Lover Avenged (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #7) in Dangerous Hero Addict Support Group

Jun 24, 2010 Cindy added it · review of another edition

OK folks - I can't review this. Halfway through the book the accumulated trauma - emotional, physical and mental - of characters you have grown to know and love just did me in. I set it down planning to finish it later - and it hasn't happened. So back on the shelf it goes and maybe MUCH later I'll try again. ...more

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Feb 14, 2010 Lauren⁷ 💜 rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, fantasy-sci-fi-romance-romantasy, romance, hot-hunky-hero, sexy-sexy-sexy, cover-i-love, library-has-a-copy

Almost all of the reviews I've read of this series rave about how talented the author J.R. Ward is, and after reading Lover Avenged I have to agree. For me this was a radical departure from the romance I usually read, for the most part when it comes to my romance reading, I read Harlequin Blazes and Historical romance, but I am so glad that I did depart, as this has turned me into a huge Vampire romance fan, and Paranormal romance fan! When an author can make you not only like but sympathize wit Almost all of the reviews I've read of this series rave about how talented the author J.R. Ward is, and after reading Lover Avenged I have to agree. For me this was a radical departure from the romance I usually read, for the most part when it comes to my romance reading, I read Harlequin Blazes and Historical romance, but I am so glad that I did depart, as this has turned me into a huge Vampire romance fan, and Paranormal romance fan! When an author can make you not only like but sympathize with a drug lord and pimp (albeit he doesn't beat or brutalize the girls who work for him, and he has bouncers to deal with the johns if they get rough with the girls), she is talented, but nevertheless in his business he is a nasty guy, I am of course talking about Rehvenge, the hero (or anti-hero such as the case may be) of Lover Avenged. Ah Rehvenge, in spite of his profession, I absolutely loved him, J.R. did an excellent job of balancing out the nastiness of his profession by making Rehvenge in his personal life with his family and friends a very nice, caring, sweet, and sexy (although he's drop-dead sexy no matter what) guy. He is a total alpha-male, very strong, very sexy, brooding, but he never turns cavemanish or stalkerish, and he is just so darn sexy, did I mention I Love Him? And there is also a lot of humor in this book, both between the Brotherhood (I laughed so hard at their bantering) and the other characters in the book, which also helps balance out the darker elements. And Ehlena the heroine who's a nurse also very nicely tempered Rehvenge. Ehlena was no shrinking violet, she was strong and feisty and not afraid to put her life in danger for the one she loves (hence the title), she could give just as good as he gave, he is a very strong alpha-male yes, but she was never a doormat and she never let him run roughshod over her. And I liked her a lot. With Rehvenge and Ehlena, it was a classic example of black and white, right and wrong, etc. And I felt they balanced each other out very nicely. There are also about 3 or 4 subplots going on in this book, and those where very enjoyable as well, albeit a little hard to keep up with. And this is by far one of the sexiest books I've ever read, I mean whew, the love scenes are H-O-T. And J.R. has taken blood-drinking, one of the archetypical Vampire traits and made it incredibly almost unbelievably sexy, she made it something you wouldn't mind having done to yourself if these guys where real, I'm not going to divulge how and spoil it, but trust me, it is sexy. And the cover also goes down as one of my most favorites ever, whoever chose the guy for the cover could not have chosen better, Rehvenge's description in the book and the guy on the cover match perfectly, if not better, right down to those intense and sexy amethyst eyes. YUM is all I can say about him. But J.R. did not sacrifice character development or a genuinely good story, for sexiness and the romance. There is excellent and very strong character development of all the characters from Ehlena and Rehvenge to the character's in the sub-plots, she really gets you into the character's minds, who they are, why they do what they do, their thoughts, their feelings, their motivations. Clocking in at close to 550 pages, is part of the reason why. And the story is also very good, interesting and for the BDB universe completely believable. This is an excellent introduction to the Vampire romance genre, but it's not for the feint of heart though, as I mentioned Rehvenge is a drug lord and pimp, the love scenes are very vivid, there is a fair amount of violence in this book, and some extremely graphic imagery, strong R rated language, and it's generally very gritty and raw. But to conclude my review, I LOVED IT! ...more

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Jan 13, 2010 Kelly rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2010-read

Book 7 and they just keeping getting better! This was one heck of a ride.

I love Wards ability to keep the series moving, bringing in new characters but never letting us forget the ones we have already fallen for.

Wrath and Beth showed us that mated life has ups and downs even for Vampires. Wrath and Beth are still my favorite H/H. So happy he got rid of that dam pansy desk and Chair!

I have loved Rehv from the start and this book did not disappoint. I liked Ehlena but she is not one of my favor ...more

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Feb 01, 2010 Lynsey A rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: books-i-own, favorite-series, forbidden-love-romance, vampire, paranormal-romance, ward-bdb-series

I loved this book! I love this series! This and Zadist's book are my favorites. ...more

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Dec 14, 2009 Mahlet rated it it was amazing

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Z, Rhage and now Rhev have my favorite books of the series thus far. Very intense conclusion in this one with a cliffhanger ending that will have you BEGGING for John Matthew's book this April.

I'm so glad I suffered through Phury's book to make it here. Lover Avenged not only told Rhev and Elena's story, we had the added bonus of Wrath & Beth and John Matthew & Xhex drama and hookups. The scene in Wrath's office. On the desk. On the floor. If you read this, you know what I'm talking about. Smok ...more

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Dec 19, 2009 Lady of the Lake rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fantasy, vampire, audio-book, go-to-author, favorite-author, series, black-dagger-brotherhod

Well done... Looking forward to # 8! this is the fastest I've ever read a series of books! Perfect timing on my part as I'm now primed and ready for Lover Mine. ...more

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Aug 22, 2010 Stacey rated it liked it

Shelves: vampires, uf-paranormal, read-in-2010

On the plus side I really liked Rhev, more than I thought I would.
On the down side he & Ehlena seemed like half-assed versions of Zsadist & Bella, with a little Doc Jane thrown in. As a result I didn't get as emotionally involved in this one as I did some of the previous books in the series. :-/

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Dec 24, 2009 Jenny Rebecca rated it liked it · review of another edition

Not bad. I liked this one much better than 'Covet' although it was another harping on being a whore. Ms. Ward sure loves her hookers. ...more

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Oct 03, 2010 RogueHireling rated it it was amazing

I loved this book. Rev might just be my new favorite BDB guy.
So much story going on, so many characters, so much interesting stuff. So great I want to read it again right now!! Seriously this tops the series for me. Great stuff!

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