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pixi_reads's review against another edition
5.0
This is the best yet! You do probably need to read the other books in the series first, except Born of Ice, to enjoy it as much.
kriff08's review against another edition
1.0
I'm giving up. I'm over halfway through this book and just not interested. The beginning was ok but since then everything seems to be a cluster of characters from other books. I've read a few league novels but I'm not a die hard fan and I don't really want to read a character reunion. This book was supposed to be about Fain and Galene. Instead I'm getting like everyone I've already read about. I hardly feel like I know Fain and Galene at all for all the other characters that are making an appearance. So after two fake out explosions I'm pretty much done and putting this one away.
misskrislm's review against another edition
5.0
Completely worth waiting for! I loved Fain as much as I thought I would, and Galene proved her fire again after having really met her in "Born of Defiance". What an amazing couple those two make.
xakyr's review against another edition
3.0
I've been reading this series for a while now, and this book was a bit of a let down for me.
One thing I enjoyed was that it let us know that it was set several years after some of the events of [b:Born of Defiance|22046891|Born of Defiance (The League, #9)|Sherrilyn Kenyon|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1412822622s/22046891.jpg|41371684]. That being said, some of those events made no sense to me, especially in a political Monarchy sense! It seemed too merciful to leave political enemies alive, as they could always wind up coming back to overthrow you all over again! It made it very easy to predict the events that ended this book!
I really didn't care for Fain as a hero. He never really went into the details of his past and what drove him from Galene. I really felt he owed her and Talyn that information. He seemed very closed off to me, and there wasn't a good reason given for it in current time! In the past, yes, but after his "redemption"? Not so much.
Galene I knew from [b:Born of Defiance|22046891|Born of Defiance (The League, #9)|Sherrilyn Kenyon|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1412822622s/22046891.jpg|41371684] and I admired her quite a bit when I started this book. By the time it was over, though, my admiration had dimmed somewhat. She forgave Fain too easily, especially since it came to light just how much he had hurt Talyn in the past!
The book ended very abruptly for me, and it felt like a jarring finish. It was definitely action packed and I'm interested to see what happens in the political arena. The characters are beginning to get too confusing to me to be able to keep track of them without a flowchart!
One thing I enjoyed was that it let us know that it was set several years after some of the events of [b:Born of Defiance|22046891|Born of Defiance (The League, #9)|Sherrilyn Kenyon|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1412822622s/22046891.jpg|41371684]. That being said, some of those events made no sense to me, especially in a political Monarchy sense! It seemed too merciful to leave political enemies alive, as they could always wind up coming back to overthrow you all over again! It made it very easy to predict the events that ended this book!
I really didn't care for Fain as a hero. He never really went into the details of his past and what drove him from Galene. I really felt he owed her and Talyn that information. He seemed very closed off to me, and there wasn't a good reason given for it in current time! In the past, yes, but after his "redemption"? Not so much.
Galene I knew from [b:Born of Defiance|22046891|Born of Defiance (The League, #9)|Sherrilyn Kenyon|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1412822622s/22046891.jpg|41371684] and I admired her quite a bit when I started this book. By the time it was over, though, my admiration had dimmed somewhat. She forgave Fain too easily, especially since it came to light just how much he had hurt Talyn in the past!
The book ended very abruptly for me, and it felt like a jarring finish. It was definitely action packed and I'm interested to see what happens in the political arena. The characters are beginning to get too confusing to me to be able to keep track of them without a flowchart!
liliavisser's review against another edition
3.0
Even though I enjoyed the book, I thought Ms. Kenyon had a bit too convenient solutions for problems that would take longer to solve in other books. I do understand we all want a happy ending, but still...
All that said, I do want to read the next one, which I hope won´t take too long to be written.
All that said, I do want to read the next one, which I hope won´t take too long to be written.
cindai23's review against another edition
4.0
Ok, happy for Fain, Galene, and Talyn. Good conclusion to their story. Loved some of the major knowledge bombs Sherrilyn dropped involving some familiar characters.
Now, that said, I did not enjoy the fact that she used a huge explosion to supposedly wipe out whole swathes of characters families, then psyche us all out, multiple times toward the end. Once was hard, twice was meh, three times you say what the fuck? And I really am less than thrilled that Jullien is now one of the misunderstood good guys now. Come on! I loved the whole Styxx and Ash story in the Dark Hunters series. I even appreciate that Nyk's story came first and that there are great similarities between the two. However, I can't do this with Jullien. If his story turns out to be some tortured heartbreaking tale, I just don't think I can go there again. If she is just peppering the story, like she did here, great, I can give him a chance like the rest of the Sentella. I'm on board. But a heartwrenching tome of all the horrible ways you can hurt a child, or even a man, I can't do it. Not again. That story has been done, and done very well by her. It isn't what this series needs.
Look, I love her work. I will read most anything by her, gladly, willingly, even joyously. But, this would be hard to take a second time. Especially knowing Nero and Tray's stories are going to rip out our hearts in new and horrifying ways once they finally come out. But they earned their place here. Jullien needs to earn his too.
Now, that said, I did not enjoy the fact that she used a huge explosion to supposedly wipe out whole swathes of characters families, then psyche us all out, multiple times toward the end. Once was hard, twice was meh, three times you say what the fuck? And I really am less than thrilled that Jullien is now one of the misunderstood good guys now. Come on! I loved the whole Styxx and Ash story in the Dark Hunters series. I even appreciate that Nyk's story came first and that there are great similarities between the two. However, I can't do this with Jullien. If his story turns out to be some tortured heartbreaking tale, I just don't think I can go there again. If she is just peppering the story, like she did here, great, I can give him a chance like the rest of the Sentella. I'm on board. But a heartwrenching tome of all the horrible ways you can hurt a child, or even a man, I can't do it. Not again. That story has been done, and done very well by her. It isn't what this series needs.
Look, I love her work. I will read most anything by her, gladly, willingly, even joyously. But, this would be hard to take a second time. Especially knowing Nero and Tray's stories are going to rip out our hearts in new and horrifying ways once they finally come out. But they earned their place here. Jullien needs to earn his too.
sarakate0712's review against another edition
5.0
In so excited to FINALLY read Fain's story!! This book was jammed pack with so much action! I cried and gasped out loud and laughed and swooned. The League has to be on my top ten list of all time favorite series. Each book is a wonderful surprise and with all the "false alarms" made me realize how emotionally invested I am in this world and its characters. Loved every moment of this one!
chocoholicreader's review against another edition
3.0
Rating- 3 Good
Heat- 3 several scenes
Tropes- guy breaks girls heart for noble reasons, hidden child, reunited flames
Quick breakdown:
The good-
Finally, Fain’s story. As usual w SK, there is so much backstory behind Fain that we were unaware of.
Series plot is progressed.
All of our favorites return.
The bad-
SK has just gotten too predictable. There isn’t even the slightest bit of worry when a character is DEAD because they are NEVER really dead. Every time a series character is pronounced dead, we find out that they are really alive. This isn’t even really a spoiler because it’s her pattern. She does it in practically every book. It takes all the suspense out of what would be intense scenes.
Heat- 3 several scenes
Tropes- guy breaks girls heart for noble reasons, hidden child, reunited flames
Quick breakdown:
The good-
Finally, Fain’s story. As usual w SK, there is so much backstory behind Fain that we were unaware of.
Series plot is progressed.
All of our favorites return.
The bad-
SK has just gotten too predictable. There isn’t even the slightest bit of worry when a character is DEAD because they are NEVER really dead. Every time a series character is pronounced dead, we find out that they are really alive. This isn’t even really a spoiler because it’s her pattern. She does it in practically every book. It takes all the suspense out of what would be intense scenes.
lpcoolgirl's review against another edition
5.0
Such a great book! So much happens in this book, and hard points, but having read the second gen books, I knew that some of it wasn't permanent, but it was good to see things work out as well as they did in this book! And oh, the twists! Can't wait for the next book, I'm thinking that it's going to be big!