Sins of the Night is the first Dark Hunter book that takes place fully outside of the core New Orleans crew of characters. There are some familiar faces but this seemed like the beginning of a new side of series. While I can appreciate branching out, Tupelo, Mississippi just isn't the most exciting locale to tell a story in. I think that lack of excitement may have held me back from really getting into this one. I guess I just really missed the fun that the core group had. I missed the laughs and the boldness of the characters. Sins of the Night did have some world building and there were things that I enjoyed but overall I would have to say I was a bit bored. 
 Our heroine is named Danger (yes, that's right, her FIRST name is Danger) and sadly she didn't really live up to her name. When we've already met a woman like Tabitha in Seize the Night the next woman who comes along would need to be at least on equal footing. I guess I just wanted more "Buffy-like" pluck from her than I got. Our male lead is Alexion who is basically Acheron's right hand man. Overall, I found him a bit bland. He did have some good qualities though. He was loyal and patient and didn't seem to have a love affair with his misery. Did he have his own share of troubles? Yes of course, all the males are always dark and broody! The nice thing was that while he did feel sorry for himself at times he didn't sit around and sulk and let it define who he was. On the other hand, I wanted to hear more about their pasts as Danger was killed in the French Revolution and Alexion was an ancient Greek. 
 In addition to being Acheron's right hand man, Alexion is also an executioner for Dark Hunters that have gone rogue. Essentially, what's going on here is Stryker is being an evil little liar and telling Dark Hunters that Ash is actually a daimon and has been using them for nefarious purposes in an attempt to get the Dark Hunters to turn on Ash. The whole thing is pretty preposterous. I'm uncertain why any Dark Hunter would want to turn against Ash so much that they would believe a daimon... you know, their biggest enemy. The only reasons that I ever heard concretely mentioned were Ash is secretive about his personal life and that they were unhappy to be stationed in Mississippi. I totally get being mad about Mississippi because it's freaking Mississippi and all but those are pretty weak excuses for a rebellion. It makes the Dark Hunters come off as a bunch of idiots. Why not turn against Ash? He only gives them immortality, revenge on their enemies, servants, money, and bails them out of trouble All. The. Time. and the only thing he asks of them is to do their freaking jobs. Yet, they are taking the word of a daimon who, by the way, is telling them it's totally cool to eat people all because of some perceived slight. WOE TO ALL THE POOR SPOILED CHILDREN! Puh-lease! 
 In the course of their relationship Danger went from being suspicious and hostile to getting friendly and sexy with Alexion really quick. Maybe I missed something along the way but it just seemed like she decided to trust him just all of a sudden. You can't just jump between hostility and affection without any real reason behind it. I'm pretty sure this is just more of the "because I said so" writing that I keep talking about in all of my reviews for this series. It's like: 
 However, they did have some fun moments together. They watch the movie Troy and compare and contrast the butts of the male actors. I liked seeing them just do something normal for once without being in constant danger. The downside was that since there wasn't always a lot going on it did get a little boring at times. I also liked that they didn't constantly bemoan their fate and get drawn apart over some stupid drama. They definitely wanted to make the most out of what they had and they did to the best of their abilities. 
 As for the smut, I thought there could have been more. There are only a couple of scenes really and considering how much sex (and wild sex at that) has been in previous books it just wasn't too exciting. Side note with a slight spoiler: They do 69 with the guy on top which just isn't sexy ... at least for me. I wouldn't want to have his balls touch my nose while I look into his taint. All I kept thinking was "NOOO! You're doing it wrong!" 
 At the end of the book Sins of the Night wasn't as exciting as previous installments. I wanted more danger from Danger and I think the steam needed to be turned up some as well. However, we do meet a new character named Xirena (view spoiler)[ who is also a Charonte demon an Simi's long lost sister! (hide spoiler)] who is introduced to Simi. I can't wait to see all the havoc that they're going reap throughout the rest of the series! I'm still going to continue on with the series because there are still mysteries that need solving. (view spoiler)[ At one point Alexion hears a female voice in his head who helps him but nothing further is discovered about who the voice comes from! You can't just bring that up and not do anything about it! (hide spoiler)] Now, on to Unleash the Night!