Kenyon book and I loved it. So when I was asked to review ‘Son of No
One’ I immediately agreed.  ‘Son of No
One’ is the sixth book in the Hellchaser series.

In ‘Son of No One’ we meet Josette. Josette is having a
lot of bad luck lately. She found out her husband was cheating on her and now
she has lost her job. Soon Josette is desperate to find a new job so she can
keep taking care of her three beloved dogs.

One night when Josette is helping her family out with
filming a cleansing ritual she somehow falls through a mirror into another
world. And not a very happy one. Everything is without color and soon Josette
meets the evil residents of this world. Thankfully that’s when Cardegan sees
Josette. Cardegan was betrayed by his brother many years ago and now he has
been stuck in a immortal prison for many many years. Josette is the first human
he sees in years and soon he can’t stay away from her.

Even though this book is the sixth book in the Hellchaser
series, and I haven’t read the previous books in this series I found myself
really looking forward to reading this book. Soon after I started reading I was
completely pulled into the world Sherrilyn Kenyon creates. This book is
definitely not a slow romance novel. No, the romance is intense and happens and
moves very fast. At times it moved a little too fast for my taste but I still
really liked Josette and Cardegan. Josette was this brave Cajun woman with a
lot of passion, and Cardegan was just a little sad. He was very handsome and
strong, but I mainly found him sad because of all the betrayal he had to go
through.

There is a lot of action happening in this book and this
book moves really fast. You definitely don’t get the time to lose your
concentration. I definitely enjoyed this book and the romances and family
bonds. But I do really think you’ll love this book even more if you have read
the previous books in this series. There were just some thinks I didn’t quite
understand. And there were really a lot of new characters for me to get to
know. I honestly would forget who everybody was. I mean those names where a
little difficult for me to remember.

But mainly I really enjoyed this book. Sherrilyn Kenyon’s
writing style is very addictive and easy to read and I love the way she
describes her characters. I’ll definitely be reading more books by her.

Writing as Sherrilyn Kenyon and Kinley MacGregor, she is
the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of several series: the
Dark-Hunters; the Lords of Avalon; and the League. She lives with her husband
and three sons in Nashville, Tennessee.

With legions of fans known as
Menyons (thousands of whom proudly sport tattoos from her series and who travel
from all over the world to attend her appearances), her books are always
snatched up as soon as they appear on store shelves. Since 2004, she had placed
more than 65 novels on the New York Times list in all formats including manga
and graphic novels. Her current series are: Dark-Hunter, Chronicles of Nick and
The League, and her books are available in over 100 countries where eager fans
impatiently wait for the next release. Her Chronicles of Nick and Dark-Hunter
series are soon to be major motion pictures while Dark-Hunter is also being
developed as a television series.

For more information about ‘Dark Bites’ and Sherrilyn Kenyon please visit her website, Goodreads, Pinterest, Facebook and Twitter. 

Many thanks to Clara Diaz and Little, Brown Book Group for giving me the opportunity to read this amazing book.