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A review by katkinney
Lover Arisen by J.R. Ward
3.0
There is a lot going on in this 20th book of the Black Dagger Brotherhood. The Omega, defeated in a previous installment, may have found a way to come back to Caldwell in the form of a character we’ve seen before, who will be Devina’s match. Ward has hinted this would happen for years in her Q&A’s so longtime fans of the series will not be surprised by this particular development. There were lots of povs in this one. I found the Devina scenes entertaining… to a point. But much like with the Lesser scenes of previous books, after a while they start to take up a lot of page time and because she’s done some things that are really unforgivable, I’m not sure I want to cheer for her happy ending with anyone or read about her falling in love.
Our main couple in this book is Balthazar and Erika. The former is one of the Band of Bastards and Erika is a cop we were briefly introduced to in a previous book. I liked their storyline, which centered around demon possession and a quest to find a Book of Spells, just fine. I really liked both characters and wished we could have spent more time with them. Due to so many other story lines (Vishous, Nate, Rayven, Lassiter, Devina), they get comparatively less page time despite being the main romance, and we really haven’t had any development of their characters in the previous books since Ward has made the change over to writing standalones. Unfortunately this made their characters and love story read as a bit flat to me.
My favorite part of the book was the story arc involving Nate, Rayven and Lassiter. There were some interesting developments and revelations about Rayven and I liked how what happened in the book set up angsty situations for both Nate and Lassiter. 3/5 stars.
Our main couple in this book is Balthazar and Erika. The former is one of the Band of Bastards and Erika is a cop we were briefly introduced to in a previous book. I liked their storyline, which centered around demon possession and a quest to find a Book of Spells, just fine. I really liked both characters and wished we could have spent more time with them. Due to so many other story lines (Vishous, Nate, Rayven, Lassiter, Devina), they get comparatively less page time despite being the main romance, and we really haven’t had any development of their characters in the previous books since Ward has made the change over to writing standalones. Unfortunately this made their characters and love story read as a bit flat to me.
My favorite part of the book was the story arc involving Nate, Rayven and Lassiter. There were some interesting developments and revelations about Rayven and I liked how what happened in the book set up angsty situations for both Nate and Lassiter. 3/5 stars.