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sn4p's review against another edition
5.0
In previous stories, we hear about Darling being "gay". I was wondering how Sherrilyn was going to work with that, and she did an amazing job on showing why everyone assumed he was gay, when he fact he was very much straight.
The story would not have worked without the supporting characters, and Sherrilyn does such an amazing job of keeping them part of the story, but without them taking over. You get to see some old favorites (Sin, for example).
Honestly, the reading of the story has me wanting to re-read the whole series. LOVE the League series, and cannot wait to read the continuations!
The story would not have worked without the supporting characters, and Sherrilyn does such an amazing job of keeping them part of the story, but without them taking over. You get to see some old favorites (Sin, for example).
Honestly, the reading of the story has me wanting to re-read the whole series. LOVE the League series, and cannot wait to read the continuations!
kayreereads's review against another edition
4.0
Dark but good
This book was so hard to read at parts because what the characters go through is absolutely brutal. A lot of it makes your heart ache or your stomach burn with anger, but the end made it all feel more worth while.
This book was so hard to read at parts because what the characters go through is absolutely brutal. A lot of it makes your heart ache or your stomach burn with anger, but the end made it all feel more worth while.
megg_west's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Rape, and Physical abuse
auntblh's review against another edition
4.0
I enjoyed this book even though it was also disturbing at times. I can't imagine the pain that Darling had to endure while still maintaing his sense of justice. I can't understand how families can be so cruel to each other. I realize this happens, to some extent, in reality but I still don't understand it.
avid_reader_sf_and_f's review against another edition
Couldn't finish it. This is just too much like "torture porn."
Kenyon has been doing this to her characters since Asheron's book and I stopped reading her for a while after that one, although I loved the book, it was a hard, hard read. But I think this one may truly be my last.
Kenyon has been doing this to her characters since Asheron's book and I stopped reading her for a while after that one, although I loved the book, it was a hard, hard read. But I think this one may truly be my last.
ire7's review against another edition
5.0
A hot mess!
Oh my word,but I was a hot mess reading this book! I think I went through every emotion possible in the day and a half it took me to finish this book! Was even caught twice in tears from a co-worker and a stranger at one point. Both because I was heart broken and because my heart just couldn't take the happiness! This book was an amazing roller coaster of emotions. A book that makes you feel is a book worth reading (and definitely more than once).
Oh my word,but I was a hot mess reading this book! I think I went through every emotion possible in the day and a half it took me to finish this book! Was even caught twice in tears from a co-worker and a stranger at one point. Both because I was heart broken and because my heart just couldn't take the happiness! This book was an amazing roller coaster of emotions. A book that makes you feel is a book worth reading (and definitely more than once).
whiskeyinthejar's review against another edition
2.0
“You are my heaven… And you will always be my eternal hell."
This was almost 700 pgs and I'm guessing 680pgs have the hero either experiencing physical or emotional abuse or recalling it. It is truly awful stuff, examples:
Those are just some examples. It was all too much for me, the torture and constant homophobic slurs started to feel sensationalized, the point that the hero was constantly kicked and belittled by people, past and currently but still remained kind to those less fortunate was made without the feeling of, not reveling in it, but torture porn.
The heroine had some offbeat moments with almost thinking things weren't fair for her after all the hero had endured from her carelessness, not much of heroine material. The whole thing was just off with the excessive torture the hero went through and constant homophobic slurs. This wasn't fun or entertaining to read. I did enjoy past characters from the series and the world the author has set this in but I don't ever want to revisit or read Darling's story again.
This was almost 700 pgs and I'm guessing 680pgs have the hero either experiencing physical or emotional abuse or recalling it. It is truly awful stuff, examples:
Spoiler
the hero experiences rape, as a child from other males and as an adult from foreign objects while captured, along with inhumane torture consisting of a spiked metal gag, carving into face, electrocuted, fed his own waste and finger, and homophobic slurs constantly spouted at him.Those are just some examples. It was all too much for me, the torture and constant homophobic slurs started to feel sensationalized, the point that the hero was constantly kicked and belittled by people, past and currently but still remained kind to those less fortunate was made without the feeling of, not reveling in it, but torture porn.
The heroine had some offbeat moments with almost thinking things weren't fair for her after all the hero had endured from her carelessness, not much of heroine material. The whole thing was just off with the excessive torture the hero went through and constant homophobic slurs. This wasn't fun or entertaining to read. I did enjoy past characters from the series and the world the author has set this in but I don't ever want to revisit or read Darling's story again.