Dark Lover

The Black Dagger Brotherhood, Book 1

By: J. R. Ward

Narrated by: Jim Frangione

Length: 13 hrs and 29 mins

Publisher's summary

The first novel of J. R. Ward's New York Times best-selling Black Dagger Brotherhood series features a unique take on vampire lore and heavy doses of sensuality.

The vampire Darius fears for the life of his half-breed daughter, who is unaware of her unusual destiny. To oversee her transformation, Darius seeks help from Wrath, a dangerous loner and the world's only purebred vampire.

©2005 J.R. Ward (P)2009 Recorded Books, LLC

Made me stop in my tracks at the grocery store!

That moment when the salesman taps you on the arm and asks you if you need help, and you suddenly realize you have been standing in front of the ketchup at the grocery store for over 15 minutes, barely able to breathe, simply from a fight scene in a book. Yeah.... That happened...

I really enjoyed this! Will definitely continue with the series.

Love love love

I've read and or listened to this series going on my fourth time. Absolutely love then.

Great series! Great narrator!

I just love this series by JR Ward and listening to Jim Frangione bring the characters to life is the icing on the cake.

Best series ever

I'm an addict of J.R. Wards books. Since the very first one, I wait with bated breath for the next. You get a great story every time. These are the only books I've ever read twice, sometimes a third or fourth time. Start from the beginning though! You won't be disapointed!!!

I love the BDB! Great story

J. R. Ward' s Blackdaggar Brotherhood has been a favorite of mine since she wrote this first story. I am grateful for so many of my favorite stories to be available in audio format. I struggle to see well enough to read as I once did. Thank you so much for having Audible. It's given me a freedom back to something I have always enjoyed. Instead of reading I am now listening.

F the Haters

Idc what anyone else on these reviews say. Have some imagination! Jim is amazing & The characterization throughout the whole series is great. You wind up really caring for the protagonists & loathing the antagonists! It’s not just like some multi-book series where each book is a baseless love story with 0 characterization. The guys are a little rough around the edges, but they’re warriors....do you think they care about using the king’s English? I’m gonna go with no. JR Ward is hilarious - based on her sense of humor - which is a little dry & dark (the best kind), I would love to be her friend in real life. She must be extremely entertaining. There are moments of corniness, but this is PARANORMAL ROMANCE y’all, that is what you are signing up for. If you need an escape from 2020 dive in. Don’t stop @ the first book. If you’re a prude, skip them.

Story is solid but need som Editing on the audible side

I have bought and read this series on my kindle ereader and have now also enjoyed the audible version. However there are some looong silent pauses at the end of some of the chapters. Other chapters begin and continue in the same breath as the previous. But the pauses were so long I thought the app had crashed or phone had died and was very disrupting. I hope I can continue to listen to this series in my audible membership, now that ‘audible escape’ is removed as an option.

Loved!

I loved that the story finally came to life, outside of my own imagination! Jim Frangione did a great job!

I do wish that there were different voices for different characters, especially for the women. That would just make it so much more real!

I own the whole series and would recommend to anyone that’s read it, to try listening to it!

Onto the next book!

Awesome!

I really don’t know what made me give this book a chance. I have never read romance, but this book is so much more than that. It’s one of the best vampire books I’ve had the pleasure of listening to. I could have done without all the sex scenes but they are few and far in between great story, great narration, and in depth characters. Anyways if sex scenes are what you’re into then I’m sure you’ll like them. Give this book a chance it’s definitely worth the credit. Oh you can try out the romance package, I did and I paid like 7 bucks and I got the first 6 in this series for free. Can I get a boo yah wicky wicky Fook yeah!!

Worth it! I love them all

I own and have read the entire released series 2x now.... then I discovered they're on audio too! I'm very excited hear them read vs me reading again as it adds much more depth and makes them new again.
Cannot wait to listen to the rest of the audiobooks!