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Born of Fire (The League, Book 2)

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3 star:		(8)
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I love Sherrilyn's novels, this was no exception. I liked all the born of.. books. Born of night characters are in this book as well. This is Syn and Shahara's novel. Syn has several past tragedies that he tries to ignore and drown in alcohol. Shahara is a bounty hunter that is trying to make money for her families debt. This takes place in the Ichidian Universe. There are several different planets, species and government systems. One of the systems is after Syn for damaging political information he acquired as a child. Syn has been running his whole life from one thing or another, but he is still a good man working with Nykyrian helping people. Shahara takes on Syn's bounty contract. Trouble ensues.. action, sparks, romance and a sturdy plot. I love Syn, i think he is funny as hell. I reccomend this novel!

With the deaths of their parents, as the oldest Sharara "Shay" Dagan takes responsibility for her two younger sisters and brother. She has fed them and put roof over their heads by being a free-tracer bounty hunter. However, with bills still to pay and her sibling Tessa hospitalized, she needs to make money fast or the government will refuse medical treatment. She accepts a contact to bring in accused rapist killer C.I. Syn, a friend of her sister Caillen. They know each other and he has been kind to her family, but a job brings in needed cash.

Shay pursues Syn as only she can. He is on the lam struggling with the betrayal by his wife and his son and knows his pursuer is a legend in bringing in criminals. However, when Shay catches up to Syn, she fears her attraction to him may be coloring her belief he is innocent; but she prays she is right because she is taking a chance that could harm her sister.

The second Ichidian Universe League futuristic fantasy romance (see Born of Night) focuses on two people who know each other, but his past has made him a semi-loner as expected of an assassin while she remains responsible for her siblings. Fans will enjoy this rewriting of an e-book as this is the ultimate cat and mouse gender war between a take no prisoners tracer and an assassin felon as only Sherrilyn Kenyon can describe.

Harriet Klausner

I had read some of the reviews before I bought this book. However, since I loved Born of Night so much, I thought I would judge for myself. Sorry to say but I should had paid attention to the reviews. This book started out great. I had just got done reading a so so book and when I started reading Born of Ice with a great start to it I thought...it is good to read a well written book. Unfortunately, has some reviews so stated, one gets third of the way through the book and then it drags and drags and drags. A lot of unnecessary things were added...why I do not know. It was a big book.....about 540 pages.... but being a big book does not mean it is going to be good, and this is the case in this book. It was so boring, that I simply could not read the last 1/4 of it....not when I have other books sitting on the shelf waiting for me to read. I usually do not "cry uncle" but since this book was quite large, I just could not give it the time. I hate to say it but do not waste your money on this book. I definitely am not going to get the third book of this series. It is a shame.

Let me start by saying I love SK's Dark Hunter series and have read almost all of her books. I was excited about this new series, but it has been ho-hum to say the least. Book one had a lot more action and kept my interest - I wish I could say the same about book 2. The beginning started out interesting enough with plenty of action, but the middle of the book drags on and on and on. I have put it down and picked it up multiple times hoping it will get better, but it doesn't - at least for me, it did not. While I realize this is a sci-fi/futuristic setting, I can't get past the flying robot named "Vic" whom Syn created when he was a kid. The way SK describes it reminds me of the flying metal owl in the movie Clash of the Titans (early 80's)... was this one of SK's early or first series that wasn't published until now? For some reason, I get that impression or maybe I read it in a blog. None-the-less, the writing seems "juvenile" for lack of better description. Anyway, I can't recommend this book, sorry. I will probably pick up the 3rd book in December just to finish the series - I hope it is a better read then book 2.

Sherrilyn Kenyon has written a truly beautiful LOVE story in this book. Syn and Shahara are thrown into a situation where they are forced to spend most of the story together, hence getting to know each other, getting under each others skins, and burrowing their way into each others hearts. I really love when characters are given the chance just to talk, to find themselves unexpectedly sharing their secrets because they need so much for somebody to know who they truly are and accept them anyway. SK did a beautiful job of this in Born of Fire. I especially loved the scene down in a cavern where Syn wrapped Shahara in his arms and told her about the worst parts of his childhood. I felt their emotional connection potently at this point, and his desire for shared trust.

This is a League book, so expect lots of action as well as romance. A great combination that will leave you turning page after page until you discover you've hoovered they whole thing!

I always try to read at least the first 2 books to judge a series. Book 1 was a pretty good start to a new series and the character of Syn was interesting enough for me to want to see how his story played out in the 2nd book.

However, while the character of Syn was fully developed, it was really just one abusive horror story after another (to the point of being really disturbing)) and all we ever really found out about the lead female character, Shahara, is that she is a rigid killer who sees the world in black and white. Therefore, how Syn could possibly want any kind of relationship with her does not make any sense. You keep reading and waiting for the story to pick up, but it just never does, and then the conclusion is rushed and crammed into the last 2 chapters.

Kenyon's disclaimer of why the time line in this story does not match with the time line in the first book is just ridiculous. I am a huge fan of Kenyon's Dark Hunter series so quite disappointed in this series and will not be continuing with it.

This is really a science fiction book and not a paranormal romance.

Put the paranormal and future into one book and mix up the usual social classes and there's a winner. Strong women and (and yeh!) strong men. There are only a few authors who dare this genre - and I get them too.

Book drags on and on, extremely boring, and the characters are extremely weak. Shahara Dagan who is supposed to be the best bounty hunter in the universe comes across as really weak, so weak that she is practically a doormat for her siblings. I wonder how she can catch those rapists, murderers, pedophiles, terrorists etc .... unless the villains in this universe are so lame....
And Syn? He who is practically Nemesis' no 2 and is a qualified doctor acts like someone who needs to be on the shrink's couch ....
This book is definitely to be put on the Charity bin....

There were many things that I enjoyed about this book, but I just couldn't get over the feeling that Shahara never deserved Syn. I have always really liked the heroines in Kenyon's books- with this being an exception. The idea that she was a feared bounty hunter was complete opposite of the timid and whiny character that she is.
Kenyon's heros are still the best and I will definitely still look forward to the next book.

Loved the DK series but this was one of the worst books i've ever read. The heroine is suppose to be a feared bounty hunter who was one of the few to pass difficulty seax training, but she keeps making stupid juvenile mistakes like taking Shy back to her condo once he is broken out of prison. I guess the authorities won't find him there! Duh! And Shy come on! She breaks into your house to kill you and you keep her locked up in it with free reign of the house. Then you come home After not sleeping for awhile and proceed to fall asleep on the couch! Will not read another book in this series.