Lover Avenged (Black Dagger Brotherhood, Book 7)
by J.R. Ward
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Author: J.R. WardEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-04-28
ISBN: 0451225856
Number of pages: 544
Publisher: NAL Hardcover
Book Reviews of Lover Avenged (Black Dagger Brotherhood, Book 7)
Book Review: Gritty and Dark Vampire World (B Grade)
Summary: 3 Stars
When it comes to an author like J.R. Ward, you can't help but become addicted to the world she has created. Ward has done something great with her Black Dagger Brotherhood series. She has changed the Paranormal Romance genre as we know it and has ventured into the Urban Fantasy genre as well.
Rehvenge is one of those secondary characters who catches your eye, where you hope his own story will be told. Lover Avenged is the seventh book in this on-going series about a group of vampire warriors who work on the side of good to protect their community from an evil group called The Lessers who want to eliminate them. The past six books have been a whirlwind of action, suspense and romance. Some readers have begun to question about the changes Ward has expanded this world to encompass many stories in one. The closest comparison I can compare the BDB series to, is a supernatural soap opera like Days of Our Lives. As you read you will be introduced to one set of characters and their stories. As you are involved in that particular storyline Ward will switch it up and turn your attention to something else.
Lover Avenged is a well-written book, have no doubt about that, but there are something things that don't work. I feel that Lover Avenged could have been cut down by one-hundred pages and placed some storylines on the back burner because they took away the reason I picked this book up in the first place. I wanted the attention of Lover Avenged solely on Rehvenge and his happily ever after.
Not only do we have the central story of Rehvenge but there is some drama with the blind king of the vampires, Wrath. Wrath's story is almost just as important as Rehvenge's. Wrath is having major issues. He is close to losing his sight forever and feels he is not doing enough to aid in the fight along with his fellow brothers. As king, he is meant to rule and not battle. Another storyline that has become very important because it will carry into the next book is the one of John Matthew, the mute orphan vampire who is also coming to grips with his future. John Matthew may be considered to be an adult, but he is very much a child. He has been abused through much of his life and is adrift because of it. He has no real motivation and is much like a toddler taking his first steps. He wants to fight alongside his brothers but they baby him. John Matthew is also torturing himself because he has an undying love for a woman who refuses to return his feelings. She is Xhex a harsh being who works for Rehvenge. She is what is known as a sympath, which in itself is a complication. Xhex cannot have tender feelings for John Matthew because of what she is and because of something that happened in her past even before John was born. John Matthew is rejected by Xhex and because of that he lashes out.
Rehvenge has to be one of the most problematic characters in the BDB world. Rehv is not only a half-sympath, half-vampire. He is also a murderer, drug lording pimp who is being blackmailed into having sexual relations with his half-sister who is the sympath princess and is mated to the king of the sympaths who happens to be Rehv's uncle. This Rehv in Lover Avenged comes across as a tired worn out man who is at his breaking point. What originally made me prefer Rehv over all the other male characters was that he was close to an amoral hero as you could get. Ehlena does not have it easy either. She is taking care of her father who has dementia. When Rehv and Ehlena meet, it is not love and first sight. There are some fireworks but it is more disgust from Ehlena. Rehv comes across a bit too slick and sly for her tastes. Rehv is disgusted because he can see that Ehlena is a woman of worth and deserves respect.
Rehv knows he is not worthy of Ehlena, but can't stay away from her. She becomes his one small ray of sunshine in his screwed up life. Ehlena finds herself attracted to Rehv but has so much going on in her life. She doesn't have the time or the energy to have a romance. But Rehv breaks her down and they begin to have a tender love affair. Rehv courts Ehlena in small ways.
Lover Avenged is a very emotional read because of the investment I have in each one of these characters. Even with the issues I had with Wrath and John Matthews, I found Lover Avenged to be a satisfying read. I would have like a bit more emphasis on Rehv and Ehlena rather than some of the others involved. Some of the action seemed like filler. I would assume that in the back of an author's mind, they hope that their readers will want to continue on reading the next installment in their series. I was afraid that my expectations of Lover Avenged would be too high and perhaps would not want to carry on with the next book. The way Ward has ended Lover Avenged makes me want to read the next book.
Katiebabs
Summary of Lover Avenged (Black Dagger Brotherhood, Book 7)
The brothers are back-the latest installment in J. R. Ward's sizzling #1New York Times bestselling series.J. R. Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood novels have introduced readers to a "different, creative, dark, violent, and flat-out amazing" (All About Romance)world. Now, as the vampire warriors defend their race against their slayers, one male's loyalty to the Brotherhood will be tested-and his dangerous mixed blood revealed...
Rehvenge has always kept his distance from the Brotherhood-even though his sister is married to a member, for he harbors a deadly secret that could make him a huge liability in their war against the lessers. As plots within and outside of the Brotherhood threaten to reveal the truth about Rehvenge, he turns to the only source of light in his darkening world, Ehlena, a vampire untouched by the corruption that has its hold on him-and the only thing standing between him and eternal destruction.
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