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Lover Eternal (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #2)

J.R. Ward

Start date: February 1, 2013

Finish date: February 28, 2013

Discussion: Challenges: What's the Rush

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Challenges: What's the Rush

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Sep 22, 2009 The Flooze rated it it was ok

Shelves: owned, glutton_for_punishment, paranormal-romance, vanquished_2010

**2.5**

Lover Eternal frustrated me in much the same way Dark Lover did.

I don't like Ward's depiction of women, nor do I like the whole bonding experience. From the main character Mary to the Scribe Virgin's Chosen, the female characters only find some confidence when a man deems them worthy. Up until then, they're easily cowed damsels who gasp and flutter and lament their unattractiveness. This makes the mating game exasperating. It also makes my teeth itch on general principles.

Mary's self-de ...more

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May 04, 2010 Carrie rated it really liked it

Shelves: paranormal-romance, vampire, part-of-a-series, j-r-ward, supernatural

This is the second book in Black Dagger Brotherhood series and much better then the first one, although I have been told that book 1 was the weakest of the series.

I really really enjoyed the characters in this book. Especially Rhage and Zsadist. Rhage isn't just a pretty face who is all about himself, getting what he wants, at least not anymore, there are reasons for is actions.

And there is so much potential to be had with the Zsadist story I can't wait to get into it. ...more

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Feb 14, 2010 Lauren⁷ 💜 rated it it was amazing

Shelves: romance, favorites, book-boyfriends, fantasy-sci-fi-romance-romantasy, hot-hunky-hero, sexy-sexy-sexy, shelfari-favorites

Yet another stand out J.R. Ward novel. This is the story of Rhage, the most handsome and good-looking of the Brothers, and Mary who get dealt a pretty crappy hand of cards, she has cancer and doesn't really believe in miracles anymore. This book for me was very interesting. Because of the cancer, Mary who was never a beauty queen to begin with, really doesn't feel very attractive, she's skinny, and has a lot of scars and doesn't really dress for fashion, she dresses for comfort. So she's shocked Yet another stand out J.R. Ward novel. This is the story of Rhage, the most handsome and good-looking of the Brothers, and Mary who get dealt a pretty crappy hand of cards, she has cancer and doesn't really believe in miracles anymore. This book for me was very interesting. Because of the cancer, Mary who was never a beauty queen to begin with, really doesn't feel very attractive, she's skinny, and has a lot of scars and doesn't really dress for fashion, she dresses for comfort. So she's shocked when she catches Rhage's eye. She thinks it's some kind of joke at first. But it's not. When Rhage looks at Mary he sees only beauty and strength. I loved how J.R. paired Rhage with not only a human woman, but an ordinary looking human woman with cancer. With Rhage being the best looking of all the brothers, you'd expect J.R. to pair him with someone who'd make Angelina Jolie look like Quasimodo in comparison. But she doesn't. Rhage though has his own set of problems, the Scribe Virgin cursed him so that whenever he gets too worked up, he shape shifts into the Beast, which looks like a dragon and will basically kill anything in its path, friend or foe. And there's only two ways to keep the Beast at bay, one is by fighting. And the other is by sex, and lots of it with lots of women. Rhage hates this though and wants nothing more than to settle down or settle down as much as one of these guys can with a female of worth. He hates the constant stream of sex partners and meaningless anonymous sex. So when he meets Mary, he's shocked because she seems to have a calming effect on both him and the beast, but he's also afraid that he might change and hurt Mary. Mary and Rhage had some pretty major hurdles to overcome on their path to love, but they make it. As per the usual with J.R. the romance was flat out excellent. Well written, fantastic interesting characters. Fantastic character growth. And of course a great story. And we also meet one of my most favorite characters in this book, John Matthew. We find out his basic back story, and how he actually comes to the attention of the Brotherhood. And because he goes to live with Tohrment and Wellsie, we get to see the two of them together and we also get to see what an awesome loving relationship they have and I love how Torhment takes JM under his wing and more or less becomes a father to him. The ending of LE ranks as one of my most favorites ever. It's so sweet and will make you sigh, if not tear up a little, and just when you think that Mary and Rhage won't end up together, they do. Rhage really exemplifies selflessness with what he does for Mary, I won't give it away, but trust me it is awesome and really shows you the depth of the love that Rhage has for Mary. And there is one scene with Mary and Rhage, he sleeps in her living room and gets burned by the sun. She finds out what he is, and he expects her to run from him. But she doesn't. She covers up the windows and is willing to help him down to her root celler to keep him out of the sun. And she brings him salve to help heal his burns and the tenderness in that entire scene is heart-touching, and I think that's when they really start to fall for each other. And he is awed by the fact that she's willing to help him in spite of the fact that she's somewhat afraid of him. So to wrap my review up, this is yet another top pick for 2009 and one of my top picks for romance period. Read it. You will not be disappointed. ...more

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Mar 09, 2011 Logan rated it really liked it

Shelves: own-bought-ebook

First of all, I think the whole literal inner demon curse is super cool. A warrior who must temper his impulses or turn into a snarly bloodthirsty lizard beast? Swoon. Okay, maybe not swoon, but I am madly in love with the concept. I will say that I was disturbed at Mary's reaction to the beast and felt that the two scenes where she interacts with it didn't quite work for me. They didn't seem to fit the character of the rest of the book or with what we were led to believe about the beast itself. ...more

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Jul 07, 2008 Kimberly rated it liked it

Shelves: 2008, 2013

Rhage!!!!

5/28/2013
This was not a good as I remember. I found Rhage manipulative and whiny.
The "liked it" star was for the fact that Phury spoke more than I remember. Tohr and wellsie were great together. I just wish she was in the series more. ...more

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