Dark Lover (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #1) in My Vampire Book Obsession

Aug 21, 2011 Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* rated it liked it

Shelves: reviewed, part-of-series, 3-star, paranormal-romance

I did not love the book as much as my 'paranormal romance friends', it had too much in the terms of traditional paranormal romance subplot for me....BUT did enjoy it quite a bit.

Wrath is a king of sorts among his kind, followed by a band of loyal brothers, all powerful and all troubled in their own way. He must lead them against a war of vampire hunters, while honoring his promise to protect a friends daughter as she "transforms." Apparently the transformation for her type can be tricky and usua I did not love the book as much as my 'paranormal romance friends', it had too much in the terms of traditional paranormal romance subplot for me....BUT did enjoy it quite a bit.

Wrath is a king of sorts among his kind, followed by a band of loyal brothers, all powerful and all troubled in their own way. He must lead them against a war of vampire hunters, while honoring his promise to protect a friends daughter as she "transforms." Apparently the transformation for her type can be tricky and usually goes south fast. She was half-blood and didn't know about her father until the beginning of the story. Ward developed her own version of vampire; here they do not feed off of people, but off others vampires instead for nourishment as human blood is too weak for them.

The writer is talented and does make it easy to keep reading. She employs the shifting third-person point of view instead of the traditional first-person that's used in most Urban Fantasies and some Paranormal Romances. I prefer the first-person point of view more but she makes it work here. The book was at it's best especially at the beginning when everything tragic was happening, it was all getting established and there were plenty of obstacles. It started losing my interest a little as it went from an extraordinary beginning to a typical paranormal-romance center. Thought the sex scenes were a little too numerous sometimes but for the most part the passion part was hot enough.

I dug most of the characters. I didn't like the change for Darius at the very end, and from the description I just didn't see Wrath as attractive and he didn't do anything for me. Some of the brothers were fun though, and my favorites were - surprisingly, the human Butch and the butler Fritch (sp?) I think the characters DO hold a lot of potential for becoming as addicting as many of the fans state, they just didn't make it in my heart yet with this book. Not bad characters but I didn't fall in love with anyone so far.

Wish to continue the series to see how everything progresses, it's a creatively structured world. I may grow more into it with continuing books. Just have to get my hands on the second and see. With how easily I become addicted to series, this is a strong possibility. ...more

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Feb 12, 2009 Cindyg rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites

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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Dec 03, 2009 Carrie rated it liked it

Shelves: 1st-in-a-series, vampire, romance, urban-fantasy, part-of-a-series, paranormal-romance, j-r-ward, vaginal-urban-fantasy, supernatural

Book One of the Black Dagger Brotherhood series.
Pages 393

As I was reading I found that the basic storyline to be really interesting but the writing at times kind of got to me. The "funny" moments seemed forced. I wasn't a fan of the names but, I can over look that. Wrath at times reminded me of the Beast from Beauty and the Beast, and yes I mean the Disney cartoon. But over all good book, can't wait to read the second book in the series. I'm looking forward to know what happens to some of the ot ...more

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Sep 18, 2009 Marla rated it really liked it

Shelves: chick-lit, challenged, serial-killers, with-reservations, recommended-to-me, mixed-reviews, adult, vampires, series, romance

I keep expecting myself to like this series more than I do. I'm not a huge fan of this series, because it is so dark, I'm not a fan of the Lessers and the religious aspects make me uncomfortable. This reminded me of Jacquelyn Frank's Nightwalker series. And I LOVE that series. I think this one was a little darker and the brotherhood vampires were more scary and seriously flawed than the Nightwalker demons. I really enjoyed Rebecca Zanetti's Dark Protectors vampire warrior romance series more or ...more

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Jun 15, 2010 Pat aka Tygyr rated it really liked it

Shelves: kindle, paranormal, own, part-of-series, 2018, audible, 2019

This is the 1st novel in the Black Dagger Brotherhood. I love this series so much I have a physical copy, a Kindle copy, and an Audible copy. And I reread the series frequently. The Black Dagger Brotherhood (BDB) world is Vampires, Lessers, and humans. Oh and 2 sort of deities - the good is the Scribe Virgin and the evil is the Omega. The war between the Vampires and the Lessers is kept away from humans when possible. The BDB were bred to be Warriors. Wrath is the son of the last Vampire King an ...more

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