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BDB Series by JR Ward (SPOILERS AHEAD)
POSSIBLE SPOILER:It's easy to get burned out. I read a book a day and series can become formulaic when reading back to back (try doing that with Christine Feehan to see for yourself).
I now skim the pages when the lessers become the topic. I finished Lover Mine this morning and I agree with the others that it was more UF than PNR. Me and Xhex are not friends nor will we ever be (as I stated on other forums). Qhuinn p'd me off. I know the reason, but it still didn't change anything because obviously Blay does not care as much about the Glimera. I kept wishing something miraculous would happen and John would be able to "voice" his love, but alas, still mute. I found the last 2 books to be fillers for either a change to UF or to a better book. Too many characters and not enough moving plot made this an "I liked it" but it was nothing special. By the end of the book they are still at the same place in the fight against lessers as when it started.
To me, it did not live up to the hype. If this wasn't J.R. Ward's work it would have just been an "ok" read.
a request from someone who hasn't read the complete series yet - for all of you out there that have - can you please either mark your posts with a spoiler note, or avoid mentioning stuff in later books until we get to them? pretty please for sugar on top
Lenore *--*Phierce*-- * wrote: "I'm going to try and not rush through the series because I don't want to get burnt out.Ladies, is that possible!!? LOL"
It depends on the person. Me i like to just finish them all in one go, but there are people that need a little something in between each book.LOL
Delicious Dee wrote: "a request from someone who hasn't read the complete series yet - for all of you out there that have - can you please either mark your posts with a spoiler note, or avoid mentioning stuff in later b..."Yes, please! Although I don't mind spoilers, i know most people do, so lets try to stick with the books that we're reading for that month and ones before then. Right now we can talk about the series in general, like we've been doing, or the firt book in the series.
I'm not sure it is but wouldn't trying be great? Picture a few uninterrupted days to do nothing but lie on the couch and read the entire series! No husbands, no kids, no job, housework or pets.
Pure bliss (with no burnout, I'm sure)
Yeah, that's how i did it. Only my dog and my delivery guy were allowed to interrupt me for an entire weekend.
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I finished Lover Eternal. I have to say honestly that I liked the first book, but I didn't love it. I really liked this one a lot more. I'm not sure if it was because there seemed to be less "lesser" focus in this book. I'm like some of you, I skim any lesser or baby powder mention. Although, I paid attention to the Bella/O interaction. I found O's attraction to Bella interesting. I was more interested in the Rhage/Mary love story, Zsadist/Bella/Phury developing story and the Tohr/Wellsie/John story. I can't wait to start Lover Awakened.
I wish I could contribute more to the UF vs. paranormal discussion. I haven't read enough of either to weigh in. As for historicals, I try not to take them too seriously. I'm looking for a good story. I think I can overlook anything in a good story. I like Alpha males in my fantasy world on paper. I would be sentenced to serve some serious jail time if I encountered one in real life. LOL
Gigi,I liked "Lover Eternal" a lot more than "Dark Lover" and I liked "Lover Awakened" even more than either one of them. It's by far my fave in the series. I hope you like it!
Thanks Harper. I'm feeling the same so far. I thought the first 2 started kind of slow. However, I just started it and already I've found the pace to be a bit faster. I already sucked in! LOL
They're here :) I just had the first 7 delivered with Lover Mine to follow. I'll probably read one a month starting with Dark Lover this month :)
Awesome! I'm dying to hear what you think!
Cool, Nairabell! Be sure to let us know what you think along the way. :)
I just picked up Lover Revealed but would you all believe I'm a little apprehensive to start it? I'm not sure I can put up with an entire book of Butch and what's-her-name...maybe I'll just re-read Dark Lover, LOL.
Tammy wrote: "I just picked up Lover Revealed but would you all believe I'm a little apprehensive to start it? I'm not sure I can put up with an entire book of Butch and what's-her-name...maybe I'l..."LOL. It took me a while to warm up to Marissa. She isn't one of my faves. I'm a M/M romance/slash fangirl so I was rooting for Butch to wind up with someone else. Not mentioning names to avoid possible spoilers. Alas, it wasn't meant to be.
Harper wrote: "Tammy wrote: "I just picked up Lover Revealed but would you all believe I'm a little apprehensive to start it? I'm not sure I can put up with an entire book of Butch and what's-her-na..."That sure would have taken the series off in a different direction, LOL!
Harper wrote: "LOL. It took me a while to warm up to Marissa. She isn't one of my faves. I'm a M/M romance/slash fangirl so I was rooting for Butch to wind up with someone else. Not mentioning names to avoid possible spoilers. Alas, it wasn't meant to be."That's exactly how i felt!LOL
Rossy ~*~ Ehrotic ~*~ wrote: "That's exactly how i felt!LOL"I'm glad I wasn't alone about that. LOL! Personally, I thought the chemistry between Butch and you-know-who was so much hotter than what he had with Marissa. *sigh*
Yes, didn't some scenes just made you wish something would happen? I wanted to at least have a menage. *sigh* Oh well, it worked out alright still....LOL
Oh, definitely. :P But it did work out okay in the end...I guess. LOL
Ok, so I have a question. Would you suggest that someone buy Lover Revealed or get a library copy? I've heard mixed reviews about this book. I'm getting the library copy of the insiders guide today. If I like it, I'll buy it.
Still working on Lover Awakened- should be done today.
If by the time you finished Lover Awakened and still like the series, you will want your own copy of Lover Revealed, if you ask me. : )
Ok, I'll buy the copy instead. I'm only 9 chapters from the end and I'm loving it so far. And there are 6 holds before me for the book. Thanks YZ!
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I just finished it. Wow! What a good read! Yes, I needed tissue. Especially, with what happened to Tohr and Wellsie. OMG! I really really really want him to get his HEA. He deserves it. Poor John "father...father...father" -ok, that tore me up. Well, I still have my 4 favs (Tohr, Phury, Zadist and JM) and now after reading this I couldn't tell you who is in what position after Tohr. LOL I could see me adding Rehv to that list down the line, but I need to know more about him. I really enjoyed Z's transformation throughout the book. I definitely think this is the best book so far. Next up Lover Revealed.
edited to add: OMG! I completely forgot Vishous. So, I guess thats 5 favs now. LOL
Don't worry, Gigi, we won't force you to choose only one fave. : )
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I cannot describe to you how pissed off I was about what happened with Wellsie. I liked her a lot. In a way, I don't even want Tohr to wind up with someone else. Poor Wellsie. T_T
As for favorites, Z is my favorite hands down, no contest. I love Rhage, too, and I was a big Vishous fan in the beginning.
Yz the Whyz wrote: "Don't worry, Gigi, we won't force you to choose only one fave. : )"LOL! Good, because I'm sure its going to change. I'm so indecisive! LOL
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I cannot describe to you how pissed off I was about what happened with Wellsie. I liked her a lot. In a way, I don'..."
Harper, I know!!! I really liked Wellsie a lot. There would be no replacing her in my mind, but I still want Tohr to have his HEA (whatever that would be). I loved the interaction between Tohr and Wellsie and I loved how easily they "adopted" JM. The part that sticks out in my head was when Tohr went to get JM from the apartment. JM is a bit wary of Tohr until Tohr gets the phone call from Wellsie. LOL
I know that Tohr returns. My heart kind of broke for JM. I'm wondering what the relationship would be like once Tohr returns. I can see JM being a bit angry at Tohr for leaving despite the circumstance. Now, I'm trying to get through the other books as fast as possible. LOL
Theres a bit of irony in the fact that the calmest one was forced to face something so devastating which could potentially make him angry. And the angriest one was forced to face something that calms him. LOL
Here I am, being a pest -- is everyone starting with Dark Lover or do we just jump in with whatever book we are reading? I am happy to do either, but just wondered....
Never a pest, that is a good question. I think most have already started with Dark Lover and unless am wrong finished? In any event, i say either read Dark Lover or Lover Eternal.
***SPOILERS FOR LOVER REVEALED****So I finished Lover Revealed today. WHEW. I was so inspired (and hot and bothered, as well, ;P) that I took the time to write a review - and dammit, three edits later I can't get this link to work. Hope you can all go to my review so I don't have to retype it here!
Oh the error you made was at the end where you placed "", it should be (>whatyoucallyourlinkthen). Just ignore the parenthesis and you have it fixed.I liked this book too, though the m/m fan in me was hoping for another outcome.LOL
Harper and I were sending PMs today about that very thing -- I thought what was there was beautifully done - especially the scene where V watches them (heartbreaking and hot at the same time!) but you are right, it could QUITE easily have had another outcome.
*sigh* Yeah i love that scene, my heart was with V the whole time!^.^
Rossy ~*~ Ehrotic ~*~ wrote: "*sigh* Yeah i love that scene, my heart was with V the whole time!^.^"Me, too, Rossy. I felt so bad for him. I wanted to give him a hug.
Lover Revealed spoilerLOL. I just finished it also. I felt bad for V also. Even though Butch was happy with Marissa, when they (Butch and V) interacted at the ceremony and when V was on the balcony, there was a part of me that wanted more to happen between them. I don't know I guess I just wanted everyone to be happy. LOL
Ah, my love for the tortured hero continues. I closed the book liking V a lot more. Now I'm dying to read Lover Unbound.
Thanks YZ for recommending that I buy the book. You were absolutely right! I definitely want this book in my library.
Hi everyone, Gigi and I are doing a buddy read of Lover Unbound. We started yesterday, and are planning to take about a week to finish (If I don't put the book down soon I'll be done today, bad Tammy!)Jump in and chat with us! I'm not sure where Gigi is, but I'm about halfway through. Just a reminder though to do a "spoiler alert" on your post for us, thanks :)
Good Lord, Rossy, you made this challenge just for me, didn't you? Me and our boys ;P
LOL! Yeah, why aren't you commenting about the books yet? Tammy, am glad you and Gigi will be reading it together. How are you liking it so far?
Rossy ~*~ Ehrotic ~*~ wrote: "LOL! Yeah, why aren't you commenting about the books yet? Tammy, am glad you and Gigi will be reading it together. How are you liking it so far?"
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Well, I'm not sure what I think -- it is pretty different from the others in terms of the love story (I used the words dark and dirty earlier today on my status update). There are a whole lot of secondary stories going on, which is fairly annoying. I'm not feeling like Ward was loving Vishous as much when she wrote this book as she did in the last book. And that ticks me off. What did you think of this one, Rhossy?
Don't mind me as I jump in...Tammy, I thought LU was okay until the ending...which irritates me to this very day, so I'm interested in hearing what you think of it. If you think all of the secondary stories are annoying in LU, wait until you get to "Lover Enshrined."
I have to agree with Harper. I like the book well enough up until the end, that kind of ruined it for me. While i understand the Warden's reasons for it, i still don't like it.LOLHonestly, i don't mind the secondary stories she usually entwines. As long as the main characters have enough space, to make their romance believable to me.
That was my main complaint about LEn, Rossy. I don't mind sub-plots to an extent, but I felt like the main couple in that book barely got any "screen time," so to speak. I wasn't feeling their romance at all.
I agree with Harper, too, about the ending of LU. It just didn't seem like the right way to end it to me, even though I did understand the reasons. However, like Rossy, I usually like the secondary stories, too. I didn't like in LEn, though, that there were SO MANY side stories. Like Harper said, they got way too much page time.
Harper wrote: "Don't mind me as I jump in...Tammy, I thought LU was okay until the ending...which irritates me to this very day, so I'm interested in hearing what you think of it. If you think all of the seco..."
Jump away, Harper! I also thought it was ok until the ending -- I am still really ticked about it. My own fault, really, for so looking forward to Vishous's story after all the build up from the previous book. If I were wearing shitkickers, and Ms. Ward was handy, I'd kick her right in the you-know-what for screwing Vishous's story over. He deserved much better.
Rhossy and Leah - you say you understand the reasons Ward ended the book the way she did. Can you guys enlighten me?
Tammy wrote: "I'm not sure where Gigi is, but I'm about halfway through.."Hi!
Sorry, I'm still reading it! I'll weigh in when I get a bit further in. Uh-oh, from the tone of a few of the posts (purposely haven't read them all) I can see that I need to lower my expectations a bit.
Well i didn't feel that way until recently because the Warden addressed the issue. I can't recall right now it it was at a signing or the recent chat, but a fan asked why Jane couldn't be changed back or something in that context. She said something about it being right for V that she ended this way, because of his curse. See it seems that Jane becomes solid when HE touches her. He wouldn't be able to touch her with his "cursed" hand otherwise.Take into account this is not word by word.LOL! For more accuracy you should check the BDB group, Warden News.
*spoilery*Hmm...I still don't think that changes how I feel about the ending. LOL. He could have still touched her with his "cursed" hand as long as he kept the glove on, right?
I have a bit of a glove fetish. ^_^;
Tammy,I think reading this The Interview That Never Happened will give you a better insight and appreciation of Lover Unbound's ending.
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