Shadow Fallen: A Dream-Hunter Novel (Dream-Hunter, #5)

by Sherrilyn Kenyon

#1 New York Times bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon returns with a brand-new entry to her Dream-Hunter series

For centuries, Ariel has fought the forces of evil and her task was to protect the souls of innocent mortals when they die. Captured by a powerful sorceress, she is transformed into the body of a human who has no memory of her real life or calling.

And is plunked into the middle of the invasion of England by the Norman Empire.

Cursed the moment he was born with a "demonic deformity", Valteri wants nothing of this earth except to depart it and will do his duty to his king until then. A strange noblewoman is found and brought before him, and Valteri knows he has met her before… but only in his dreams. And when others come for her and bring with them preternatural predators, he is faced with a destiny he had no idea was waiting. And one he wants no part of.

For the truth is that he isn’t just a knight of William the Conqueror. He is the son of one of the deadliest powers in existence, and if he doesn’t restore Ariel to her place, she is not the only one in peril. The world itself hangs in the balance, and he is the necessary key to hold back the powers of evil. But only if he can find a way to work with the woman who stands for everything in the universe he hates.

• ISBN10: 1250773865
• ISBN13: 9781250773869
• Publish Date: 12 April 2022
• Publish Status: Active
• Imprint: Tor Books
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 288
• Language: English

Reviews

[Inkslinger]

I've been so excited for 'Shadows Fallen,' the new release by Sherrilyn Kenyon in the Dark Hunter universe.. more specifically a Dream Hunter novel. It's been such a long time coming and the road has been a rough one for her, but she remains one of my favorite novelists and I couldn't be happier with her latest book.

 

As this is just the first in the trilogy leading up to Jaden's book, I'm already heavily invested. Jaden was one of my favorites already.. and though I did get one glimpse of my absolute #1 Dark Hunter here, I'm hoping for a lot more of that too.

 

Valteri is wonderful. If anyone wondered if Kenyon would still be able to tug at their heart strings with ease, let me assure you.. she can. Only a handful of pages into the first chapter, I knew he was going to have a horrible backstory and probably an unpleasant immediate future as well. He's gruff on the outside (though not as much as Zarek.. who I also adore) and a squishy soft marshmallow man on the inside. In other words, he's easy to love.

 

Since life caused me to fall behind on a few books in the latter part of the series, there were some revelations here for me regarding some of the other characters that we'd met earlier on. Though, that has only spurred my need to go back and catch up.

 

Ariel is a really sweet character and she means well, but man.. if there is something she could have done to make his journey unintentionally any more difficult.. I have no idea what it would have been. In addition to all the scheming from the enemies, she just makes bad decision after bad decision when it comes to Valteri.  

 

I did enjoy my return to the Dark Hunter universe though and I can't wait to see what lies ahead on this path to the Broker we all know and love.

 

(I received this title as an ARC. All opinions are mine and freely given.)