Born of Night (The League, #1) in Dangerous Hero Addict Support Group

Dec 21, 2009 Shawna rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: hero-antihero-gamma, enemies-to-lovers-opposites-attract, hero-bad-guy-ruthless-villainous, 2010-reads, hero-celibate-virgin-virginesque, made-me-cry, i-read-no-longer-own-sold-swapped, hero-recluse-loner-lonewolf, hero-silent-quiet-type-reticent, scifi-futuristic-fantasy-misc-pnr

5 stars – Paranormal/Sci-Fi Romance

I’ve had Kenyon’s Dark-Hunter series on my TBR list for quite some time now, but I’m a little bit intimated by the number of books there are to get caught up on. The premise of The League series sounded interesting, the characters seemed intriguing, and with only three books produced so far, it felt a little less daunting of an undertaking. The main word that comes to mind to describe how I felt about this book is...WOW! And if it’s indicative of her other work ...more

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Apr 25, 2010 Lynsey A rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy-romance, borrowed-to-read, pregnancy, baby, hero-i-luv, 2010-reads, kenyon-league-series, paranormal-romance, pnr-virgin

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. The ending saved this book from a 3 star review for me.

This book definitely grew on me. At the beginning of the book I wanted to b*itch slap Kiara. I thought she was really annoying considering Nykyrian and the others were trying to protect her. I have to admit I really liked when Syn told her what was what. Well, finally after she watched the videos of Nykyrian when he was young she improved greatly.

Anyone who knows me knows I love books with babies in them so this was a pleasant surprise. The ...more

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Nov 17, 2009 Cindi rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

OMG!!! Its Dark-Hunters in Space! Woo-Hoo! For any of you who question the Author Goddess's ability to write way back before she was selling the heck out of Dark-Hunter books, this first of the "Born Of" trilogy will assure you that the answer is ... YES! In fact, as wonderful as BON is, I can't believe we're not impatiently waiting for The League books every year rather than D-H's.

I would describe the sexy but tormented Nykyrian except if you've read D-H, you'll know how incredible he is. Kiar ...more

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Jan 23, 2010 Cindy rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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Excellent read - a science fiction romance with an action [lots and lots of action!:] based plot and filled with engaging characters.

First let's get the caveats out of the way. This is NOT hard science fiction and the science is occasionally dubious. The political background [and the League:] are not well defined. The assassins may be over the top, but the soldiers [such as those guarding the heroine at various times:] are pretty lame for presumably elite troops. You'd expect more Special Forces Excellent read - a science fiction romance with an action [lots and lots of action!:] based plot and filled with engaging characters.

First let's get the caveats out of the way. This is NOT hard science fiction and the science is occasionally dubious. The political background [and the League:] are not well defined. The assassins may be over the top, but the soldiers [such as those guarding the heroine at various times:] are pretty lame for presumably elite troops. You'd expect more Special Forces and less F Troop for the guards on the ranking people of the entire planet... Should these reasons stop you from reading the book? NO!

So, why should you read this book? Nykarian is the hero and the poster boy for tortured heroes who manage to come out the other side as lethal and deadly, but with a sense of honor. Kyria is the heroine. She spends most of the book being either kidnapped or attacked. She is a princess who has a very naive world view, especially given that she experienced violence at its worst. When she was 8 and she and her mother were kidnapped and she was forced to watch as her mother was raped, tortured, and murdered - just before the bad guys put three shots into her with intent to kill her. [I couldn't help but think that an 8 year old is not very big - couldn't they manage to hit something fatal on her? More of the F Troop syndrome.:] Yet when Nykarian kills 20 men intent on killing HER, she freaks out on him for his violence. She gets over it [and succeeding moments where the big, bad world keeps crashing in:] and she and Nykarian find in each other things they have never had before. Acceptance. Loyalty. Love.

The supporting characters are as fascinating as the hero and heroine. They live and breathe and suffer [and produce some nice snarky dialogue:] along with the hero and heroine. It's a vintage Kenyon plot - bad ass hero, beautiful heroine, evil villains galore - and that's a good thing.

League
1. Born of the Night
2. Born of Fire
3. Born of Ice
4. Fire and Ice ...more

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Oct 04, 2009 Marissa rated it really liked it · review of another edition

it really took me a while to get into this book, and at first I felt it was very confusing - especially due to the sci-fi feeling of the book. But i stuck it out, figured out all the characters, what they were about, and was able to discern the story line and the planets/races/league vs sentella, etc ... of course by then I was sucked into this world, and couldn't stop reading. Like read til 4am in the morning sucked in, cause i had to know what happened.
I felt the story/character of Nyk to be ...more

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Oct 27, 2009 Cindyg rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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This was a terrific story, Kenyon has done it again. This story is about Nyk and Kiara and their struggle to overcome the impossible and tests their love for each other. The next two books come out one in November and one in December and I can't wait. If you love Kenyon then you owe it to yourself to get in to this series. ...more

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Aug 31, 2009 Michelle Gilmore rated it liked it · review of another edition

This was a little longer for my tastes, but I'm definitely planning on reading the next book in the series. The Ichidian Universe intrigues me! ...more

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