patchworkbunny reviewed Lover Eternal by J.R. Ward (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #2)
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3 stars
Fancying a bit of non-taxing reading over the last few days, I picked up book two in the Black Dagger brotherhood series, ready to give it another go. Lover Eternal follows a similar formula to Dark Lover but focuses on Rhage aka Hollywood. Cursed with the beast, he keeps it bay with casual sex and violence (not at the same time) but when he meets Mary, things start to change. But Mary is sick and human and does not belong in the warriors’ world.
I found the relationship incredibly predictable, just as in the first book it’s all about the dangerous, untouchable vampire warrior seeing the error of his ways and finding love. But meanwhile, Tohrment and Wellsie take in a pre-transition vampire, John, who was born without a voice-box. There’s an obvious connection to Darius (the one that died at the start of book one) and it’s a storyline …
Fancying a bit of non-taxing reading over the last few days, I picked up book two in the Black Dagger brotherhood series, ready to give it another go. Lover Eternal follows a similar formula to Dark Lover but focuses on Rhage aka Hollywood. Cursed with the beast, he keeps it bay with casual sex and violence (not at the same time) but when he meets Mary, things start to change. But Mary is sick and human and does not belong in the warriors’ world.
I found the relationship incredibly predictable, just as in the first book it’s all about the dangerous, untouchable vampire warrior seeing the error of his ways and finding love. But meanwhile, Tohrment and Wellsie take in a pre-transition vampire, John, who was born without a voice-box. There’s an obvious connection to Darius (the one that died at the start of book one) and it’s a storyline that’s keeping me hanging on.
Whilst I really enjoyed the involvement of the lessers in Dark Lover I found O’s story broke the pace a little. It was more of the same and only really got interesting near the end when he takes action against one of the main characters. However is was an absorbing and easy read and the crux of the matter was, when I got to the end, one of the character’s seemed to have been forgotten about despite being in mortal peril last time they were seen. So of course I had to read on…
