Book Review: Lover Revealed (Black Dagger Brotherhood, Book 4)

Title: Lover Revealed
Author: J.R. Ward

Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date: March 2007
ISBN-13: 9780451412355
480pp
Series: Black Dagger Brotherhood Series, #4

In the shadows of the night in Caldwell, New York, there's a deadly war raging between vampires and their slayers. And there exists a secret band of brothers like no other - six vampire warriors, defenders of their race. Now, an ally of the Black Dagger Brotherhood will face the challenge of his life and the evil of the ages. 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. He's got nothing to lose. His heart belongs to a female vampire, an aristocratic beauty who's way out of his league. If he can't have her, then at least he can fight side by side with the Brothers... 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, found by a miracle, the Brotherhood calls on Marissa to bring him back, though even her love may not be enough to save him...


So Lover Revealed kind of started off slow. But i kept in mind it's going to get better. Which it did towards the middle of the book. Lover Revealed is not my favorite. But the story came together. I learned to like Butch.

I wasn't looking forward to reading this story as much as the others. It was a good read in the end with the continuing story of the brotherhood and their slayers. Butch did need a story and it came at a perfect time. Being that he wasn't a brother we needed to learn what was his part in the war and how their lives would be. Needless to say this book did just that.

And the plot thickens, war is coming and the lessens just keep coming. As always J.R. Ward always seems to surprise me. the next book is Lover Unbound, which is Vishous' story. i'll give this book a...

rating 4.5/5 hearts
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