Lover Unbound, The Black Dagger Brotherhood, Book 5

By: J. R. Ward

Narrated by: Jim Frangione

Length: 17 hrs and 20 mins

Publisher's summary

New York Times best-selling author J. R. Ward has blown away fans with her layered, tantalizing tales of sexy vampires and supernatural intrigue. In Lover Unbound, an immortal killer falls into the care - and possibly the arms - of a mortal surgeon. Suffering a horrific childhood as the son of a Bloodletter in his father's war camp, Vishous pledges death to members of the vampire-hunting Lessening Society. Vishous knows no love. He feels no emotion. He lives only to oppose the slayers. But after suffering a mortal wound, a human surgeon named Dr. Jane Whitcomb tends to him. Her ministrations, however, extend beyond his physical injury - and before long her tender hand has awakened feelings of pleasure that Vishous never dreamed existed.

©2007 J.R. Ward (P)2008 Recorded Books,LLC

loved it

I love the characters. I love the performance. I love the whole series. read. enjoy.

Another stunner by JR Ward

Listen to or read the books; you will not be sorry! Ward takes you on a captivating journey, full of laugh, life, love, fight, warriors and the women who bring the best from them. I'm definitely having book withdrawls on this one. Lucky for me...Book 6 is downloaded & waiting. See you in the next review!

BDB Book 5

I really enjoyed this book even though I have read it before. I was glad that V found his place

Amazing

I love this series. On the edge of my seat to start the next one. These are a must read. Each and every one.

Black Dagger

Once again you have done it. I was there with everyone and I was a part of a family. Thank you from an avid reader.

Awesome story

This book the the Black Dagger Brotherhood series was definitely amazing. The performance was great and added to the overall enjoyment of this story. There was unexpected turns everywhere and gives a better understanding of the complex relationship between V and his mother. You feel that the mother figure who has shown little concern but this novel you actually see outward caring not before seen. This is definitely a must listen to book!

One of my favorite Brothers

What made the experience of listening to Lover Unbound, The Black Dagger Brotherhood, Book 5 the most enjoyable?

I have read this book twice; listening to it brought an added dimension to the story and the characters.

What did you like best about this story?

I love the title character, Vishous. He is such a contradiction, at once capable of great love and simultaneously of great hatred (hence the name). As with all of the Brothers, he has a flaw that often puts him seemingly beyond hope and redemption. It's his story toward that final redemptive peace that is the hallmark of all of the BDB books...for me, his story just resonated (as with Zsadist).

What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?

I am not a fan of Mr. Frangione and have to get past the lackluster vocals to absorb the story. I am not sure of the pronunciations of certain words and if they are from the actual author's review (e.g., shellan/hellren). His relating of the female voice leave much to be desired in intonation and cadence--this is especially true in another book to be reviewed later. It is a bit of a deterrent that Mr. Frangione is the narrator for the entire series but not so much as to keep me away from the brilliance of the stories/writing. More of a tribute to J.R. Ward.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No..I prefer to listen to the book in smaller increments and as time permits. Am not one to listen with a lot going on around me (e.g., during the day at home) but do like taking it to the gym...makes the treadmill/elliptical bearable. That being said, I do find myself setting the sleep timer for 15 minutes and re-setting it quite frequently..."just one more time".

Wonderful Series

Would you consider the audio edition of Lover Unbound, The Black Dagger Brotherhood, Book 5 to be better than the print version?

When the Blackdagger Brotherhood was recommended to me I thought I would not J.R. Ward's Fallen Angels series is very good. I expected it to be funnier after reading The Blackdagger Brotherhood, where the angel is hilarious.like it, based on title alone. I couldn't be more wrong! I instantly fell in love with the books!

not my fav

Although this book was not my favorite it is very crucial in the series to read it and I would give it a 4.8 stars but to me it seems a little bit too much like Other fictional stories that I've heard or movies that I have seen it doesn't get the best review for me

Terrific except for...

The narrative sucked. There were two different voices which became distracting... The story was wonderful