The League Book 12: Born of Blood by Sherrilyn Kenyon

The League Book 12

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 . . . 

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My Review: 5/5 Stars

Been waiting a long time to get the origin story of Jayne and Hadrian and it is finally here! This story takes us way back to the early days of so many characters we know and love. Before they were even close to being the people we know them as. Jayne and Hadrian are so young here. And their sweet short story is very typical of all involved. Jayne and Hadrian meet when she is sent out to bring him in. However, nothing quite adds up. The family claiming to want Hadrian are all dead except for Nero after their family and empire were wiped out. So who exactly is after Hadrian? And how does everything connect? Because we learn about a lot of family ties in this one along with how certain people know others and how their group in the future ties together. A lot starts here and I love it. Loved seeing familiar faces and we got some new ones who I am super curious about. I'm also curious to see if we get more of Jayne's family in the future books yet to come. They are pretty quiet in the series but not so much here. Would love to get everyone together. Jayne is always hysterical and bad ass. It's nice to see other sides of her and how she ended up with Hadrian. Hadrian has always been quiet in the series but getting his point of view and seeing how he got together with Jayne. Things make a lot more sense now. Loved those two characters and love this world. Can't wait until we get more!

I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.