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    The Dream-Hunter
    The Dream-Hunter
    The Dream-Hunter
    Audiobook9 hours

    The Dream-Hunter

    Written by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Narrated by Fred Berman

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    About this audiobook

    In the ethereal world of dreams, there are champions who fight to protect the dreamer and there are demons who prey on them...

    In Sherrilyn Kenyon's The Dream-Hunter, Arik is such a predator. Condemned by the gods to live eternity without emotions, Arik can only feel when he's in the dreams of others. For thousands of years, he's drifted through the human unconscious, searching for sensation. Now he's finally found a dreamer whose vivid mind can fill his emptiness.

    Dr. Megeara Kafieri watched her father ruin himself and his reputation as he searched to prove Atlantis was real. Her deathbed promise to him to salvage his reputation has now brought her to Greece where she intends to prove once and for all that the fabled island is right where her father said it was. But frustration and bad luck dog her every step. Especially the day they find a stranger floating in the sea. His is a face she's seen many times.... in her dreams.

    What she doesn't know is that Arik holds more than the ancient secrets that can help her find the mythical isle of Atlantis. He has made a pact with the god Hades: In exchange for two weeks as a mortal man, he must return to Olympus with a human soul. Megeara's soul.

    With a secret society out to ruin her expedition, and mysterious accidents that keep threatening her life, Megeara refuses to quit. She knows she's getting closer to Atlantis and as she does, she stumbles onto the truth of what Arik really is.

    For Arik his quest is no longer simple. No human can know of a Dream-Hunter's existence. His dream of being mortal has quickly turned into his own nightmare and the only way to save himself will be to sacrifice the very thing he wanted to be human for. The only question is, will he?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Audio
    Release dateOct 1, 2011
    ISBN9781427221223
    The Dream-Hunter
    Author

    Sherrilyn Kenyon

    New York Times bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon is a regular in the #1 spot. This extraordinary bestseller continues to top every genre in which she writes, including manga and graphic novels. More than 70 million copies of her books are in print in more than one hundred countries. Her current series include The Dark Hunters®, The League®, Deadman’s Cross™, Chronicles of Nick®, Hellchasers™, Mikro Chasers™, and The Lords of Avalon®. Her Chronicles of Nick® and Dark-Hunter® series are soon to be major motion pictures.

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    • 4/5
      Not as good as some of the others in the series but still a solid story.
    • 3/5
      This series is really becoming a little too "same old, same old." I'm only still in it because I like the author's invented Atlantean mythological backdrop, but if the stories don't pick up, I may just bail.
    • 3/5
      I read the Dark Hunter series voraciously for years, until I got caught up in other author series. I decided to catch back up to the new releases and, sadly, this is where I had to start. Frankly, if this were the first book I had read in this series I wouldn’t continue. I struggled to finish it because I kept putting it down; it is lacking the magic of Kenyon’s other books in the series. I just did not care about these characters, and they were too far removed from other familiar faces in the Dark Hunter universe. The Dark Hunters and Were Hunters are dynamic, complex and interesting creations. Oneroi who exist without emotion, and try to siphon it through humans like a drug when they go bad as Skoti, just didn’t click for me. Arikos was one-dimensional, and boring. His heroine Geary was interesting, but needed more fleshing out. And, outside of dreams (dream sex isn’t as good), I just didn’t see their relationship evolve into being a couple. Despite these issues, I gave the book 3 stars for a couple reasons. First, Kenyon’s mythology is rich and detailed. I love getting more information about her world-building – especially the gods and their relationships. It was really cool to find out Hades is totally hot and Persephone loves him. Also, the horror and unjust punishment of the Oneroi is interesting, just not as a basis for romance. Plus, Acheron made a cameo, which is always good. Second, the ending was actually exciting when Geary has to go to the Underworld to win Arikos back. Overall, it was okay but just not up to the high standards of the novels that came before it. If it hadn’t been so hyped that we meet Ash’s heroine in this book, I probably would’ve skipped it.
    • 2/5
      This series is seriously starting to annoy me. If I didn't want to know more about Ash, I'd give up on the series. I hate the mash-up of multiple series into one.That said, I did not like Arik. I liked Geary, that's the only reason I liked this book at all.
    • 3/5
      An okay read, with enough elaboration on the Dream-Hunter world to keep fans interested.
    • 3/5
      Arikos is a dream hunter who has been condemned by the gods to foever live with out experiencing emotions. He is only capable of feeling the emotions of others while he wlaks through their dreams. Arikos has discovered one dreamer who displays so much emotion that it makes him feel whole.Dr. Megeara Kafieri made a death bed promise to her father that she will recover his reputation. To do so she has travelled to Greece to prove that the lost city of Atlantis is indeed real. There she pulls a man from the ocean, a man she has only seen in her dreams.Arikos is mortal, for now, but soon he must return with to the gods with a human soul, Megeara.To Susan Arikos has the missing key to Atlantis,a pure answer to her dreams. Unaware of the danger that waits ahead.
    • 4/5
      One of my friends chided me for having never read Sherrilyn Kenyon in all my reading, so I attempted to start with the Dark Hunter series through my library, but after months on hold, it was removed from their catalog (the horrors), so I finally added the Dream Hunter series to my requests and I'm glad I did.I loved the Greek mythology mixed into the current day world. I loved that no one in these books - gods or not - was perfect in any way, but not inherently evil either. The main characters were compelling. Geary was smart, wary, and while she kept her guard up emotionally, she loved those in her life fiercely. And of course, Arik has his on interesting story of wanting to experience emotion and moving from his own selfish needs to an act of selflessness and trust.This is one of those books that proves how a typical writing trope can be used well in the hands of a good writer. I'm intrigued to continue on with this series (when the library will let me have the book - sometimes it's hard being at the hands of the library gods).My only recommendation is not to follow my lead if you start this series. I would suggest starting with the Dark Hunter series. While it wasn't a major part of the storyline, at times I felt like certain scenes would've packed more umph if I knew the dark hunter background.Very good read from start to finish.
    • 2/5
      I was bitterly disappointed with this book. I have always heard good things about Ms. Kenyon's books and thought I would love this story. The basic premise is excellent and should have been captivating, instead, it seemed to drag on and on. A book that normally should have taken me 2-3 days to read, took several weeks because I just wasn't that interested. I am not sure if it would have been better if I had read her previous works, but I felt it should have been a stand alone read. I found myself more interested in the peripheral characters like Solin, than I was in the hero and heroine, and that is never a good sign.
    • 4/5
      Arik is an immortal who feeds off the dreams of others to feel. He's found Megeara, an archaeologist hunting for Atlantis to vindicate her father's obsession, who has such vivid dreams that they have attracted Arik. Little does she know that there are a lot of people trying to stop her from finding Atlantis, if she finds Atlantis she might free Apollymi, and no-one really wants that.What she also doesn't know is that Arik promised her soul for his humanity, and they've got two weeks.Kenyon has written a great story here, it's fun and interesting and the politics are understandable, along with interesting interleaving into the rest of the series while being it's own book. Knowing the side characters helps but it's also quite a good story on it's own.
    • 4/5
      Finished The Dream-Hunter (Dream Hunter Series Book 1) in one sitting and I must say, I liked it! I also have to say, despite said liking, SK has a major problem in this book.Plotting.Dream Hunter has some of the laziest plotting I've ever seen. A couple of times I was scratching my head thinking, "Now wait a minute, didn't she just say ...?"It was as if no one read, or edited, this book before it went to print! SK made rules in her world then promptly ignored them and at other points, she conveniently resolves plot points- too conveniently! She also took another lazy way out- she "hung lanterns". "Hanging a lantern on" plot holes is drawing deliberate attention to a potential plot hole, thereby making it seem as if the said holes were intentional. Though this technique can make for some funny scenes in a good writer's hands, here it just looked like SK didn't want to be bothered.And yet ... I liked Dream-Hunter. I gobbled it up like candy! (Which is of course what all her books are to me.)Arik and Geary were great together and I loved the Mediterranean setting. Initially, Geary only knows Arik through her heated dreams of him where all her inhibitions are dropped. She doesn't know he's "real" and that he's falling for her- hard. So much so, that he literally makes a pact with the devil (Hades) to be able to meet Geary in the flesh.While in his world, the world of dreams and the Greek Pantheon, Arik has no emotions. He only feels anything when he is inside a human's dream and he syphons off their emotions, but his sense of it is muted even then. As such he readily agrees to Hades's deal to let Hades have Geary after Arik's two weeks in the flesh are up.It's afterwards, when Arik gets the chance to experience true love in the flesh, that he realizes what a horribly selfish pact he made and, of course, sacrifices himself instead. How Arik and Geary find their happily ever after is for you to find out!Of course there's a whole other thing going on with Apollymi the Atlantean Destroyer God wooing Geary to "discover" the final resting place of Atlantis and set her free from her prison. (Here's where a lot of convenient and senseless contrivance plotting comes in- well, here and throughout Arik and Geary's love story too- but it's glaringly obvious in everything dealing with Apollymi.) But, perhaps you'll be able to get over it as I did because ... I plain ol' liked the story!I also liked the Greek Mythology thrown into it. I felt as if they were characters from a series that had their own book at one time, then show up later as side characters in other editions- it worked well I thought.(Oh and Ash shows up, however briefly, which is always a plus! hee)
    • 4/5
      Arik is a fallen guardian now addicted to the pleasures he can find in the dreams of humans, a pale echo of the emotions stripped from Arik and his brethren by an ancient curse. Drawn to the dreams of one human in particular, Megera, Arik is consumed with a desire to experience her emotions in the human world beyond the dream plain. To be with Megera Arik strikes a deadly bargin, using Megera's soul as barter.Sherrilyn Kenyon has woven another amazing tale in the world of her Dark Hunters with The Dream-Hunter. As her tale unfolds through the course of the story her characters become deeper and more complex, no one more so than Arik. Kenyon is the master of taking a character who might otherwise be unredeemable and makes you care about him. I will say that the last chapter of her story was jaw dropping as the ever powerful subplot prevelant throughout her DH series clicked in to place. I'm definately looking forward to reading more about Kenyon's world as her series and characters continue to evolve.
    • 4/5
      I really enjoyed the story of Geary and Arik but at the end it through me for a loop at the end when I realized that this was set pre-book 1. I really liked that she placed the book here because it was refreshing to see how the ending played into previous books. All in all this was a better one of the series even though it was a Dream-Hunter book.
    • 4/5
      The Dream-Hunter was the sixth story in the Dark-Hunter series that I've read this year, and I'm beginning to think that perhaps I've read too many of them in too short a time span. I've been quite anxious to get to Acheron, and in my haste to make headway in this exceedingly long series, I'm starting to become rather apathetic about it. I had really enjoyed Phantom Lover, a Dream-Hunter novella that came early in the series, so I thought that in spite of the Dream-Hunter books generally not being fan faves that I might like them better than others did. Unfortunately, this first full-length Dream-Hunter novel ended up being as lackluster for me as it was for many other readers.Arik and Geary were fairly likable characters, but I just never felt like I got to know them very well. Arik had spent his immortal life as an Oneroi (a dream god) in an emotionless state, until he went Skotos (basically the bad side of the Oneroi). Even then he could only feed off the emotions of the humans whose dreams he shared. When he found Geary, her dreams were so vivid they made him want to find out what it would be like to have human emotions, so he made a deal with Hades to make that possible. We eventually find out that Arik's emotions were essentially beaten out of him at an early age and between that and the punishments he received for defying the Oneroi, he carried many physical scars. Because of this, Arik could have been an extremely tortured hero, but he never really seemed like one to me. At times, it felt like he was almost as emotionless as he would have been had he remained Skotos. Mostly, it just seemed like I was being told about his feelings rather than experiencing them. Initially, the author did a pretty good job of bringing out how Arik felt when he first found out what it was like being human, how all the stimuli around him was an assault to his senses and emotions. However, for someone who had basically lived in a state of sensory and emotional deprivation for hundreds of years, he adjusted a little too quickly in my opinion. It was also cute how he didn't really know much about the human world, and was almost like a kid experiencing certain things for the first time. I really wish that more of these moments had been included in the story. Geary is an anthropologist who is carrying on her father's work of trying to locate the lost civilization of Atlantis. She is having difficulty getting the necessary permits to excavate on the ocean floor, but when Arik arrives in human form, he is able to pull strings and cut through the red tape for her. For some reason which I never quite figured out, she is able to hear the voice of Apollymi, the Destroyer goddess of Atlantis (and Ash's mother). It may have had something to do with the Atlantean artifacts that her father left her, but it almost seemed for a while like there was something special about Geary herself that made it possible. Maybe I missed something along the way, but that part was rather confusing to me. In the end, Geary had to show a lot of strength and fortitude to rescue Arik from his fate, but in spite of that, she was just never a stand-out character to me.I had high hopes for this couple at the beginning of the story. The main thing that had drawn me into Phantom Lover was the whole concept of the hero and heroine meeting in her dreams. Since the same thing happened in The Dream-Hunter, it got off to a good start. I really enjoyed the dream sequences, and Geary's reaction to seeing Arik in the flesh for the first time after he had starred in her steamy dreams was pretty intense, almost like sparks were flying off the page. Sadly, that was pretty much where the romance ended for me. I just didn't feel the same deep connection between them after the dream sequences ended. All in all, I felt like there was a lot of potential in these two characters and their relationship, but in my opinion, it was never fully realized. It seemed to me like their romance got rather sidetracked and overshadowed by all the mythology and god politics.There were several aspects of this story that were rather muddled and confusing to me, not the least of which were some of the characters' motives. Geary had spent her whole life thinking her father was a crack-pot just like everyone else, but then a couple of artifacts that seemed like no more than trinkets, instantly changed her mind and make her believe wholeheartedly in Atlantis and continue her father's work. I also never quite understood why her father didn't show her these things when he was alive. Arik's brother, Solin, seems to want revenge on Arik, but then helps him instead which didn't make a lot of sense. Apollymi's entire agenda to this point has been getting free from Kalosis. She tries to bargain with Geary to let her out, but then when Geary refuses, she still helps her anyway which I didn't understand either. The Oneroi triumvirate had never seemed to be mean or violent before, but in this book at least one of them turns menacing. Overall, it just seemed like the characters' minds could change in a heartbeat and everything in general happened a bit too easily and without enough detail and explanation to suit me.I felt the writing in general could have used more polish and did not reflect the seasoned author that Ms. Kenyon is. As with past books in the series, she way overuses the phrases, “Excuse me?” and “You have no idea,” as well as the word, “it'd”. I've always found that to be a very clunky contraction that doesn't flow well either in my mind or off my tongue, so the repeated use of it started to grate. Also, the phrases I mentioned, among other things, in my opinion, give the dialog a rather juvenile feel. Additionally, there were places where I felt that the dialog dragged and was nothing more than unnecessary filler. Being a Dream-Hunter novel, there weren't a lot of carryover characters which in a way was a blessing, because I was already confused enough by all the god politics. However, the three Dream-Hunter leaders, M'Adoc, M'Ordant, and D'Alerian, who have all appeared in previous books, returned, as did Artemis' handmaiden, Kat, who becomes the heroine of the next full-length novel in the series, Devil May Cry. After her appearance in Seize the Night, I thought that Kat might become Ash's heroine, because she obviously loves him very much. I think I now have an idea as to why that is, and why she won't be romantically involved with Ash after all. However, Ash's true heroine, Tory, is introduced in this book, and is probably the single-most important reason for reading it. As The Dream-Hunter takes place about a decade before the first book of the Dark-Hunter series, Tory is only a teenager, but she is a geeky genius which I can appreciate. Hopefully, she will eventually grow into her role as a worthy mate for Ash. At the end, we also get a very brief visit with Ash, Kyrian and Nick (also as a teenager), but in my opinion, it didn't add much to the story and was just more filler.From my many criticisms, it might sound like I would have marked the The Dream-Hunter lower than the 3.5 stars I gave it, but it didn't entirely bore me. I was just rather confused at times. I'm also trying to give it the benefit of the doubt, since I was extremely tired and having trouble staying awake while reading it. With that in mind, I feel I might have missed something important that I wouldn't have had I been more alert. In any case, I think I'll be laying the Dark-Hunter series aside for a while. Even without my fatigue factoring in, I'm simply becoming burned out on the series and Ms. Kenyon's writing in general, and definitely want to be in a better state of mind when I do get to Ash's book. Hopefully, taking a time out will help me to return to the series fresher and more ready to handle the author's quirks that can sometimes irritate me.
    • 3/5
      The Dream Hunter
      3 Stars

      The Atlantis plot premise has potential and the additions to the overall Dark Hunter world building are interesting but the romance is borderline idiotic.

      Arik and Geary's relationship is completely inexplicable. Geary goes from overtly skeptical and suspicious of Arik to jumping his bones in less than a chapter and Arik goes from unfeeling and self-centered jerk to infatuated and self-sacrificing hero in the time it takes to fall off Mount Olympus.

      The pacing is also off - the first 2/3 are slow and tedious but the last 1/3 picks up and manages to save the book from being a complete dud - the resolution to Arik and Geary's dilemma is inventive and I can only lament the fact that their romance is not worthy of it.

      The secondary characters are the real highlight of the book from the various Greek Gods (Kenyon shows real insight into their egotistical, capricious and selfish natures) to Geary's quirky/nerdy cousin and Arik snarky "brother", not to mention the enigmatic ZT and Kat who is even more mysterious than before.

      Ultimately, the book is worth reading for the tie ins to the Dark Hunter series, which fill in some gaps and add new details.
    • 5/5
      This quite and enjoyable book I could not stop once started. It was very interesting and the roles of the main characters started in the way that it draws you into the story. Love that in the end, Both did not allow the gods to take over their life and will. In addition to not allowing the other dream hunter to take away from both love, joy of sharing each other life. Or failing to understand the value of love. Excellent storyline and the love shared by two of them.