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''Kenyon's writing is brisk, ironic, sexy, and relentlessly imaginative.'' --Boston Globe praise for the author
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About the Author
In the past three years, New York Times bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon has claimed the #1 spot sixteen times. This extraordinary bestseller continues to top every genre she writes. With more than 25 million copies of her books in print in over 100 countries, her current series include: The Dark-Hunters, The League, Chronicles of Nick, and Belador. Since 2004, she has placed more than 50 novels on the New York Times list in all formats including manga. The preeminent voice in paranormal fiction, with more than twenty years of publishing credits in all genres, Kenyon not only helped to pioneer, but define the current paranormal trend that has captivated the world.
The #1 New York Times bestselling author, Sherrilyn Kenyon, who is proud of her mixed Cherokee heritage, lives a life of extraordinary danger... as does any woman with three sons, a husband, a menagerie of pets and a collection of swords that all of the above have a major fixation with. But when not running interference (or dashing off to the emergency room), she's found chained to her computer where she likes to play with all her imaginary friends. With more than thirty million copies of her books in print, in over one hundred countries, she certainly has a lot of friends to play with too.
Her books appear regularly at the coveted #1 bestselling spot. This extraordinary bestseller continues to top every genre she writes. Her current series include: The Dark-Hunters, The League, Chronicles of Nick and Beladors. Since 2004, she has placed more than 80 novels on the New York Times list in all formats including manga.
Her Lords of Avalon novels have been adapted by Marvel and her Dark-Hunter novels are now a New York Times bestselling manga published by St. Martins, and her Chronicles of Nick series is adapted by Yen Press. Her Dark-Hunters and Chronicles of Nick series are both soon to be major motion picture releases.
After the fan backlash of Born of Silence and the lamest reasonings imaginable to make a beloved gay character straight I suppose Sherrilyn Kenyon felt she owed it to her fans to give us a gay love story. And to be honest she did. For some reason this book is listed as number six, but at less than 200 pages and it already being revealed in Born of Silence that Maris gets his HEA with Ture this book should really be listed as 5.5.
I don't mind that this is really a novella because Maris was a minor character and Ture was a random gay bestie of Zarya so this wasn't a story I was dying to read. It clarifies how Maris and Ture went from being "rescuer and rescued" to "super in love boyfriends". Because in Born of Silence their love seemed based on the fact that they are the only two actually gay characters, and since there is no one else for them to hook up with they might as well be with each other. This book doesn't alternate from that, but at least we can see how they fell in love. Be prepared because once again this book is filled with torture porn. This series really should change its name from "The League" to "Oh Yeah, You thought You Were Tortured and Betrayed By Loved Ones? Well Wait Till You Hear My Story". I mean dang, can we be introduced to just once character who hasn't been screwed over. Just one character with a family who loves them and is still alive. A character who hasn't been horribly betrayed and currently in fear of being murdered by that betrayer. Seriously with the amount of people who are broken or with insane vendetta's its a wonder anything in this universe gets done. How does a severely emotionally crippled person grocery shop when there is bounty on their head?
The story starts out seeming like its going to be filled with ridiculous gay stereotypes.Read more ›
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20 of 23 people found the following review helpful
I ordered this book the moment I was told it was (finally) up on amazon and then pranced around stupidly waiting for midnight when it arrived. If you are a fan of Sherrilyn Kenyon you will not be disappointed in the newest installment of her league series. While substantially shorter than the other books in the series it still comes with her dynamic characters, enticing human interaction, and entirely engaging storyline. The background and the things you learn about Mari! Less than two and a half hours from start to finish and I am in love. Poor Darling!
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19 of 22 people found the following review helpful
After the absolute awful mess of the previous League book, Born of Silence (I do not recommend it unless you have a very strong stomach and are indifferent to the torture of others), I was excited to see that this book offered the tale of Maris. Maris has been an adorable addition to the series since his first appearance, and I never expected that he would actually get his own fair shake in a book. And to be perfectly honest, he still hasn't.
The story of Maris and Ture (and how the heck do you pronounce Ture, anyway?) should never have been told in the way that it was. While I appreciate Kenyon's bravery in even daring to go there, if she was going to do it, she should have given it the same care and attention as she does with her heterosexual couples. This book is rushed to the extreme. The characters go from "No, we can't" to "I can't resist" in a remarkably small number of pages. The conflicts they face feel absolutely forced, there simply to give them something to fight against. The conflicts and characterizations don't feel, in any way, genuine.
Thanks to the previous times we have seen Maris, we have already been given some sense of who he is as a person. The same cannot be said for Ture. He is a shadow, a ghost, a person who solely exists to love Maris, no matter what. Furthermore, both Maris and Ture go from being macho to being quite feminine in the blink of an eye. At one point, I was thinking that if I had to hear Maris or Ture say 'sweetie' one more time, or see Maris refer to himself as a 'bitch' one more time, I was going to scream. We get it, Kenyon, they're gay. Thanks for all the stereotyping.
After one woefully, ridiculously unrealistic love scene, everything wraps up with shocking speed, all the loose ends tied up pretty neatly.Read more ›
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I'm not too sure I like this book all that much. I am not a fan of m/m relationships with that being said I adore Maris, he is a troubled/interesting soul, his story was just ok for me. I think Maris plays at being flamboyant at times but he's just way too mushy in this story, he's a total ass-kicker & a little more manly in the other league books, but I'm not feeling him in this one. I was really shocked with the amphibian part of Maris, where did that come from....I think that was more shocking than the whole gay sex scenes....which I could have done without. I don't think I've ever read where the m/f partners in her previous books, "baby", "sweeties" it so much as these two. They were too sterotypical gay where Maris or Ture (from what little bit was written about him) didn't come off that way. So glad Maris kept Ana's baby, but why not since she listed him as the father. I wasn't surprised about Darling Cruel not being gay that was evident from the beginning. The story was fast moving and the usual action was there, I wish Hauk was in there a bit more I really do like him and anxiously awaiting his book...but I would like to see more about the Sentella's children, since they appear to be adults in some books and children in others. I definitely think that Kyr and Safir need to have a story. Kyr has issues.
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