Books Lover Revealed (Black Dagger Brotherhood, Book 4)
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Rating: - AMAZING
Such a incredible book. I would recommend it to anyone that is big into romance novels, even if initially they are turned off by the gothic tone that the book has. Give it a try and you'll be begging to read the other 4 that are in circulation. Trust me!

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Rating: - My least favorite of the series -- Spoilers
WARNING -- SPOILERS
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Couples who are pulled apart more than once by misunderstanding should not be together. Butch and Marissa had the worst communication throughout the entire book. They would get together and then he or she would think the other didn't want him/her and then they'd part and be miserable and then they'd figure it out for a few pages and then they'd misunderstand again ... just TALK TO EACH OTHER!!!

The aspect I liked the most was the action/adventure in this book. Butch's transformation was great and finding out that V would be able to heal him every time he contaminated himself with a lesser was a great pay-off to V's visions about him. It was very understandable that Butch would be discontented with his role in the group so this whole twist was very satisfying.

One thing that bugged me throughout though was Butch's willingness to get Marissa to feed from him and to 'finish' inside of her. After he had the experience of his blood and other liquids turning black, one would think he'd be a little reticent until he was absolutely, 100% certain of his cleanliness. I couldn't stop thinking about his sooty secretions every time they would get together. Especially when she fed from him after he'd consumed 3 lessers. He may have been zotted by V, but who knows how much of the evil could be still swimming around in his blood-stream? I don't know if this bothered anyone else, and obviously it wasn't supposed to bother me or it would have been addressed in the book but ... ick. Marissa actually brought up the fact they didn't know how it would affect him long-term and yet it never seemed to occur to her that her own suggestion was a good reason for the two of them to be chaste for a while -- at least until they knew a little more.

Technically Marissa and Butch have a lot in common (rescuers, rejected and uncomfortable in their own worlds, lonely), but somehow I didn't feel the chemistry upon reading their story. I am not a proponent of the V/Butch pairing so that's not what got in the way. I guess I felt like they spent so little time in accord that I couldn't see what had attracted them. This goes back to Dark Lover. I thought the whole 'ship was a bit precipitant and I'd hoped to be brought around in this book but unfortunately wasn't.

I give it 2 stars because Ward has set the bar pretty high with all the other books and I thought the romance portion especially could have been handled with a lot more finesse. It breaks my heart to leave a not-so-good review but ... here it is. :(

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Rating: - Loving it
What can I say, I'm in love with these vampires. The story is so well written that you feel like you are part of the action, and what action there is!!! The love scenes are so hot, you will read them over and over. The entire series breaks new ground... these aren't my mothers romance novels. I can't say enough about them, but they are an incredible read. The language is very real and the stories vampires are intence. I love the new ideas she has on vampires and how incredibly she describes them. All of the black dagger brotherhood are vampires I wouldn't mind meeting in a back ally somewhere. A apsolutly amazing series, I can't wait for the next one!!! Write one J. R. Ward because I'm addicted.

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Rating: - better than most
this black dagger brotherhood book really intrigued me. as usual it had lots of steamy sex, interesting plot lines and believable vampires. what i really loved was Butch finding out that hes Wraths cousin. all in all a good book, not as good as lover awakened my number one favorite. keep em coming J.R.!!!