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Dark Lover (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #1)

J.R. Ward

Start date: August 1, 2011

Finish date: August 31, 2011

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Jan 16, 2010 Rachel (The Rest Is Still Unwritten) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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*Contains detailed sex scenes*

This was a wonderful book. I loved it!
I found the author’s take on vampires to be very original. It’s unlike any other books I’ve read before, where they need blood from the opposite sex of their kind to survive, instead of humans. It was refreshing! I also liked the ‘lessers’. It’s wonderful to see a whole new, different kind of enemy.
I must admit that when I first began this book I was a little put off. It’s a lot darker and brutal than I’m used to and I found s

*Contains detailed sex scenes*

This was a wonderful book. I loved it!
I found the author’s take on vampires to be very original. It’s unlike any other books I’ve read before, where they need blood from the opposite sex of their kind to survive, instead of humans. It was refreshing! I also liked the ‘lessers’. It’s wonderful to see a whole new, different kind of enemy.
I must admit that when I first began this book I was a little put off. It’s a lot darker and brutal than I’m used to and I found some parts to be odd. One thing that stuck out for me was when Beth and Wrath first slept together. I was thinking hello, you’ve only seen the guy once before and he scared you crazy, he’s just appeared in your apartment out of thin air, and you don’t even know his name and yet you’re automatically dying to have sex with him.....not strange at all. Oh, no, totally normal. *rolls eyes*
But then as the story went on I fell in love with it and its characters. The plot was action packed and gripping. It was an intense roller coaster ride and I loved the way the relationship between Beth and Wrath developed. He didn’t set out to find her and yet he did. She was the only person who was willing to stand up to him and she changed him so much. It was very sweet.
I’m a big fan of the entire brotherhood. They’re unlike any characters I’ve ever seen before! Rhage, Vishous, Phury, and Zsadist are all such complex characters. They’re so fierce and brutal and dangerous, and yet they are funny and witty at times. They’re the only people I’ve read about who can be raving on about pastries and yet cheerfully offering to kill somebody if it means they can have some more at the same time. Seriously, at times they cracked me up over just how normal they could be even though they’re obviously dark people.
And I loved Butch! He was awesome from the very beginning and I loved his relationship with Marissa. It was very sweet that he wants to be an honourable man for her and I look forward to seeing more of them.

This was a seriously good book and I can’t wait to read the rest of the series!
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Feb 12, 2009 Cindyg rated it it was amazing

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OMG...Beth is a regular girl doing regular girl stuff...not...regular anyways...when she sees someone outside her window she has no idea of the vampire king who has come to protect her. He has no idea that she is to be his queen. But he made a promise to a fallen warrior and he makes good on his word.
This was one hell of a read...although I hate the lessers...I tend to skim over them cause they don't deserve my time...anyways...J.R. has a way of bringing the pages to life, I could see the charac ...more

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