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*Originally reviewed on Pages Of Forbidden Love
If you got the chance to read my review of Dark Lover last week you already know how much I loved it. After finishing the first book in the series I couldn’t wait to dive in to this one. I must say that I loved this one just as much as the first and I can’t get enough of the Black Dagger Brotherhood. I will admit that I am obsessed. Even with everything that is going on in the book and all the point of views and stories everything still managed to get all tied together nicely. I don’t know how J.R. Ward does it but in both Dark Lover and Lover Eternal there are so many characters, she keeps the old and throws in some new characters, and the story is told from multiple points of views yet it doesn’t annoy me, I don’t get confused, and I just love it all.
“Fortunately for Rhage, there was an endless stream of women more than happy to oblige his needs. And sweet Jesus, the guy had them. Didn’t drink. Didn’t smoke. But he ran through the ladies like nothing Butch had ever seen.”
From the start of page one I was excited and happy to be reading. Where most of th focus was put on Wrath and Beth in Dark Lover this is Rhage’s story. Rhage constantly needs some sort of release. Whether he gets it through a fight or through sex he has to have it or things can get bad rather quickly. Fortunately for him he is part of the Brotherhood so fights are inevitable and no girl would ever say no to him. Unfortunately, Rhage really wants more. He wished he knew what it would feel like to settle down with a women worthy enough and I felt bad for him. Everyone just assumed he loved the lifestyle he had to live. No one stopped to think that maybe he really hated it.
“She wasn’t anything like the females he went for. And she held his attention like a marching band.”
Then he meets Mary and his release issues become even more of a problem. From the first moment he met her he wanted her. For some one look is all they need but its Mary’s voice that catches his attention. He can’t get enough of it and he decides he has to know her. Even when forbidden to do just that he doesn’t back off and continues to push forward.
“He closed his eyes. God, he’d give anything just to hear her say his real name once. And he wanted…damn, he wanted her naked in his bed, her head on his pillow, her body between his sheets.”
Mary is human and has no idea what Rhage or the other brother are. Rhage is supposed to stay away from her for this specific reason. Mary doesn’t welcome his advances with open arms and actually tries quite hard to push Rhage away which some would think would make it easier for him to follow his orders but he was no quitter.
Mary has a weight on her shoulders that she isn’t able to get rid of and she is accustomed to dealing with it on her own. She doesn’t let people close and she can’t fathom why someone like Rhage would even want to try and get close. She is definitely attracted to him but she believes she is just an average women, nothing very special, that comes with a burden. She doesn’t deserve his attention yet he keeps coming around just confusing her further.
Both Rhage and Mary had things to deal with that they thought would scare the other away. Mary sometimes wanted to be closed off completely but Rhage kept trying to get closer. But as Mary began to let down her guard a little Rhage’s walls went up and Mary would retreat again. This infuriated me at times and made me feel really bad for the both of them. They both were really great and caring people that owed it to themselves to let someone else in yet they just didn’t seem to know how.
Overall, great second book to the series. It was everything I hoped it would be. I still love the brothers, the lessers and Omega are still as creepy as always (more intriguing as well though), and all the little parts of other characters stories leave me wanting more. I just love how all the characters seem to have so much going on in their pasts and in their heads and I just want to know everyone’s story. The end of Lover Eternal has me going AHHH I need the next one!
If you got the chance to read my review of Dark Lover last week you already know how much I loved it. After finishing the first book in the series I couldn’t wait to dive in to this one. I must say that I loved this one just as much as the first and I can’t get enough of the Black Dagger Brotherhood. I will admit that I am obsessed. Even with everything that is going on in the book and all the point of views and stories everything still managed to get all tied together nicely. I don’t know how J.R. Ward does it but in both Dark Lover and Lover Eternal there are so many characters, she keeps the old and throws in some new characters, and the story is told from multiple points of views yet it doesn’t annoy me, I don’t get confused, and I just love it all.
“Fortunately for Rhage, there was an endless stream of women more than happy to oblige his needs. And sweet Jesus, the guy had them. Didn’t drink. Didn’t smoke. But he ran through the ladies like nothing Butch had ever seen.”
From the start of page one I was excited and happy to be reading. Where most of th focus was put on Wrath and Beth in Dark Lover this is Rhage’s story. Rhage constantly needs some sort of release. Whether he gets it through a fight or through sex he has to have it or things can get bad rather quickly. Fortunately for him he is part of the Brotherhood so fights are inevitable and no girl would ever say no to him. Unfortunately, Rhage really wants more. He wished he knew what it would feel like to settle down with a women worthy enough and I felt bad for him. Everyone just assumed he loved the lifestyle he had to live. No one stopped to think that maybe he really hated it.
“She wasn’t anything like the females he went for. And she held his attention like a marching band.”
Then he meets Mary and his release issues become even more of a problem. From the first moment he met her he wanted her. For some one look is all they need but its Mary’s voice that catches his attention. He can’t get enough of it and he decides he has to know her. Even when forbidden to do just that he doesn’t back off and continues to push forward.
“He closed his eyes. God, he’d give anything just to hear her say his real name once. And he wanted…damn, he wanted her naked in his bed, her head on his pillow, her body between his sheets.”
Mary is human and has no idea what Rhage or the other brother are. Rhage is supposed to stay away from her for this specific reason. Mary doesn’t welcome his advances with open arms and actually tries quite hard to push Rhage away which some would think would make it easier for him to follow his orders but he was no quitter.
Mary has a weight on her shoulders that she isn’t able to get rid of and she is accustomed to dealing with it on her own. She doesn’t let people close and she can’t fathom why someone like Rhage would even want to try and get close. She is definitely attracted to him but she believes she is just an average women, nothing very special, that comes with a burden. She doesn’t deserve his attention yet he keeps coming around just confusing her further.
Both Rhage and Mary had things to deal with that they thought would scare the other away. Mary sometimes wanted to be closed off completely but Rhage kept trying to get closer. But as Mary began to let down her guard a little Rhage’s walls went up and Mary would retreat again. This infuriated me at times and made me feel really bad for the both of them. They both were really great and caring people that owed it to themselves to let someone else in yet they just didn’t seem to know how.
Overall, great second book to the series. It was everything I hoped it would be. I still love the brothers, the lessers and Omega are still as creepy as always (more intriguing as well though), and all the little parts of other characters stories leave me wanting more. I just love how all the characters seem to have so much going on in their pasts and in their heads and I just want to know everyone’s story. The end of Lover Eternal has me going AHHH I need the next one!
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Originally reviewed on Pages Of Forbidden Love
I seriously think I am going to start all my Black Dagger Brotherhood reviews like this, I apologize for the repetitiveness in advance, but I couldn’t wait to start this book! It is only the third one but the first two just pulled me right in and I kept me wanting more. There was an incident/event at the end of Lover Eternal that left this big “Nooo!” moment for me and I was anxious to figure out what was going to come of it.
When I read Dark Lover I was curious about Zsadist and then I read Lover Eternal and I couldn’t wait to read his story. He is portrayed as the scariest of the brothers, no one trusts him, and some say he is even just plain evil but there is so much under that frightening exterior. Zsadist went through a lot in his past and it left him feeling angry, dirty, and afraid. He has barriers up that no one has ever attempted to tear down. People usually take one look at him and stay the hell away so when Bella takes an interests he can’t wrap his head around why and continuously tries to push her onto his brother (who I felt bad for as well). Zsadist could really piss me off but it was understandable and I loved him.
Bella is by far my favorite so far. I haven’t disliked any of the girls. I loved Beth and Mary but I think I loved Bella even more. The poor thing goes through so much. I loved how she doesn’t let Zsadist intimidate her and stands up to him. She could have easily taken one look at him, been given one push away, and given up because things definitely are not easy when it comes to these two.
By far my favorite book in the BDB series so far! They just keep getting better and better. There was action and suspense right from the beginning and I swear this book was going to give me a panic attack by the end. I fell even more in love with the characters I had already been introduced to and disliked the lessers even more. I didn’t think things could get more horrible. J.R. Ward definitely added more dimensions to the story and made things even more crazy. Also, this book definitely brought on the water works. Just so sad! I almost couldn’t take it all.
I seriously think I am going to start all my Black Dagger Brotherhood reviews like this, I apologize for the repetitiveness in advance, but I couldn’t wait to start this book! It is only the third one but the first two just pulled me right in and I kept me wanting more. There was an incident/event at the end of Lover Eternal that left this big “Nooo!” moment for me and I was anxious to figure out what was going to come of it.
When I read Dark Lover I was curious about Zsadist and then I read Lover Eternal and I couldn’t wait to read his story. He is portrayed as the scariest of the brothers, no one trusts him, and some say he is even just plain evil but there is so much under that frightening exterior. Zsadist went through a lot in his past and it left him feeling angry, dirty, and afraid. He has barriers up that no one has ever attempted to tear down. People usually take one look at him and stay the hell away so when Bella takes an interests he can’t wrap his head around why and continuously tries to push her onto his brother (who I felt bad for as well). Zsadist could really piss me off but it was understandable and I loved him.
Bella is by far my favorite so far. I haven’t disliked any of the girls. I loved Beth and Mary but I think I loved Bella even more. The poor thing goes through so much. I loved how she doesn’t let Zsadist intimidate her and stands up to him. She could have easily taken one look at him, been given one push away, and given up because things definitely are not easy when it comes to these two.
By far my favorite book in the BDB series so far! They just keep getting better and better. There was action and suspense right from the beginning and I swear this book was going to give me a panic attack by the end. I fell even more in love with the characters I had already been introduced to and disliked the lessers even more. I didn’t think things could get more horrible. J.R. Ward definitely added more dimensions to the story and made things even more crazy. Also, this book definitely brought on the water works. Just so sad! I almost couldn’t take it all.
*Originally reviewed on Pages Of Forbidden Love
Woot for more Olivia Cunning! Alexa sent me Backstage Pass last year and after reading it I became an instant fan of her. I loved Backstage Pass. I read the whole Sinners On Tour Series Last year and decided I can’t let it go so have decided to reread again this year (if you want to join me and possibly win a book or two you can check out the post I made here). Yes, I am a bit obsessed.
Over break, I thrust my copy of Backstage Pass at my cousin and said READ IT! While she had it, all I wanted to do is read it again. That was not a possibility but I was texting Alexa and she brought up the One Night with Sole Regret series and I thought “Why now?” I have only read the Sinners on Tour Series yet claim to love the author. Figured I should try more of her work. I can tell you I am still a fan.
Try Me is not a full-length book but I thought it was perfect for its length. I loved that Melanie was not really into the rock star scene and was just hanging around to support…okay keep her friends out of too much trouble. She is extremely uncomfortable backstage in a room full of tattooed and pierced rock stars and fans. She cannot help but relax a little once she starts talking to the most “normal” looking person there. She is not shy about stating what she thinks about the scene. Just as she is starting to get flirty, she finds out just who Gabe is. Just thinking about it again make me chuckle.
Gabe is not Melanie’s type but to her surprise even after she finds out who he is, discovers he has piercings and tattoos, she still finds herself extremely attracted to him. Things quickly escalate and Melanie and Gabe both find themselves desperate to have each other. And oh yes they both get exactly what they want.
Short stories can always be a hit or miss. They get straight to the point. With something so short sometimes there is not much getting to know the characters. No building on the couple’s relationship. Sometimes not much time to connect with what is going on. In just 85 pages, I felt like Olivia wrote Try Me in a way that I knew who the characters were. In the short time I had to read about them I did not feel like I was missing anything. Yes, they instantly hooked up but I felt like they were perfect together. I did not feel cheated at the end and I really fell for Melanie and Gabe in that short time. I cannot wait to read more.
Woot for more Olivia Cunning! Alexa sent me Backstage Pass last year and after reading it I became an instant fan of her. I loved Backstage Pass. I read the whole Sinners On Tour Series Last year and decided I can’t let it go so have decided to reread again this year (if you want to join me and possibly win a book or two you can check out the post I made here). Yes, I am a bit obsessed.
Over break, I thrust my copy of Backstage Pass at my cousin and said READ IT! While she had it, all I wanted to do is read it again. That was not a possibility but I was texting Alexa and she brought up the One Night with Sole Regret series and I thought “Why now?” I have only read the Sinners on Tour Series yet claim to love the author. Figured I should try more of her work. I can tell you I am still a fan.
Try Me is not a full-length book but I thought it was perfect for its length. I loved that Melanie was not really into the rock star scene and was just hanging around to support…okay keep her friends out of too much trouble. She is extremely uncomfortable backstage in a room full of tattooed and pierced rock stars and fans. She cannot help but relax a little once she starts talking to the most “normal” looking person there. She is not shy about stating what she thinks about the scene. Just as she is starting to get flirty, she finds out just who Gabe is. Just thinking about it again make me chuckle.
Gabe is not Melanie’s type but to her surprise even after she finds out who he is, discovers he has piercings and tattoos, she still finds herself extremely attracted to him. Things quickly escalate and Melanie and Gabe both find themselves desperate to have each other. And oh yes they both get exactly what they want.
Short stories can always be a hit or miss. They get straight to the point. With something so short sometimes there is not much getting to know the characters. No building on the couple’s relationship. Sometimes not much time to connect with what is going on. In just 85 pages, I felt like Olivia wrote Try Me in a way that I knew who the characters were. In the short time I had to read about them I did not feel like I was missing anything. Yes, they instantly hooked up but I felt like they were perfect together. I did not feel cheated at the end and I really fell for Melanie and Gabe in that short time. I cannot wait to read more.
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