lucy_qhuay 's review for:

The Beast by J.R. Ward

5.0

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J.R.Ward never disappoints and 'The Beast' isn't an exception.

I absolutely love the writing and the ever-changing world she created.

There is never a dull moment, since all our beloved characters' lives are never stationary. They're constantly facing new challenges and struggles, as well as going through different new and wonderful things, each in their own way.

You either hate or love them. You either hate or love what is happening to them, and as such, you are never bored.

I must admit Rhage was never one of my favourites, but with this book the WARDen made me fall in love with him.

I love his strength, his sense of humour and his looks, of course. But above all, what made me love him was his complete and utter devotion towards those he loves, particularly his shellan, Mary, and now little Bitty.

Rhage and Bitty together were a thing of wonder. I truly believe that they were meant to find each other and soothe each other's pain. Mary needed her too, of course.

But there was just something so special about those moments. True father/daughter bonding times. So sweet!

And I'm already anticipating Bitty's future book. She simply has to have one. She's so clever, strong, mature and self-contained for her age that you can't help but falling in love with her.

Also,

Spoiler

who thinks that maybe she and Lassiter might be each other's soulmate? I mean, she did say he had beautiful eyes. I know that doesn't exactly mean anything, but a woman can hope.

Of course that if my wishes would come true, their book would be much further into the future. Talk about pain. But it would be so worth it.

I'm so riding the feels right now and I'm sure this will last for quite some time.

Assail was another one squeezing my heart out and not letting go. If you can say something about that man, is that he loves as deeply and as fiercely as he hates.

The fact he doesn't have any problems about shooting you in your freaking piehole and burn all your possessions to ashes if you do something he perceives as treacherous or evil or simply because you got between him and what he wanted only adds to his appeal.

And the little situation between him and Throe? Sad. Disturbingly hot, too. I can't even...

I can't even about a lot of things. My Qhuay twins for example. THEY'RE HERE, BITCHES! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE YOU! MY PRECIOUS!

And those little secrets Ward revealed? That was just mean, woman! I need the next book in my greedy little paws right now, which sucks since this one was only released yesterday.

By the way, whom do you think the next one is going to be about? Considering how things played out, I would bet on Assail and Sola or Layla and Xcor. Hope it's the former, because I don't know how to deal with the others, since I hate their guts.

I burn! I pine! I perish!

Spoiler

April, 4th, 2015

When I read the title, stupid as it may seem now, I thought the book was about Xcor, thus my very first reaction was:

..and...

But then I went to J.R.Ward's facebook page and found out it was about Rhage:

...I must say I love sexy ass reformed manwhores...

...so...

Another book in the series, ladies and gents! And many more to come...

Take that, haters!