Customer Reviews
Wondering why I bothered. - By: Pennappely, 15 Jul 2008 
I wasn't expecting much from this installment, after the debacle that was Lover Unbound, & a review of Lover Enshrined which said that JR Ward was plainly trying to move away from underworld romance into urban fantasy. JR Ward was a great romance writer but is way out of her leaguein the urban fantasy genre. The BDB world is just not epic enough, the premise too tired & the characters smack of the ridiculous when taken out of the romance setting. It's a good thing I wasn't trying to read the bookin braille because I wasn't feeling it at all. I might read the next book out of nostalgia but I doubt it. For new readers of the series, stop at Lover Awakened.
I'm still sitting on the fence - By: T. Fletcher, 13 Jul 2008 
I must admit that I wasn't looking forward to Phury's story because I hadn't really warmed to himin J R Wards other books (which I love). Having said that after reading it I suppose I did like Phury more. The book also introduces some new characters if you don't access J R Wards forum site & also gives the readers a few shocks. Allin all I cried at the end & I can't wait for Rehvenges story next years, bring it on!
"Black Dagger Brotherhood" book 6 - By: A Reader, 12 Jul 2008 Having accepted the role of Primalein this book's immediate predecessor, Phury has a sworn duty to propagate the vampire species by impregnating the forty members of the Chosen; beautiful women who serve the Scribe Virgin on the Other Side. Yes he feels a roar of "Mine" when meeting the bound & gagged utterly terrified Cormia, his selected First Mate splayed on a bed for his use; yet he believes this is because she is a Chosen & initially fails to realise she is actually his bonded mate.
Cormia has beenin the mortal realm for five months & as yet to become intimate with Phury. Despite her initial reluctance to mate with a member of the Brotherhood she soon falls totallyin love with a man she believes is alreadyin love with someone else; his twin's wife. Cormia also finds herself battling against her own burgeoning individuality & a possession nature as she discovers she has absolutely no desire to share Phury with the other Chosen.
"Lover Enshrined" delves deeply into the troubled psyche of Phury as he struggles with his drug abuse & the key peoplein his life; namely Cormia, Zsadist & Bella, yet the story line remains as exciting & action packed as ever with fights galore; both against the Lessers & in-house as the Brotherhood faces its own problems. Huge changes are underway; not onlyin the vampire world as the death ratein the already diminishing population radically increases, but alsoin the Other Side after Phury confronts the Scribe Virgin &in the Lesser society as a new leader establishes his dominance with the complete approval of the Omega. Unfortunately all this chaos completely sidelines the growing relationship between Phury & Cormia; the romance between this pair certainly takes a back seat, hence the lost star when rating this book.
Now whose story will be next....... perhaps John's (my first choice) or Quinn or Blay; as these young bloods officially join the war against the Lessers & make their first sanctioned kills. I also look forward to learning more of a Fallen Angel who returns a member of the Brotherhood home (no guesses who this could be) & Payne's introduction into the vampire world.
Poor phury - By: Fireside reader, 09 Jul 2008 Oh my, why was such a vibrant, dominant & interesting character's story sidelined???
This is not a bad book - it promotes the next book(s)in the series really well... but I felt that Phury & his love interest was not the main thrust of the book, & therefore, I was much more into John, Qhuinn & Blay. For me it is what happened to them that lingersin the mind from this book - A hug John has was something I had hoped to read about since ... well... ages ago!!
i gave this 4 stars not because it was ordinary, it's a great read, I gave this four because,in the end ... I didn't care about Phury's story!!!! And this was his book!
I won't give up on the series, however... - By: Jessica Simpson, 07 Jul 2008 OK if you are new to JR Ward & you are reading the reviews for this book, stop, search for Dark Lover by JR Ward & start reading the series from the beginning. If you start with this one, because it's not the bestin the series it might put you off & you'd miss a really good series.
Now if you've read all the others & are about to get this one, it's very much worth a read for the devoted JR Ward fan. The secondary characters really make this book. Qhuinn, Blay & John Matthew are really coming along (and boy I hope JR Ward writes Blay's story), Xhex (dispite the rediculous name) is growing into a very interesting distraction for John Matthew, Revhenge is getting to be much less two dimensional, & Tohr better get some plotin the next book or that's just plain teasing!!
Everyone has their least favourite borther & Phury is mine. I'm glad his story is done with now because I really was getting fed up of listening to him whinein the previous books. At least now his main story is over with I'm hoping we can get on to some more interesting brothers. Don't get me wrong though, good things come out of Phury's contribution to BDB series. His role as primale marks a changein the BDB novels, where traditions are altered & a more symbiotic relationship with the Scribe Virgin can be acheived. I did enjoy this book & am still very much enamoured with the world that JR Ward has created.
We'll see what the next onein the series holds...
