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Lover Eternal by J.R. Ward

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mk_meow's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

3.75

2.5🌶️

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mrs_gale's review against another edition

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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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booklovinmamas's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

5.0

I’ve lost count of how many times I have read Lover Eternal by J.R. Ward. I decided to listen to the book this time, and I’m glad I did since Jim Frangione brought the characters to life with his narration. I’m thoroughly enjoying being back in the BDB world from the beginning.

Storyline/My Thoughts: I fell hard for Rhage, aka Hollywood, when I read Lover Eternal in 2009. I’m going to admit I fell for him already in Dark Lover. Each BDB guy holds a special place in my heart. I’m all for the tortured, vulnerable characters; that is precisely what Rhage is in this book. He’s also an unaliver. I love the unhinged characters. He has a reason to be unhinged because he was cursed with a beast from the Scribe Virgin. Even the other BDB warriors fear him when he unleashes that beast.

Rhage is usually the ladies’ man in the BDB until he meets his mate unexpectedly. At first, he scares the poor human woman with his intimidating persona and forefront personality. Mary Luce is a beautiful human woman who takes calls on a helpline and doesn’t know anything about Rhage’s world. She doesn’t have time to really date, especially a man (who she thinks is a man) as beautiful as Rhage. Rhage won’t give up on pursuing Mary Luce and knows she’s dealing with things. Mary ends up in the BDB world due to helping another person that comes into her life, and only BDB can help that individual.

Mary became an instant fave of mine in this series with how strong of a character she is, even when dealing with something life-changing. She wants to continue to live her life, even with dealing with what she is dealing with, and now she has Rhage constantly there, watching over her, especially when she ends up in danger.

She’s a sweet and wonderful woman who is perfect for Rhage because she is the opposite of him. He needs someone like her to accept and help him with his curse. The one curse that he can’t get rid of due to what he did in his past. The only issue with pursuing Mary entirely is that Rhage doesn’t want to hurt her. Rhage may come off as alpha-like and very protective of Mary, but he has a gentler side that comes out with her.

It seems all the BDB mates bring out the gentler side of the scary BDB characters.

One of my favorite parts in Lover Eternal is when Rhage does take Mary on a date. Can you imagine one of the BDB characters being at a regular restaurant? A very intimidating, sexy male character dining with a petite Mary Luce. He only has eyes for Mary, too, which makes him very swoon-worthy.

If you’re thinking about reading the BDB series, then read this series in order. Otherwise, you’ll miss out on other POVs that come to play in the books that give hints about the upcoming books. You even get previous characters’ POVs, too. I enjoy this series by J.R. Ward because she never leaves us hanging on what is happening with ALL the characters. Don’t get me wrong, I love the main characters getting their stories, but I need to know what is happening with the other characters, too.

Readers that love the tortured, a-hole characters will have Zsadist’s POV in Rhage and Mary’s book. He’s another intimidating BDB character, but he will meet his match with his mate in his book next in the series.

I give Lover Eternal five stars and wish to give it more, especially since J.R. Ward tore at my heart with this book regarding Rhage’s and Mary’s ending. These two would do anything for each other, and that ending proved it.

Standalone or Part of Series: It’s part of the Black Dagger Brotherhood series, and I recommend reading in order.

Steam/Spice: 🌶 🌶

Genre(s)/Trope(s)/Element(s): Paranormal Romance. Fated Mates. Instant Love/Attraction. MMC Fell First. Opposite’s Attract. Touch Her and I’ll Unalive You. Alpha MMC. Sweet/Innocent FMC. FMC is sick/ill. Cursed MMC.

Would I recommend this book/series? Yes. I recommend this series to Paranormal Romance readers who love a series that is never-ending at this point. You’ll get badass warriors and their mates that can only tame them. Be prepared to become addicted to this fictional PNR Vampire world that J.R. Ward wrote for her readers.

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laureljeanreads's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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moodreadererin's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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pvbobrien's review against another edition

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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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kaadee's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional 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

3.5

100x better than the last book!!! I was genuinely surprised at this because I thought it was going to be another bland, boring book. No, it’s not.

I loved that Mary was human! It made her so intriguing and her emotions with Rhage were so different. It took like 200 pages for them to officially hook up and that’s the best thing. Tension. There was absolutely no tension in the last book whatsoever.
Anyway. Mary is an amazing character. She has so much more depth than Beth had. Rhage is probably my favorite out of all the brothers but we will see I guess.

I’m excited for the Zsadist storyline because he’s very intriguing. They set up Bella and his story throughout this book and I can’t wait to see it flourish in the next. I. Cant. Wait.

There are the same problems I had last time like the writing style and the amount of misogyny. I had to tell myself it was just a guilty pleasure series and to just enjoy it. I’m trying.

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kalira's review against another edition

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emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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psydneigh's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I did not like this one as much as the first one. I was put off by how Rhage and Mary’s relationship started

because it seemed like he was forcing her and felt very nonconsensual. I also didn’t get why Rhage hid so much from her for so long. Felt kind of ridiculous.

Rhage also felt like a completely different character from the one we met in the first book. I wished we saw more of Beth and John. I also don’t really care about the lesser’s perspective. I get why it’s there, but it doesn’t interest me. I will be continuing the series.

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kelseyrae15's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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