Lover Awakened (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #3) in Challenge Overload (PNR and UF Edition)

Sep 02, 2009 Natasha rated it it was amazing

So, I just realized I've never done a review on one of my favorite books ever. I don't know why I skipped this, maybe because I couldn't write anything to do it justice? I'm not sure, what I do know though is that I completely love this book. J.R Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood series is one of the most addictive series for vampire fiction/ urban fantasy / paranormal romance fans. I haven't read a book in this series that I didn't enjoy. I love them all but my favorites are Zsadists story(this o So, I just realized I've never done a review on one of my favorite books ever. I don't know why I skipped this, maybe because I couldn't write anything to do it justice? I'm not sure, what I do know though is that I completely love this book. J.R Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood series is one of the most addictive series for vampire fiction/ urban fantasy / paranormal romance fans. I haven't read a book in this series that I didn't enjoy. I love them all but my favorites are Zsadists story(this one) and Vishous's story(Lover Unbound). I don`t want to give away to many spoilers, so I won`t make it super long. Anyway, on with the review.

Lover Awakened is the third book in the BDBH series by the amazing J.R Ward. It follows the story of Zsadist and Bella. Zsadist's story really begins in Lover Eternal when he meets Bella, and Lover Awakened starts off right where Lover Eternal ends, with Bellas disappearance. Zsadist is known for many things and one is that he mainly treats his Brothers with lack of respect and often makes his brother to do things that the gentle Phury detests. He has been an outcast his whole life, he has never loved or been loved. (Besides by his softer sided brother Phury, and even he can't get close enough to him to be 100%). Zsadist is looked at as a monster and a woman killer; noone really knows Zsadist, not even himself, but what people think they know about him..is completely wrong. Sure, he's done his share of unmentionable things, but you have to realize he's never known any different, he can't know how to show kindness if none was ever shown to him.

Throughout the book Zsadist is mainly pushing Bella away. He thinks he's not worthy of her and thinks of himself as broken and unfixable. Bella is captivated by Zsadist in ways she didn't understand. She feels a connection with him and even though he hates to admit it to himself or anyone, he has that connection with her also. She calms him and makes him feel things he has never felt before. Bella comes from a very high class vampire family and even though she was currently looked upon as 'used goods', she was still looked at a female of too high standards to be with the sadist Zsadist. But Bella doesn't think that way, nor would she want others to, but some people are harder to convince than others. And one person who is hard to convince is her stubborn, alpha vampire male brother Rhvenge. Which causes a few conflicts towards Bella`s goals and happiness.

All around this is amazing story. It was touching and heart wrenching. The writing was beautiful and the characters were perfect. I found this story was put together the best of all the books in the series and has great twists and surprises. I HIGHLY recommend this series to those who haven't read it yet. What are you waiting for? :) ...more

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May 27, 2009 DarkHeart "Vehngeance" rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 2009, a-jr_ward, audiobooks

Such an awesome book and another brilliant narration from Jim Frangione!

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Sep 24, 2009 Tara rated it it was amazing

Shelves: read-in-2009, read-in-2010, paranormal-romance, read-and-reread, vampires, read-in-2011, featured

4/1/10- I first read this book 10/17/09 but apparently had nothing to say about it! So after this second read I still don't have much to say. This book is an emotional roller coaster. But I loved it.

3/20/11- I think all the really good stuff happens in the last 100 pages. Everything before that is like really long foreplay. But it doesn't make me enjoy it any less. I found quite a few new things during this read. Plus there are really some great brotherly moments and now watching for it, I can w 4/1/10- I first read this book 10/17/09 but apparently had nothing to say about it! So after this second read I still don't have much to say. This book is an emotional roller coaster. But I loved it.

3/20/11- I think all the really good stuff happens in the last 100 pages. Everything before that is like really long foreplay. But it doesn't make me enjoy it any less. I found quite a few new things during this read. Plus there are really some great brotherly moments and now watching for it, I can watch the twins trade places. Z goes from the self imposed loner to the loving member of the group. And Phury goes from loving member of the group to self imposed loner. Plus I can really see the fact that when all is said and done, Z always cared about his brother ( an still does) in his own, sometimes totally screwed up way. And Z is never going to be big on touching and verbals, you just have to know. But it's so clear, aside from the fact that he actually says it, that there are only 2 people he ever gave a crap about- Phury and now Bella. He never even cared about himself. The big difference is that Phury did all the heavy lifting- for like 100 years or so years, before Bella came along and just finished the job Phury had tasked himself with. And now Phury is so clearly lost, which even though he says it, you can actually see as well. I very much enjoyed this reread.

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Mar 14, 2010 Amber rated it it was amazing

Shelves: vampires, series, paranormal, adult, romance, favorites

This is DEFINATELY a must read... Z is my favorite brother. what can I say? I'm a sucker for the misunderstood tough guy. I know the story's been done to death in good and bad ways, but this one is my favorite so far. Ward develops Zhadist's character in a way that made me want to push Bella out of the way and comfort him myself. Just wait until you see how Mr. O ends up. You won't believe it, but it's almost an afterthought considering all that's going on. One thing Ward does that authors in th ...more

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