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Book Review of Lover Avenged (Black Dagger Brotherhood, Bk 7)

Lover Avenged (Black Dagger Brotherhood, Bk 7)
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Lover Avenged is the 7th book in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series. With each book the series just gets better. JR Ward had out done herself yet again with writing this fantastic novel. In this book there are multiple plots that seem to be going on but yet all tie into one another at the end. This book keeps you turning page after page after page and in my opinion a terrific read!!

In this book the main premise is Rehvenge and his love interest the nurse Ehelena. Rehvenge being part sympath and part vampire can feel other peoples emotions. Since part sympath he his forced to hide that side of him from the vampire world in which only a select few truly know what he is. To hide this side of him he must take dopamine so that he does not feel what anyone else feels. He thinks of himself as pretty much garbage and therefore does not take care of himself.

Enter Nurse Ehelena. A strong indepenent woman who has beenf orced to take care of her ill father and never truly living life for herself. Afterall taking care of a mentally ill parent is a tremendous time consuming task. Ehelena meets Rhevenge when he comes to the clinic for his visit to get dopamine. Of coarse everyone fears Rhevenge but yet Ehelena seems to be drawn to him and does not know why.

Through the coarse of the book we see their relationship develope. Ehelena opening up to Rhevenge and yet Rhevenge doing all he can to keep his dark deeds to himself. Afterall if Ehelena were to find out what he truly is and what he does there would be no way a woman of worth would truly be able to love him, right? Rhevenge is forced to face his demons and fears. Can he overcome them and be the mane Ehelena beleives him to be. Can Ehelena come to grips with his past and see the man he truly is so they can have a furture together. Only reading this book will you find the answer :-) No spoilers here

We also find Wrath and Beth dealing with dilemmas of their own. With Wraths diminishing vision and the fact the he lied to Beth really puts a damper in their relationship. Wrath is the kind of of male that does not want to feel useless and yet not being able to fight with his brothers makes him feel useless. Only through his is blindness can he truly lead. I know pretty weird but you will see what I'm talking about when you read the book. Can he truly overcome his feeling of failure to realize what he has to do and move on from his disability? Once again you must READ the book.

Finally we have the Xhex and John situation. Which is still an ever growing situation in each book. I am looking forward to reading Lover Mine as that is their book. So I can not say anything about their situation in this book without giving away spoiler. So more to come on that front when I read Lover Mine.

The book as usual is filled with action, drama, romance, and of coarse steamy love scenes. If you have not read this series you must put it on your list. It's a series you won't be disappointed with. Everything you could want in this kind of genre!!! Thanks JR Ward for writing yet another wonderful novel that had me turing pages into the late hours of the night.