Dark Lover: A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood (Signet Eclipse)

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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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Cinnamon, May 23, 2010 (view all comments by Cinnamon)
DARK LOVER is the first in J.R. Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood series and spends the majority of the time introducing us to Beth, Wrath and the world they live in. Beth is a small time reporter trying to make it big while under the thumb of her chauvinistic editor. Her life is, well, boring to say the least. All that changes, however, when a mysterious man enters her life, claiming to be the only person who can save her life. Wrath, the unwilling King of the vampires wants to do his job - kill the Lessers and nothing more. He doesn't care about humans or really anyone outside of his brotherhood. Will these two, headed down a lonely road, find life within each other?

The book flowed easily and quickly drew me in as a reader. There were a few times when the pace got choppy or the store confused me, but these were spaced out through the book so it wasn't too distracting. I did have to go back and reread a couple sections just to see what was going on, but overall I was able follow along fairly well.

I have to say that I absolutely loved the story of DARK LOVER. There are many vampire stories out there nowadays - it's the new "in" thing - but this took a different take on it. A massive and centuries long war between the Vampires and the Lessers creates a need for the Black Dagger Brotherhood, a cursed group of hunky men that any female reader should love getting to spend some time with. In addition, Ward creates her own set of rules for her Vampires, making them unique and creating a breath of fresh air in this series.

You knew it was coming - fair warning time: Okay, so with the title of DARK LOVER, I hope nobody will be surprised to find out that this is more of an Adult book than a Young Adult book. Yes, there are intimate scenes and yes some of them are graphic; however, the graphic nature really did not detract from the storyline, which I was surprised about. Now, this isn't the sort of graphic where you're hiding your face behind your hair because you are afraid to read it. This kind of graphic shows you what is going on but in a "tasteful" way that adds to the story. I put tasteful in quotation marks because I don't want to offend anyone. When I say tasteful, I mean that the scenes of intimacy add to the story rather than just appearing to be there. I'm a shy person and I wasn't embarrassed to be reading this one out in public.

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veeva65, June 13, 2009 (view all comments by veeva65)
I was introduced to JR Ward by my boss. We both love vampire books, but I haven't read anything other college material since I am now in school. But once I started reading, I couldn't, no, wouldn't, put it down. I borrowed and read the whole series from my boss and now am looking to buy my own copies. JR Ward writes the types of books that you (well, at least I can) read over and over and still enjoy them. A new view of vampires, a terrific love story and lots of imagination! A must read.

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gigglinglaugh, May 2, 2009 (view all comments by gigglinglaugh)
ok i really would like this book but i kinda lost my job last week and while im waiting to get an interview i was truly hoping someone would see this and being the wonderful person that they are will send me a copy :D

xoxoxoxoxox ty 4evr!!!

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780451216953

Author:

Ward, J R

Publisher:

Signet

Author:

Ward, J. R.

Author:

Various

Subject:

Romance - General

Subject:

Vampires

Subject:

Love stories

Subject:

Occult fiction

Copyright:

2005

Edition Description:

S-Boxed Set

Series:

Black Dagger Brotherhood

Series Volume:

1

Publication Date:

20120228

Binding:

Counterpack - filled

Grade Level:

from 12

Language:

English

Pages:

416

Dimensions:

6.81x4.17x1.12 in. .44 lbs.

Age Level:

from 18