Lover Avenged by J.R. Ward

Reading Level: Adult
(4 out of 5)

I love, love, love books but let me tell you one thing I hate about them. I wait what seems like forever for a book to come out and then in a few days I have it read. Which I guess that's a personal problem I have and has nothing to do with the book. Sometimes we have to wait a year before a book is out and I wait with excited anticipation and I try really hard not to rush through the book but sometimes I just can't put it down. I remember when I was reading Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer I really wanted it to last a long time. I knew that the final chapter of the series was coming to a close and I wanted to savor it. But I would sit down to read and before I realized it 100 pages had already flown by and I was getting closer to the end. I guess that's what makes me love/hate a series. I can't wait until the next one but I know sooner or later it has to come to an end.

I didn't discover J.R. Wards fantastic Black Dagger Brotherhood series until about a year ago and what I loved was that five or six books had already been published. I didn't have to wait that long to read the next book and than the next. But of course I finished what was available and I had to wait 10 months for the next one to come out. I read this book in two days. I try so hard to slow down but when I get hooked on a story there is no putting on the brakes. And now I'm crying because who knows when the next in the series will be published. Tell me to stop feeling sorry for myself and move on to the next book. Okay I feel better.

The Black Dagger Brotherhood is a series about vampires. The king is Wrath and him and his brothers (not really related) try to keep their vampire race safe from the lessers. The brothers being Rhage, Thorment, Zsadist, Phury, Butch, and Vicious. The vampires come from the Virgin Scribe and the lessers come from her brother the Omega. The Omega is bad news. He takes men's souls and has them do his bidding, mainly killing the vampires. This book revolves around Rehvenge even though Ms. Ward has other little stories going on at the same time. Rehvenge is a drug lord and owns a notorious nightclub that caters to the rich and heavily armed. He is approached to kill Wrath because of his shadowy reputation. Rehvenge is part Symphath which means he could be exiled if anyone finds out. As the plot thickens within and out of the Brotherhood Rehvenge finds comfort in Ehlena, but will she except him if she were to find out about his secrets.

If you haven't read J.R. Ward and really like vampire romance books please check out her books. I love this series and can't wait to read the next one.