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Dark Lover (Black Dagger Brotherhood) | 
 enlarge | Author: J.r. Ward
Publisher: Piatkus Books
Category: Book
List Price: £6.99
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Rating:  44 reviews
Sales Rank: 6920
Media: Paperback
Pages: 416
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 4.4 x 1.2
ISBN: 0749938188
EAN: 9780749938185
ASIN: 0749938188
Publication Date: July 5, 2007
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 Blew me away and introduced me to the ever expanding world of the Paranormal Romance genre June 20, 2008
Jessica Simpson (Berks, UK)
When I was given Dark Lover by a friend I was exceptionally dubious as I had never read a paranormal-romance novel before. I did not think I would enjoy it, and boy was I wrong. I prejudged it by the snippet of information on the back cover and did not expect to be introduced to such a wide variety of characters and a completely new twist on what a vampire book could be. I genuinely enjoyed the concept, the plot and the writing style. It has just the right mix of Action, Love, and Good vs Evil.
Now I'm not going to pretend that this is the best novel in the world, however the Black Dagger Brotherhood is without a doubt the best series I have ever read, Vampire or otherwise.
We start the series with the introduction of the Blind King, at a time when the vamp aristocracy are unaware or simply ignoring a growing threat to their way of life - The Lessers. The vampire warriors that can help them are considered beneath civilised society and nothing more that thugs - The Black Dagger Brotherhood. Wrath a Black Dagger Brother is the sole heir to the throne, but relucted to give himself freely to a society that shuns all that he stands for. With the Vampires' enemies massing the BDB are the last line of defence, but will the reluctant King step forward to help unite the race...
... Beth is unknowingly a half vamp, half human woman who's vampire father knows she is heading for a very difficult transition, but without the help of a powerful warrior she will not survive long.
Despite there being ample opportunity for this to feel trite or unoriginal J R Ward makes the Black Dagger Brotherhood series something to aspire to for other writers in this genre. She has taken the common vampire mythology rule book, and quite frankly done a better job of re-writing it. I do not want to ruin the discovery of this written world by outlining all the nuances she has added to her vampire civilisation, but I would whole-heartedly recommend this book, and the rest of the books in the series. (Zadist's story is the best one so far by the way!)
Great start to a promising new series May 7, 2008
S. Lockett (UK)
Well I brought this book along with the next 2 in the series after reading some great reviews on here, and wanting something to fill the gap between the Anita Blake series. I was not disappointed I loved the action and fight scenes and getting to know the King of this great brotherhood. You also get the passion and emotional side of the vampires that we all love to read about, but its not the main direction of the story. The names of the vamps are a great play on words, for example Rhage, Tohrment and Wrath.
I love how Ms Ward writes and reading it from different points of view was great instead of being just from the main character. I have already read the next book and that was just as good. I hope this great series continues and I look forward to getting to know the other brothers.
Welcome to this fantastic world!! April 26, 2008
C. E. Batt (Halstead Essex)
I have read all five current J R Ward books over the past two weeks and they are simply fabulous. I read the reviews on Amazon and I must admit I was a little cautious about reading the last book "Lover Unbound" after reading the less than complimentary reviews. However, they are all simply fab. Make sure you read them in order to get the best effect, and be prepared to fall totally in love with all of them, in particular Z! The love between Wrath & Beth in this book is written so well and the sex scenes are hard core and sexy as hell! Read it and weap.
 A disappointing read of mediocre quality March 25, 2008
Stella Balogh (Brussels, Belgium)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I'm quite new to the paranormal, urban fantasy universe, Dark Lover was one of the first vampire novels I have read. I picked it up because there were great reviews about it, well didn't like it too much.
All through the 400 or so pages I couldn't get used to the names (Wrath, Phury, Rhage, Zsadist..) they made me giggle (at the most inappropriate times, when they were described as so fearless and scary warriors, but the names just ruined it..) and roll my eyes, and though I like my books to be funny and witty, these speaking names just seemed so forced and ridiculous. And the vilain is called Mr. X .. *rolls eye*
Though it is a page turner: it is fast paced, packed with action and steamy sex scenes, I don't think either the story or the writing style is that good. I seriously doubt I'll read more of this series, there are other much better paranormal novels, you'd better try Bitten by Kelley Armstrong, that is a brilliant book. The writing style and quality are amazing, not only the writing style is fantastic, but it is funny, bitingly sarcastic at times, and the heroine is a great one. Try Bitten, I'm sure it'll entrance you as much as it captivated me!
Superbly written and totally unmissable! February 17, 2008
Louise Herbert (England)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have fallen in Love with the Black Dagger Brotherhood.
After coming across the 5th book by mistake (utterly fantastic) I decided to start at the begining and purchased Dark Lover. I am amazed at the imagination and story telling abilities of the author, and the twists on traditional vampire novels are fantastic. I have been addicted to every page and could not put the thing down. The characters are well described and clearly seperate, distinguishable and most importantly, believable.
The idea of a blind king, Wrath, was fantastically portrayed. The character of Beth, the half breed vampire that falls for the king was so well described that I feel like she lives next door. And the collection of Brothers is superb - all very different images.
The erotic scenes were very sensitively written, not uncomfortable or dramatic. Perfect.
I am so hooked to these books that I have had to describe all the plot to my partner, he knows the characters so well he might as well have read the book too! I have just ordered the next three installments and I can not wait until they arrive so I can get stuck into more fantastic plots.
I would highly recommend these books to others, with much credit to the author. They are fast paced without losing the plot, descriptive without becoming a bore, and totally believeable. They are definately worth every penny and I would not hesitate in ranking them in my top 10 all time reads. I loved them. Addictive.
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