#1 New York Times bestselling author J.R. Ward’s thrilling new novel in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series. Payne, twin sister of Vishous, is cut from the same dark, seductive cloth as her brother. Imprisoned for eons by their mother, the Scribe Virgin, she finally frees herself-only to face a devastating injury. Manuel Manello, M.D., is drafted by the Brotherhood to save her as only he … save her as only he can-but when the human surgeon and the vampire warrior meet, their two worlds collide in the face of their undeniable passion. With so much working against them, can love prove stronger than the birthright and the biology that separates them?
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Wow. I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed this one. While Payne had seemed interesting in previous books, I wasn’t quite sure I would like this pairing. But I really, really did. It wasn’t because of Payne, though. Manny completely stole the show and I loved it. Add in the introduction of a new band of ‘enemies’ and I was hooked!
I am re reading the BDB series for the 4th or 5th time. This is one of my favorite series. Great stories with a lot of action, humor and romance.
Lover Unleashed the 9th book in the BDB series was a good read but I was a little confused as to whose book it was. I mean was this Payne and Manny’s book or V and Jane’s. Because even though this is suppose to be about Payne and Manny, V and Jane’s drama took up most of this book. I will be honest I liked V a lot in his book but in this book I was so upset with him. I am trying to understand were V is coming from with all his past abuses. I feel like he was unloyal to his Shellan Jane every time he thought about Butch in a sexual way or like in this book he was thinking back to his past Dom sex life and it seemed like he missed it. Enough that Jane and Butch wondered if he would cheat on her. I mean WTF? A bonded male should never even think about being with another not even for a minute. It felt like a betrayal of their love. So V really let me down in this book. Though he pulled it together in the end I didn’t like seeing him feel that way in the first place. It made me lose a little respect for him that he would even question his love for Jane. And man I felt so bad for Jane in this book.
Why did he even have to question if he still loved her. He is bonded that isn’t suppose to go away. I just really didn’t like it. I also didn’t like the fact that Payne and Manny took a backseat in this book. Their story was out shined by V’s crap. I really liked both Payne and Manny. I thought they were cute and sexy together and I would have loved more time with them. Seeing as this was suppose to be their book and all. I enjoyed all the parts about Manny and Payne. I loved that Payne was her own person. She was strong, a fighter, and she was up front and honest. Manny was great too. He may have been human but he was strong in his own right. He stood up to the brothers especially V, and he was totally comfortable in his own skin. He didn’t want to become a vampire like Butch. He was just fine with being himself.
Overall I enjoyed this book but would have liked more Manny/ Payne and less Jane/V.
Love this whole series
This book was a little all over the place as far as story lines go, however I loved it. Getting to view into Quinn’s brain was especially interesting to me, and I loved learning more about the dynamics of V and Jane’s relationship. Payne seemed different to me on this side than she did at Sanctuary, but I ended up liking her better that way. I am anticipating Quinn’s book even more now, and still very curious about Mhurder.