Lover Unleashed (Black Dagger Brotherhood, Bk 9)
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Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
Book Type: Hardcover
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Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
Book Type: Hardcover
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Overall, this wasn't as good as Lover Mine. I would give this three stars.
I expected the book to be about Payne, but really this is more about V and Jane with a bit of Butch thrown in. This read more like Lover Unbound part II. You see that things between Jane and V aren't as happy as we though they were. All the attention devoted to their relationship made me wonder if Ward is trying to make up for the brouhaha she created with Lover Unbound. So many were unhappy with that book. Big chunks of Lover Unleashed deal with V's relationship with Jane. V has a breakdown in this book. The poor guy was long overdue for one. He rebuilds himself, but it's very painful to read the effect his breakdown had on him, Jane, and Butch. At Jane's request, Butch plays a big part in V's healing. However, poor Marissa is in the dark as usual about what's going on. The most interesting part of this book is V. I really thought his character grew so much. His emotional growth is as apparent as Z's. Ward sure does love her tortured alpha male heroes.
The romance scenes between V and Jane are hotter than those between Manny and Payne. Manny and Payne didn't really come alive for me. Jane and V mature as a couple. I was glad to get a better idea of what they're like.
Payne was built up to be this really adept warrior like her twin brother, but here she's more like a debutante. She's constantly saying "please" and "thank you". She's more meek than anything else. I was hoping to see some fighting of Lessors side by side with Xhex. That didn't happen. I felt letdown by how Payne's character fizzled into the typical Other Side heroine. Verily, she's no different really from the overly sweet Cormia or subservient Layla. It's another 300-some year old virgin who has never seen a car or colors or any of the things we have in the modern world. Ward did this before so it was boring to read it again in Lover Unleashed.
For those who are Quinn/Blay fans, don't get your hopes up. This book is a repeat of the same. I wish Qhuinn would grow a pair and act on his feelings. Perhaps it's Ward who needs to grow a pair and fully commit to writing a romance between Blay/Quinn instead of teasing readers the way she does with the "will they or won't they get together?"
The Lessors are hardly in this book. Yes! I loved that Ward made the villains vampires from the Old Country. I had always wondered why all the vampires were in the USA. There's a really hot scene between two of the vampire villains and a human female. You have to read it yourself. *fans self* Have some cold water nearby.
If you've stuck with the Black Dagger Brotherhood so far, you'll want to read this book. This is no Lover Awakened or Lover Mine. However, if you haven't read the BDB, this is not the book to start the series for you'll be lost.
I expected the book to be about Payne, but really this is more about V and Jane with a bit of Butch thrown in. This read more like Lover Unbound part II. You see that things between Jane and V aren't as happy as we though they were. All the attention devoted to their relationship made me wonder if Ward is trying to make up for the brouhaha she created with Lover Unbound. So many were unhappy with that book. Big chunks of Lover Unleashed deal with V's relationship with Jane. V has a breakdown in this book. The poor guy was long overdue for one. He rebuilds himself, but it's very painful to read the effect his breakdown had on him, Jane, and Butch. At Jane's request, Butch plays a big part in V's healing. However, poor Marissa is in the dark as usual about what's going on. The most interesting part of this book is V. I really thought his character grew so much. His emotional growth is as apparent as Z's. Ward sure does love her tortured alpha male heroes.
The romance scenes between V and Jane are hotter than those between Manny and Payne. Manny and Payne didn't really come alive for me. Jane and V mature as a couple. I was glad to get a better idea of what they're like.
Payne was built up to be this really adept warrior like her twin brother, but here she's more like a debutante. She's constantly saying "please" and "thank you". She's more meek than anything else. I was hoping to see some fighting of Lessors side by side with Xhex. That didn't happen. I felt letdown by how Payne's character fizzled into the typical Other Side heroine. Verily, she's no different really from the overly sweet Cormia or subservient Layla. It's another 300-some year old virgin who has never seen a car or colors or any of the things we have in the modern world. Ward did this before so it was boring to read it again in Lover Unleashed.
For those who are Quinn/Blay fans, don't get your hopes up. This book is a repeat of the same. I wish Qhuinn would grow a pair and act on his feelings. Perhaps it's Ward who needs to grow a pair and fully commit to writing a romance between Blay/Quinn instead of teasing readers the way she does with the "will they or won't they get together?"
The Lessors are hardly in this book. Yes! I loved that Ward made the villains vampires from the Old Country. I had always wondered why all the vampires were in the USA. There's a really hot scene between two of the vampire villains and a human female. You have to read it yourself. *fans self* Have some cold water nearby.
If you've stuck with the Black Dagger Brotherhood so far, you'll want to read this book. This is no Lover Awakened or Lover Mine. However, if you haven't read the BDB, this is not the book to start the series for you'll be lost.
