About this title: Ward's "New York Times"-bestselling series continues. As Primale of the Chosen, the fiercely loyal Phury has sacrificed himself for the good of his race. But his first mate, the Chosen Cormia, wants not only his body but his heart for herself. As tragedy looms over the Brotherhood's mansion, Phury must decide between duty and love. Original.
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Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Signet Book
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780451222725ISBN:0451222725
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. No spine creasing, stamps or marks. Mild edge wear. Small creases at cover corners. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 542 p. Black Dagger Brotherhood (Paperback). Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Signet Book
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780451222725ISBN:0451222725
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Light edge and corner wear. No marks. Tight binding. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 542 p. Black Dagger Brotherhood (Paperback). Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Signet
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780451222725ISBN:0451222725
Description: New. Brand New! Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Signet Book
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780451222725ISBN:0451222725
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 542 p. Black Dagger Brotherhood (Paperback). Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: piatkus
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780749939038ISBN:0749939036
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 534 p. Black Dagger Brotherhood (Paperback). Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: AUDIO CD
Publisher: Recorded Books
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781436117371ISBN:1436117372
Description: Brand new. Librarian's Choice & Collector's Favorite. Brand new complete & unabridged audio book in an elegant case [I will ship immediately] read more
Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Signet
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780739496589ISBN:0739496581
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Tight, clean book. The spine is straight and the corners are square. Previous owner's name and date, in ink, on front endpage. Crisp, mylar protected dustjacket has very minor surface wear. The sixth book s in the Black Dagger Brotherhood. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Signet Book
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780451222725ISBN:0451222725
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 542 p. Black Dagger Brotherhood (Paperback). Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Signet
Date Published: 2008-06-03
ISBN-13:9780451222725ISBN:0451222725
Description: Fair. *ACCEPTABLE * WITHDRAWN LIBRARY COPY* with customary stamps and stickers; No markings in text; Covers show circulation wear; Splash marks on pages; Being sold on consignment for the library. read more
Edition: F First Paperback Printing
Binding: S Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Signet Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780451222725ISBN:0451222725
Description: Good. Brief summary of content available upon request by e-mail. read more
"Lover Enshrined, the sixth addition to the Black Dagger Brotherhood series, is Phury's book. Mind you though: it's not only about Phury finding love. So if you're looking for a simple, straight forward romance and you're satisfied with boy meets girl, boy loves girl, boy gets girl, please: skip this book. (At least you won't be adding to the undeserved critiques the book has been receiving.)
Lover Enshrined goes deep: it's hard, painful, frustrating, heart breaking. It is about Phury coming of age, deciding what's important in life, changing his perspective and safe ways.
Alienated by his own parents, growing up to believe he was the reason for the misery of people around him, Phury has spent life alone, tortured and with a desperate need to make things right. It's this kind of reasoning which made him look for his twin for decades. Which made him put everyone else's well being before his. Which made him deny himself of the pleasures of life. And which strengthened the wizard's voice in his head and made him a drug addict.
Phury's love interest Cormia has her own battles. As a Chosen she's learned to believe she serves only meaning as a part of a whole. That she is not important as a person. And, like Phury, she has a hard time differentiating 'thinking about your own happiness' from 'selfishness'.
Both Phury and Cormia needed to fight their own demons before finding love. This might have made the love story a little less romantic in the traditional way, but it did make it more real. At first I was thinking Phury got the shaft by getting this kind of romance, but now I think Ward did him a favor. Phury gets a realistic personal and love story and he features in a book which crossed the boundaries from PNR to UF. A shift (looking back) Ward started in Lover Revealed, which became apparent in Lover Unbound and is now fully blooming in Lover Enshrined. The well layered story involves a lot of characters and viewpoints but in the end it all comes together.
We see a surprisingly gentle side of the Omega, get a deliciously wicked new villain, learn more about Rehvenge and Xhex, get reunited with an old character and acquainted with a new one and we see the younger generation stepping up (JM and his gang). I absolutely love John Matthew. His inner monologue is often funny and- while it shows his vulnerability in spite of his big bad warrior body- it also depicts his intelligence, strength and resolve. We also get to know Qhuinn up close and personal and might I say: it was a pleasure. Also: I've found my new favorite romantic pairing! Let's just say: I really hope Ward doesn't chicken out. Again.
*spoiler alert* At the end of this book we see Phury has stepped up and has managed to change things for the better, both in his personal life as in vampire society. But, eventhough he has shown great strength and mentality, Phury no longer is in the Brotherhood. To me, this only shows how misunderstood and unvalued he still is. I hope this will change because Phury deserves so much more.
Lover Enshrined was a very solid and engaging read. A well deserved 5 stars."
"This was a good book. It was not as good as some of the other ones in the series. I can not wait to read the next one, since this one seemed to end abruptly."
"My least favorite book of the series. There was just too much going on. I didn't like how Phury and Cormina's story consumed only 1/3 of the book and I didn't like how Ward put less romance into this book compared to her other books.
As far as the other stories, I think she did a good job at introducing her new characters who I'm sure will be in her books to come. I'm not really excited to read her next book about Rhevenge BUT that's exactly how I felt about Butch's story and I ended up loving it. Hopefully Ward will surprise me again.... =)"
"I began reading this with trepidation due to a lot of negative reviews I read - no romance, more urban fantasy, too many characters, to many NEW characters (particularly new "species' of PN's), etc. Well, I loved it! It may not be the same ratio of romance to adventure or an awful lot of character development, but you have to admit that it's head and shoulders above most of the new stuff out there to read! It saddens me when someone says "that's it - no more Ward books for me ... too much of a departure from romance ... not enough of the other Brothers or their spouses ...". I feel each book is a separate entity ~ almost a stand-alone ~ and we really have no idea what "formula" she'll use in her next novel. Maybe another couple's story will be more loving, passionate, whatever. She's given us so much ~ and so many characters ~ to think about, imagine and fantasize about in the meantime, and I, for one, will buy the next one and savor it slowly, the way I did this one, and appreciate it as a fine work of fiction ~ whichever genre you choose to stick it in!"
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