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A review by artsybry
Born of Shadows by Sherrilyn Kenyon
2.0
This book was all about Being different.
{book:Born of Night] and [b:Born of Fire|3246224|Born of Fire (The League, #2)|Sherrilyn Kenyon|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327886842s/3246224.jpg|3280979] were both about guys who had shitty childhoods, were tortured, falsely accused, and seriously damaged. So what Kenyon decides to do in this book is make a guy who had a shitty childhood, was tortured, falsely accused, and damaged, but who then turned into a PRINCE. Yes, ladies, a PRINCE. And the woman he meets...A PRINCESS.
All in all that is about the only difference between this book and books 1 & 2. Kinda disappointing yet expected. These books are proving to be extremely formulaic but that's what sells, and hell I did still enjoy it ok.
The only part of the formula I don't like is how in every book that 2 main characters manage to meet another character who should be a stranger but ends up being a long long something - be it family member, ex lover, whatever. I mean come on...all the worlds in this universe and the one person they are looking for always turns out to be the one person they never thought they would see. Blah. It's a plot device that is just way overused in this series.
The plot in this book revolved entirely around political intrigue that in the end turned out way to convoluted and twisted. It all just became unbelievable in the end. The motive was there but I just didn't buy that the villain was smart enough to pull it off.
Finally I just never connected with the characters. Caillum was a good man but his arrogance and womanizing at the beginning was such a turn off that I just never could get into him. And Desideria's emotional issues weren't over the top like past main characters which was more believable but I just didn't like her. Not even sure why because I feel like I should have!
In the end, you just aren't always going to like every book in a series, and this wasn't bad or anything...just fell a bit short is all.
{book:Born of Night] and [b:Born of Fire|3246224|Born of Fire (The League, #2)|Sherrilyn Kenyon|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327886842s/3246224.jpg|3280979] were both about guys who had shitty childhoods, were tortured, falsely accused, and seriously damaged. So what Kenyon decides to do in this book is make a guy who had a shitty childhood, was tortured, falsely accused, and damaged, but who then turned into a PRINCE. Yes, ladies, a PRINCE. And the woman he meets...A PRINCESS.
All in all that is about the only difference between this book and books 1 & 2. Kinda disappointing yet expected. These books are proving to be extremely formulaic but that's what sells, and hell I did still enjoy it ok.
The only part of the formula I don't like is how in every book that 2 main characters manage to meet another character who should be a stranger but ends up being a long long something - be it family member, ex lover, whatever. I mean come on...all the worlds in this universe and the one person they are looking for always turns out to be the one person they never thought they would see. Blah. It's a plot device that is just way overused in this series.
The plot in this book revolved entirely around political intrigue that in the end turned out way to convoluted and twisted. It all just became unbelievable in the end. The motive was there but I just didn't buy that the villain was smart enough to pull it off.
Finally I just never connected with the characters. Caillum was a good man but his arrogance and womanizing at the beginning was such a turn off that I just never could get into him. And Desideria's emotional issues weren't over the top like past main characters which was more believable but I just didn't like her. Not even sure why because I feel like I should have!
In the end, you just aren't always going to like every book in a series, and this wasn't bad or anything...just fell a bit short is all.