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Lover Eternal by J.R. Ward

4 reviews

whiskis's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

Second book in the series, the love i have for Raghe is just so great, i remember how much i loved this book, i've read like 10 times and i'd go again anytime. 10/10

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual content, Violence, Chronic illness, Infertility, Medical content, Terminal illness, Cursing, Grief, Blood, Death, Medical trauma, and Cancer

Moderate: Alcohol and Drug use

Minor: Abandonment, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse

mrs_gale's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

Continuation from the previous book but we get Rhage and him falling for a human, Mary. It was great! I wasn't sure how it would end, and I thought we'd see the Butch and Marissa story progress. I still find the parts of the story from 'Lesser' POV boring, as I did in the first book. I do like the "new" characters introduced, John and Bella, but again I wanted more of their stories too - so onto book 3 for more Bella! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Blood, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Cancer, and Torture

Minor: Drug use, Kidnapping, Animal death, Grief, Medical content, Death, Gun violence, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Death of parent, and Addiction

allingoodtime's review

dark emotional reflective 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

4.5

 

I did not want to put this book down. I liked the first book in this series, but I loved this book. Yes, there are still issues with some of the language and references due to when it was written. You have to know that going in and have to be able to see beyond that or you will not enjoy this story. It may have some problematic language, but it is very obvious that many authors were inspired by these stories.

There was a lot I adored about this book, so I’m actually going to start with what I didn’t like so much. These stories are told from multiple POVs, not just the main couple’s. For the most part, I have enjoyed that. In the first book, I even appreciated the POV of the enemy, the lessers. In this story, I found that every time it switched to the POV of any of the lessers. Even though I found their story to be somewhat important and am sure it will be very important as this series progresses, it just brought the story down for me.

When it comes to the romance between Mary and Rhage, I couldn’t get enough. Their chemistry, their fears, their magnetism, all of it was amazing. Rhage, the guy with a beast even his brothers are terrified of inside of him, is so gentle and tender with Mary. As their bond grows and he, in fact, bonds with her in a more official way, he is beyond romantic. Unfortunately, because he is ashamed of his beast and doesn’t want to scare Mary away, she is confused by a lot of his actions and reactions. It seems to me that Mary’s cancer is the perfect metaphor for Rhage’s beast. For a long time, she wouldn’t agree with that last sentence. But Mary watched her mom waste away and die, she’s already been through one cancer batter and knows how ugly and depressing it can be, and she doesn’t want to subject anyone to her troubles. It takes her a while to open her eyes to what real love is and that she is actually being selfish by trying to keep Rhage at a distance.

The world-building in this story is great, not overshadowing the interpersonal relationships while also adding depth to the vampire/brotherhood part of this world. The friendships and bonds were also deepened and this group felt much more like a family in this book. There are a couple of characters that are introduced through Mary and they are phenomenal new additions. I have a feeling Bella and Zsadist are going to give Mary and Rhage a run for their money in the romance department. And John Matthew will be so interesting to watch grow and become a warrior. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Violence

Moderate: Misogyny, Death of parent, Homophobia, and Domestic abuse

pvbobrien's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Violence

Moderate: Misogyny, Blood, Cursing, Grief, Medical content, Sexual assault, Body horror, Cancer, Gun violence, Infertility, and Infidelity

Minor: Drug use, Toxic relationship, Homophobia, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Torture, Vomit, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual violence