Search - Lover Mine (Black Dagger Brotherhood)

I love BDB books and this was no exception. I was waiting for John and Xhex story and felt that the author delivered. I was nervous about how such a strong women like X was going to be betrayed but I felt that she got her happily ever after w/o compromising the bad ass bitch she is!

I loved the visits to the past and the round about way that fate and destiny played a huge part in this story. I hope there is more of that in future stories.

Im not sure what I think of Blay and Qhuinns story. Kinda like with V and Butch, I think the author chickens out when it comes to the whole gay thing. I dont know, maybe this is going to have an HEA too, I hope.

Cant wait to see what happens next for Payne. I would also be interested in further knowledge of Muhrder.

Ugh this is a hard one. I love this series!!! I enjoyed this book but didn't think Xhex was a good fit for JM... Also didn't see alot of the the Brotherhood in this one. Maybe with all of the sub plot setting up we will in the next one. Payne's story should be interesting! But Manuel??? How does he really fit in? Can't wait to find out...

Die hard fans of the brotherhood will love this story. The story is tightly plotted and action packed. John Matthew and Zhex's story is very enjoyable and true to the characters Ward has been developing over the last several installments. On several levels she pegged the approval meter (with me). She dialed down the canty brotherhood talk that drove me nutz “You feel me?” She kept the anxiety high without overdosing on melodrama and desperation (like I feel she often does). And, (my favorite part) is getting back to the awesome metaphors that made me fall in love with her from the start.

But I am getting frustrated with the increasing amount of foreshadowing that sets the stage for subsequent stories. Don't mistake my meaning. One of the things that drives this series is our interest in the characters. I want to know them, look forward to hearing their stories when it is their turn. But I feel she is jamming new characters down our throats at the expense of the current story. Honestly I would have enjoyed this story tons more with half of the foreshadowing.

With one main story and a couple subplots the stories are big enough already. This one had 3 subplots and she shoe horned in at least one more, maybe more I honestly couldn’t tell. She bounced around so much I went cross-eyed. I’d be seriously into the scene I was reading, anxious to see what happened next and……….splat. I’m reading about brand new characters in unrelated activities that did absolutely nothing to further the plot of the story happening now. Talk about a mood killer. I had to take a break. But after a while I’d be ready to tackle John & Zhex’s rocky road to HEA because the story wouldn’t let me go.

I suspect I will keep reading the brotherhood of the blade (with a nightcap and possibly an Avdil PM) because I HAVE to see how they kick the Lessening Society’s Ass.

BUT, Ms Ward, if you are listening; I adore the brotherhood, but could you do me a favor? Realism is all well and good, but I get enough reality in my real life; I read fiction to escape from it. If Blay and Quhinn are destined to hook up, I don’t need the deets. Personally I’d rather see Quhinn hook up with Payne; someone who can meet him on his own level as an equal, or a worthy opponent. Blay, bless his heart, is neither.