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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780451222350
ISBN: 0451222350
Label: Signet
Manufacturer: Signet
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 528
Publication Date: September 25, 2007
Publisher: Signet
Studio: Signet
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The ruthless and brilliant brother Vishous possesses a destructive curse and a frightening ability to see the future. As a member of the Brotherhood, he has no interest in love or emotion, only the battle with the Lessening Society. But when a mortal injury puts him in the care of a human surgeon, Dr. Jane Whitcomb compels him to reveal his inner pain and taste true pleasure for the first time-until a destiny he didn't choose takes him into a future that does not include her...
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I absolutely loved the previous BDB books. I was a bit wary to read V's story because of his bizarre fascination with Butch, but I hoped that J. Ward would figure out a way to explain it in a realistic manner. Learning that V is bisexual and having his lust for men simply disappear because he met Jane is absurd. I also learned that I definitely prefer my heroes to be heterosexual. I would think that was a given, but apparently not. :)
Jane and V's connection was tenuous at best and I never really felt they got each other on a deep level. V was very scarred - his story should have been an all-consuming, dark, passionate, can't-catch-my-breath one.
And *spoiler alert* - her being a ghost was odd, unsatisfying, and irritating.
I'm starting Phury's story now and so far I'm not impressed. I will definitely be rereading Wrath's, Rhage's, and Zsadist's stories.
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This is a great series to get into. J.R. Ward does an excellent job telling the story.
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I thought this was really good. Alot of things were happening in this book. I did like the ending and thought it was fitting. No let downs here.
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I have to start of saying that I LOVE this series!!! I was looking forward to V's story. I was totally into it. I thought they were good for each other. Jane defiantly brought something useful to the brotherhood.
With that being said, I was disappointed with the ending. I appreciate that Ward tried to do something different and not piggyback off of the other love stories. (Like what happened with Butch, or with Mary) But I have to say I wish that she was more than a ghost. I know for V she is real and apparently she can still do things that were planned, like helping out in the clinic and all. It does solve the "human" issue as well as her disappearance from her life, but it just didn't sit well with me. It feels like he was cheated with her. I can only assume that it comes into play some where down the line. That her being a ghost plays a important role somewhere in the grand scheme of things.
Anyways...I love this series and I can't wait for the next story. I will continue to be a fan even if the stories don't always end as I want them to. I do love the fact that sometimes the author take us places we would not normally go.
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This is the last book that I will buy of the Black Dagger Brotherhood. It was like each book I read after the romance between Zadist and Bella just kept going down hill, this one being the absolute worst I couldn't finish it. The opener about a child's Ouija board prophesizing future events was laughable. I cringed when I read that nonsense because it gave me a bad feeling about the quality of the rest of the book. The female character in this book was not the right fit for Vishous (Truth be told I would rather he had been with Butch). This match was completely ill fit. The fact that V's having a possessive flip out session and thinking "MINE" about a woman that he has yet to say ANYTHING to was not only stupid but just plain old hat from the previous novels. There were contradictions in this novel that didn't mesh with what was written in the previous novels. For example The Scribe Virgin (Who is now suddenly Vishous' mother) tells V that if Butch didn't have his "innate power" he would never be able to function a member of the brotherhood. A power, mind you, that he got for The Omega (The leader of the bad guys). However, in the previous novel ('Lover Revealed' Butch's story) Vishous delves into Butch's ancestry and finds out that he and Wrath (The Vampire King) are cousins and that he (Butch) is a member of the Wrath's line therefore making him a "royal" (Having royal heritage). Since it is established that Butch is a member of Wrath's bloodline this would mean that the blood of the brotherhood runs through him as well (They even give him a new name as an inducted brother that is linked with Wrath's line). The brothers prepare Butch for transformation, bring forth his dormant vampire abilities, describe him as being bigger than life that he can now contend with the brothers once the transformation was complete, and let's him loose to fight almost immediately, confident in his abilities as a brotherhood warrior in 'Lover Revealed'. Now all of sudden in this novel it turns out that he's really a shadow of the other brothers and is only useful to them because of his ability to detect and consume Lessors. BALONEY! Why would you shoot down your own characters that way? You lose credibility with your readers. She certainly lost it with this one. I told myself that after I got through Butch and Marissa's "romance" in 'Lover Revealed' that I wouldn't torture myself that way again, reading about ill fit relationships. I meant it which was why I could read anymore of this book after taking in what is written above.
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