REVIEW - LOVER ETERNAL - BOOK ;2 OF THE BLACK DAGGER BROTHERHOOD

Author: J.R. Ward
Pages: 464 pages
Publisher: Signet
Published: March, 2006
Form: Paperback
Series: Black Dagger Brotherhood Novels #2
Adlibris: Link

Just about ten hours after finishing Book; 1 Dark Lover I picked up this in the library. Luckily it's my Summer vacation so I can read throughout the day if I wish.

Lover Eternal gives us a few days into the life of Rhage, a blond drop dead gorgeous brother in the Black Dagger Brotherhood. Hollywood, as the brothers call him, has one main issue which the story really revolves around, his beast, a curse that releases a dragon from inside him whenever he is angry, in pain or frustrated - whenever his temper flares.

Rhage's way of dealing with his beast is to fight and sleep around, so this book has a lot of steamy moments, and isn't for the faint hearted when it comes to sex.

Opposite of Rhage we have Mary. She's a leukemia survivor, who helps around as much as possible, and while working on a help line she meets John a straggly thin street kid, that turns out to be a vampire about to turn in a year or two. He cannot speak, so Mary well equipped with sign language helps her gorgeous (vampire) neighbor Bella introduce John to some "martial artists", read Black Dagger Brotherhood.

Rhage is immediately drawn to Mary and her nurturing side, and interesting chemistry evolves where Mary firmly believes no one as gorgeous as Hollywood would ever go for a girl as plain as herself. While they meet she also discovers her cancer might be back.

On the other characters, John Matthews is absolutely great, the boy is slightly damaged, but has great potential to become great character in the later in the series as well. Bella is the main character of the next book and her and Zsadist's relationship is put on the roll at the end of the book. Also Mr. O replaces much of Mr. X's appearances on the Lessers, soulless vampire killers of Omega.

As Rhage and Mary get to know each other, Rhage gets himself way too involved with her and against strict orders by the brotherhood brings her to their safe haven, getting himself in to trouble with Virgin Scribe who created the vampires and put the curse on Rhage in the first place.

What happens in the book is interesting, steamy, look at Mary and Rhage wanting to be together, and apart and together again while battling the beast, Mary’s illness, Lessers and the Virgin Scribe.

Amazingly great read, we get deeper into the world, and to the new vampire culture and learn more about the brothers and what drives them to protect their race. Thrilling reading with sizzling hot scenes where your tummy does cart wheels as you blush. ;)
But I do recommend you read Book; 1 to keep up with the inside jokes and brother dynamics.

Rating:

Started Reading : 30th of June 2011
Finished Reading : 30th of June 2011

Music : Goes good together with Cheryl Cole's "3 Words"

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REVIEW - DARK LOVER - BOOK ;1 OF THE BLACK DAGGER BROTHERHOOD

"The only purebred vampire left on earth, Wrath has a score to settle with the slayers who murdered his parents centuries ago. But, when one of his most trusted fighters is killed-leaving his half-breed daughter unaware of his existence or her fate-Wrath must usher her into the world of the undead-a world of sensuality beyond her wildest dreams" 


Author: J.R. Ward
Pages: 416 pages
Publisher: Signet
Published: September, 2005
Form: Paperback
Series: Black Dagger Brotherhood Novels #1
Adlibris: Link

My first Book Review will be the latest book I have read, not one of the hundreds I have read so far, but in the future I might make exceptions and review my Top Picks.

But now to Dark Lover, Book 1 of the Black Dagger Brotherhood series, which has now 9 books - which are on my list of books to read next.

I read Dark Lover in Finnish, which is my native language, and I enjoyed it so much that I finished it within 24 hours.

How the book was written is funny, and got few laughing out louds out of me, mainly due to the thinking process of the male lead, Wrath.

It took a little time to get over the names of the men in the brotherhood, but as you got into the story they seem less corny and seem to go with the image of the brothers.

Now there is quite expressive sex scenes, but they are not badly done or out of story. It is fun to read them cat and mouse around them though.

Now after getting through the first reaction to their names and accepting there is sex and it plays a fine part in the book we get to the plot.

Darius dies after asking Wrath, the vampire king who’s turned away from governing his people to live a life of warrior, to help his daughter who think she’d an orphan to survive her turn into vampire at age 25. Wrath gives him a stern no, but changes his mind as Darius dies. As Wrath visits Beth our female lead, flames lit up and the couple sleep together, which creates an interesting dynamic to their relationship, where Beth wonders just how she managed to go from a good girl to possible drug dealers lay, and Wrath has to come to grasps that he isn’t an emotionless, rude and dangerous warrior to all he meats.

While these two dance around each other we have a mix of other characters, Butch the cop with feelings for Beth, Mr X’s plans for the destruction of the Vampire kind as he leads his own soldiers against the Black Dagger brotherhood – and let’s not forget the entertaining dynamics of the brothers.

There is nothing quite as fun to read as alpha male bantering as you don’t actually have to be there, Vishous, Tohrment and Phury give laid back quips that easily make you smile and laugh.

To all women there is something in a bad boy, and this book is filled with them.

I absolutely fell in love with this book and the world J.R. Ward created, the brothers, the vibe, the characters, their lingo - it's a joy to read with plenty of steamy moments.

I recommend this series for either Summer Vacation reading, or for darker Fall and Winter days when it’s too cold to put your nose outside. Why? Because it’s sure to get you hooked if you are into vampire and romance novels with urban fantasy twist.  ;)

I’m on my way out right now to pick up the three following books in the series.

Rating:

Started Reading : 28^th June 2011 : evening

Stopped Reading : 29^th June 2011 : evening

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