Lover Eternal (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #2) in My Vampire Book Obsession

May 04, 2010 Carrie rated it really liked it

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

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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Apr 28, 2013 Shan ~A~ rated it it was amazing

Shelves: audio, age-gap, crime, in-series-or-trilogy, romance, millionaire-billionaire, borrowed-hoopla, setting-us-new-york, books-i-own, favorites

Reread 12/08/2020
My rating will remain the same. I still liked Rhage alone and with Mary. The only issue I had was when he had to be with someone else after Mary came into his life. The good thing is we didn't have to suffer through the details. I was going to deduct a star this time due to that, but I loved everything else about this story so much that it didn't seem worth the deduction.

Original Review: 04/27/13
I am trying to figure out what took me so long to start reading this series. I am i ...more

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Mar 11, 2013 Marla rated it liked it

Shelves: catholic, series, vampires, adult, romance, sexy, shape-shifters, religion, challenged, serial-killers

3.5 stars. I just don't like the Lessers and that whole storyline. So basically, I don't like half the book.

Likes:
* Mary Luce being strong and practical
* Butch, human ex-cop who hangs with the brotherhood
(view spoiler) 3.5 stars. I just don't like the Lessers and that whole storyline. So basically, I don't like half the book.

Likes:
* Mary Luce being strong and practical
* Butch, human ex-cop who hangs with the brotherhood
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Dislikes:
* Dark, edgy love story
* Women attracted to bad boys
* Scribe Virgin, her idea of mercy and the whole concept of a cruel, jealous goddess
* Cliffhanger ending
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With-reservations:
language, violence, murder, kidnapping, torture, death, curses, pagan religion, sexual situations, promiscuity, slavery, sex slave, sadism, prejudice, BDSM

Black Dagger Brotherhood & Allies: (view spoiler)[
Vampire abilities - drink from vampire of other sex, teleportation, strength and speed
Bella - vampire friend of Mary, interested in Zsadist "Z", kidnapped by Lessers (Book 2)
Beth, Wrath's shellan - tough gorgeous reporter, half vampire who survives her transition with the help of the purebred king Wrath (Book 1)
Butch - homocide detective who gets kicked off the force for police brutality, who is interested in Beth until her meets Marissa, moves in with Vishous "V" (Book 1)
Darius - antique and fine thing lover, loved Beth's human mother, Beth's father, Fritz's master (Book 1)
Fritz - Darius, then Wrath's devoted doggen servant, shorter lived but can tolerate sunlight
Havers - Marissa's physician brother, heartbroken over his shellan's death (Book 1)
John Matthew - young deaf vampire before change, memories of brotherhood & violent dreams, moves in with Wrath and Beth to train (Book 2)
Layla - Chosen vampire that serves the Scribe Virgin, used to feed Brotherhood and bear their children (Book 2)
Mary Luce - plain suicide hotline human counselor, survives cancer & barren, sign language, falls for Rhage and tames his Beast (Book 2)
Marissa - Wrath's shellan until she releases him, takes a fancy to Butch (Book 1)
Phury - multi-color hair, prosthetic right leg, calm celibate twin
Rhage "Hollywood" - cocky attitude, stronger, fights bare handed, sex legend, Hollywood beautiful, loved to eat, cursed by Scribe Virgin for 200 years when he gets violently angry/horny, he literally turns into a dragon-like Beast, now has beast forever to save Mary (Book 2)
Tohrment "Tohr" - devoted hellen to Wellsie, takes over brotherhood when Wrath became King
Wellsie - Tohr's pregnant shellan
Wrath - 300 year old blind, telekinetic vampire non-practicing pure blood king, leader of the brotherhood (Book 1)
Vishous "V" - tattoo around his left eye, Red Sox cap, black driving glove on deadly left hand, future seeing, computer genius
Zsadist "Z" - chronically late, skull trimmed hair, scarred, pierced and marked with slave tattoo, stolen as a baby and tortured for 100 years, he's a little unstable, angry twin, sex slave so incapable of normal sex, gets physically ill at the thought of sex and physical contact (Book 2)
Mr. X - promoted to Fore-lesser, leader of the lessening society
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Feb 12, 2009 Cindyg rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites

This story of Rage and Mary made me cry...Damn Rage is willing to be cursed forever with his beast if Scribe Virgin will let Mary live...but of course the price is even higher than the beast...but I can't tell you about that...you have to read the story yourself. Once again J.R. has done a outstanding job of story telling and of getting emotions from me just from her written words. I actually cried and I went to sleep thinking about them and I woke up thinking about them. I have been obsessed... ...more

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Aug 12, 2010 Pat aka Tygyr rated it it was amazing

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

In this the 2nd in the series, 3 characters become important- Mary is a human, John Matthew is a skinny small human looking male who turns out is a Pre Transitional Male Vampire, Bella is a Vampiress who has befriended Mary and who lets the Brotherhood know that John Matthew is a vampire who has no idea what he is - raised in an orphanage. We learn more about the Warrior Rhage who is attracted to Mary. Rhage is keeping a secret from Mary and it is a huge one. Can their relationship survive his s ...more

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