"I say we should stake him to an anthill and throw little pickles at him." 
 That is the first line of the book. I've got to say it's a pretty good one even if it doesn't make a lot of sense. Actually, that's the best way to describe the entire book; if you don't mind that the plot doesn't make a lot of logical sense, the story is actually pretty enjoyable. Many times I found myself giving a hard eye roll to the minutia of the plot while at the same time enjoying the characters and the writing style. It's a fine balance between preposterous and amazing that Sherrilyn Kenyon is walking in her writing. 
 Let's start this off with the amazing parts. Night Pleasures is Kyrian of Thrace and Amanda Devereaux's story. I was really excited to get to know Kyrian after hearing all about him in Fantasy Lover. Kyrian is a sarcastic ne'er-do-well with a heart of gold... which is my total weakness! So, obviously, I loved him right off the bat. Amanda wasn't as endearing to me but because I liked Kyrian so much and the fact that she was good to him helped me to like her. I rooted for them and I really wanted to see them get a happy ending. And the smut material... o wow! It gets pretty steamy in here! I think the thing that really got me the most was the humor. There were some really clever, funny bits in here! For example: 
 Amanda arched a brow at his weapons. "I thought only a wooden stake through the heart killed a vampire." 
 "A wooden stake through the heart will kill just about anything. And if it doesn't, run like hell," Hunter said blandly. 
 As for the preposterous, almost all of the situations the characters find themselves in are entirely convoluted. The whole "evil plan" of Desiderius that begins the entire plot doesn't make a lick of sense. (view spoiler)[ Desiderius captures Kyrian and Amanda and handcuffs them together. Then he is going to let them go and hunt them down again in order to torture them. WHY!!!??? What sense does that make? He has them practically chained up in his basement and he could just go down there and torture and kill them right now. Why on earth would he just let them go? It's entirely beyond me. (hide spoiler)] Even though I really liked the main characters, and I liked them as a couple, their whole relationship doesn't make a lot of sense either. (view spoiler)[ So... Kyrian can't orgasm because it makes him loose his powers. What a silly arbitrary thing on which all of his powers depend upon. (hide spoiler)] I liked that Amanda wanted to help soothe Kyrian's traumatic past by helping him associate his torture with love and sex. However, I think her vagina is entirely too magical. I mean Kyrian's fate entirely depends on it and she only does a sexy re-association session once and it seems to miraculously fix everything. Kyrian got crucified by the Romans! One would think at the very least he would need a few therapeutic sessions. I think because the foundation of the plot is so nonsensical that it makes everything else following it just as nonsensical as it enters the land of preposterous. 
 It's difficult to review a book that you have mixed feelings on. On the one hand, this is such a mess and the plot makes no sense. On the other hand, the characters were awesome and I enjoyed the writing style. I think what it comes down to is whether or not I enjoyed reading it which I did. Bottom Line: This book makes entirely no sense but if you can look past that, it's actually pretty good.