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    Born of Silence

    Written by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Narrated by Holter Graham

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    In a universe where corruption and deception rule all aspects of life, sparks of rebellion threaten to ignite . . .

    BORN OF SILENCE

    As the Resistance leader, Zarya Starska's only goal is to topple the government that destroyed her entire family and left her penniless. Her biggest asset is a mysterious man known only as Kere.

    But Kere has a dark secret. Born into a world that is as privileged as it is corrupt, his real name is Darling Cruel-and he is heir to the government Zarya wants to overthrow. No one has ever seen the real man behind the legend. No one except Zarya. But when she allows a weapon he designed to be used against his beloved sister, all bets are off.

    Betrayed by the Resistance, Darling's goal is not only to reign, but to kill every Resistance member he can find. Zarya must stop Darling's reign of terror, but can she reach past his insanity to restore the hero who once fought by her side?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHachette Audio
    Release dateMay 1, 2012
    ISBN9781607885870
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    Born of Silence
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    Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Sherrilyn Kenyon is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of several series, including the Bureau of American Defense novels BAD Attitude, Phantom in the Night, Whispered Lies, and Silent Truth and the Belador series that includes Blood Trinity, Alterant, and The Curse. Since her first book debuted in 1993 while she was still in college, she has placed more than eighty novels on the New York Times list in all formats and genres, including manga and graphic novels, and has more than 70 million books in print worldwide. She lives with her family near Nashville, Tennessee. Visit her website at SherrilynKenyon.com.

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    • 4/5
      Darling Cruel is, of course, not gay. But that small detail, along with the fact that he's the fifth Sentella member, Kere, is a deep, dark secret. Darling is at long last almost of age, and he's found a loophole in the laws that have kept him from overthrowing his evil usurper uncle. Unfortunately, before he can put his plan into action, the Resistance attacks, kills his sister and takes him prisoner and tortures him... cruelly. And the love of his life, Zarya, is the head of the Resistance, but of course she has no idea who he is, because they've only made love in the dark. So he's shackled to the wall being raped, and she's in the office right next door desperately seeking the missing Kere...And the convoluted plot is off and running. 614 pages later it all ends with the expected HEA, but the course of true love never runs smooth and there's plenty of bloodshed, mayhem, explosions and make-up sex to be experienced first. All I can say is I'd sure hate to find myself one of Kenyon's heroes - or heroines. They don't lead easy lives.
    • 4/5
      When I first read the summary of the latest League novel, I was very interested. It's not at all like the other plotlines: it starts out with the two characters deeply in love, and then shatters it within the first hundred pages. Darling is turned into a ruthless and cruel monster and goes on a violent rampage. Definitely not your average romance novel.Buuuuut I quickly grew irritated. Darling wasn't a mindless beast for very long at all and reverted practically over night. And the plotline -- recover Darling's soul and solidify his position as the Caronese Emperor -- did not need 614 pages. And let's be honest: a good portion of those 614 pages were unneccessary sex scenes. When Zarya thinks, "What a slut I must seem like" I just kind of sat there like, "No kidding."So after I got over the initial interest of the scarred and monsterified Darling, I was just irritated and impatient for the plot to move along. Finally, about 400 pages later, it got interesting again. Darling shouts out inspirational speeches, then runs off into battle with the Sentella. And for once, I actually enjoyed the happy-ever-after epilogue Sherrilyn Kenyon always includes. It was actually really sweet.But another thing that annoys me: most of Kenyon's characters talk exactly the same way. While I could pick them out of a lineup based on their tragic background or particular variety of handsomeness, if I were to just read a few lines of dialogue, I would have -no- idea. I wouldn't even know the gender of the speaker.Despite all this... I still can't help but like it, if only for the Darling-as-a-monster and the happy-ever-after epilogue. Still, I really can't see myself ever rereading this one. t's just too much.
    • 2/5
      I love Kenyon's books, I really do, and I'm especially a fan of this series, but this book just was not what I'd been waiting for. I could put up with Darling not being gay anymore (I actually thought the reasoning behind it could work), and I can put up with an obviously hasty editing job. What I can't put up with is outdated views on homosexuality in a series that I've always seen as LGBTQ-friendly. Nearly every description of Maris ends with something along the lines of "but Zarya wanted a real man who oozed masculinity." I think my favorite scene might have been when Maris pretends to be his old self - wherein we are treated to Maris "acting straight" for about 30 seconds before he launches into a camp gay giggle fit. Ugh.Ok. Sure, Kenyon. We get it. You think gay men aren't masculine. Thanks for sharing. Now I think I'm going to have to go find another paranormal romance author. Maybe one who can refrain from perpetuating simply untrue stereotypes long enough that I can enjoy a damn story.
    • 2/5
      “You are my heaven… And you will always be my eternal hell."This was almost 700 pgs and I'm guessing 680pgs have the hero either experiencing physical or emotional abuse or recalling it. It is truly awful stuff, examples: the hero experiences rape, as a child from other males and as an adult from foreign objects while captured, along with inhumane torture consisting of a spiked metal gag, carving into face, electrocuted, fed his own waste and finger, and homophobic slurs constantly spouted at him. Those are just some examples. It was all too much for me, the torture and constant homophobic slurs started to feel sensationalized, the point that the hero was constantly kicked and belittled by people, past and currently but still remained kind to those less fortunate was made without the feeling of, not reveling in it, but torture porn.
    • 4/5
      Darling is the most tortured, most gentle assassins out there, also the most laughed at and a most disrespected man. Thanks to an awful life with a terribly cruel nasty guardian and family. Really things are beyond bad for this man, it is very hard to read in parts. Get the tissue box out and hold it ready. His friends are some of the most powerful and dangerous out there, they have been his only base to sanity for so long. Unfortunately, things are going to get worse than ever and they may not be enough to keep him sane anymore. Even the woman he thinks he loves may not be the one she thinks she is.
      Dark, gritty and filled with torture, lies, and anger. This is not a light read, nor a pretty one. There is a very sweet romantic hope in it. If you have read The League books you have to read this one. Not a great narrator.
    • 5/5
      I can't believe I didn't read this book until now. I decided to give this book a try and wow Sherrilyn Kenyon makes it work. She makes it believable why Darling had to pretend to be gay or that how big of a heart Darling really is. I didn't think it could work because I had this image in my head from Darling in prior books but it did. The heroine Zarya compliment Darling so well too, I went from being pissed off at her to forgiving her as the book progress. Lets just say a lot of bad things happened to him yet he still able to love and forgive Zarya. She also makes it believable how Zarya atones for her mistakes and all in all I would say Born of Silence is a great book and right up there for me with Born of Night (my favorite) It's been a while since I was interested in The League series but after reading this book I'm eagerly awaiting her new one coming out soon and it'll be on Hauk :D
    • 5/5
      Picked this up while waiting for my daughter and hubby to finish up their shopping. Sat down and dropped yet again into the world of the League. The highs, the lows, the good, the bad and the truly evil. Sherrilyn Kenyon continues to make me want to read her work. With every book I am drawn in and usually don't come up for air till I have turned the final page. I took a whole day off of my own writing to swim in the joy of her work I have. Can't wait till I can get the next one!
    • 4/5
      Now while this isn't an easy read I found it a compelling read, I wanted Darling to succeed, I wanted him to survive and I wanted him to be less broken. It kept me up way past my bedtime wanting things to improve and Sherrilyn kept adding horror to his life. Zarya is an interesting character as well and you could see how the relationship was useful and how the both of them needed each other and were willing to do hard things to save each other. It's not an easy read, there were moments that things didn't flow as well as they might and there were a lot of characters involved, but still I liked it a lot and enjoyed the read. Things got a bit over the top occasionally but overall it was interesting and kept me reading and wanting more.
    • 5/5
      4 1/2 stars, I bumped up for keeping my interest through 600 pages.

      She does sometime drone on about worries about how the other person feels but it wasn't as bad in this one and the storyline pulls you one way and then the other. Your emotions are definitely tapped to high then low and back again. You feel for both of the characters though sometimes I felt Zarya didn't see the big picture. Darling is too quick to forgive but that is what makes him who he is. He takes up for everyone, taking care of everyone, and they all kick him when he is down. I think I loved his family more than any other of the series so far. Actually this was the best book of the series as this series is only so good, not an A series, but this on was.

      Damn she likes to torture her characters, it was a little too much in this one but... at least she didn't "fix" him right as rain. Maris's total devotion to Dar was so touching but sad in so many ways. I'm glad she gave him a happy ending and has a book coming to tell the story.

      Very good read that I put off because the series wasn't compelling me. Now I can't wait for the next.