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Dark Lover (Black Dagger Brotherhood, Book 1)
written by J.R. Ward
Studio : Signet
by Signet
Publisher : Signet
Released : 2005-09-06
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 9780451216953
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 302 reviews)
List Price : $6.99
Our Price : $3.31
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Product Description |
In the shadows of the night in Caldwell, New York, there's a deadly turf war going on between vampires and their slayers. There exists a secret band of brothers like no other-six vampire warriors, defenders of their race. Yet none of them relishes killing more than Wrath, the leader of The Black Dagger Brotherhood.
The only purebred vampire left on earth, Wrath has a score to settle with the slayers who murdered his parents centuries ago. But, when one of his most trusted fighters is killed-leaving his half-breed daughter unaware of his existence or her fate-Wrath must usher her into the world of the undead-a world of sensuality beyond her wildest dreams. |
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Not your TYPICAL Romance novel |
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If you are looking for a romance novel this may not be your flavor. If however, you are looking for MORE than a romance novel, a real paranormal novel then this may be for you. J.R. Ward is fantastic in that the characters are 3-dimensional and recur throughout the entire Black Dagger series. These books are grittier (i.e., with language and sex) but much more realistic than the formulaic romance novels. If you like Matrix-like action and tough men you will probably like these books. I thank God for J.R. Ward for realizing that not all women like men or need men simply to sweep them off their feet...sometimes women can be capable too. |
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Different kind of hero |
I started the series after finishing Sherrilyn Kenyon and being at a loss for more paranormal romance. I actually liked the book. I did particularly like the hero, who was more human with his flaws and not the oh so powerful untouchable master of the universe. So what he is handicapped...
I also like JR Wards writing style that does include a lot of chivalry from the main characters who are otherwise quite savage.
I wasn't crazy about Beth - perfect model figure while eating Twinkies and Chinese take out?
I couldn't get into the whole Mr. X story and I found it more cruel than the Dark Hunter books - I may have skipped a couple of pages there and didn't find it made it difficult to follow the story nevertheless. But the attraction between the main characters was well developed, the bed scenes were tasty and I think a worthy start to the series. I am looking forward to the other books - especially for Rhage. |
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Dark Lover |
Ugh. I hated this book. With all of the rave reviews given to this book I was extremely shocked to find how much I hated it. Finding one stitch of intelligent dialogue in this book is like finding a needle in a hay stack. Sadly, my original review of this book has been deleted so here I go again.
Here are the characters:
Beth, the heroine. She's half vampire and half human but knows nothing of her vampire heritage. Her food consumption consisted of Twinkies, fish crackers, cookies, chinese food and cola. Good god I felt unhealthy after reading this book. I was just waiting for her to rip out her pack of cigarettes and start chain smoking. Beth's dialogue is simply terrible. When the author delves into her thoughts it is even worse.
Wrath, the hero, and I use this term loosely. He wants to protect Beth while she is going through her transition. He normally doesn't have anything to do with humans but Beth smells good so he makes an exception. He will basically kill anything that gets in his way although the author claims he's quite honorable. He's blind, leather-wearing, (pants too) emotionally weak and the leader of the vampire mobsters. His homeys consist of Tohrment, Rhage, Zsadist and Phury. They are also leather-wearing, sword-weilding vampires who sit around listening to rap. One of them likes to rape and kill. Cool.
We have some really wonderful baby powder scented villains (no I'm not joking) who are trying to kill all the honorable vampires. Mr. X as he's called is the most one dimensional villain that I've ever read. His scenes are really quite disgusting. There must only be 26 of these soulless, zombie villains because we would run out of letters pretty quickly otherwise and would have to think up real names.
Butch is a stereotypical, macho cop who's in love with Beth. He actually hiked up his pants when he was going in for an arrest. Yep.
There are a few other cardboard characters within the book but they are really not worth mentioning.
Within the book you can read such wonderfully original prose:
"His throat was raw, and it felt like he'd french-kissed a blowtorch."
"He looked like he was smuggling paint rollers under his skin." (refers to six pack abs)
These are probably the worst similes I have ever read. There are many more in the book though if you like that kind of thing.
I know I didn't really get into the plot but I think you get what I'm trying to say. This was a bad, bad book. Unfortunately I bought a few of the other books in the series at the same time. I've learned my lesson.
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What a wonderful book! |
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I read this book when it first came out, but for whatever reason never reviewed it and after rereading it this week I remembered why it was on my keeper shelf. This is the beginning of the Black Dagger Brotherhood series and probably my favorite. The other reviewers have already given a synopsis of the story so I'm not going to break down the story line for you but if you haven't read this series I highly recommend you do so. Hopefully the author will reread the first couple of books and take the story line back in the direction. |
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From J. Kaye's Book Blog |
I discovered this author from one of the members at Shelfari. I checked it out from the library twice, but never read it. It always seemed to be that when I was in the mood to read it, I didn't have it. To put an end to the back and forth with the library, I purchased a copy.
For me, the book didn't live up to my expectations. I mean, friends were saying "If you never read another book, read this one." I did and in all likelihood, I won't read another. Here's why. The Mr. X never set well with me. Sure there has to be a villain in the story, but this guy didn't blend into the story, but stuck out like a wart. Each scene with him was awkward and I found myself wanting to skim the pages.
About three-quarters of the way through, I didn't feel the author stayed true to Wrath's character. I understand mentally the changes in him, but it was too quick for me to catch up emotionally. It was too rushed. To remedy the problem, the Marissa & Butch could have been cut way down. I stopped reading parts with them in it. The attraction with them (Marissa & Butch) was way too rushed and should have been saved for another book.
It felt two people wrote the book. The first writer wrote the first half and a completely different writer wrote the second half. Even the dialogue felt off towards the end. It's a real shame as the book did have potential for me, but too many mishaps and I can't see continuing on with this series.
http://j-kaye-book-blog.blogspot.com/ |
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