Lover Revealed

Black Dagger Brotherhood, Book 4

By: J. R. Ward

Narrated by: Jim Frangione

Butch O'Neal is a fighter by nature. A hard-living ex-homicide cop, he's the only human ever to be allowed in the inner circle of the Black Dagger Brotherhood. And he wants to go even deeper into the vampire world - to engage in the turf war with the lessers. His heart belongs to a female vampire, Marissa, an aristocratic beauty who's way out of his league. And if he can't have her, then at least he can fight side by side with the Brothers.

But fate curses him with the very thing he wants. When Butch sacrifices himself to save a civilian vampire from the slayers, he falls prey to the darkest force in the war. Left for dead, he's found by a miracle, and the Brotherhood calls on Marissa to bring him back, though even her love may not be enough to save him.

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With each book, this series gets so much better!

I wasn't immediately hooked on this series. I liked it a lot, but I found it hard to get into the books.
I loved the last one so much that I realized there was a world developing and with each book the richness and intensity increased.
Nonetheless, I was not wild about butch, thinking him only a minor character, and disliking his OCD taste in fine clothes.
Boy was I in for a trip when I read this. Butch ROCKS, Miranda is so amazing, and I love her transition. Vicious has definitely shown his strange side, perhaps worst than Z's used to be.
As more of this world develops, I am smitten and addicted.

I admit I love Revenge too. Can't wait for his story.
Oh and this does not lack in sexy scenes. The tender scene in hospital is hot! That's all I'll say. :)

Not my fav from series

Not my favorite story from series. All about Butch. But understand why Butch is a very important character

Butch catches a break

What did you love best about Lover Revealed?

Even though Butch is human, he tries so hard to be part of the Brotherhood.

Have you listened to any of Jim Frangione’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Yes and he is great with voices and personalities.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

When Butch learns he might have a chance to be turned into a vampire, if he goes through regression of past lives.

Any additional comments?

I really enjoyed Butch's story and i don't think it's over yet. The story may continue in another book. J R Ward always touches on different things going on with other character in each book and I really enjoy that.

Book Four Review

The narrator is as always spot on. This book was just as good as the previous ones, I love this series so much so far! The depth to the characters and everyone around them is so good and the hop from person to person is perfectly balanced with keeping you enthralled. Not like some books or movies where it is just too much and you get lost or confused.

I keep reading them...

I like the overall story probably because I like vampire stories quit a bit. Sometimes the vernacular sounds odd- “what’s doing?” with a clear pronunciation is weird. It should be more causal like “whaz do ‘en?”. There are a handful of words that turn up like that and stick out to me. Otherwise narration is good nice voice. I like seeing all the brothers again and I do want to know what happens to each of them and for that reason I will continue to listen to these. I did not like the main female character in this book Marissa she seemed very wishy-washy and weak -they kept breaking up and going back and breaking up and going back. I have liked the Butch character from the very beginning and feel that he deserves someone better simply because he had gone through so much he was tough and he knew who he was and what he wanted and I felt that he should be with a woman came from the same sort of power position and Marissa up to the very end was listening to what her friends had told her about their mates going to fight and how they just had to suck it up. Merissa should have figured that out and been strong enough to do it in order to be with Butch. I just wasn’t impressed with her ....and what was that underlying gay theme with Butch and V? I kept thinking they were going to throw a threesome into this! ha ha but Marissa wouldn’t go for it so they would probably have to have gotten that tough chick from the bar ha ha!