Lover Avenged

A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood

By: J.R. Ward

Narrated by: Jim Frangione

As the vampire warriors defend their race against their slayers, one male’s loyalty to the Black Dagger Brotherhood will be tested in this breathtaking novel in J. R. Ward’s #1 New York Times bestselling paranormal romance series.

Caldwell, New York, has long been the battleground for the vampires and their enemies. It’s also where Rehvenge has staked out his turf as a drug lord and owner of a notorious nightclub that caters to the rich and heavily armed. His dangerous reputation is exactly why he’s approached to kill the leader of the Black Dagger Brotherhood—Wrath, the Blind King.

Rehvenge is used to living in the shadows and keeping his distance from the Brotherhood. As a symphath, his identity is a deadly secret—the revelation of which will result in his banishment. But as Rehvenge is pulled into plots both within and outside of the Brotherhood, he turns to the only source of light in his darkening world. Ehlena is a vampire untouched by the corruption that has its hold on him—and the only thing standing between Rehvenge and eternal destruction...©2009 J. R. Ward; (P)2009 Penguin

Awesome Story… Terrible Audio

This book primarily features Bella’s brother, the half-symphath owner of ZeroSum, Rhevenge and Ehlena, a nurse from Havers’s clinic, whom we’ve met previously in this series, but has gone unnamed until now.

This story, like every other in this series, is awesome in its complexities. The way it weaves itself together through the POVs of the different characters whose eyes we get a chance to see the story unfold through, draws you in and holds on to you all the way through to the very last word.

As for the audiobook aspect of it, I have to say that I have never really liked the narrator for this series. He doesn't have very many differences in his voice inflections and what he does have he doesn't always use properly. Unfortunately, a wonderful voice (I'm sure that's why he was chosen originally) does not a wonderful narrator for every story make. No matter how awesome the tenor of his voice, when he tries to come across all hip and with it, this narrator mostly just ends up sounding like a major dweeb… True!

However, the mediocre narration, coupled with the horrible editing job by the sound person that is supposed to prevent the issues this audiobook has, leaves us with a very irritating narrative that has weird pauses and sometimes no pauses at all, missing words/sentences and a definite sense that this book would absolutely be better when read the old-fashioned way.

KINGS PUT TO THE TEST!

While Lover Avenged focused mostly on Rehvenge, there seems to be a lot of avenging going on in here, and it seems to only end with the promise of more too come. There is so much going on in this book, it makes you not want to put it down!!

Basically...Rehvenge falls in love, deals with loss, and faces off with his biggest secret. Wrath tries to amend his relationship with Beth and finds he must cope with the biggest challenge of his life. Torment is self destructive, and you begin to think he is a lost cause. And John...he seems to go off the deep end after getting what he wants, or does he? And that is just the tip of the ice burg!

Once again my head is spinning, and I can't wait for the next one!! They just keep getting better, and this one is no exception!

always worth waiting for

i have read all of j.r. wards books and was waiting for this one, it didn't disappoint, if you have read her other books you know that the story is not always about one main character, there are other side character that help round out the story. this is my first audio book though and the experience didn't disappoint either, it was well read and it was a very convienent way of reading a book! you could still imagine it in your head the same way. i very highly recommend the book and for a first time audio book reader i highly recommend the new way to read a book.

I LOVE this Series!

The Black Dagger Brotherhood is one of my favorites. Oh and all I have to say is Spiders- EEEW! Once again, Jim Frangione did a great job with the narration. Thanks for putting out great books J.R. Ward!

Great series

Love this series. Great narrator. Great story line. A story that you will want to listen to over and over again.