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whitney0498's review against another edition
5.0
I have been provided with a review copy of Born of Fury from the publisher St. Martin’s Press for an impartial review. Born of Fury is a part of The League series and what another great installment it is. I really enjoyed reading this book there was so much action and it was great to come back to this world. This installment the focus is on the Andarion in the group that we’ve come to love Dancer Hawk and Sumi Antaxas who is in the League of Assassins. It was really interesting to see how Sumi goes from her assigned mission of Hawk to where she ends up. I just fell in love with them and it just pulled at my heartstrings the things that they had gone through. This book was just epic and I can’t wait to read more by this author.
squarebear's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
This is one of my favorite books in The League series. It has excellent world building, funny banter, real drama, and the most amazing characters. The only issue I have with it is that towards the end the story is kind of rushed. But it has such a happy ending.
megg_west's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
jazzcone's review
4.0
This is one of my favorite book series, and this book didn't disappoint. At first I was a bit intimidated with just how thick it was! However I found that it was a very easy and quick read. I thought it tied and built a bridge in the series for where the series will be heading in the future. You got sneak peek in the lives of past characters, and there families.
I felt that when Sumi meets Dancer's friends there could of been more dialogue between them, instead of them just automatically accept her with introductions and a short conversation. Its almost like all of a sudden BAM she is in with all them.
I felt that when Sumi meets Dancer's friends there could of been more dialogue between them, instead of them just automatically accept her with introductions and a short conversation. Its almost like all of a sudden BAM she is in with all them.
pixi_reads's review
5.0
Another wonderful story from Sherrilyn Kenyon touching on family and life. Even though this is fiction it is easy to identify with any and all of the characters. I couldn't stop until I had finished.
misskrislm's review
4.0
Hauk was one of the least described of the Sentella High Command, second only to Jayne. Hearing his story was slow going in comparison to the high-packed action of the others in this series, but each bit was worth it. It was perhaps one of the least predictable books she's written, and one of the most touching. Kenyon for the win, again.
amyiw's review against another edition
4.0
4 1/2 again
This series actually seems to have gotten better. I bumped it down because of the mother of Hauk.
So this was the most family oriented book of all so far. Hauk starts off on a family right of passage with his nephew and niece (adoptive). The woman league assassin, Sumi, sent to take him down is more immediately inducted into the mess they are in. For her, you don't feel as bad for as for Hauk, yet you like her. Things in the book seem a little too easy many of the times, though it was really a relief for me since the last book with Darling, had the things just too hard, to the point that you couldn't believe any could come back from that. This one was almost fun, was fun in some places.
Still the mother and the end just made me so angry. With that it was still a very good read that kept my attention. I avoided it thinking I would be rung out like at the end of Darlings book, but happily wasn't. Is there fighting, warring, and such? Sure always with these books, but the torture that sometimes gets put in, was little compared to many of the other books.
This was one of, if not, the best of this series so far. Glad I finally pushed myself to start it. Once started in with it, I didn't put it down.
This series actually seems to have gotten better. I bumped it down because of the mother of Hauk.
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It was just too much for me that they would in any way forgive her. How could she think they could?So this was the most family oriented book of all so far. Hauk starts off on a family right of passage with his nephew and niece (adoptive). The woman league assassin, Sumi, sent to take him down is more immediately inducted into the mess they are in. For her, you don't feel as bad for as for Hauk, yet you like her. Things in the book seem a little too easy many of the times, though it was really a relief for me since the last book with Darling, had the things just too hard, to the point that you couldn't believe any could come back from that. This one was almost fun, was fun in some places.
Still the mother and the end just made me so angry.
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The mother being accepted at the ceremony just irked me to no end. The betrothed didn't even irk me as much, she was in love with a psychopath, perhaps she was a psychopath herself. Her love was forbidden too. The mother not even giving Hauk a little belief, and her reaction. No that just pissed me off. So accepting her in anyway just didn't sit right.This was one of, if not, the best of this series so far. Glad I finally pushed myself to start it. Once started in with it, I didn't put it down.
xakyr's review against another edition
5.0
I was completely amazed by this book! I must warn you, it does start out very slowly, but starts to pick up at the 35-40% mark until it becomes this rolling thundering juggernaut that you just can't put down!
The focus on much of this book seems to be on family, but also on the Andarion culture as a whole. I really liked seeing the Sentella clan all together as a whole and interacting with one another.
Sumi was a wonderful heroine, wounded and yet noble at the same time. She was a strong fighter and more than a match for Dancer himself. Dancer mellowed quite a bit from previous novels, and while it is attributed to Sumi, I think part of it was his maturing as well. The one thing that irked me was that it was discovered that Sumi was part Quilliq, but it didn't progress from there. Why include it and not take it anywhere?
All in all, this was an extremely hard to put down book that now has me on the edge of my seat for the next book!
The focus on much of this book seems to be on family, but also on the Andarion culture as a whole. I really liked seeing the Sentella clan all together as a whole and interacting with one another.
Sumi was a wonderful heroine, wounded and yet noble at the same time. She was a strong fighter and more than a match for Dancer himself. Dancer mellowed quite a bit from previous novels, and while it is attributed to Sumi, I think part of it was his maturing as well. The one thing that irked me was that it was discovered that Sumi was part Quilliq, but it didn't progress from there. Why include it and not take it anywhere?
All in all, this was an extremely hard to put down book that now has me on the edge of my seat for the next book!
liliavisser's review
3.0
It's more 3 and a half, but not a 4.
I liked a lot, and it was a nice change from the seriously physically tortured characters she presents in her other books. Hauk is still emotionally tormented, of course, but his story makes sense. All in all a good read.
I liked a lot, and it was a nice change from the seriously physically tortured characters she presents in her other books. Hauk is still emotionally tormented, of course, but his story makes sense. All in all a good read.