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Lover Avenged: A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood | J.R. Ward

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Lover Avenged is the next book we will be reading in January. This is Rehvenge's story though I am sure we will get more on the other characters too. It is 527 pages long and has 74 chapters which means reading roughly 2.5 chapters a day or 17 pages a day. My reading schedule will be: Week one - read 18 chapters, week two - 18 chapters, week 3 - 19 chapters and the remaining chapters the last week of January. Enjoy

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TheSpineView I hope everyone enjoyed Father Fine. It was a quick read. Open discussion will start in a couple of days. 1d

SpeculativeFemale Oh, I started this series years ago and kind of lost track at some point. I should really go back and read more of them eventually. Always too many books and too little time! 1d

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Lover Enshrined: A Novel of The Black Dagger Brotherhood | J.R. Ward

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Lover Enshrined: A Novel of The Black Dagger Brotherhood | J.R. Ward

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Lash is now recruiting for the Lessers. Z tells Phury to go to the other side and that he is no longer welcome at the mansion. Wrath sends all the brothers, including John, Qhuinn and Blay, to make sure the Vampire community has left the city. While checking homes, Z gets called back to the mansion. He assigns John, Qhuinn and Blay to finish checking homes. At Lash's house, John finds a bloody vampire print in...

TheSpineView ...Lash's room. Lash goes back to his house to get a car. He briefly sees John. John thinks he is just seeing things. On the other side Phury is starting to detox. Cormia tends him 4w

TheSpineView Phury has a plan that he presents to the Scribe Virgin to release the Chosen. He convinces her it is for the betterment of the race. Once John, Qhuinn and Blay are back at the mansion they head out to meet with Lassiter. He has Tohr and will turn him over to the Brotherhood on the condition that he is allowed to stay at the mansion. Rehv is now head of the council since he the oldest surviving member of his line. John and Tohr have a reunion. 4w

TheSpineView Phury meets with Wrath and tells him his plan for the Chosen. Rehv has given them a secure place to live. Phury and Cormia will assist the Chosen in getting acclimated to the vampire world. Lash has his parents' house looted. Phury starts going to rehab meetings. He wants to stay clean and take Cormia as his ' shellan'. Xhex is now fantasizing about John. The Scribe Virgin wakes her daughter. Zsadist and Bella have a girl and both are well. 4w

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TheSpineView @PageShifter @Laughterhp @julesG @ShananigansReads @DuckOfDoom @InkedBookworm13 @tdrosebud @CoverToCoverGirl @StayCurious @BooksNBowls @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I think it was high time that there was a change regarding the Chosen. Also, regarding Payne, how can you keep someone locked away? Lots of loose ends here. I know there is more to come with regards to John, Tohr, Qhuin and Blay. Will we start getting to know Payne? This has me excited. 4w

ShananigansReads @TheSpineView The Scribe Virgin has made all kinds of effed up decisions in her time. Its crazy. 1d

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Wrath has Qhuinn become John's 'Ashtrux Nohtrum'. Retroactive, of course. A neat solution. Lash kills all his adopted vampire family. Z and Phury are the ones who find the family. Butch is called in to do forensics. John and Qhuinn go to Blay's house. John insists that they tell him what is wrong. Blay admits he is in love with Qhuinn. Lessors attack Blay's family while the guys are there and everyone is safe.

TheSpineView Other families are attacked and Qhuinn's Mother, Father and Sister are among the casualties. Though Qhuinn's brother is missing. Lash has plans to destabilize vampire society so it will be easier to destroy them. At the end of the night, John, Qhuinn and Blay find Cormia alone swimming in thebpool 1mo

TheSpineView When Phury discovers them, he orders Cormia to get out and go to his bedroom. He is acting as a bonded male and the boys notice. Phury has lost his shit and the bonded male in him is driven to marking her. Later, John goes to check on Cormia and misinterprets what he sees. He thinks Phury forced himself on her and beats up Phury. Phury feels guilty and goes to buy drugs. Rehv goes 'up north' and leaves his tithe and has to deal with the sympath... 1mo

TheSpineView He always gets poisoned each time and his body is not recovering like it used to. Lassiter, the Fallen angel, makes a deal with him. In return for a favor he heals Rehvenge. Lash is not like the other lessers, he is able to eat, drink and have sex. He also finds himself in jail and he decides it is the perfect to recruit new lessers. @julesG @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @tdrosebud @InkedBookworm13 @PageShifter @Laughterhp @ShananigansReads 1mo

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TheSpineView I am not surprised about Lash. He is in the perfect place to wreck havoc. Will his need for revenge make his reckless?? The Vampire society doesn't seem prepared like they should be. I also feel think this is not the end of Blay and Qhuinn. 1mo

Laughterhp They are not prepared for organized lessers at all! It‘s crazy because I feel like they‘ve been dealing with them forever but have been too wrapped up in all their own drama. 1mo

julesG For a society that has been fighting with the lessers since forever they really haven't done much to protect themselves against them. Lash being drunk on his power was to be expected. He's a bully. 1mo

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Father Mine: Zsadist and Bella's Story: A Black Dagger Brotherhood Novella | J.R. Ward

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Jumped ahead and read the book for December already.

The novella talks about what we don't get to see in Bella and Z's full novel, the few months that lead to the epilogue of Lover Awakened.

I'm looking forward to the discussion. There was one teeny tiny remark Z made that had me nearly growl at the book with fury.

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TheSpineView I have not read yet. Looking forward to getting to this one. 1mo

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Father Mine: Zsadist and Bella's Story (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #6.5) | J.R. Ward

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A quick reminder, next up is book 6.5 in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series. It is a novella, which is nice since December is so busy for most.
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TheSpineView Qhuinn gets jumped by his brothers and his friends as revenge for what he did to Lash. He almost dies. Blay saves him but he can't take him to Havers. Instead they go to the mansion for Doc Jane to tend. The Omega finds his son, who is Lash, when he dies briefly before being revived. The Lessers go Havers and kidnap him. A number of vampires are killed. It would have been much worse, but Z and Phury are there. The Omega makes Lash a Lesser. 1mo

TheSpineView Jane is able to operate on Qhuinn and he will recover. We find out that Rehv murdered his father. Cormia realizes she loves Phury. While Phury tells her that she has been released from First Mate duties. 1mo

TheSpineView A lot of the things that happened in these chapters were no surprise to me, with the exception of finding out that Rehv killed his father. Is it just me, or does it seem like this book has not focused much on Phury and Cormia? 1mo

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julesG No, not just you. I had the impression the book was all over several plot lines but never really invested in the main couple. 1mo

Laughterhp I had the same thought. I figured it was because they were too boring to be the main topic. 😬😬 1mo

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TheSpineView @Laughterhp Sad but true! The subplots, if you can even call them that, were what kept my interest. 1mo

ShananigansReads Qhuinn's born family dynamics break my heart. 💔 I'm so glad his life lead him to John and Blay. They are the family he needs. 2d

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The story opens with the birth of the Omega's son that is born to a female vampire. The Omega has the Fore-Lesser leave the baby in a public place where he will be found. Fast forward 25 years, and Phury is pining for Bella and wondering why he chose to be Vishous's stand-in. Bella is pining over Phury and John is pining over Xhex. Mr. D is made the new Fore-lesser and we get his story. He is tasked with finding...

TheSpineView ...the Omega's son now that he has come of age. Phury asks John to keep Cormia company so she is not lonely. Phury is fighting lessers and learns they now call him the "Torturer" because he is getting off on inflecting pain before he kills them. We learn someone is blackmailing Rehvenge and it has something to do with Xhex. Zsadist tells Wrath what is going on with Phury. It is determined he is unstable and is put on administrative leave. 2mo

TheSpineView John, Blay and Qhuinn go shopping and to ZeroSum. Xhex gets into John's mind and sees that he fantasies about her. Xhex realizes she is attracted to John. Thorment is alive, barely. Phury feeds Cormia and realizes that he wants her. Lash starts shit with John and Qhuinn comes to his rescue and almost kills Lash when he cuts his throat. Qhuinn gets disowned and is kicked out of the house. We learn more about Phury as a young male and his vow... 2mo

TheSpineView ...of celibacy. Cormia wishes she was not a Chosen. She yearns to be an individual. @julesG @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @tdrosebud @InkedBookworm13 @PageShifter @Laughterhp @ShananigansReads @DuckOfDoom @CoverToCoverGirl @StayCurious @BooksNBowls 2mo

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TheSpineView Lots going on in these opening chapters. The Omega has a son is a shocker. Should we even guess who that is. I think we have all figured it out. I think it is safe to say Phury has bonded with Cormia. Do you think we are headed down the same path with John and Xhex? 2mo

Laughterhp There is so much going on with everyone! It‘s been a while since I‘ve read these books, so I‘m trying to remind myself of all the characters! 2mo

TheSpineView @Laughterhp Yes! Besides the main storyline, there is John Matthew, Rehvenge, Z and Bella, Qhuinn and Blay. 2mo

julesG Wait, Bella is pining over Z. 2mo

julesG I read the book a few months ago, don't want to spoil anything. I hate Phury's inner voice, his wizard who enables him. Why did Ward turn Phury into this whining drug addict? I knew there was more under the Hollywood facade, which we got a glimpse of during Bella's abduction, but this is more than I expected. 2mo

julesG Have I mentioned that the Chosen/Primale breeding program disgusts me? I'm glad this viscous (pun not exactly intended) circle is broken. 2mo

TheSpineView @julesG No pining between Z and Bella just drama over her pregnancy. Glad to see Phury is starting to realize that he cares about Carmia. I agree with you on Phury. I think Ward took his inner demons a bit too far. 2mo

julesG I meant vicious, not viscous. 🙄🙄🙄 Autocorrect 2mo

TheSpineView @julesG Happens to me all the time 2mo

ShananigansReads I am super behind and one chapter away from finishing my reread of this book and I think I shall now call this The Book of Revelations. EVERY section has something new to tell us. It has been the roller coaster ride I forgot I loved. 2d

TheSpineView @ShananigansReads No worries. Perfect title!👍 2d

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