"fresh and a stand alone fantasy"

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 shifts 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

Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted May 16, 2006

This is Ravyn's story

Summary

Susan Michaels was once the hottest reporter on the Beltway Beat until a major scandal ruined her life and left her writing stories about alien babies and Elvis sightings. Life as she once knew it is over, or so she thinks until she gets a lead on the biggest story in town: The Seattle Slayer. She heads to the local animal shelter, expecting a tip on the latest rash of killings. Instead, she gets a story about the mayor feeding citizens to a ring of vampires... yeah. Just another day in her life.

Then she gets talked into adopting a cat she's allergic to. Her first thought is to neuter the cat. But when he turns out to be a gorgeous shapeshifting man who claims to be an immortal vampire slayer she thinks: not so fast. Next thought: seek professional help.

Susan doesn't know what to believe, but as she's drawn into a paranormal world, she comes to realize that the story that could bring her credibility is too unbelievable to expose. Now it's no longer a question of bringing the truth to her readers, it's a matter of saving lives and souls, and her only ally is a man she's allergic to. In the world of the Dark-Hunters, it's always dangerous. But never more so than when one very human woman can shatter their entire world with just one story. The only question is... will she? Dark Side of the Moon is full of Sherrilyn Kenyon's trademark sexy humor and breathtaking imagination.