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A review by strager
Born of Silence by Sherrilyn Kenyon
2.0
This book did not sit well with me. I love Kenyon's series: Dark Hunter, Chronicles of Nick, and so far The League. No real huge complaints with the books until now. The internal monologues always get a bit repetitive, but that is pretty much a constant in all the books. What bothered me so much about this book was the character of Zarya. The fact I disliked her so much is probably a compliment to Kenyon's writing. Her selfishness and ability to conveniently forget all the horrors brought on Darling by her hand, directly and indirectly, caused me to slam the book down several times. Add to that, Darling went through 19 weeks of torture (which was way over the top and I skipped over some of the torture stuff simply because it was so over the top and didn't make complete sense to me. ), yet Zarya spends one day in the kitchen of Darling's estate and throws a tizzy because she was humiliated and the cook was abusive? This one moment for some reason completely sealed my opinion of Zarya. If not for my overwhelming need to finish things I start, I would have given up this book after the first couple of chapters.
My issues with Zarya was paled only by Kenyon overlooking the possibility and opportunity to create a book based on Maris and Darling's history which could have culminated in a great love story. I completely understand the possible reasons why she decided Darling was pretending to be gay (readership and target audience maybe?)
Finally, I've sworn off the epilogues in these books. Everyone is very cookie cutter and the same. Really, does everyone have to have a baby and get pregnant? I'm sure this appeals to some readers, but for me, it was just a big throwaway that honestly didn't add anything to the story or the characters.
This book hasn't ruined the series for me, but I'm so glad that Kenyon's series jumps around to various characters as the main focus. If the rest of the series was about Darling and Zarya, I am certain this would be the last book I would read in The League.
I would give this book one star; however, despite his faults, I have enjoyed the character of Darling so far in the series and in this book for the most part. I also love Maris and wish he could have a book of his own. In addition, this book has a lot of the same elements as the books before which I also enjoyed.
My issues with Zarya was paled only by Kenyon overlooking the possibility and opportunity to create a book based on Maris and Darling's history which could have culminated in a great love story. I completely understand the possible reasons why she decided Darling was pretending to be gay (readership and target audience maybe?)
Finally, I've sworn off the epilogues in these books. Everyone is very cookie cutter and the same. Really, does everyone have to have a baby and get pregnant? I'm sure this appeals to some readers, but for me, it was just a big throwaway that honestly didn't add anything to the story or the characters.
This book hasn't ruined the series for me, but I'm so glad that Kenyon's series jumps around to various characters as the main focus. If the rest of the series was about Darling and Zarya, I am certain this would be the last book I would read in The League.
I would give this book one star; however, despite his faults, I have enjoyed the character of Darling so far in the series and in this book for the most part. I also love Maris and wish he could have a book of his own. In addition, this book has a lot of the same elements as the books before which I also enjoyed.