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A review by thenia
Born of Silence by Sherrilyn Kenyon
3.0
A dark, dark book, with a beyond tortured hero who goes through hell before finally getting his happily ever after.
Darling is living a double life - pretending to be gay and submitting to his uncle's abuse, while at the same time being Kere, a highly killed assassin and member of the Resistance against his uncle.
He is in a relationship with Zarya, a Resistance leader who only knows him as Kere and hasn't seen his face without a mask, but he is planning to come clean right after he gets rid of his sadistic uncle who sits on Darling's throne until he is of age.
Unfortunately, things do not go at all as planned, and
Eventually he is rescued, but he is beyond damaged, both physically and emotionally, and he hates Zarya for her unwitting part in his torture.
His worried friends, unable to reach him in his darkness, turn to Zarya for help, and the two slowly find their way back to each other, but have to face their past mistakes and learn to trust one another again.
At the same time Darling has to deal with the derision of his people, who ridiculed him while he was under his uncle's thumb, as well as the remainder of the Resistance that also want him gone, and find a way to fulfill his promise to his father that he will take care of their people.
Seriously, sometimes needlessly dark, with Darling having survived far too much and still being able to forgive Zarya a lot easier than I could.
I couldn't seem to forgive her, and that kept me from enjoying the relationship between them or their happy ending together.
The series continues with [b:Cloak & Silence|13631346|Cloak & Silence (The League, #5.5)|Sherrilyn Kenyon|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1353134746l/13631346._SX50_.jpg|19239708] and Maris's story, but I will need a break from this world before getting to it.
Previous book reviews:
✦ Born of Shadows (The League, #4) ~ ★★★★ (11/04/2019)
✦ Fire and Ice (The League: Nemesis Rising #3.5) ~ ★★★★ (31/03/2015)
✦ Born of Ice (The League: Nemesis Rising #3) ~ ★★★★ (11/08/2014)
✦ Born of Fire (The League: Nemesis Rising #2) ~ ★★★★ (27/09/2012)
Darling is living a double life - pretending to be gay and submitting to his uncle's abuse, while at the same time being Kere, a highly killed assassin and member of the Resistance against his uncle.
He is in a relationship with Zarya, a Resistance leader who only knows him as Kere and hasn't seen his face without a mask, but he is planning to come clean right after he gets rid of his sadistic uncle who sits on Darling's throne until he is of age.
Unfortunately, things do not go at all as planned, and
Spoiler
Darling ends up a prisoner of his allies who despise him for being part of the aristocratic family that they love to blame for all of their problems, and under Zarya's nose, he is being tortured for months.Eventually he is rescued, but he is beyond damaged, both physically and emotionally, and he hates Zarya for her unwitting part in his torture.
His worried friends, unable to reach him in his darkness, turn to Zarya for help, and the two slowly find their way back to each other, but have to face their past mistakes and learn to trust one another again.
At the same time Darling has to deal with the derision of his people, who ridiculed him while he was under his uncle's thumb, as well as the remainder of the Resistance that also want him gone, and find a way to fulfill his promise to his father that he will take care of their people
Seriously, sometimes needlessly dark, with Darling having survived far too much and still being able to forgive Zarya a lot easier than I could.
Spoiler
I found her attitude after she realized that her people had been torturing him while she was completely ignorant, extremely annoying, since I would have expected her to be drowning in guilt and not feeling slighted by him not wanting to see her after what she'd allowed her men to put him through, even if it was only by negligence.I couldn't seem to forgive her, and that kept me from enjoying the relationship between them or their happy ending together.
The series continues with [b:Cloak & Silence|13631346|Cloak & Silence (The League, #5.5)|Sherrilyn Kenyon|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1353134746l/13631346._SX50_.jpg|19239708] and Maris's story, but I will need a break from this world before getting to it.
Previous book reviews:
✦ Born of Shadows (The League, #4) ~ ★★★★ (11/04/2019)
✦ Fire and Ice (The League: Nemesis Rising #3.5) ~ ★★★★ (31/03/2015)
✦ Born of Ice (The League: Nemesis Rising #3) ~ ★★★★ (11/08/2014)
✦ Born of Fire (The League: Nemesis Rising #2) ~ ★★★★ (27/09/2012)