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covertocovergirl's review against another edition
5.0
For all Kenyon fans out there this series just gets BETTER and BETTER! No one does the, " All is not as it seems" storyline with greater skill. She redeems a vehemently reviled "meanie" and/or " baddie"... ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ of 5 .. and that's that, nuff said!
danni_faith's review against another edition
1.0
What an utter waste of time. This is without competition the worse book in the series.
ashesofabookdragon's review against another edition
4.0
This is 4.5 stars.
Loved this story and getting he full picture of events. I also really enjoyed the ending and it's more realistic results.
Loved this story and getting he full picture of events. I also really enjoyed the ending and it's more realistic results.
theficster's review against another edition
5.0
Loved Loved Loved this book. This is longest Born of book but it is worth every word. Julian is a great hero. I love the nieces.
_misty_'s review against another edition
4.0
Awesome book that shows that with time and will a man can actually change his destiny and choose his path.
I'm not giving 5 stars for a couple of reasons only:
- the way Jullien being accepted in Ushara's family was handled. I found it very rushed and unrealistic. The moment before Shara's father and grandfather don't want Jullien around Ushara (never mind that he's the reason Vasili is alive and Ushara is happy again) and arrange things to make him disappear forever. Then when Jullien returns and Ushara punishes them, they find out he's actually a Fyreblood. And boooom, he's accepted into the family. Not because he's a good man, not because he saved Vasili, not because Ushara is happy with him. Nope, he's accepted because of his DNA. Loved even! It goes from "you bastard, get away from Ushara" to "oh son, I love you, please make babies with Ushara" in five minutes. Absolutely unbelievable, unrealistic and hurried.
- the way Jullien's treatment as a child was explained by his parents, aunt, etc. I can, with great effort, try to understand the shock of a mother who knows her favourite child is dead. And let's not forget that Cairi was consistently drugged from that point on, and she probably wasn't in her right mind. I can't understand Aros though: he stayed away from his son because he cried when he picked him up? Excuse me? A child cries and his father ignores him for the rest of his life? And how about blaming Jullien for Nyk's death? A child of 5 years old? Not believable. Sorry, just no. And Galene Batur who had a son as well? She, who wasn't drugged or disrupted by Nyk's death? She turns away a child of 5/7 years old, shutting the door in his face? Knowing what it would do to her own son, if someone did the same to him? Sorry no, part 2.
I mean, we're not talking about regular adults here. We're talking about monsters. And from Galene's book, from the way Aros and Cairi reacted when they met Nyk, we know they are not monsters. So, their behaviour toward Jullien is to me completely wrong and out of character.
So, yes, no 5 stars for you, Born of Legend. I don't like inconsistencies this big!
I'm not giving 5 stars for a couple of reasons only:
- the way Jullien being accepted in Ushara's family was handled. I found it very rushed and unrealistic. The moment before Shara's father and grandfather don't want Jullien around Ushara (never mind that he's the reason Vasili is alive and Ushara is happy again) and arrange things to make him disappear forever. Then when Jullien returns and Ushara punishes them, they find out he's actually a Fyreblood. And boooom, he's accepted into the family. Not because he's a good man, not because he saved Vasili, not because Ushara is happy with him. Nope, he's accepted because of his DNA. Loved even! It goes from "you bastard, get away from Ushara" to "oh son, I love you, please make babies with Ushara" in five minutes. Absolutely unbelievable, unrealistic and hurried.
- the way Jullien's treatment as a child was explained by his parents, aunt, etc. I can, with great effort, try to understand the shock of a mother who knows her favourite child is dead. And let's not forget that Cairi was consistently drugged from that point on, and she probably wasn't in her right mind. I can't understand Aros though: he stayed away from his son because he cried when he picked him up? Excuse me? A child cries and his father ignores him for the rest of his life? And how about blaming Jullien for Nyk's death? A child of 5 years old? Not believable. Sorry, just no. And Galene Batur who had a son as well? She, who wasn't drugged or disrupted by Nyk's death? She turns away a child of 5/7 years old, shutting the door in his face? Knowing what it would do to her own son, if someone did the same to him? Sorry no, part 2.
I mean, we're not talking about regular adults here. We're talking about monsters. And from Galene's book, from the way Aros and Cairi reacted when they met Nyk, we know they are not monsters. So, their behaviour toward Jullien is to me completely wrong and out of character.
So, yes, no 5 stars for you, Born of Legend. I don't like inconsistencies this big!
rlnifhlionn's review against another edition
3.0
Very repetitive. I get it he's has scars, both physical and emotional, stop banging on about it.
It wasn't until about 90% through the book that we learned anything new in the overall storyline.
Way too much time spent explaining customs, family trees and history. Just put an index at the start.
I love this series but hoping the next one is an entirely new story, maybe about the younger characters?
It wasn't until about 90% through the book that we learned anything new in the overall storyline.
Way too much time spent explaining customs, family trees and history. Just put an index at the start.
I love this series but hoping the next one is an entirely new story, maybe about the younger characters?
megant713's review against another edition
4.0
I quite enjoyed this! Another typical harlequin paranormal romance novel on par with others on the market.
nicolewhopickedthisbook's review against another edition
5.0
Only Sherrilyn Kenyon can take a character you’ve despised for 8 books, turn around, slap you in the face with the other side of the story, make you fall in love, and have it be one of the best books in the series. I bow down, Queen...
eloiseinparis's review against another edition
4.0
I was both looking forward to and apprehensive of reading this book. After reading Styxx I knew what a hot mess the "Evil Twin" side of the story could do to a beloved character. But it seems like Kenyon totally learned from her mistakes with that tale and redeemed herself with this one. Unlike Styxx this story did not retell one we already know filled with revisionist history. I think it was easier since Nyk and Dagger spent the majority of their lives apart with the universe thinking Nyk was dead, and there was no time wasted revisiting their brief time at school together. There was also no time wasted with Dagger denying all the bad things he did, instead he fully owned up to them with clear reasonings and sincere apologies.
Born of Night established that the twins mother had been cracked out since Nyk's death, their parents unmarried, and Dagger raised by their psycho grandmother. So as Dagger's side of things were revealed they never felt exaggerated or like a lie. With his mother high and his father light years away of course he would've been chum for those sharks. And his parents easily turned their backs on him at the end of BON, so if they truly were loving and caring parents, even considering the heinous things they thought he had done you would think they would have stood up for him in some way. Like sending him to a mental institution instead of letting him disappear into the ether with a death warrant against him.
This story does fit into Kenyon's special genre of torture porn, but Dagger's abuse is not the focus of this story. While he suffered his share of beatings as a child and an adult, this story focuses on healing. While there is no mental professional to help Dagger he does have religion and a new found family to help heal his psychological scars, and some friends with super powers to help heal his physical ones. I also loved the ending. It's not a fairy tale wrap up with the love of a good woman healing all wounds, it's realistic. Dagger and Nyk will be ever healing, but their children will only know love and safety. While the brothers may never form a true bond, their children doing so makes complete sense.
Born of Night established that the twins mother had been cracked out since Nyk's death, their parents unmarried, and Dagger raised by their psycho grandmother. So as Dagger's side of things were revealed they never felt exaggerated or like a lie. With his mother high and his father light years away of course he would've been chum for those sharks. And his parents easily turned their backs on him at the end of BON, so if they truly were loving and caring parents, even considering the heinous things they thought he had done you would think they would have stood up for him in some way. Like sending him to a mental institution instead of letting him disappear into the ether with a death warrant against him.
This story does fit into Kenyon's special genre of torture porn, but Dagger's abuse is not the focus of this story. While he suffered his share of beatings as a child and an adult, this story focuses on healing. While there is no mental professional to help Dagger he does have religion and a new found family to help heal his psychological scars, and some friends with super powers to help heal his physical ones. I also loved the ending. It's not a fairy tale wrap up with the love of a good woman healing all wounds, it's realistic. Dagger and Nyk will be ever healing, but their children will only know love and safety. While the brothers may never form a true bond, their children doing so makes complete sense.