Week 40 Review: Born of Blood

From Goodreads:

Jayne Erixour believes she knows everything about the universe. As a bounty hunter and assassin, she's seen the worst dregs of humanity and every sentient species ever spat out of a hell realm. To her, there is no truth outside of her blaster's recoil and her resolve to let no one get too close.

Hadrian Scalera is on the run from the same brutal assassins who slaughtered every member of his family, both birth and foster. He has no refuge and no one he dares to call friend, as it will mean the end of them. He expects no mercy from anyone, until the day one assassin hesitates to pull the trigger.

An assassin's code is simple: Kill or be killed. No prey, no pay. Every life has a price.

If Jayne doesn't fulfill her contract and kill Hadrian, she’ll be the next target on the League's menu. But as old enemies return to hunt them both, they quickly learn that neither will survive unless they can learn to trust each other. Yet things are never so simple and survival means only one of them can be left standing . . .

My Review:
This was another fantastic read in this series! Jayne-and Hadrian-have been a part of the series for a long time, but their story happened before the main bulk of this series to this point. So that we got their story, that was really great!

Life has kicked the two of them down so much. She wants to be a teacher, but hasn't been let into any of the schools. And he has to stay hidden, because his family was targeted, and his race has been hunted to near extinction. They both know not to trust, that everyone betrays, and yet, they still find themselves helping the other.

Watching them fall in love as they were dodging assassins, looking into who put the order in first to bring in, and then torture and kill, was so entertaining. It was a really quick read, and I loved every moment of it-especially the ones where we saw characters we know and love like Syn and Hauk! 

I think Nero's story is coming up. And I'm kinda hoping that it's a full length book, this world has a lot of stories to tell, and Nero was older when his family was killed, so has more memories of it. I like this novellas, but I always want more, and I'm hoping for Nero's story that we do get more! 

Loved reading this book, and I can't wait for more in this series! 

Author: Sherrilyn McQueen
Series: The League: Nemesis Rising #14, Nemesis Dynasty #3, The League: Eve of Destruction #3 
Read: October 7th, 2022
Source: Ebook.bike 
Reason Why: Love her writing and this series, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2022 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Sherrilyn McQueen
Published: August 23rd 2022

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars