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Lover Awakened

J.R. Ward

4.24 AVERAGE

bdhstoud's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

luceeefur's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

harley71418's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

shaysbookshelf_'s review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

focusedonbooks's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad medium-paced

laurasbookhaven's review

5.0

dark emotional hopeful fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

gitteglis's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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I love this book. Read it multiple times. The arc Zadist takes is incredible and touching. 

aellison's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

raguel's review against another edition

5.0

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June 2023:

Me: is stressed.
Me: immediately rereads my Comfort Dark Fucked Up Vampire Romance.

November 2021:

Why am I crying in the ZeroSum Club right now? This was so good. JR Ward has read my mind and taken my emo teenage fantasy of a brooding, tortured, damaged hero and made him come to life in this ridiculous tale. This was so extreme and over-the-top, and it has about 10,000 content warnings, but if you buy in to it, and in to the weird world and society of these vampires, it just works.

Zsadist (I know, lol) was something else. Totally not a guy who would EVER work in real life, but within the melodrama of this paranormal world, he fits right in. He and Bella are so sweet to each other, but both need to find their way to each other in their own time. There were a few frustrating miscommunications, but they made sense given the characters and their reservations.

There was definitely more of a focus on Zsadist's healing and growth, but he had more of that to do, so it makes sense. Also, their relationship really starts in book 2, but you get more context about their personalities and the roles they play if you read both the first and second books before reading this one.

Spoiler

The only thing I hated was that Wellsie died. It was so heartbreaking and I can't believe Tohr is gonna have a romance with someone else eventually. Just seems wrong.

2261pages's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes