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

Feb 12, 2010 Zeek rated it really liked it

Shelves: pnr, favorites-all-time, vamps, favorites-pnr

What I can tell you- straight to the point- is that I enjoyed Lover Avenged more than then my last outing in the BDB (Lover Enshrined). And too, for those who are still hoping the author keeps up with writing Paranormal Romance rather than Urban Fantasy, they won't be disappointed with Lover Avenged.

Lover Avenged, Book 7 in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series, brings us Rehvenge's story. Rehv is not a member of the Brotherhood but a member of the Glymeria, the Vampiric version of The Ton. But th What I can tell you- straight to the point- is that I enjoyed Lover Avenged more than then my last outing in the BDB (Lover Enshrined). And too, for those who are still hoping the author keeps up with writing Paranormal Romance rather than Urban Fantasy, they won't be disappointed with Lover Avenged.

Lover Avenged, Book 7 in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series, brings us Rehvenge's story. Rehv is not a member of the Brotherhood but a member of the Glymeria, the Vampiric version of The Ton. But the rebel druglord and all around gangster is hiding something. He's a Sympath, a renegade race of Vampires who were annexed years ago because of their ability to feed off of negative emotions- and the cold way they use their intellect to do so.

Because he's a half breed- neither the High Class Vampire world nor the Sympath world accept him, so he hides his Sympathic abilities by drugging himself into numbness. When he shows up at Haver's Clinic - a medical clinic for the Vamps- he's in desperate need of a fix and it takes all his prodigious willpower to hold his Sympath urges back when the beautiful Ehlena comes in to prep him for the Doc.

Ehlena is weary from her life outside the hospital, her schizophrenic father absorbs all her time and energy, and wary of the amethyst eyed vampire sitting on the table in front of her. But never one to back down from life, nor a challenge, she takes on the job of taking his vitals when every other nurse in the clinic runs for cover. Knowing the sexy vamp is bad news- but having no idea how bad- she fights the attraction she feels for him and goes on her way.

Rehv is shocked by the attraction he feels for the attentive Ehlena, but he's determined to ignore it- she's way to pure for a corrupted man such as himself. After all, Rehv dances a fine line between good and evil and the last thing he needs is someone getting too close and exposing his secret life.

But fate, it would seem, has other ideas and Ehlena is just the woman he needs to help him finally accept who he is ... and who he's meant to be.

In the meantime, the game is afoot between the Lessers and the BDB with Wrath (Dark Lover), the King of the Vamps hiding some dangerous doings from those who love him and a once member of their fold now leading the nasty slayers. Combine that with a major power struggle within Vampire society and ... well, you get an intricately woven story that keeps the pages turning til late in the night.

4 out of 5 from me. (The only reason it's not a 5? Once again, Ward could not manage to engage me enough to care less about the Lessers, thus making me skim most of their part of the story.)

Still, she knows what readers of paranormal romance crave- and delivers! ...more

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Jul 14, 2009 Shannon (Savhage Temptrest) rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I simply loved this book! "Lover Avenged" was just fantastic, and I loved everything that went down from start to finish! So many revelations, so much tragedy yet so many triumphs, this book just had me in knots from the start. I loved learning more about the symphaths and the shadows and the lessers for that matter. Ehlena and Rehvenge were just perfectly matched, and their chemistry was explosive. Such a great book, I can't wait to read J.R. Ward's next book in the Black Dagger Brotherhood ser ...more

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Mar 13, 2011 Elise-Pinterest+Goodreads=The Perfect Book Boyfriend rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: lots-of-sex, paranormal, favorite-series

Finally, Rehv's story. I actually bought this one before Phury's story because I was so anxious to get to it, and then I had to stop and get Phury's story because I needed it for the background. I loved Ehlena and her dediciation to her father (I am somewhat biased because I am a nurse also). The way he tries to protect everyone is so sweet and goes against his "bad boy" image. The only thing I didn't like is that there were lots of other stories going on that distracted from Rehv and Ehlena. Al ...more

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Jan 27, 2010 Nisha rated it it was amazing

Shelves: dangerous-or-bad-boys, opposites-attract, favorites, fantasy-romance, vampires, paranormal-romance

And it only gets better. In the 7th BDB book, we see Rehvenge, the gray character from previous books and the brother of Bella, get his own HEA. To say the least, Rehv is amazing. At this point, he has to be my favorite. Mostly because he honestly he is the most complex, self-sacrificing character Ward has written. Ehlena, on the other hand, is ok. I don't have much of an opinion of her. She's normal, a bit optimistic and naive, a good person really. Still, the romance is great - really well dev ...more

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Mar 19, 2010 Peep (Pop! Pop!) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: read-in-2010, liked-cause-im-crazy, adult-cravings

Ok, something is wrong with me. Something is seriously wrong with me. I actually liked this book. That's not bad news, right? But I really didn't like anything about it!

I didn't even like Rhev. I just couldn't imagine him as sexy. The coat and cane just sounded too silly for me. I couldn't even imagine a respectable mohawk. He was a guy that did bad things, but it's ok because he hates that he had to do them. Also, he breaks the law. A lot. But it's ok because he has morals - like prostitutes ha ...more

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Jun 24, 2009 Ashley rated it really liked it

Shelves: gorgeous-vampires, hot-immortals, alpha-males, gave-me-good-shivers, great-tension, great-pnr

Rehvenge is whoa. Gotta love that guy. Normally, a brother doesn't start out sweet and lovey-dovey with their female. But Rehv totally blew me away with his charms. ...more

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