Theresa K. (Tesstarosa) - , reviewed on 7/12/2011 + 151 more book reviews

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The seventh installment of the Black Dagger Brotherhood is about Rehvenge, the half-symphath owner of ZeroSum and brother of Bella, Zsadists wife.

Rehvenge has been successful in hiding his symphath side through the use of drugs and because he pays a monthly blackmail fee in rubies and his body to his half-sister so she will keep her silence. These monthly meetings are nearly deadly for him.

He meets Ehlena at the hospital where she works as a nurse. Ehlenas life has become extremely difficult. Her mother has died, her father is suffering from dementia and the family has lost its wealth and standing with the glymera. She and her father live in a small, run-down apartment. Part of her salary pays for a day nurse to stay with her father.

Rehvenge is attracted to Ehlena and Ehlena reluctantly agrees to a dinner with him. She eventually loses her job at the hospital because she steals some drugs (antibiotics) to help Rehv because he did not mention an infection to Havers that she had noticed when she was taking his vital information.

John Matthew continues to be obsessed with Xhex but then he accidentally learns that she is a symphath and is initially torn as to whether or not he should turn her in.

Wrath has gone back to fighting lessers but he is doing it on his own and coercing Butch to help him with clean up. Beth eventually learns that he is fighting on his own and is furious with him.

The Lessening Society has actually become interesting in this book. Lash is leading the society with Mr D as his right hand man. They are in the process of recruiting new lessers and Lash has the idea that he will take over the drug trade that Rehvenge has been doing at his night club. In doing so, they start to recruit the local drug dealers. One of whom is on the outs with Rehvenge and Xhex because he has killed his former girlfriend, Christina, who was an employee at ZeroSum. (A bit of a treat in this part of the story is that Detective de la Cruz is brought back because he is investigating the death of Christina and has told Xhex to let the law handle the investigation.)

And, Tohrment is fighting with the angel, Lassiter, who has moved in with the Brothers at their compound.

This is my least favorite book in the series. Mostly, because I just dont particularly care for Rehvenge. In the previous stories, he seems to be this bad guy who knows too much so he gets away with things. (Such as not being turned in as a symphath because hes Phurys drug dealer.) I didnt like how he treated his sister Bella like an incompetent twit in Lover Revealed (book 2) and Lover Awakened (book3) and the subsequent books. Its never really fully explained why the Brotherhood tolerates allowing him to stay among them, despite knowing he is a symphath. Does the Brotherhood disagree with the rule about sending symphaths to the colony?

I did like the side stories in this book. Wraths struggle with his blindness and why he didnt tell Beth he was actively fighting lessers. Tohrments struggle with being saved from death by Lassiter and how his desire to be in the Fade with Wellsie blinded him to what he needed to do. (Plus, Lassiter is funny.)

There was a lot of hiding in this book and the hiding ultimately didnt help the people who were doing the hiding.

The sex was hidden in this book, too.

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