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Dark Lover: Black Dagger Brotherhood

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Dark Lover: Black Dagger Brotherhood

by Ward, J.r.

A secret brotherhood of vampire warriors fights the Lessening Society, the novel that began a paranormal romance giant.

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Black Dagger Brotherhood is one of the most well known series in the paranormal romance genre. While it hasn't aged well (many new readers will point out that its clichéd and derivative), but the things that look for in a paranormal romance series are all present and well executed. Before reading this series, it's important to keep in mind that there's Ward was targeting a specific audience. If you're not in this audience, you might not find it as entertaining as other people have.Unlike many authors in the genre, Ward has spent time building this world. (There's even a glossary in the front of the book, which â depending on the reader â is either considered condescending or helpful.)The male characters in the series are typically macho (cars! Guns! Knives! Hip Hop! Muscles!), but not so macho that they're without flaws. If you're sensitive to books where gender stereotypes are par for the course, you might want to give this one a skip. If you do manage to suspend your intellectual and moral beliefs for a few hours, you'll enjoy the fast-paced action of the series.

About the author

Ward, J.r.

Ward, J.r.

Jessica Bird is an American novelist. She writes contemporary romance novels under the name Jessica Bird and paranormal romance under the pen name J. R. Ward. She is a three-time winner of the Romance Writers of America RITA Award, once as Jessica Bird for From the First, and twice as J. R. Ward for Lover Revealed and Dearest Ivie. Her books have appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list. According to Louisville Magazine, her books have been published in 25 countries and in several different languages, with over 16 million copies reported in print. Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Bird

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