Lover Revealed (Black Dagger Brotherhood, Book 4)
by J.R. Ward
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Author: J.R. WardEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-03-06
ISBN: 0451412354
Number of pages: 480
Publisher: Onyx
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Book Review: Fourth instalment in the Black Dagger Brotherhood and Butch's story
Summary: 5 Stars
J R Ward's "Black Dagger Brotherhood" series is a fantastic read. Although the subject matter (vampires) is hardly original there's something about the earthiness of her writing style which is fresh and interesting in this often tired genre. The Black Dagger Brotherhood are vampires who protect the others of their race (civilians) against the 'lessers', ex-people without hearts who exist to kill vampires and are ruled by the Omega. The previous three stories have focused on members of the Brotherhood and their discovery of their mates, although with several other side-characters introduced.
"Lover Revealed" is different from the previous books. Not in terms of writing style (J R Ward's marvellous turn of phrase is still there, there's a huge amount of earthy Anglo-Saxon and fairly graphic descriptions - this is not a book to lend to your granny) but in terms of hero. This time we're following the trials and tribulations of Butch, the human ex-cop and roommate of Vishous, one of the Brotherhood. At the end of the last story Vishous tricked Butch into drinking a cup of his blood - Vishous didn't know why he had to do it, he just did, and it becomes clear in this story what that was about. Butch has always existed somewhat on the sidelines of the Brotherhood; not being a vampire they don't let him fight with them but he has some advantages in that he can go about in daytime. He's hardly a normal human, though, being very strong, rather self-destructive and with enough of a death wish that he was able to stand up to the vampires initially, thus to be accepted by their group. Right from the beginning Butch noticed Marissa but over several books their relationship has ground to a halt.
In "Lover Revealed" we learn much more about Marissa and her dissatisfaction with her life. Despite being the top of the aristrocracy she's an outcast and has no real role in life now that Wrath is mated to Beth. In this story she and Butch are thrown together again but any relationship between them is never going to be simple - and then when Butch is captured and tortured by the lesser it seems that any future for them is impossible.
This book definitely felt like a continuation of a series. A new reader, coming directly to this story, might struggle to work out what's going on. We also continue to learn more about John Matthew, the pre-transition vampire, and there are lots of references to events in previous books without them always being clearly explained. Rehvenge/The Reverend is becoming more clearly defined and it wouldn't surprise me if he features more significantly in future books. The list of characters grows longer and longer, too, which could be confusing. And my one real niggle with this whole series continues of course - and that's the cheesy names of the brothers. Zsadist, Vishous, Phury... doesn't really work for me, but as that's my only real complaint about these stories you can tell how much I like them!
The Scribe Virgin, the vampires' deity, makes appearances again in this book. Sometimes I wonder if she's a cheap plot trick, a Deus Ex Machina, especially at the end of Rhage and Mary's story, "Lover Eternal" - in the story to deal with a fundamental problem in the plot: oh no, there's something that's not optimal for our love story, but poof the Scribe Virgin fixes it. In this novel there's an even bigger example of that (although not entirely caused by the Scribe Virgin) which felt slightly like the author was cheating in the way that she got round a major stumbling point for the happy ever after, and yet it's obviously something that's been planned from the beginning as there are clues to it way back in book 1. In fact it becomes clear, reading these stories, that J R Ward has very strongly mapped out what's going to happen with whom as the series progresses and that conscientious attention to detail is very much appreciated by this reader.
In short, if you liked the other novels in this series you'll like this one. For me it didn't quite hit the heights of Zsadist's story ("Lover Awakened") because that was an amazing work of psychology and healing of someone's past wrapped up in a vampire love story. But there's a huge amount of interesting stuff in this book, particularly in the friendship between Butch and Vishous and in the way that Marissa is able to change her life and her submissive nature and to strike out on her own. Definitely one to read!
Summary of Lover Revealed (Black Dagger Brotherhood, Book 4)
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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