As I said in my Goodreads
review of Cloak and Silence by Sherrilyn Kenyon, it's really not fair to write
a review because Sherrilyn Kenyon could write a book about dog poo and it would
be the best ever!
I came across
Sherrilyn's books when I needed a book to read on a plane and picked up
Acheron. WHOA BABY! That's one to pick up as your first Sherrilyn Kenyon book!
It just slams you into her writing style.
Sherrilyn's books have
touches of dark and light magic in them. There's lots of action and ass
kicking. And, when she adds a love scene, it fits. It's not gratuitous sex. It
has a purpose to the story. The romantic parings are fantastic and
you know that the couples are meant to be together.
This SK book is book 7
from The League series. It's about Maris and Ture, two very hunky men that met
in a previous League series book. Sorry, I don't know which one because I
completely read this series out of sequence. The great thing is that you are
almost ok if you don't read them in sequence. Yes, there will be some spoilers
but I'm okay with them.
The book opens with Ture
and his friend Zarya having been captured and tortured and Ture has very little
faith that anyone is going to save them. Zarya, on the other hand, believes
that her love (aptly named) Darling and Darling's best friend Maris will save
them. When they do save them, it doesn't take long for Ture to fall in love
with Maris.
Both characters have
had to keep secrets in their lives and you get great insight as to how they
kept these secrets, who they trusted and when/where that trust has taken them.
Sherrilyn wonderfully knits her tale with flashbacks to help you understand
both characters. You feel for both of them and root for their love.
Maris and Ture fall in
love with each other and have to fight for that love. Sherrilyn tells you in
the preface that this book is different. Really, it's not. You have bad asses that
kick butt and take names, a group of the best soldiers that make a family unit, and
a love store intertwined. I love a great romance and it makes very little
difference if the characters are a man and a women, two men or two women. Hell,
I read books about shape shifters and "doing it" with dragons so...
What I don't like is a book that is just gratuitous sex for no reason or a
poorly developed love story.
This book is neither
of those things. I could go on and on and keep singing Sherrilyn's praises but
that would get boring for you and keep me from reading other books in The
League series. I say get your hands on this book (and the rest of the series)
now!
I gave this book 5 stars because GR won't allow me to give
it more.
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