Lover Avenged - J.R. Ward

SPOILERS!!!! SPOILERS!!!! SPOILERS!!!

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Caldwell, NY, has long been the battleground for the battleground for the vampires and their enemies, the Lessening Society. It’s also where Rehvenge has staked out his turf as a drug lord and notorious nightclub that caters to the rich and heavily armed. His shadowy reputation is exactly why he’s approached to kill Wrath, the Blind King, and leader of the Brotherhood. Rehvenge has always kept his distance from the Brotherhood, even though his sister is married to a member. Because he’s a sympath, his identity is a deadly secret- the revelation of which will result in his banishment to a colony for sociopaths. And as plots within and outside the Brotherhood take their toll against Rehvenge, he turns to the only source of light in a darkening world- Elhena, a vampire untouched by the corruption that has its hold on him- and the only thing standing between him and eternal destruction.



Sorry for the delay in posting this but have been muy mucho stuff in real life going on that this is the first time I feel like I can breathe...anywho onward to the review!!

OK so as I said in my last post the rankings of the Brotherhood could change at a whim well after reading Rehvenge and Ehlena's story it thrust Rehvenge up to number 2...so far no one else has caught my eye like Vishous...ohhhh sooo yummy!! Yeah Rehvenge caught my eye previously in the other books but man oh man he just jumped out at me in this book I mean how can you resist a hot, sexy vampire with amethyst eyes and a mohawk...ahhh I don't think you can and I for one was chanting GO FOR IT EHLENA!! Oh and she did!! Also I'm glad that Bella found out about her father and Rehvenge's part in his death but also the reasons behind...if ya ask me the b**tard had it coming!! I really loved the story between Rehvenge and Ehlena. It was hard on both sides...neither was expecting love but it hit them right over the head like a hammer!!

Also you got a peek at Wrath in this story and his and Beth's love and relationship is put to the test and in the end their love overcomes everything...his final blindness and his lying about fighting.

I really loved this book...I think it is my favorite although Vishous is still my numero uno Brother!!!

OMG I'm sooo ready for Lash to get his assets vaporized into the next dimension it sooo isn't even funny!! I'm ready for John to give him what is coming to him and was a little disappointed that it wasn't Rehvenge but the next book Lover Mine I think will be the culmination and the ultimate showdown which I cannot wait to read. Again I haven't gotten far with it because of the family stuff but hope to pick up and finish it soon!!

ALSO be on the lookout for my next blog...I went to see Eclipse and the short version...I FREAKIN' LOVED IT!!!

If you want to read this book just go here --> Lover Avenged (Black Dagger Brotherhood, Book 7) and to read the first six books in the series just go here --> J.R. Ward Box Set

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There Will Be Blood -- True Blood that is!!!

Based on my count ticker right here on this blog there is only 1 Day 20 Hours and 57 minutes until the season three premiere of the best show EVER.....TRUE BLOOD!!

HOT DOG!! I am sooo freaking ready it isn't even funny!! Bring on the Eric Northman please...

OH and the Sookie...

AND Jason...

FORGET Bill because well he blows!!

DUH how could I forget Eric and Sookie:

OH you wanna see the most awesomest preview yet...well here it is (hopefully it will tide you over until Sunday - and if that isn't enough Eric will be baring quite a lot in the first episode...wicky what?!?!?!)



IF that isn't enough (because we all know it isn't right?) I got my Entertainment Weekly today and it had this lovely cover:

With this spread on the inside...

And this other pic (which would be perfect without Bill, no?)

Also it is only about a month away before I get to meet Charlaine Harris the author of the Sookie Stackhouse books...I plan on personally thanking her for creating one of the hottest characters EVER...in case you haven't already guessed (I'm sure you have)...the one, the only...

ERIC NORTHMAN.....yummy (that's sexiness with a side of HOT DAMN)

Well my peeps I really must be off...oh and one more thing you're drooling... but so am I!!!

(All photos are ©HBO and/or Entertainment Weekly)

Lover Enshrined - J.R. Ward

SPOLIERS AHEAD!!! YE'VE BEEN WARNED!!

Description:

In the shadows of the night in Caldwell, New York, there’s a deadly war raging between vampires and their slayers. And there exists a secret band of brothers like no other—six vampire warriors, defenders of their race. And now, a dutiful twin must choose between two lives...


Fiercely loyal to the Black Dagger Brotherhood, Phury has sacrificed himself for the good of the race, becoming the male responsible for keeping the Brotherhood's bloodlines alive. As Primale of the Chosen, he is to father the sons and daughters who will ensure that the traditions of the race survive and that there are warriors to fight those who want all vampires extinguished.

As his first mate, the Chosen Cormia wants to win not only his body but his heart for herself- she sees the emotionally scarred male behind all his noble responsibility. But while the war with the Lessening Society grows more grim, and tragedy looms over the Brotherhood's mansion, Phury must decide between duty and love.

What? Could it be? Could another of the Brotherhood have wiggled his way to the top spot on my list pushing Vishous down to number 2....NO! BUT that does not mean that I did not love this story because I did!!

I found that Cormia and Phury fit well together. Her pureness helping take the edge off of his demons! Phury did take my breath away and it was not just from the red smoke but his whole self everything about him you thought you might have known from the previous books was blown out of the water but then when the scattered pieces landed again what you saw was the same Phury but with other edges some hardened from spending most of his life first looking for Zsadist then being wound like a top waiting for Zsadist to finally lose it then harboring feelings for Bella and trying to make sense of all of it. I think after everything he went through I might have turned to the Wizard as well in my head and smoked up a bit. I also like how J.R. Ward just didn't make him better like *snap* that. At the end of the book he was still battling his addiction but he was working on it and willing to become a bigger person from it!! And that there showed me he more than deserved to be #2 on my list...so far my list is as follows:

1. Vishous
2. Phury
3. Butch
4. Wrath
5. Rhage
6. Zsadist

BUT do not get it twisted that was hard for me to do because looking at it now I'm thinking "I sooo should bump Rhage up to #3" but oh well I think if you ask me tomorrow they will be in different positions (save for Vishous)!!

OMG finallly Tohrment is back and who is this Lassiter character he is very likable and from what I can tell one sexy angel!! Also somehow I knew it was Lash that was the Omega's child because in my heart of hearts I just couldn't allow it to be either Blay or Qhuinn!!

Well my glorious, lovely readers I'm off to get started on Rehvenge's story...hmm where will he rank on this list....

If you want to read Phury and Cormia's story just go here --> Lover Enshrined (Black Dagger Brotherhood, Book 6) or if you have yet to read any of them and you need the first six books in the series just go here -->J.R. Ward Box Set

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Lover Unbound - J.R. Ward

SPOILERS AHEAD!!!

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In the shadows of the night in Caldwell, New York, there’s a deadly war raging between vampires and their slayers. And there exists a secret band of brothers like no other—six vampire warriors, defenders of their race. Now, the cold heart of a cunning predator will be warmed against its will…

Ruthless and brilliant, Vishous son of the Bloodletter possesses a destructive curse and a frightening ability to see the future. As a pretrans growing up in his father's war camp, he was tormented and abused. As a member of the Brotherhood, he has no interest in love or emotion, only the battle with the Lessening Society. But when a mortal injury puts him in the care of a human surgeon, Dr. Jane Whitcomb compels him to reveal his inner pain and taste true pleasure for the first time- until a destiny he didn't choose takes him into a future that cannot include her.

Since the first book of this series I have been waiting to get my hands on Vishous' story. I don't know from that first book just something about him captivated me...maybe it was his brain...yeah I'm a geek lover or nerd lover whatevs!!!

OH BOY I simply loved this book!! It was sweet, heartwrenching, erotic and full of excitement!! OH MAN to find out that my boy was into the hard core type of stuff didn't turn me away from him at all after learning of his story!! Also I was finally glad to see that maybe the feelings he thought he had for Butch were just from the fact that he had never really cared for anyone in his long life and for the first time he did and he just thought he was in love with the guy.

I really loved Jane...she was a total smartass (kind of like me) she didn't take crap from anyone and she was exactly what Vishous needed in his life. She took him for everything he was from vampire to sexual dominant...yeah hot right??

Well I gave this five stars simply because Vishous still has my heart and Phury right now is working his way in there (I'm reading his story now)!! I have to say I was a little disappointed that in the end Jane gets to stay with Vishous but as a ghost?? I was deeply hurt by that because maybe I like Vishous so much I wanted him to have everything because I think his character deserved it but after much pondering he seemed to be happy and so therefore how could I not be happy for him!!

So you wanna read Vishous and Jane's story well then just go here --> Lover Unbound (Black Dagger Brotherhood, Book 5) or you need to read the first six books then go here -->J.R. Ward Box Set

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Lover Revealed - J.R. Ward

SPOLERS!! SPOLIERS!!! SPOILERS!!!! OK is that enough warning???

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In the shadows of the night in Caldwell, New York, there's a deadly war raging between vampires and their slayers. And there exists a secret band of brothers like no other - six vampire warriors, defenders of their race. Now, an ally of the Black Dagger Brotherhood will face the challenge of his life and the evil of the ages.

Butch O'Neal is a fighter by nature. A hard living, ex-homicide cop, he's the only human ever to be allowed in the inner circle of the Black Dagger Brotherhood. And he wants to go even deeper into the vampire world- to engage in the turf war with the lessers. He's got nothing to lose. His heart belongs to a female vampire, an aristocratic beauty who's way out of his league. If he can't have her, then at least he can fight side by side with the Brothers...

Fate curses him with the very thing he wants. When Butch sacrifices himself to save a civilian vampire from the slayers, he falls prey to the darkest force in the war. Left for dead, found by a miracle, the Brotherhood calls on Marissa to bring him back, though even her love may not be enough to save him...


Other than Vishous so far I've been looking forward to the book of Butch "cop" O'Neal!! We've teased throughout the last three books with Butch and Marissa and I'm finally glad the two got their happily ever after!! The chemistry between Butch and Marissa is incredible and their passion is just as hot!!

The two do have to overcome quite a few obstacles what with Butch being a human and Marissa being a vampire and a part of the glymera (aristocracy of the vampire world). Right at the beginning of the book Butch is kidnapped by the lessers and tortured in hopes that he will give up information on the Brotherhood but Butch holds true to his brothers in arms but what happens next was totally shocking!! The Omega cuts off a finger and buries it in Butch's stomach and from there it takes Vishous (my fictional boyfriend) to remove it and use his own curse to help. In the end it comes out that Butch is the long foretold prophecy of the Lessening Society.  Now with the power to literally suck out the essence of the lessers and send them into the void without having to return to the vein of the Omega the Brotherhood now has the weapon they need to ultimately defeat the Omega. Also we find out that Butch and Vishous are the Dark and the Light and the Brotherhood needs both to wage the war against the Omega and the Lessenging Society. THEN it is found out that Butch is actually a descendant of the King, Wrath (Dark Lover). With that bloodline Vishous is able to turn Butch into a Vampire and then he is inducted into the society under the name of Dhestroyer!!

WHOA I didn't mean to get into all that but whatever!! The more I read of these books the more I want and well now I'm off to read the one I've been wanting to read since I read the first book Lover Unbound oh Vishous here I come!!

If you want to read Butch and Marissa's story just go here -->  Lover Revealed (Black Dagger Brotherhood, Book 4) or if you have not read the other books you can get the first six books in a box set here -->J.R. Ward Box Set

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Ten Things I Love About You - Julia Quinn

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Ten Things You Should Know About This Book

1. Sebastian Grey is a devilishly handsome rogue with a secret.
2. Annabel Winslow's family voted her The Winslow Most Likely to Speak Her Mind and The Winslow Most Likely to Fall Asleep in Church.
3. Sebastian's uncle is the Earl of Newbury, and if he dies without siring an heir, Sebastian inherits everything.
4. Lord Newbury detests Sebastian and will stop at nothing to prevent this from happening.
5. Lord Newbury has decided that Annabel is the answer to all of his problems.
6. Annabel does not want to marry Lord Newbury, especially when she finds out he once romanced her grandmother.
7 is shocking, 8 is delicious, and 9 is downright wicked, all of which lead the way to
10. Happily. Ever. After.

Well I've been waiting for Sebastian Grey's story since Julia Quinn's book The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever other than the main character of that book (Nigel Bevelstoke) to me Sebastian Grey is probably my second favorite Julia Quinn character.

I was not disappointed at all of the story of Seb and Annabel. To me I felt that they were right for each other and what was so wonderful is that their love just kind of snuck up on them...they were not expecting it but they say things always happen when you least expect them. Also the fact that Annabel could see through the dashing vishage of Seb and see the man underneath it all was very heart warming and after investing much reading into his character I was very happy indeed to see him find someone worthy of him!!

Annabel was a wonderful character and the perfect compliment to Seb. She was taken by surprise by her feelings. She was willing to sacrifice herself for her family but with the help on Seb she realized that she deserved to be happy and if her family loved her as she thought they did then they would not be upset but very glad for her.

I loved this book and his story was very satisfying therefore definitely worth the wait!!

If you want to read Sebastian's story then just go here --> Ten Things I Love About You and if you have yet to read the other books in this series you can go here to get the first one --> The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever and then the second one here --> What Happens in London

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Lover Awakened - J. R. Ward

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In the shadows of the night in Caldwell, New York, there’s a deadly war raging between vampires and their slayers. And there exists a secret band of brothers like no other - six vampire warriors, defenders of their race. Of these, Zsadist is the most terrifying member of the Black Dagger Brotherhood.

A former blood slave, the vampire Zsadist still bears the scars from a past filled with suffering and humiliation. Renowned for his unquenchable fury and sinister deeds, he is a savage feared by humans and vampires alike. Anger is his only companion, and terror is his only passion—until he rescues a beautiful aristocrat from the evil Lessening Society.

Bella is instantly entranced by the seething power Zsadist possesses. But even as their desire for one another begins to overtake them both, Zsadist’s thirst for vengeance against Bella’s tormentors drives him to the brink of madness. Now, Bella must help her lover overcome the wounds of his tortured past, and find a future with her…

Well I was told that these books just get better and better as they go along....WOW those people would be absolutely correct!!

I wanted soo much to be able to reach through the pages and give Zsadist a big hug and tell him he was very deserving of happiness and more importantly that he deserved to be mated with Bella. His story was soul crushing and the fact that he was able to overcome all of that and reach out and find love with Bella was very powerful and touching! It is proof positive that love is in deed a very powerful thing.

In this book there of course was the love blooming between Zsadist and Bella but along with love came tragedy to the Brotherhood...I was soo dumfounded at it that I just had to sit with my mouth open staring at the page for a moment! And oh no I will not tell you will just have to read it for yourselves!!

OH man I am more than ready to pick up the next book Lover Revealed but I've been waiting for what feels like forever for Julia Quinn's new book Ten Things I Love About You to come out so I'm going to pick it up because I am sooo ready to read Sebastian Grey's story...yeah Mrs. Quinn has kept us on the hook with him for awhile and finally he has his own book...YIPPEEE!!!

OH okay back to Lover Awakened...if you want to get your hands on this book just go here
--> Lover Awakened (Black Dagger Brotherhood, Book 3) or of course if you are saying to yourself  "self I really want to read all the books" well to get you started you can go here -->J.R. Ward Box Set to get the first six books to get you started!!

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