Two Book Reviews From The Black Dagger Brotherhood Series.

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Hello bibliophile, in my last book review, I wrote a review on the first book from 'The Black Dagger Brotherhood Series'. In that post, I spoke about the series in detail, the foundation of the series' background story, and what the series is all about. Now today I will review the second and the third books from the series. To make things easier, this series is paranormal /supernatural filled with intense action scenes, gore/bloody scenes, and steamy censored scenes. If you can't handle the dark or gore theme, don't read this series.

Black Dagger Brotherhood Series written by J.R Ward, revolves around highly trained vampire warriors who protect their race against the Lessening Society. As a result of selective breeding within the race, the pure-blooded breed, the Brothers came to be and they possess immense physical and mental strength more than the ordinary vampire or civilian Vampires without class. So the two books I will be talking about are about two brothers from the black dagger brotherhood cult/group, Rhage, and Zhadist. The two most dangerous brothers from the group of the pure-blooded breed.

Book 2: Lover Eternal

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'Lover Eternal' is the second book in the series and it is one of my favorites. It was published on the 7th March 2006 with 441 pages. The book revolves around one of the Brotherhood, Rhage, the most dangerous of them all and most feared in the group of the six pure-blooded Vampire warriors. Rhage is the most dangerous and feared because of his other half, the beast. He was cursed with the beast by the 'Scribe Virgin who is their ultimate god/creator/source of their strength.

Rhage is the Vampire with the strongest appetite, lethal, brutal, the best fighter the Brotherhood has, and a voracious lover. Every day, Rhage exercises control over his beast not taking total control of him which would make him a danger to everyone around him. As he exercises control, he yearns to be set free from the curse after a century which is the time frame the curse is meant to last. As he is eager to be set free from the curse, a human woman, Mary Luce, got his attention when fate brought her to the Black Dagger Brotherhood castle/lair.

Mary Luce, a human diagnosed with leukemia was caught in the world of the vampires, the ongoing war, and now has to depend on Rhage for her protection. Mary got to know about the Vampire world when a young boy named John Matthews was fascinated and protective of her. Mary came to know the young boy as the frequent anonymous caller on the suicide hotline customer care, where she works. Fate had other plans for her when her close friend neighbor, Bella revealed to Mary that she was a vampire and wanted to take John to meet the Brotherhood as she recognizes he is a pure-blooded breed vampire who is about to go into transition with the markings of the Black dagger brotherhood on his body. This issue invertedly brought Mary into the vampire's world as she was also protective of John.

Will Rhage be able to control his beast around Mary? Will Mary lose her life to her terminal disease? Was John saved? Did the war between the Vampire and Lessening Society end? Well, not to spill the spoilers, you have to read the book.

My Review Of The Book.

After I read the first book of this series, I have been itching and eager to read Rhage's book because from the little insight into his character in the first book, I knew he was the real deal. The writer gives us a taste of what real love should be regardless of the flaws that both partners may have. From the beginning of the book I was hooked and on the edge of my seat. I couldn't keep the book down even for a nap because of how the writer wrote the book with fantastic suspense and twist. She wrote it in a sequence of mystery - intensive - misunderstanding - an unexpected and pleasant ending. All these spikes up every emotion in me as I have no doubt it will to other readers.

This book is one of my favorites because of how the writer built the characters, it was fascinating with lots of mystery questions answered. Her language was simple, and her descriptive and narrative techniques were amazing. Talking about the setting and the plot, the book was set in New York, Cadwell and the plot was amazing because of the arrangement of scenes and the different genres involved in building up the plot. Some of the genres are mystery, romance, supernatural, and crime. All these genres made the book interesting and thrilling.

Book 3: Lover Awakened

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'Lover Awakened' is the third book in the Black Dagger Brotherhood Series which was published on the 5th of September 2006 with 436 pages. It revolves around Zhadist, the Vampire who was forceful taking from his parents and his twin when he was a baby to finally become a blood slave in the hands of a brutal vampire mistress. His past bore scars, pain, and humiliation that now are part of who he has become, a cold-hearted vampire with no emotions. Fury and causing terror are what fuel him. He is feared among his Brothers knowing that he holds on to his sanity with a single thread.

All these changed when he rescued a beautiful aristocrat, Bella from the evil Lessening Society. After the rescue in which Zhadist couldn't avenge Bella, Bella began to bring alive his soft side to the surface. Bella, entranced by Zhadist's personality, began to show what love is meant to be. It is not meant to be painful or humiliating, it is meant to be a haven.

Zhadist running to the brink of madness because he could yet get his hands on Bella's captors was at the point of losing himself to madness and to a dark path where he won't be able to return. Bella began to work towards bringing him back from the wounds of his tortured past and also to help him realize the love that he was surrounded with. Did Bella succeed? Was Zhadist lost forever? You have to read the book to find out.

My Review Of The Book

This book made me so emotional. It made me curse, cry, and hold my breath in fear and I almost cried. The author did a fantastic job with one and it was an intense experience for me. Reading the book can bring tears to the eyes considering what Zhadist's past was about. It made me remember the Humpty dumpty nursery rhyme. I thought Zhadist's broken pieces would never be fixed back together but the ending of this book made me realize that some people come into your life to help heal. A snippet of Zhadist's past was a blow to the heart, I couldn't just imagine what it feels like, but the author gives her reader a soft landing by bringing Bella's strong will into the picture.

Let's talk about the suspense and action scenes. Zhadist is described as an illiterate, scarred, tattooed all over, pierced everywhere on the face, lethal, a sociopath, and a very aggressive male. This book is one of the books in the series that is fully packed with action scenes and bloody/gore scenes, and also it is filled with intense steamy scenes. With each page of this book that I read, I was enthralled and curious as to what happens next. The mystery was superb, and the twist and suspense were well written and articulated.

Ratings and Recommendations Of Both Books

After having read both books with unexpected and pleasant endings, I wish I could get to read more Snippets or novellas about the characters. I just couldn't get enough of them. I am rating the books with 4.5 stars and 9 out of 10. Reading these books will make you forget everything around you and you will be drawn into a world of the paranormal.

I will be recommending this book to paranormal /supernatural lovers, thriller lovers, and romance lovers. Teenagers of 14 years below are not to read this book because of its graphics content, and bloody/gore content.


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