Review: Lover at Last

Lover at Last by J.R. Ward

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



Another amazing book in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series, Lover at Last brings us the story of Blaylock and Qhuinn and before those of you who don't know anything about the series go jumping to conclusions, both of the main characters are guys. And I suppose once upon a time that might have bothered me, but I very much enjoyed their story. Even if the whole time I was standing there wanting to smack and/or strangle them for their stupidity. But I think that's just normal when it comes to characters in novels. They do stupid things. They have to find themselves, after all. They have to be given time. In this case that time is just about six hundred pages which also combines the stories of several other very prominent characters.

But I do like that aspect about Ward's writing. I love that she brings in these other characters that you can follow as you are granted a fuller picture of the world that these beings occupy. And it also leads very well for setting up other books which I always look forward to.

Moments of humor offset some very heavy and monumental moments in the book. Some characters you adore, while others make you wish you could reach in and strangle them or ask them to simply reevaluate their lives. Not that it would probably do much good. The males (and females) in these books do tend to be pretty stubborn, even if it isn't in their best interest or for their own good. All one can really do on that front is shake their head, finish reading the book and then go onto the next book in the series...if it's out. And what do you know. The King is out. I believe I know exactly what I'll be reading next ladies and gentlemen.



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Review: Lover Reborn

Lover Reborn by J.R. Ward

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



I have been waiting for Tohr's book...for a while. Anyone who has looked at my reviews, knows from my reading of Lover Unleashed that I love the Black Dagger Brotherhood series. And this book has proved no different. I think I actually liked this better than some of the others. It's a very real book about having to grow and let go. It's about pain and love. It's about the things that make us human and the things that sometimes we don't want to do. It was amazing to me seeing the pain in some and the hope and joy at times.

Of course, as with all the other books in the series, it ties in and builds on what has already been created. I really like that about this series. Though it means that the books aren't stand alone and are very hard to read without having read the others, I don't mind that. You become enveloped in this world and Ward does a very good job at pulling you in and making you want more of it. I can say, without a doubt, that I absolutely love it.

I can't wait to get my hands on the next book and dive back into that world.



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Review: Lover Unleashed

Lover Unleashed by J.R. Ward

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



So I'm crying a little inside right now. I started writing a review and somehow clicked out of the box, pressed backspace and lost the whole thing. So, I'm definitely in deep mourning right now. And I'm also trying to remember what all I was saying and what I was thinking. It's a very complicated process.

But enough about that, I am supposed to be talking about the book, not my failings with my mouse pad. Alright, so I love the Black Dagger Brotherhood books. And after a little while of reading things that I do not typically read, I was very glad to get back to something that is within my genre spectrum. (The last book that could have counted before this being The Inventor's Secret by Andrea Cremer also recommended).

So we have this, book number nine of the series and I find that I feel it is very disloyal really to try to review this book without mentioning any of the others. For those of you who have read any part of the series, the story builds on itself in such a way that it becomes almost a requirement to read the other books int he series before you even consider trying to read the later stories.

But, I will try to do just that. As much as I love this book and this series, I found myself a little disappointed. I wanted a little more. Maybe I'm just an action and adventure junkie. There was a little in the book, but it felt a little slower in its pace than some of the others. Mind it had its own surprises and I still love it, but I guess I just wanted a little bit more. even as the book was coming in the last few pages I found myself thinking: Well this can't be right, there has to be more to the story, doesn't there? As I have found, in this book there is not. Which means it is off to book number 10 where there must be more to come. Always more that I shall eagerly read.



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