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Book Review By L. Watson
Night Play by Sherrilyn Kenyon

Bride McTierney is in a mood to hate all men because she just received a letter from her boyfriend ditching her for being too fat. To make things worse, the letter was charged to her account. Moments later, when a gorgeous man named Vane comes into her jewelry shop and buys a necklace, she starts crying. Trying to comfort her, they end up having an incredible bout of sex.

Vane leaves Bride's store despite his attraction to her and the unbelievable sex. Vane is a were-hunter, wolves who can turn into humans, and he and his brother are under a death sentence from their own father. He also hunts vampires and his people are at war with another race of shapeshifters. In addition, Vane's brother is in a coma and there is nothing Vane can do to heal him. All in all, starting a relationship, especially with a human, seems like a bad idea.

But then Vane sees the mating mark on his hand. It means that Bride is his true mate and unless he gets her to voluntarily mate with him within three weeks, he will end up a eunuch. But Bride's self confidence is at an all time low so she cannot believe a sexy handsome man is sincerely interested in her. Vane needs to woo her quickly while protecting her from his enemies. When he visits her in his wolf form, she seems to like the stray dog and lets him hang around her home. He starts dating her in his human form. Bride begins to wonder if there is something going on between the dog and Vane.


Plot & Themes
Time/era of story
Action/suspense subplot? Yes
Action:
Hidden Identity/Secret Motive Yes
Is really... - magical powers/identity
If one lover chases another... - he chases after her
Fantasy/Magic Yes
Fantasy/Magical Lover Yes

Main Male Character
Profession/status:
If magical/mental powers:
Sex makes him

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Profession/status:

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Deep South

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
What % of story is romance related? - 80%
How explicit is the sex? - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - licking - actual description of sex - Boob talk - Weiner talk
Focus of story - equally on him and her
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much sexing? - 3-4 sex acts
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