• Lover Avenged

  • A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood
  • By: J. R. Ward
  • Narrated by: Jim Frangione
  • Length: 23 hrs and 10 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (5,097 ratings)

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Lover Avenged

By: J. R. Ward
Narrated by: Jim Frangione
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Publisher's summary

J. R. Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood novels have introduced readers/listeners to a "different, creative, dark, violent, and flat-out amazing" (All About Romance) world.

Now, as the vampire warriors defend their race against their slayers, one male's loyalty to the Brotherhood will be tested - and his dangerous mixed blood revealed.

Rehvenge has always kept his distance from the Brotherhood - even though his sister is married to a member - for he harbors a deadly secret that could make him a huge liability in their war against the lessers. As plots within and outside of the Brotherhood threaten to reveal the truth about Rehvenge, he turns to the only source of light in his darkening world: Ehlena, a vampire untouched by the corruption that has its hold on him - and the only thing standing between him and eternal destruction.

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©2009 J. R. Ward (P)2009 Penguin

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One of my favorites so far!

This is the longest BDB books at about 24 hours and it was hard to put down my earphones for any of it. I think this is one of the best books so far closely tied with #3 Lover Awakened (Zhadist/Bella) and #4 Lover Revealed (Butch/Marissa). I thought this installment was emotionally deeper then the last couple of books or maybe I just had a hard time liking Phury and/or relating to Vishous. This book is about Rehvenge and Ehlena and had alot of twists and turns as they all do but I felt more empathy for these two characters. This book also delved a little more into John and Zhex and there was quite a bit about Wrath and Beth too. I can't wait for the next book, Lover Mine due out in April 2010. If you haven't read this series you need to start at the beginning with Dark Lover and work your way forward, its a series you shouldn't skip around in as one leads to another. They are very darkly emotionally and highly sexual in nature.

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Fabulous...

the last book in the series of the "Black Dagger Brotherhood" by JR Ward, was by far one of my favorites, I loved Rehvenge, his passion, his desires all balled up in a amazing story, I so did not want it to end.... I have all 7 audio books and see myself re-listening to them over again.

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Another success for JR Ward!!

I read the book first and thought it was amazing! So much takes place in this book. It includes things about all of the brothers and Lash the head of the lessers is so complex. I love how she doesn't just write about the main character but all of them! I can't wait for her next book because at the end of this one you wish you could just keep going! I had to get used to the narrator but after listening to the other books in this series I'm getting used to him. This story is tied with the 3rd book about Zadist for my favorite. Definately worth every cent or credit!!

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Never a bad BDB

Okay you just have to face the fact that in this series there's no bad book. This is a fantstic series. It's my FAVORITE series and I have to come back and re-visit it. It's so great that I now have it on Audible. I love every character and of course what girl wouldn't want her own??? So even though I've read them many times before, now I'll be listening, again and again........ after all some stories are just that good.

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Jumpy recording

All of the prior books have had great narration by Jim Frangione. By no fault of his own this recording sounds like it was cut and paste it together. Tone, volume, odd pauses or no pauses were extremely distracting. Because the story is so good you just put up with it because you want to know what happens next but it is awful distracting.

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Like the books...HATE the narrator!

I enjoy reading the series and how each book connects together as whole. However, I HATE the detached and unemotional reading of the narrator. Some of the writing within character dialogue is a little...off...to begin with, but this narrotor makes it sound lame and weird. I can't believe he was an "actor"...unless it was for a cheesy daytime soap and I wish he wasn't getting a cut of what I paid for it. I put up with it because I like the books and listen to them while i do insane amounts of driving for my job.

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Best series that I have every read!

A must read for all in the Brotherhood series.

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Irony: the sympath puts feeling back in the story

Leave it to the sympath to put the heart back into this series. Like many others I was disappointed with the last couple of entries in the BDB series. Those novels missed the heart that was so much a part of the first few books and made them compelling listens/reads. I was leary of using a credit for this story, since it was the longest in length up to its entry in the series, and quite frankly, I had checked out of V's and Phury's story so many times while listening, I put off the purchase for a while.
However, I am really glad I bought back in to the series. This story takes us back to the fast paced nature and emotional depth that made the story believable in the first few novels. I will get the next one because JM is one of my favorite characters, and I hope Ms Ward sticks with the basics in that one as well.

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Terrific book of the series, terrific narrator

J.R. Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood is one of the best of the paranormal romance series. Lover Avenged is a solid book. She managed to turn a drug lord, pimp and murderer into a sympathetic romantic lead with her touching dialogue and interaction between Ehlena and Rehv. There are also two side stories of the other two Brothers weaved in. Jim Frangione's narration added a contemporary mood to this urban fantasy/romance. Highly recommended for lovers of paranormal romance or urban fantasy.

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Still don't like revh!

Revh is like my least favorite character... Again john stole the show with Torh Qhuinn and Blay!

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