Theresa K. (Tesstarosa) - , reviewed on 6/26/2011 + 151 more book reviews

This is the third installment in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series and in this story we learn more about Zsadist. As an infant, he was stolen by a nursemaid and sold to be the blood slave of another woman. His twin, Phury, set out to find and rescue him once hed gone through the transformation into adult vampire.

The story continues from Bellas kidnapping and Zsadists determination that he will be the one to rescue her and then avenge her kidnapping. He does rescue her and brings her to the Brotherhoods compound and insists that only he can care for her. He does not want her to leave the compound, even though her aristocratic family wants her back home with them.

The thing is, Bella wants to be with Zsadist, but his past is stopping him from allowing her to become intimate with him. He insists that she really wants his twin, Phury, and that he is too dirty to be with her.

John Matthews story continues as he has gone to live with Tohrment and Wellsie. He is enrolled in the training program for potential future members of the Brotherhood and is making friends and some enemies there. He also learns that he is, based on blood evidence, a son of Darius the queen, Beths father. (Remember the wish the Scribe Virgin granted Darius at the end of Dark Lover? I believe we have found Darius reincarnation.) But tragedy is about to strike his new found family and have devastating consequences for him.

And Butch is still pining away for Marissa. (Im really feeling for him. Seriously.)

This is one of my favorites of this series. All the background on Zsadist really makes it easier to understand why he keeps himself cut off from the rest of the world and doesnt want to open himself up to the possibilities. It also starts to develop the story about his twin, Phury, who wasnt kidnapped but was damaged by the kidnapping as well.

The segments on the lessers are still not as intriguing and worth remembering probably because they kind of keep bringing the same old bad guy back again. And the homophobic undertones with Butch and V are a bit of a turn off.

But, once again a wonderful story about the redemptive qualities of love. (Im probably the only one that sees that.)

Oh, and theres lots of sex.

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