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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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Feb 06, 2010 AH rated it liked it

Shelves: own, vampires, zzread-june-2010, used-book-sale-finds

3.5 stars

OK, so this definitely is not my favorite book of the series. I found that both Phury and Cormia frustrated me. Phury had way too many inner demons, guilt, and a drug addiction to be a sympathetic character. Cormia was a little bit of a dish rag. I kept wanting her to stand up for herself and tell Phury off.

In this book, Phury becomes the Primale. Phury is responsible for repopulating the race. Problem is, he had taken a vow of celibacy and he was a virgin. So we have a Black Dagger Br ...more

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Mar 24, 2010 Francesca the Fierce (Under the Covers Book Blog) rated it really liked it

Shelves: genre-paranormal-romance, read-audio-books, books-read-2010, vampires, books-read-2011, i-had-to-read-again

2011 Re-read
4.5 Stars

I can honestly say I enjoyed this book more than I did the first time I read it. It was still a difficult and emotional book to read, but it still fits perfectly in the BDB world, and it still deals with the issues that have been hanging around during the series.

I had completely forgotten about the Wizard! I still didn't like him. LOL I was very annoyed with Phury the first time I read this book, and now I feel bad for him, and what he's had to go through during his whole li 2011 Re-read
4.5 Stars

I can honestly say I enjoyed this book more than I did the first time I read it. It was still a difficult and emotional book to read, but it still fits perfectly in the BDB world, and it still deals with the issues that have been hanging around during the series.

I had completely forgotten about the Wizard! I still didn't like him. LOL I was very annoyed with Phury the first time I read this book, and now I feel bad for him, and what he's had to go through during his whole life. I feel he's always had the short end of the stick. First with being the brother left behind, then dealing with his father's addiction, then looking for his missing twin and finding him where he did, then sacrificing himself for said twin. His whole life has been about pleasing others, and the only way he found to deal was through drugs.

I wish we didn't have to see him fall so deep. And I wish we would've seen more of the romance developing between Cormia and Phury. By the end of the book I didn't really feel their connection. Yes, I felt it with Cormia, but not from Phury. I loved the time when she came out of the pool and JM, Blay and Qhuinn were drooling over her and Phury came and almost killed them, LOL The scene between Phury and Cormia in the theater where they get interrupted by the Directrix and a Chosen, heartbreaking.

The JM/Xhex drama goes on, I LOVE IT. My favorite parts are when Xhex gets in his head and sees that he's been fantasizing about her, and she says to him "Next time you think of me like that, say my name when you come. It'll get you off even better". But then later on JM gets drunk and she finds him in the bathroom, and he gets the balls to mouth to her "I want to fuck you" but then as she might be considering it, she gets a call from security and has to leave, but he writes on a napkin "Next time say my name, you'll come more".

Lash is an ass, I hate his guts. There's nothing else to say about him.

When Thor comes back, and ignores JM, my heart broke when JM thinks this: "In his mind, he had the conversation he wanted to have with Tohr: Qhuinn & Blay ended up here, Qhuinn's parents are dead, Lash is... I don't know what to say about him. There's a female I like, but she's out of my league, I'm in the war & I missed you & I want you to be proud of me & I'm scared & I miss Wellsie & are you all right? Most important, please say you're not leaving again. Ever. I need you" ...more

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Feb 05, 2010 Regina rated it it was ok

Shelves: paranormal-pnr, owned-kindle, 2010-reads

I really like this series. I find the characters and storyline compelling. This is book 6 in the series. I thought that the first one in the series was my least favorite but this one is by far my least favorite. I literally skipped large chunks of this book. I disliked Phury's and Cormia's characters. I did not find their story line compelling or believable. The book is worth it if you want to continue the series because important storylines and characters are explored more in depth -- Blay, Qhu ...more

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Feb 23, 2010 Lili rated it really liked it

I knew Phury's book wouldn't be as good as the other ones... I did like how the young guys are coming around!
and the ending was great! ...more

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Mar 27, 2010 Rachel-RN rated it really liked it

Shelves: read-2013

Many revelations in this one. I really, really disliked Phury and his almost constant pity-party. I did like how Phury resolved things with the Chosen (and that way out-dated patriarchal system). Not surprised about Lash. That makes things interesting. The war is now in full swing. Even though I disliked Phury through most of the book, all the other story lines got me interested in the rest of the BDB again.

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Feb 10, 2010 GinBee rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 2010-read, all-pnr-uf, series-read, paranormal-romance, read-fiction, black-dagger-brotherhood, owned-physical

I enjoyed this book. I liked the side story of John/Blay/Qhuinn the best. I did sort of like Phury by the very end of the book, but he made it hard to like him.

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