Reviews

Dragonsworn by Sherrilyn Kenyon

onthebrookeshelf's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

thenovellush's review against another edition

3.0

Stale face... stale face like a MOFO. I usually LOVE me some Sherri, but half of this book is a straight up regurgitation from Cadogan/Jo and Max/Sera. I'm tempted to pull those books out and see if it's word for word. I'm not exaggerating. HALF! Of a 344 page book! You're killing me smalls.

thenovellush's review against another edition

3.0

So on the one hand, there wasn't a massive rehash in the middle of this book, and there were several laugh-out-loud moments, on the other hand there was HELLA insta-love, ("Your tragic backstory and general badassery matches my tragic backstory and bloodthirstiness. I LOVE YOU!") the two badass MCs were cinnamon rolls, and all of the male characters are beginning to sound alike, just a slight difference in tragic parentage with the same exact tone and sense of humor to their dialogue. Stryker sounds like Styxx, sounds like Falcyn, sounds like Illarian, sounds like Zarek. All supposed to be amongst the baddest of the bad and all full of lines like "Boy, you don't want none of this. I'll eat your bones for breakfast." It's not necessarily what they say, it's HOW they say it.

There was a lot of "SURPRISE, she ain't dead!" going on in this book. (No seriously. A lot.) and a lot of characters being pulled into the story from all over the place. So now there are characters from a world the author wrote under a totally different pen name. That won't confuse people AT ALL. Why not leave the world's separate? Now everything is starting to get muddied. I feel like Nykyrian Quiakides and the Sentella are gonna pop over from the League series next.

craftingrama's review against another edition

3.0

man I detest rotten character voices *sigh*

lovehina154's review against another edition

3.0

I liked the beginning of the book. As all Sherrilyn Kenyon books I call for not only the heroes but the villian too. But then the lead heroine does which I don't really have a problem with cause Sherrilyn always comes though at the end of the story. But then I have read about other couples who already had their story. I don't want to hear Jo and Cadegn again. I don't want to hear from Max and his wife Seraphina (not looking forward to reading about them at all. Especially Sera.) Then when Illarion and Edilyn are reunited it's at the end of the book. I don't even know much about them.

johtsosie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

danbenbow38's review against another edition

5.0

I loved it

leeannreads105's review against another edition

4.0

Ending made it worth the read

Best part of this book is the ending. I wasn't a fan in the beginning of the book and I wasn't too sure of reading this book after the last dragon book about Illy however this one turned out better. I enjoyed reading this book but I think she could have done better with him being a God. He just didn't seem to be a big deal. And I didn't realize madea was such a badass until the end either. But I still think it's worth the read especially for the ending.

andreaphoenix26's review against another edition

5.0

Bien, la verdad es que aún estoy en shock con ese final. Apolo se comporta como un maldito hdp como siempre. Pero hablaré del resto de libro. Medea es muy, muy genial como protagonista, hace mucho no adoraba a una chica patea traseros, como adoro a Sam o a Tabitha, además es una villana super genial, desde que apareció en el libro de Stryker me interesaba su personaje. Y Falcyn, por los dioses, Falcyn es un amor, lo adoro mucho, mucho, y otro protagonista super poderoso patea traseros, y ambos se merecen la felicidad que consiguieron en este libro. Adoré las interacciones de mi precioso mandrágora BLAISE y de Urian, es que son únicos, adoro su sarcasmo y a Urian, sobretodo por que su libro es el siguiente y moriré de amor, lo sé.
Hace mucho no me gustaba un libro así de bastante, no desde el libro de Dev y Samia, la trilogía de los dragones no ha estado tan, tan genial pero este fue hermoso. Y sé que el de Urian será mucho mejor.
Bye.

heathermaclaughlin's review against another edition

2.0

Ugh this one was difficult .. I never felt like I was reading a full story but small snippets from 4 different stories told in 4 different timelines and for about 3/4 of the book nothing was making sense!!

You start out with what looks like Edilyn and Illarion’s story and boom they are banished to some hell realm and within one page she dies??

Then we go into Jo and Cade for awhile

Then thrown over to Max and Seraphina

Then Illarion and Max

Then boom Edilyn is alive

Seriously half the time I had no clue where or when or who we were with