Lover Revealed (Black Dagger
Brotherhood, Book 4) by J.R. Ward
Interesting Characters In Book Four Of A Fun Series.
Butch ONeal is a fighter by nature. A hard-living ex-homicide cop, hes 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 whos way out of his league. And if
he cant 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, hes 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.
I enjoyed this story. What I like about this one is how everyone is going
through such major life changes, and that they're not always sure they're
doing the right thing, but they keep on trying. The transformation of Butch
was very powerful writing.
Now, Marissa. This series is full of black leather to go with the black
daggers, and we have some she-men as the series goes on. So I get that
not everyone can relate to Marissa. But you know what? Her evolution is
stronger than any other character in the series. She's a product of her
upbringing, and when she tries to be a stronger person she is thrown out of
home and denied by her brother. And yet she's strong enough that even
then she persists. Even then she goes out in the world and makes
something amazing of her life. That's a hell of a lot better than fan favourite
- Bella - who starts off her story as a pathetic Brotherhood groupie, and
finishes as a pathetic Brotherhood groupie. Nothing like that for Marissa.
She not only gets the man she wants - the man nobody wants for her - but
she goes out there and works towards an amazing career. And all the
while she maintains her heart and is gracious towards those (such as
Wrath and Beth) who wronged her earlier on.
I had to wonder though, why Ward equates the wearing of trousers with
inner strength - I wear skirts and dresses and don't feel like a weaker
person because of it! I liked Marissa's breakdown and subsequent burning
of all her fancy gowns, but becoming a stronger person doesn't have to
mean turning your back on everything from your past!
On the other hand there're the Chosen, and...well, they're pathetic, but
that's for another review!
The Brotherhood is full of complex characters in complex relationships,
and perhaps that is never more evident than in this entry to the series. Of
course there are going to be people out there who wanted Vishous and
Butch together (and so turn their anger towards poor Marissa for ruining
their chance at hot gay vampire sex!), but the Butch/Vishous relationship is
shown as such a special friendship here, such an important bond, I can't
say I was disappointed.
I think the ending was a bit rushed, and I would have loved to have seen a
stronger resolution between Butch and Marissa, but it didn't really detract
from my enjoyment of the book.
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