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A review by _misty_
Born of Legend by Sherrilyn Kenyon
4.0
Awesome book that shows that with time and will a man can actually change his destiny and choose his path.
I'm not giving 5 stars for a couple of reasons only:
- the way Jullien being accepted in Ushara's family was handled. I found it very rushed and unrealistic. The moment before Shara's father and grandfather don't want Jullien around Ushara (never mind that he's the reason Vasili is alive and Ushara is happy again) and arrange things to make him disappear forever. Then when Jullien returns and Ushara punishes them, they find out he's actually a Fyreblood. And boooom, he's accepted into the family. Not because he's a good man, not because he saved Vasili, not because Ushara is happy with him. Nope, he's accepted because of his DNA. Loved even! It goes from "you bastard, get away from Ushara" to "oh son, I love you, please make babies with Ushara" in five minutes. Absolutely unbelievable, unrealistic and hurried.
- the way Jullien's treatment as a child was explained by his parents, aunt, etc. I can, with great effort, try to understand the shock of a mother who knows her favourite child is dead. And let's not forget that Cairi was consistently drugged from that point on, and she probably wasn't in her right mind. I can't understand Aros though: he stayed away from his son because he cried when he picked him up? Excuse me? A child cries and his father ignores him for the rest of his life? And how about blaming Jullien for Nyk's death? A child of 5 years old? Not believable. Sorry, just no. And Galene Batur who had a son as well? She, who wasn't drugged or disrupted by Nyk's death? She turns away a child of 5/7 years old, shutting the door in his face? Knowing what it would do to her own son, if someone did the same to him? Sorry no, part 2.
I mean, we're not talking about regular adults here. We're talking about monsters. And from Galene's book, from the way Aros and Cairi reacted when they met Nyk, we know they are not monsters. So, their behaviour toward Jullien is to me completely wrong and out of character.
So, yes, no 5 stars for you, Born of Legend. I don't like inconsistencies this big!
I'm not giving 5 stars for a couple of reasons only:
- the way Jullien being accepted in Ushara's family was handled. I found it very rushed and unrealistic. The moment before Shara's father and grandfather don't want Jullien around Ushara (never mind that he's the reason Vasili is alive and Ushara is happy again) and arrange things to make him disappear forever. Then when Jullien returns and Ushara punishes them, they find out he's actually a Fyreblood. And boooom, he's accepted into the family. Not because he's a good man, not because he saved Vasili, not because Ushara is happy with him. Nope, he's accepted because of his DNA. Loved even! It goes from "you bastard, get away from Ushara" to "oh son, I love you, please make babies with Ushara" in five minutes. Absolutely unbelievable, unrealistic and hurried.
- the way Jullien's treatment as a child was explained by his parents, aunt, etc. I can, with great effort, try to understand the shock of a mother who knows her favourite child is dead. And let's not forget that Cairi was consistently drugged from that point on, and she probably wasn't in her right mind. I can't understand Aros though: he stayed away from his son because he cried when he picked him up? Excuse me? A child cries and his father ignores him for the rest of his life? And how about blaming Jullien for Nyk's death? A child of 5 years old? Not believable. Sorry, just no. And Galene Batur who had a son as well? She, who wasn't drugged or disrupted by Nyk's death? She turns away a child of 5/7 years old, shutting the door in his face? Knowing what it would do to her own son, if someone did the same to him? Sorry no, part 2.
I mean, we're not talking about regular adults here. We're talking about monsters. And from Galene's book, from the way Aros and Cairi reacted when they met Nyk, we know they are not monsters. So, their behaviour toward Jullien is to me completely wrong and out of character.
So, yes, no 5 stars for you, Born of Legend. I don't like inconsistencies this big!