Willy W. reviewed on 4/5/2011 + 503 more book reviews

A LOT going on in this installment of the BDB series. While JR Ward creates a fairly likable personality in Rehvenge (the Rev), as a character he is pretty icky. I like that both he and Ehlena have to work through the fact that he is a violent drug addict, pimp, drug dealing bookie and whore. That's a whole lotta negative to overcome. I think Ward writes a compelling story and convinces us that he is worth redemption.

The story of Wrath and Beth is expanded upon in this story and some important revelations and developments about Wrath, Lash, and most importantly John Matthew and Xhex. Lots of dirty hot lovin' that you find in every BDB book.

This is a worthwhile installment in the series (can you really miss one?) but I'm less in love with the characters now. Rehvenge is a great character, but just doesn't stick to your memory like many of the others. I'm doing a re-read of the series and wasn't anxious to get to this book. OK but just not - WOW.

My biggest complaint is that EVERY character has the same voice. They all speak the same rapper/inner city/hip hop slang. You can't tell Ehlena from Wrath from Beth from Jane from Blaylock. I'm often impressed with the creative slang, but sometimes it just seems like lazy writing.

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