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

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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. 2d

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. 2d

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? 2d

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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. 2d

Laughterhp I had the same thought. I figured it was because they were too boring to be the main topic. 😬😬 2d

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

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

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I tried to stick to the reading schedule but my loan was already expired and I had to put my kindle on airplane mode to finish it. 🤫🤫

It‘s been a while since I‘ve picked up one of these books so I forgot how many different POVs you get. Sorry, I found Phury pretty boring as an MC because it was so internal and he never spent time with Cormia. I did like the way the book ended.

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

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I really want to know what the “beast” looks like I really do … I really enjoyed this read and I‘m so happy I have the next book in the series… but I‘m away from home so I‘ll still have to wait until I get home but I do have it :)

CoverToCoverGirl I love this!🖤🗡️🖤 You‘re hooked! Z and Bella are my favourite couple. But just you wait further along in the series Rhage gets another book entitled The Beast. 🤩 1w

TheSpineView I like all the brothers, but I feel most for Z. Also, like John Matthew. 1w

Ddzmini @CoverToCoverGirl yes, yes I am 😊 @TheSpineView yes I really liked him 🤗 1w

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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. 1w

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... 1w

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 1w

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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? 1w

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! 1w

TheSpineView @Laughterhp Yes! Besides the main storyline, there is John Matthew, Rehvenge, Z and Bella, Qhuinn and Blay. 1w

julesG Wait, Bella is pining over Z. 1w

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. 1w

julesG Have I mentioned that the Chosen/Primale breeding program disgusts me? I'm glad this viscous (pun not exactly intended) circle is broken. 1w

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. 1w

julesG I meant vicious, not viscous. 🙄🙄🙄 Autocorrect 1w

TheSpineView @julesG Happens to me all the time 1w

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

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Vishous goes to Jane's home to tell her the good news, that Phury will take his place. He removes the block on her memories. Meanwhile, Phury goes to the other side to start his duties as Primale. He is appalled that Carmia is bound and gaged to a bed. He releases her and takes her back to the mansion. Phury has the Directrix's number and reports her to the SV. Vishous goes to the hospital and removes the images of his heart and wipes Manny's mind

TheSpineView During training, Zsadist realizes John is lefthanded like his father, Darius. He comments that he even moves like him. Jane is shot by a lesser and dies in Vishous's arms. Jane is greeted by her sister's ghost on the other side. The ghost tells Jane she must let Vishous go to continue fully to the other side. V has a plan to reanimate Jane by using lesser blood. The SV stops him. Phury discovers that the Directrix is the one who shot Vishous. 2w

TheSpineView Vishous's visions come back ṭo him. The SV gives Jane back to Vishous, sort of. She is a ghost now. John is given Darius's journal. V goes to thank the SV for the gift of Jane and finds that her sacrifice was her beloved birds. It is revealed that V has a twin sister. Jane goes to say goodbye to Manny as a ghost. V takes a bird to the SV as a gift. @PageShifter @Laughterhp @julesG @ShananigansReads @DuckOfDoom @InkedBookworm13 @tdrosebud 2w

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TheSpineView Some final thoughts on this book. In my eyes, the SV redeemed herself a little with the gift of Jane to V. However, she destroyed it when I found out she was basically keeping her daughter in suspended animation. I have come to the conclusion that she is just one of those characters I am going to love to hate. I think Jane as a personal physician to the brothers is fabulous. No more Havers! Yeah! So happy John now has a piece of Darius. I wonder 2w

ShananigansReads So many things happening at the end of this book. I remember having mixed feelings about how Jane and V end up together when I first read the story but this time around I feel like it‘s pretty perfect. Maybe because I already knew what to expect. 2w

TheSpineView ...if the journal will tell us who John's mother is. Will we even get any insight into what is in the journal. I'm glad V got his own HEA. Now on to Phury's story. Free free to discuss anything, even if it is at a later date. 2w

TheSpineView @ShananigansReads I feel bad that they can't have children. Maybe something miraculous will happen on that front. 2w

julesG I don't like the SV. So far every time she did something nice we get to see a 'nastier' side of her afterwards. I want to know what's in the journal too. There are quite a lot of lose ends at the end of the book. Sure, they will be dealt with in later books, hopefully, but when in later books. I'm impatient. 😉 2w

TheSpineView @julesG IK! I want to read ahead but so far have contained myself. 2w

julesG I stopped after book 10. Didn't want to binge the whole series at once. 2w

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