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In the darkest corners of the night in Caldwell, New York, a conflict like no other rages. Long divided as a terrifying battleground for the vampires and their enemies, the city is home to a band of brothers born to defend their race: the warrior vampires of the Black Dagger Brotherhood.
John Matthew has come a long way since he was found living among humans, his vampire nature unknown to himself and to those around him. After he was taken in by the Brotherhood, no one could guess what his true history was- or his true identity. Indeed, the fallen Brother Darius has returned, but with a different face and a very different destiny. As a vicious personal vendetta takes John into the heart of the war, he will need to call up on both who he is now and who he once was in order to face off against evil incarnate.
Xhex, a symphath assassin, has long steeled herself against the attraction between her and John Matthew. Having already lost one lover to madness, she will not allow the male of worth to fall prey to the darkness of her twisted life. When fate intervenes, however, the two discover that love, like destiny, is inevitable between soul mates.
I know this review is a long time coming but after events in real life my thirst for reading was just not there but I think it is back!! At least I hope so for the Mt. Everest of a "to be read" pile...yeah I asked him...and no that is not weird at all!!
Alrighty on with the book - My first thought after finishing this book was I hope beyond hope this is not the last Black Dagger Brotherhood book...I mean I still have questions burning and looming...like what will happen with Qhuinn? Will he get over his unsure feelings for his best friend Blay? Or will he be willing to let Blay go and be with his cousin Saxton and be happy? Therefore allowing himself to find happiness with Layla. Also, as for Layla she has been my favorite secondary character throughout this series (that is not a Brother because as we all know that honor goes to Vishous...yummy). Also yeah Xhex dusted Lash back to his maker the Omega in the way they do all lessers but is that permanent? Or will Lash's daddy dearest the Omega resurrect him or has he honestly and truly washed his hands of his son? Also what about Payne, the other daughter of the Scribe Virgin and the twin sister of Vishous? I've become very interested in her story and want to see her get some happiness after having been centuries in a frozen like state by her mother. Also what of the Scribe Virgin and the Far Side? Since all the Chosen have left for the Other Side to live her light has dimmed? Will her brother, the Omega, finally have his vengence or what is to come? Also what is going to happen with Torhment and Lassiter?? OH sooo many burning questions!
So needless to say I have a lot of questions I want and need answered!! Whew that was a lot but now back to the story of John and Xhex.
We met John in the story of Mary and Rhage and at the time he was unaware of his vampire origins thinking himself only a useless skinny nothing but thanks to another vampire, Bella, who realized what he was and was able to help him find his way to Tohrment. Torhment showed him what he truly was and helped in transition into a foreign world...the vampire world.
Xhex we met in either the first or second book...not sure...but she is half vampire - half sympath and she is a no-holds barred kind of girl. A fighter by nature she hates the sissy stuff but even when John was a pretrans (before turning into a full fledge vampire) she was attracted to him and boy oh boy was she after he...shall we say filled out!! HAHAHAHAHA!!
At the end of the last book Lover Avenged Xhex helps save Rehvenge but in the process that little punk Lash kidnaps her and holds her captive. So the John and the Brothers go on the hunt for her. They find the house she is but because of the spell Lash has over her they can't see her and soon thereafter she breaks free because Lash was going weaker and therefore couldn't up the field he had around her to the full effect. After escaping John finds her and brings to back to the Brotherhood compound for treatment.
Soon we are learning the lives behind both Xhex and John and in their common backgrounds the two forge a strong bond and soon even the ever resistant Xhex has given her heart to John even though from the first moment he met her she had his. Soon they go on the hunt for Lash to exact their revenge for all he had done not only to Xhex but to John while they were in training together.
Although, soon poor Lash finds out his daddy despises him and wants him dead and soon he starts melting like a bowl of jell-o in the sunlight turning to a shadow just like daddy dearest. The culmination is John finally allowing Xhex to have her closure and she is the one to dust him and in that moment Xhex finally realizes that she could never love anyone more than John so with that the two get mated at the end.
Also throughout the books you know that John is really Darius reincarnated. Darius is the father of Beth (Dark Lover). They just think Darius is John's father but unfortunately it didn't come out that he was really Darius...which is another question I have!! Also we find out that Darius and Tohrment are the ones who saved Xhex's mother from her sympath captor and helped her deliver her baby but right after the birth she kills herself. However, the Scribe Virgin lets her stay on the Far Side to work as a maid and in the end Xhex gets to meet her and needless to say Tohrment was a bit surprised being as how he was the one to bury her body!
WHEW...that was a whole heck of a lot!! Sorry if I rambled I am really tired!!
Also if you want to read this story (just to understand what the heck I'm talking about) you can go get your own copy here --> Lover Mine: A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood
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