Okkkaaaayyy! I really liked it. Alot happening and all of the threads were handled nicely even the dreaded Lesser scenes were mack because everybody love a baddie and Lash takes the cake. The book (imo) is much lighter on the romance aspect (I guess this is to be expected with JR Ward's move away from paranormal romance to urban.. whatever it's called. This light side on the romance is what made the book suffer.
I just did not get Rhev's attraction to Ehlena. It seemed sorta random especially when he was hot for Marissa in Lover Revealed. It just seemed he transferred his affection pretty easily. But this could be because he was just looking for love and fate tossed him Ehlena. As for her. She ranks as next to Cormia in my favorite Shellan category (which ain't too high). I don't think Ward did enough to build an empathy between the reader and her character.
Xhex on the other hand has risen way up in my estimation. She is great and as soon as Amazon figures out their Kindle stuff, it may be nice to read Lover Mine (which is Xhex's book) on the e-reader.
Now I have never gotten the whole sympath thing. I mean, what drives them and the whole sin-eater tag? What do they exist for? Where to they come from (origins)? About the only useful tool they have is the mind burrowing thing but other than that I don't get the serpantile, slithering, 3-knuckled, barb-locking, hermaphroditic thing. But whatever, we'll see where this goes and what asset Rhev and the colony will be to the BDB.
It was also VERY NICE TO SEE THE OTHER BROTHERS play a roll in the storyline and I hope that this trend continues even as Ward expands the series into the newer members (More Butch, V, Rhage and Z is never a bad thing.) All in all a very good addition to the series.Get more detail about Lover Avenged.
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