Lover Mine
A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood
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4.4 • 79 Ratings
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
Return to the seductive—and dangerous—world of J.R. Ward’s Black Dagger Brotherhood as the fever rises in the war between the vampires and slayers…
John Matthew has come a long way since he was found living among humans, his vampire nature unknown to himself and to those around him. After he was taken in by the Brotherhood, no one could guess what his true history was—or his true identity. Indeed, the fallen Brother Darius has returned, but with a different face and a very different destiny. As a vicious personal vendetta takes John into the heart of the war, he will need to call up on both who he is now and who he once was in order to face off against evil incarnate...and rescue his one true love.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
New or casual readers of the Black Dagger Brotherhood series will be lost in its eighth installment (after 2009's Lover Avenged), but Ward's fans love her soap opera storytelling and are happy to forgive unpronounceable names and occasionally overeager tough talk (at a solemn wedding, was smiling like a motherfucker ). Newly made vampire John Matthew vows to free his mate, the symphath Xhexania, from Lash, a paranoid coke addict who's transmuting into a nontemporal entity like his vampire-killer father, the Omega. Once freed, Xhexania joins the Brothers in battling the Omega, but refuses to acknowledge her emotional connection to John. Meanwhile, sexually promiscuous Qhuinn, shocked to find himself jealous when his cousin Saxton hooks up with flirtatious Blaylock, wonders whether he should have seduced Blay when he had the chance. Complicated subplots and tortured heroes abound, but attentive readers will love putting it all together.
Customer Reviews
Sexy and intense. Great erotic twists! Mmm
Wonderful series. I've loved John's story through out!
Too many side stories
I love John and Xhex’s story, but this book had so many other side stories going on which, for me, took away from the overall enjoyment of it. I also found all the side stories rather boring. Along with John and Xhex’s story (and not really woven into their story) there was also Wrath and Payne, Eliahu Rathborne, Greg and Holly, Blay and Saxton, Qhuinn and Layla, Darius and Tohrment. At the very end of the book, Darius and Tohrment’s story came full circle and made a connection to John and Xhex’s, but I found that portion rather long winded for the end result. I know that all the side stories will be tied into the larger picture of the series at some point, but in the end I found this book to be unsatisfying.