thenovellush's review against another edition
3.0
Sooooo, I pre-ordered this book because SK is one of my favorite authors and in my eyes, she can do no wrong. Especially in this particular series. BUT, I was sorely disappointed with this book. It was boring, the two main characters went basically the entire middle 3/5 book without any interaction, and the whole thing seemed to be in fast forward making the timeline foggy and hard to keep up with. Some chapters and passages were labeled ___ years later, or ____ weeks later, and then some weren't labeled at all, leaving you to figure out the weird time jumps on your own.
Plus, the main issue that initially broke up Bas and Ember? The big reveal? NEVER HAPPENED. What the hell?! Ember just totally ignored the fact that Bas's father threatened them if they got married and never told Bastien what happened after I spent the whole book waiting for it. And then that same father never seemed to protest the fact that he married the sister instead.
The characters were really just kind of weird and inconsistent and unbelievable to me, especially Bastien and the sister (you know which one) and there was no real reasoning or explanation behind her douchbaggery. Overall, I think the 3 star rating was kind of generous, and I'm even more disappointed because I waited with bated breath for this book to come out and I love SK so much. Sad face! I'll definitely do an in depth book talk on my channel soon
Plus, the main issue that initially broke up Bas and Ember? The big reveal? NEVER HAPPENED. What the hell?! Ember just totally ignored the fact that Bas's father threatened them if they got married and never told Bastien what happened after I spent the whole book waiting for it. And then that same father never seemed to protest the fact that he married the sister instead.
The characters were really just kind of weird and inconsistent and unbelievable to me, especially Bastien and the sister (you know which one) and there was no real reasoning or explanation behind her douchbaggery. Overall, I think the 3 star rating was kind of generous, and I'm even more disappointed because I waited with bated breath for this book to come out and I love SK so much. Sad face! I'll definitely do an in depth book talk on my channel soon
craftingrama's review against another edition
3.0
a bit confusing and hard to figure out but glad I persisted, it finally got sorted out after awhile
ozettegirl's review against another edition
1.0
After the first chapter this book became unreadable. The timeline jumped ahead unevenly, the plot was ludicrously all over the place with tons of ransom characters. Wow, so bad.
fronik's review against another edition
2.0
I usually love Kenyon's series, but I found this plot choppy and hard to follow at times. One minute they are Meeting and the next deeply in love and - with seemingly little provocation- falling out and embroiled in a multi-verse revenge war. I was able to finish it in one day because I flipped through some of the - sorry! - unengaging fight scenes. I hope she writes more, but goes back to her style of building up plots and filling in back story with the admirable skill she used for the Dark Hunter series.
pixi_reads's review against another edition
4.0
It was alright. There was a lot of overlap with Dancer's story, and I feel most of the book was a retelling from Bastian's view. Even with this, I still rather enjoyed the telling of Bastian's story and got a surprise with the bonus story at the end - not an epilogue, a bonus story.
nellesnightstand's review against another edition
4.0
riveting, as always. i enjoyed Bastiens story.
misskrislm's review against another edition
3.0
I have to be honest and say that I was slightly disappointed in this book. I love and appreciate that most, if not all, of the Kenyon books have overlapping characters, stories, and plots. By doing this, there is an intense level of continuity between each volume and it gives the full view of each part of the story.
My issue with this novel is too much of it was a repeat of previous novels' events without an overwhelming amount of new information or forward progress. The story before the current League war was spotty and could have been given a greater amount of detail as we knew nothing about him or his life to this point. Everything during and after the war was the same material as [b:Born of Legend|25868031|Born of Legend (The League, #9)|Sherrilyn Kenyon|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1445742413s/25868031.jpg|45740250] and [b:Born of Betrayal|23848002|Born of Betrayal (The League #8)|Sherrilyn Kenyon|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1426664309s/23848002.jpg|41132851].
Don't get me wrong; I still loved the book, and went out of my way to pre-order a signed copy. Still, I'm looking forward to the next installment giving me more original material.
My issue with this novel is too much of it was a repeat of previous novels' events without an overwhelming amount of new information or forward progress. The story before the current League war was spotty and could have been given a greater amount of detail as we knew nothing about him or his life to this point. Everything during and after the war was the same material as [b:Born of Legend|25868031|Born of Legend (The League, #9)|Sherrilyn Kenyon|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1445742413s/25868031.jpg|45740250] and [b:Born of Betrayal|23848002|Born of Betrayal (The League #8)|Sherrilyn Kenyon|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1426664309s/23848002.jpg|41132851].
Don't get me wrong; I still loved the book, and went out of my way to pre-order a signed copy. Still, I'm looking forward to the next installment giving me more original material.
michele1974's review against another edition
3.0
1/2 through until main characters meet again. 2/3 of the book are retelling of previous books. Not much on the main characters
xakyr's review against another edition
3.0
Gah, this was such a let down and really more of a 2.5 star read than a 3! On one hand, I found it very hard to put down, but at the same time, I felt it wasn’t worth reading!
Most of the plot of this book was rehashings of the previous three novels in the series. We’re told much of the Sentella-League War battles, not actually shown anything, which I was really hoping to see. Ember and Bastien’s romance is told in flashback snippets and we don’t get a real clear picture of them falling for each other, even after a reunion. That is explained away in the “I never fell out of love with you” trope. The retribution that Bastien promised felt rushed, as if it was tacked into the plot. What should have ended the war, just made it extend further, and felt unnecessary.
To me, this felt like the author was forced into writing this novel, and she didn’t really want to do so. Glad I got this one from the library, but I’m hard pressed to say that I’d buy it, even if it was price reduced.
Most of the plot of this book was rehashings of the previous three novels in the series. We’re told much of the Sentella-League War battles, not actually shown anything, which I was really hoping to see. Ember and Bastien’s romance is told in flashback snippets and we don’t get a real clear picture of them falling for each other, even after a reunion. That is explained away in the “I never fell out of love with you” trope. The retribution that Bastien promised felt rushed, as if it was tacked into the plot. What should have ended the war, just made it extend further, and felt unnecessary.
To me, this felt like the author was forced into writing this novel, and she didn’t really want to do so. Glad I got this one from the library, but I’m hard pressed to say that I’d buy it, even if it was price reduced.