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Lover Enshrined (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #6)

J.R. Ward

Start date: June 1, 2013

Finish date: June 30, 2013

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Jun 24, 2008 twinfish2 rated it did not like it

Shelves: paranormal-romance

yikes. I can't tell you how much I hated this book. Well ok I can and will. Well first off was there a contest to see how many subplots she could fit into this book? The cast of hundreds bored me, i cared about none of them. So many plot holes, The omega now can have children? Well I guess as the author she thinks oh well my readers are so stupid they will not remember I put that in a previous book, the omega can not create life. Well I did,and many others. This book was a mess from start to fin yikes. I can't tell you how much I hated this book. Well ok I can and will. Well first off was there a contest to see how many subplots she could fit into this book? The cast of hundreds bored me, i cared about none of them. So many plot holes, The omega now can have children? Well I guess as the author she thinks oh well my readers are so stupid they will not remember I put that in a previous book, the omega can not create life. Well I did,and many others. This book was a mess from start to finish and I did finally finish this after 3 weeks yes I said 3 weeks I usually finish her books in 1 to 2 days. Well that was the first 4 books her last 2 have fallen off the rails. I thought lover unbound was bad but this one was worse. I mean this was no romance. And yes I know the spine of the book says novel, but the cover is a romance and the back of the book says paranormal romance saga. And the back of the book is all about phury and cormia but excuse me they take up what 100 pages of a 500 hundred page book! oh and it was put in the romance section of every book store and discount store. This book has about 6 short stories in it and they do not even have a middle and an end just the beginning of them. Nothing was resolved Nothing. I felt like I was in an episode of lost. I have a feeling she will dole out little bits and pieces over the next 10 books. All her next books will be transitional books. She introduced a new character Lassiter who doesn't interest me in the least. oh I'm sorry also Rev's blackmailer, the princess. big yawn, don't care! John is now becoming oh whine is me Phury. Yawn. Hex, gives me the whillies, I hate butch women. You can be a stong woman without looking butch and in her earlier books she was described as butch looking but suddenly she isn't any more. once again she forgets what she had previously written, If you can't remember hire someone to help you keep it straight or better yet just give a few drafts to your fans who will tell you if you forgot a specific plot point. J.R. your world is falling apart in these last 2 books. I am sorry but I wasted my money on lover unbound, I then wasted my time reading lover enshrined(luckily I got this one from the library),both money and time are important to me and you have lost me as a reader. Having checked out what others have said at amazon I think you may have lost half of your romance readers I sure hope for your sake you can pick up enough urban fantasy readers. I doubt you will, romance readers make up 50 percent of all books sold, and you aliennated many. You should have given V and Phury their books, then stated you were going to try something new and made the boys the urban fantasy part, I would have been disappointed but I would have wished you well. I have never seen a books series switch genre in the middle and you did not do yourself any favors. I am sure you thought you could make a few more bucks off us and possibly make us buy your urban fantasy. I for one will never buy a book with your name on it again, J.R ward or Jessica Bird. Shame shame shame on you. and your publishing house. berkley! ...more

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Dec 11, 2010 D.G. rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: paranormal-romance, spicy, reviewed

What a disappointment. It seems as if Ward didn't know what to do with the book so she decided to give all the Brothers temporary lobotomies so they behaved like strangers instead of the men we’ve met in previous books.

For all their talk of ‘brotherhood’, none of the brothers gave Phury any support, advice or help (Z has tried but he obviously had bigger issues going on.) If somebody you care about has a substance abuse problem, is your first instinct to throw him to the curb? Wouldn't you try t ...more

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Mar 15, 2012 lia rated it it was ok

Shelves: paranormal-romance

It pains me to give only 2 stars for Phury.
I was secretly rooting for Phury since book 3. I think he deserves his HEA after all the things that he has to face in his life.

But, what upset me the most is that Ward turns Phury from a good warrior with a golden heart to a junkie with a hero complex problem. What's your problem Ward? Not every hero has to be dark and derailed with problems! there are hero that supposed to be good and i think Phury was it!

The love between Phury and Cormia was unbeli ...more

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Sep 23, 2011 Thenia rated it really liked it

Shelves: series, reviewed, vampires, 2011, paranormal

Phury's really messed up! It may not be visible on first sight like it was with Zadist, but he really is messed up. The circumstances of his life have twisted his way of thinking and reacting to everything. It was a long way for him to hit rock bottom and finally start getting back up again.

The world of the Chosen really ticked me off for a while now and I found Cormia's "sinful" thoughts perfectly justified. About damn time something changed over there! Looking forward to seeing how the rest of ...more

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Mar 09, 2011 Logan rated it it was ok

Certainly not my favorite of the series, but then Phury is certainly not my favorite brother. He's so whiny! I did like the exploration of drug addiction in this one, but Cormia bothered me. I hated the constant miscommunication happening between her and Phury.

By far the best part of this book was the development of the Qhuinn/Blaylock/John Matthew relationship. I love these boys as a sort of "next generation" Brotherhood, and they bring a fresh perspective to all of the Brothers' sob stories a ...more

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Aug 21, 2008 Cindi Kelley rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2008-read

2 words! Yum Yum! ;) Although Phury made me mad at times. Men can be so dumb. I think him being an addict made him dumber even. Things have taken another twist and I have no idea who the next book will be about.

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Apr 03, 2009 Zena Wynn added it

I actually never finished reading this book. I don't like the m/m direction she was heading with some of the characters so I let the series drop. Darn shame too. I love her characters. Just can't get into m/m. ...more

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