Dark Lover (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #1) in Crazy Challenge Connection

Mar 06, 2011 PepperP0t rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: paranormal, urban-fantasy, romance, vampires, always-worth-re-reading, marriage-mating, adventure, snowed-in-with-only-this-book, dhasg, other-paranormals

Reporter Beth Randall's frustrated by the 'good ole boy' network at the job thwarting her dream of being published, and disturbed by frequent recent headaches. Further distracted by the unsafe streets and plans to share Chinese take-out with her cat, Boo, Beth’s caught unaware when she's accosted on the street and barely escapes assault.

Hearing from her police source about a titillating crime, Beth hurries over hoping it’ll change things at work and slams into Detective Butch O'Neal. Noticing e ...more

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Feb 02, 2013 Andrea Lujano rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 5-estrellas, series, erotico, autor-favorito, paranormal, 2013

Es la primera vez, que leo esta autora y sin duda sere una lectora asidua de sus libros me ha encantado su manera de escribir y la manera tan bonita de expresar sentimientos.

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Jun 03, 2011 Darlene rated it liked it · review of another edition

This book was hard for me to get into. I loved Twilight, and I expected that I would love this book as well. When it still wasn't doing it for me after a quarter of the way through the book, I wondered whether my expectations were too high after seeing all of the amazing reviews for this series!

It was hard for me to keep all of the characters straight in the beginning of the book. I think that was one of the issues that made it difficult for me to become engrossed in the story. It wasn't until h This book was hard for me to get into. I loved Twilight, and I expected that I would love this book as well. When it still wasn't doing it for me after a quarter of the way through the book, I wondered whether my expectations were too high after seeing all of the amazing reviews for this series!

It was hard for me to keep all of the characters straight in the beginning of the book. I think that was one of the issues that made it difficult for me to become engrossed in the story. It wasn't until halfway through the book when the main characters, Wrath and Beth, started to show some vulnerability that I began to connect with them. Once this happened, then I was hooked and I really began to enjoy the story. As we learned more about each member of the Black Dagger Brotherhood, we began to see their weaknesses which made them seem more "human" and discovered that there really is much more to each one than just what we see on the surface.

One thing that I do like about this book more than I did about Twilight is the strength of the leading female role. Beth Randall is not Bella Swan, and I mean that in a good way. I did not care for Bella's utter dependence on Edward. Beth is a strong, tell-it-like-it-is, I'm-not-going-to-take-any-of-your-bull kind of woman. She is great!

It would have been handy to have a glossary with this book that laid out all of the odd terminology used such as "doggen" (servant), "Hellren" (a male vampire that has been mated to a female), "Lesser" (a de-souled human who hunts vampires), and "Shellen" (a female vampire that has been mated to a male).

My favourite quote from the book was from Fritz to the Brotherhood with reference to Butch: "If you're going to bloody the human, would you be good enough to do it in the backyard?" A little bit of the dark humor!

This definitely is a book that is adult-rated due to the explicit sex scenes. I have often heard it described as "Twilight for adults", which is certainly true although I do not hold it to the same calibre.

Now that the groundwork has been laid, I hope that I will enjoy the second book in the series more than the first.

This is my first narration by Jim Frangione, and I quite like him! He does a nice job conveying emotion, and the subtle adjustments to his voice with each character makes for a nice distinction.

MY RATING: 3.5 stars! Were it not for the slow start, I would have given it 4 stars. ...more

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Feb 21, 2017 Kari rated it really liked it

I don't actually know why I liked this book. I found the beginning to be slow, and the a lot of the talk about women is the type I avoid. I also didn't particularly care for Wrath. But overall I stayed interested and I will probably start the second book soon. ...more

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