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Black Dagger Brotherhood #2
Author: J.R. Ward
Rating: 5 Stars
Publisher: Signet Eclipse
Release Date: March 7, 2006
Within the brotherhood, Rhage is the vampire with the strongest appetites. He's the best fighter, the quickest to act on his impulses, and the most voracious lover-for inside him burns ferocious curse cast by the Scribe Virgin. Owned by this dark side, Rhage fears the time when his inner dragon is unleashed, making him a danger to everyone around him.
Mary Luce, a survivor of many hardships is unwittingly thrown into the vampire world and reliant to Rhage's protection. With a life-threatening curse of her own, Mary is not looking for love. She lost her faith in miracles years ago. But when Rhage's intense animal attraction turns into something more emotional, he knows that he must make Mary his alone. And while their enemies close in, Mary fights desperately to gain life eternal with the one she loves...
Book #2 pleased me as much as the first one did. Hell this one was a little more touching in my opinion. Rhage is the best looking of all of the brothers which is what earned him the nickname "Hollywood". He looks like a movie star but is the deadliest brother you could pick a fight with... other than Zsadist which is a whole other story. When Rhage gets too angry, worked up, or aroused, the beast comes out. A very scary sight as the brothers like to phrase it.
Mary is a fighter. She lost her father when she was younger, and then lost her mother to cancer... only to develop cancer herself. She's never thought of herself as beautiful, and often wished that a man would even show a little interest in her.
The night Mary and Rhage met was like firecrackers exploding... intense stuff. They are both alike in the sense that they both don't feel like they deserve one another. Their story was so touching because you got to see a softer side of Rhage... and Mary truly brought out the best in him.
They go through a lot of trials and tough situations which has you rooting for them ten times harder. I felt connected to these characters as if they were real people. If I were you I would definitely pick this book up... along with being touching it's scorching hot, full of action, fighting, oh and humor.
J.R. Ward is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors. Please let me know if you've read any of the BDB series... I love comments and reply to every singe one. Thank you for stopping by and reading my review, I hope you come back soon.
Black Dagger Brotherhood #1
Author: J.R. Ward
Rating: 5 Stars
Publisher: Signet Eclipse
Release Date: September 6, 2005
In the shadows of the night in Caldwell, New York, there's a deadly turf war going on between vampires and their slayers. There exists a secret band of brothers like no other - six vampire warriors, defenders of their race. Yet none of them relishes killing more than Wrath, the leader of The Black Dagger Brotherhood.
The only purebred vampire left on earth, Wrath has a score to settle with the slayers who murdered his parents centuries ago. But, when one of his most trusted fighters is killed - leaving his half-breed daughter unaware of his existence or her fate - Wrath must usher her into the world of the undead - a world of sensuality beyond her wildest dreams.
I am a big fan of Larissa Ione's writing and I didn't think that anyone would be able to capture me on the level that she did... but J.R. Ward has proven me wrong. How I wish I would have picked up this series earlier. I can tell by how quickly I breezed through this book that I won't be able to stop until I read the whole series. I'm reading Lover Eternal as we speak.
Wrath and Beth were both amazing characters. Wrath was brooding, authoritative, and stayed to himself but Beth cracked down every barrier he had. Beth was feisty and I loved that about her. She never backed down from an argument with Wrath even though he is the king of all vampires... that takes some serious guts in my book.
One thing I loved about this book was the servant/butler Fritz, he was so kind and catered to the needs of everyone around him. I fell in love with him the first time he was introduced.
I have to admit I didn't like the cop Butch at first but he grew on me, just like he grew on the members of the Brotherhood. The side story of him and Marissa; I'll just say I was very pleased.
I stayed up last night until about 2 o'clock in the morning finishing Dark Lover because it was oh so very good. This book got so hot at times I was sure it was going to make me melt. These are characters I can tell that I'm going to grow very attached to. Thank you to all of my fellow readers who kept telling me to pick this up, so glad that I did.
Have you read Dark Lover or any of The Black Dagger Brotherhood series? What did you think? Thank you for stopping by, please feel free to leave a comment as I reply back to every one of them. Hope you come back soon.
"Steph," my friend Sandy told me, "life is like a compost bucket. It's full of disgusting, rotten, smelly, shitty, and repulsive things. Compost by nature is gross, yet it makes the best for growing beautiful, strong plants."
If Only I Could Sleep: A Survivor's Memoir, pg. 1-2
Stephanie Henry
To be published October 2013
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