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Lover Enshrined (Black Dagger Brotherhood) (Black Dagger Brotherhood) (Black Dagger Brotherhood) | 
| Author: J.r. Ward
Publisher: Piatkus Books
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 141
Media: Paperback
Pages: 560
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Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 4.4 x 1.7
ISBN: 0749939036
EAN: 9780749939038
ASIN: 0749939036
Publication Date: June 12, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
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 The future plot keeps me hooked, but..... June 26, 2008
There is a lot about this book that I loved: the "new" generation of BDB are given a lead role and the book is the better for it. However the character of Phury seemed lost and ineffectual in all the plots and sub-plots. Yes, I still want to know what happens next, but I keep feeling that the roles of Phury and Comina were just fillers in a long complex story, with more twists and turns and no pay- back to the reader. Where was the cutting dialogue between brothers, where was the close relationship between them? This would have kept the story to one I could relate to. Suddenly we are surrounded by "failure" and so little good news.....
I will also admit that the twisting sub-plots are making me lose interest in the tales of the BDB. I cannot see any good reason to know about Rehvenge, or the angel Lassiter, or why being a sympath is so important to the story. As for introducing the son of EVIL......JRW please use a less contrived route. Your readers have already been introduced to V's secret sister; how many more 'new' characters will be needed to keep the pace of the earlier books.
 lover enshrined June 25, 2008
while the romance in this book is not the best it is still a fantastic book.phury has always been complicated but u still love him and cant wait for the next book.
Liked Phury's story a lot more than I thought I would June 23, 2008
I liked Vischous' story when that one came out although I did think that the earlier one's had been better - but then V isn't my fave character, (that honour belongs to either Wrath, Rhage or Zsadist, :)). Phury, like V, was not a fave character to begin with as he was so hard up for Bella and well, I felt bad for Zsadist like Phury was poaching on his territory...that's a seperate subject lol. anyway, I really liked Cormia because of how different she was to Phury and the other heroines we have seen. True, it did get slightly annoying when she kept referring to him as 'the primale' as if she didn't see him as a person, just a position. But ultimately I enjoyed this book and thought it to be thoughtful, different and yet still employing Ward's great writing skills. Not as good as the earlier books but again I say that could be because I liked the characters better. Still worth a read as it is still very good. 4.5 stars.
lover enshrined June 23, 2008
much much better than lover unbound which i found very disappointing!
j.r. ward is back on track with this book introducing us to new characters and a new enemy for the brotherhood to deal with.
i highly recommend this book!
A fantastic way to move the series on... June 21, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
My copy of this book arrive in the post from amazon yesterday and I read it on one sitting. I though it was a fantastic read.
I'm probably not typical of Ward's hard core fans in that I came to her writing because of the Fantasy elements rather than the Romance elements, and it is because of the fascinating world building rather than the love stories that I continued to read her work.
Firstly, let me make it very clear that this book falls clearly into the Urban Fantasy category rather than the Romance category and as far as I'm concerned this is not a fault in the book. The move away from straight forward romance has led to huge plot developments in the black dagger world that will mean that the series will continue to grow and grow. (One happy ever after after another without moving the war on gets a bit stale in my eyes, and there were initially only a finite number of Brothers whose stories she could tell to begin with.) If you're looking for romance alone you're probably not going to enjoy this book, but if you loved the world you're in for a treat...
Ward has picked up the pace and upped the danger level by introducing a new supper villian half vampire son of the Omega. I loved the way there were so many new plot threads developing and the possibilities for future books are immense. (More dangerous and knowledgeable Lessers, Rehv, Lassiter, Payne, the symphath princess...) Phury and Cormia's story was only average, despite the insight into Phury's tortured character, but the depth and variety of the side plots more than made up for this in my eyes.
All in all I think Ward has upped her game.
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