Dark Side of the Moon
Sherrilyn Kenyon
St. Martin's, Jun 2006, $19.95
ISBN: 0312357435

How far one has fallen thinks reporter Susan Michaels as she reads her re-edited article on a boy eaten by killer moths. She was once a proud Washing Post Beltway journalist but a scandal has left her working in Seattle for the Daily Inquisitor covering shock thrillers and so called true accounts of the supernatural including Elvis sightings.

A depressed Susan believes she may have a lead back to credibility at a nearby animal shelter where she hopes to obtain information on the serial killer The Seattle Slayer. That tip proves like everything else of recent uncovering false, but she is conned into taking home a cat that she proves allergic to even when he shapeshifts into the hunk Ravyn Contis who insists that he is an immortal Dark Hunter guardian fighting deadly Daimons in a war in which the stake in mankind.

Though the locale shits from New Orleans to Seattle, the basic ingredients remain the same as Dark Hunter meets capable mortal lover while battling deadly Daimons; yet Sherrilyn Kenyon showcases her creative talent by making DARK SIDE OF THE MOON feel totally fresh and a stand alone fantasy (though a sequel is coming). Readers will appreciate the humorous teaming up of the allergic human and the Cat-Man as they skirmish with Daimons in a delightfully exciting story line.

Harriet Klausner