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The King (Black Dagger Brotherhood #12)

J.R. Ward

Start date: June 1, 2014

Finish date: June 30, 2014

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Jul 21, 2014 Marita Hansen rated it liked it · review of another edition

3 1/5. I REALLY don't want to give it under a 4, because I love these characters, and I've never given one of these books lower than a 4. Even Phury's book got a 4 even though it wasn't up to the standard of the others. But The King was all over the place, and for the first time, I took ages to finish a Black Dagger brotherhood book, which is unusual for me. Don't get me wrong, this is my favourite series, and still is, just this one book wasn't to my taste. I found the sections on Wrath's fathe ...more

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Apr 12, 2014 Tessa rated it it was amazing

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Reading a new BDB is like hitting the trifecta of comfort. It's like I'm in my fave old sweats snuggled into an overstuffed chair with a mug of caramel macchiato and it feeds and nourishes my soul. Yeah, these characters feel like family so it feels like I'm coming home. Not all authors can do that so Ms. Ward is pretty special.

That said, the writing style of the past few books has taken some getting used to. I have adjusted to what I call Whiplash Syndrome by slowing down a little, but that's h ...more

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Apr 26, 2014 KarenF rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: kindle, romance, paranormal

I almost gave up on this one a number of times. In the end I'm going with a "meh" rating. I did mostly like the Wrath & Beth stuff. But the casual misogyny sprinkled throughout made me put it down a number of times. There's just too many mentions of how the heroines "aren't like those other sluts/whores/whatever". I don't know if I missed it in the earlier books or if it really did get worse later in the series but I love the first 4 or 5 books in this series (I was even OK with V/Jane) but now ...more

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Nov 01, 2014 Enoir rated it it was amazing

Better then some of the recent books in the series. Glad to finally read it.

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Jun 19, 2013 Missyb rated it really liked it

4 1/2 stars
Really liked this one, not much fighting action, but plenty went on. Not choppy like the previous book was in spots. So many changes happened and things look to be set up for a conflict with Xcor & his group & BDB & the glymera & Assail. Things moved right along, but how long is Layla suppose to be pregnant. Liked Wrath's back story, and absolutely loved the length. ...more

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