Her thing would be — one element, and not the thing you wanted. But yeah, there was a bit too much distance between them. I used to just think this was how they were and what they both wanted. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Lover Unleashed by J. I scribble notes as I go along and I started reading Lover Unleashed with a mental checklist: Is there anything written on the inside cover in the Old Language?
No, but there are crossed daggers, one black hilt, one white. Are there any new words in the glossary? New characters? Xcor and his band of bastards: Throe, Zypher and the three cousins, as yet unnamed. Who could the hero of Envy be? The threesome Um, probably not with who you would expect it to be, but overall a very good scene and one that was necessary for the development of one or more of the characters involved.
V and Butch One of the hints J. Back to the review… Lover Unleashed by J. Yay or nay? In the end, I am kinda disappointed in both. Vishous and Butch- Vishous was really pissing me off in the beginning of the book. It seemed forced and fake to me. He was just too much too soon, but in the end, I wanted him naked like I always do. I did love the breakthrough between him and Butch. Those two should have ditched their respected mates a long time ago.
Once again, this brought to light, that puff the magic Jane and ocean breeze Marissa is suited elsewhere. I just never understood why those two are not together, and I am happy cus I read the Fanfiction True, cus in my head Butch and Vishous bend each other over. Black Wax- Black Wax, where have you been? You don't call, u don't write, and no appearances on V's chest in like forever.
I applaud you Black Wax. Saxton the added brother - What the flying Feck, this guy I tell ya. He irked me so I wrote him a letter. Did I miss something because I remember clearly it was only you and Beth? I hear cocksucking and my mind gets away from me. Blay- Tell Saxton to go home. You guys getting it on does not appeal to me. Quinn- My poor baby, he freaking broke my heart. Also, tell Saxton to go home. Then me and the Warden are gonna have to have a serious talk.
To the Prostitute- You very lucky woman. Throe and Xcor at the same time. I hate you, yet I am bowing down to your super awesomeness. Plus, they did deserve that freaking tip, and you should have asked them to kiss. Just throwing it out there.
I also wanted a Throe-down, and it Xcor. Veck- I love you, and I want you, and you intrigue me. I like your bad boy styles and I think you could handle the vampire world. I was kinda hoping you would be in it, but I guess the Warden has other plans for you. Feelings- Not my fave book in the series, but it was entertaining. I loved how there is now a story of intrigue. The brotherhood and Xcor and his band of bastards.
Its gonna get spicy and not dark spices spicy, unless Layla lands her eyes on Xcor. The serial spin was alright, took up too much time, but I understand why it was needed, and it worked out well. Even though this book was lacking in awesomeness, it creates a setting for some serious epicness ahead. I am hoping the Warden can deliver, and please stick to maybe two story, three the most and not the twenty-five going on in this book.
SideNote- If Manny had orgasm just one more time, I was gonna put his penis to rest. Seriously, you really had all that in you. Needing or not Payne probably got pregnant from default alone. View all 31 comments.
May 05, Auntee rated it it was amazing Recommends it for: Fans of the series. Loved it. Luuvvvved it. I just loved the romance in this one Lover Unleashed is mainly the vampire Payne twin sister of Vishous and the human Dr. Manuel Manello's story, and their relationship is hot with a capital H!
Oh my, the year-old Manny is in a constant state of arousal in this one whenever he's near Payne. And Manny has an interesting way of healing Payne Even though Manny's head tells him that a relationship between a human and a vampire has nowhere to go, he finds it hard to tear himself away from Payne. Before Payne, Manny didn't have much in his life besides work, and his racehorse Glory.
But after meeting Payne, Manny realizes what he's been missing. There's plenty of heat in this relationship, and more than a few problems. But god how I loved the way they worked them out! Lots of surprises in this relationship Just read it.
Once again JR Ward amazes me with her ability to write one erotic romance! Vishous is really messed up, still craving pain, and still dealing with his past and upbringing by the Bloodletter. Jane asks Butch to step in and give Vishous what he needs no, it's not what you think. Although it nearly breaks his heart, Butch steps up to the plate to help out the friend he loves like a brother.
Ah, what can I say? Qhuinn is still kicking himself for not being honest with Blay and himself. He realizes he may have blown it with Blay, since Blay and Saxton seem to be happy together--or are they? And then there's Layla. But first Xcor has a score to settle with Payne Could Manny and this brother be related? I'm sure you can guess who this is Oh yeah, lots of good stuff in this one, written in a style that's unique to JR Ward.
This was a very easy read, with no slow parts lessers, Omega, Scribe Virgin, etc. Payne was tough yet vulnerable, and very, very likable. Manny was just I can't put it much plainer than that.
I loved every moment of reading about him and Payne. I'm sure all that will be resolved in future books. Whose story is next? It's hard to tell. Will it be Qhuinn and Blay, or will Ward torture them a bit longer? Will it be Tohr, or does he need to grieve for Wellsie a bit more? Will it be someone new? Or maybe a story about Xcor of one of his soldiers perhaps Throe? I don't care who it's about--whatever Ward writes, I will read it with absolute relish.
The only thing I dislike about Ward's books What a letdown when you turn the last page and realize that View all 61 comments. What a opening even the prologue sets the scene for an intriguing and exciting story. The series has been gold standard, every story, every character, every piece and part of the journey is astounding.
Another five star instalment to add to the growing pile. I'm not sure how she does it but this talented author has delivered once again and now I'm at book nine of the series, I'm flabbergasted that I'm still entertained at five star standard. So, what's it all about? We are then re introduced to Doctor Manny Manello an experienced human doctor who's skills are required to complete surgery.
Once these characters meet we are taken on their journey of finding love and all the obstacles that they face as a vampire falling in love with a human. The story also follows the rest of the brotherhood, we get more insight into the relationship of Vishous and Doctor Jane, the dark side of making a relationship work under the strain of an abused past and we are also updated on the other brothers, So all in all a jam packed, incredible book number nine. Well it just about goes without saying that I completely HEART this authors style of writing and putting a story together, but this story specifically delivered something special, so we have a human male falling for our kick ass female vampire and I loved the connection between the two, this author seriously knows how to create scenes of romance and forever loving.
I get so wrapped up in the stories that I'm always desperate to read the next book in the series. Final thoughts The brotherhood is a serious addiction, like I have said in previous reviews I never thought I would love a PNR series with a slice of suspense and drama so much. It is not surprising that this author is so popular, the brotherhood and surrounding characters are incredible. So next up book number ten, the bestie buddy read continues, I'm already lining up my five gold stars. View all 72 comments.
Third "re-read": So this technically isn't a re-read of the book, but a re-read of some scenes. Second re-read: I skipped the rest.
If it were only their POVs I'd be rating, the rating would've been a lot higher. Re-read: Jesus, I just love those two. I ship them so strongly! I ship them so strongly!! It's so shocking, really. And they just keep breaking my heart. I also hate Xcor , simply because he wants Wrath to go , and I'm not interesting in Layla though she's cute and all, but she gives Blay a whole lot of pain. Love can conquer everything but reality. Which will win every stinking time. Quick basic facts : Genre : - Adult Paranormal Romance.
Series : - Series, Book Nine. Love triangle? Will I read this again in the future? View all 12 comments. Aug 21, Sophia Triad rated it it was amazing Shelves: 1paranormal-lovestories , fangywarriorteams , vampires. Payne and Dr. Manuel Manello It finally happened, he thought as he burrowed under his shirt and took hold of his heavy cross. Or maybe he has never loved anyone at all in his life. He loves his horse of course. And he cared for Jane.
She was mostly his best friend until she died. And then Jane is alive again somehow and she asks him to help with an injured female who cannot feel her legs. Payne used to love being the sparring partner of Wrath, until the king caused a severe injury and now Payne is paralyzed from the waist down. Payne is transported in BDB mansion where she will soon meet a human healer who can fix her.
It is a good thing that Manny is a good surgeon with a god complex someone may add. I loved Vishous acting as the big, protective brother: Jane tightened her arm around his waist.
Was she? Or had he been born first? The situation will be resolved when both Payne and Manny declare their love for each other to Vishous. Do you love him? And if you try to dissuade me by the fact that I have not lived yet enough to judge, I say unto you. There is hardly any tension between them. It is just a matter of others to accept it. Welcome Manny in the BDB mansion! View all 3 comments. So good and surprising reveals!
So much happens in these books it is like a few books in one. The story of Payne and Manny was much better than the than I expected it to be. He was brought in to operate on her after she broke her back and had to be brought to the Mansion from the Sanctuary. They feel a connection right away, but she is struggling with being paralyzed since it is like being imprisoned in your body, when she is a warrior and needs to be active. Plus she is finally free of her mother So good and surprising reveals!
Plus she is finally free of her mother and Sanctuary, yet stuck in a hospital bed. Prior to the surgery she made V promise to kill her if she ends up stuck that way. Jane knows there is no way Vishous can handle that.
As it is, Vishous is spiraling. He is crazy angry at the Scribe Virgin his Mom already for keeping the fact that she was his Mom from him and giving him to the Bloodletter for all those years growing up, but now finding out that she kept a twin sister from him puts him in a rage.
Bloodletters other son, Xcor and his group of Vampires, after ridding Europe of Lessers, have come across the Pond to destroy the King. They are setting up a meeting with the Glymera to try to win favor over the Brotherhood. They have also hit the streets slaughtering lessers.
Xcor has been searching for Payne ever since she assassinated the Bloodletter to pay her back for killing his father in cold blood. Quinn thinks it is wrong for some reason. Stupid, really, since it seems to be fine to have sex with Men or Women, just not be in a relationship with a man.
I fear it will be a vey long road for him. View 1 comment. Oct 19, Shurrn rated it really liked it Shelves: romance-paranormal , c-bad-ass-bitches , erotica , series-unfinished , genre-scifi-and-fantasy , i-lol-moments , s-vampires , favorite-romantic-series , z-own-paperback , i-spells-magic-curses.
Always a pleasure to see strong females in the BDB series With that in mind, you might not want to read this review if you haven't read the first eight books in the series The BDB Series focuses on a new couple with each book, yet keeps the reader updated with all of the other brothers. The plethora of POVs can be a bit daunting at times, but you get used to it once you get this far in the series. She was kept in forced hibernation by the Scribe Virgin for centuries, and only let out of her cage at the end of Phury's book.
She's every bit the warrior that her brother is, and simply does not fit the mold created for Vampire Females. At the end of the last book, she was sparring with Wrath on the Other Side when she cracked her head. Payne was paralyzed by the hit, and Wrath managed to bring her back to the mansion in the hopes that she could be healed.
Unfortunately, Doc Jane is ill-equipped to handle the devastating injury to her spinal cord. Her only choice is to reach out to one of her old contacts in the human world Manuel Manello Chief of Surgery, Caldwell Medical Center It finally happened, he thought as he burrowed under his shirt and took hold of his heavy cross.
We first met Dr. Manello in Lover Unbound. He was the Chief of Surgery who had the hots for Jane. The poor guy is brought to the mansion by the ghost of the woman he once cared for. He's asked to operate on a gorgeous woman who isn't real enthusiastic about the idea. If he fails, he's pretty sure that he'll be murdered, and even if she does walk again, her brother might kill Manny just for being around his sister Manny manages to get through the surgery, but his memories are wiped clean by his vampire abductors before he ever has a chance to learn if it was a success.
The memory wipe really does a number on the good doctor - he's losing his mind with the vague memories, vivid dreams, headaches, and lost time I wish I could have given you young if you'd wanted them and could conceive them. I wish I could have told you that it killed me when you thought I had been with anyone else.
I wish I had spent the last year waking up every night and telling you that I loved you. I wish I had mated you properly the evening you came back to me from dead. I wish. In the wake of these revelations, V's psyche is taking a tumble. His relationship with Jane is deteriorating rapidly, and his self destructive tendencies have shifted into high gear. Apparently the solution to V's internal suffering is to let go with a good dose of physical pain.
I think many readers have been fantasizing about that particular scene for a while now He had to own his shit - even if it made him hate himself to the core. Because maybe if he did, he'd stop trying to distract himself with sex and drinking, and figure out what he did want. Apart from Blay, that was. We pop into Qhuinn's life several times throughout this story. He's still convinced that he'll never be with Blay even though he knows he will never love anyone as much as him He's been whoring and brooding and running himself ragged to the point that John Matthew finally has to set him straight Qhuinn vows to turn over a new leaf, stop whoring around and get his shit together.
His growing friendship with the Chosen Layla is obviously leading to something bigger. For the love of The Scribe Virgin - I can't wait for their fucking book! The Lessening Society persisted. The Vampire population had scattered. And those arrogant, flabby, feckless humans where everywhere. Where previous books in the series might have provided a POV to see what was happening in the Lessening Society, this book introduced us to a brand new enemy in the Vampire War.
The Band of Bastards - chiefly comprised of warrior males who trained with The Bloodletter but didn't make the cut to become members of the Black Dagger Brotherhood.
They have a serious chip on their collective shoulders from being rejected by the BDB, and their leader, Xcor, has a few issues of his own Turns out, Payne escaped from the other side to commit patricide a few hundred years ago. Her completely justifiable, kinda badass, right in front of the Band of Bastards murder of The Bloodleter left them hungry for revenge.
Xcor arrives in Caldwell looking for a way to dethrone the Blind King. I guess we'll just have to read on if we're going to find out how that goes ; Complete honesty: I've been steadily chipping away at this series for one reason - I'm dying to see Blay and Qhuinn get their HEA.
It kills me to know that Ward is going to drag these two through some awful shit before we get there. She systematically strips her characters of all dignity before granting them their own book. I've been a bit underwhelmed with the series for several books. I haven't felt satisfied after finishing a BDB book since Z's story I hate how angsty and pansy-assed some of these warrior vampires can be I hate that we keep replaying the "I love you but I push you away" theme over and over I'm getting aggravated by the constant deluge of brands I'll never believe that an year old vampire texts like a 14 year old girl I seem to grant JR Ward a lot of slack that I might not give to other authors.
We'll see if I continue after that Dark Lover - My Review 2. Lover Eternal - My Review 3. Lover Awakened - My Review 4. Lover Revealed - My Review 5. Lover Unbound - My Review 6. Lover Enshrined - My Review 6. Lover Avenged - My Review 8. Lover Mine - My Review 9. Lover Unleashed - You're Reading It Lover Reborn - My Review Lover At Last - My Review The King - My Review The Shadows - My Review View all 5 comments. Jun 26, Tutti Dolci rated it it was ok Shelves: series , hardcover , contemporary , paranormal-fantasy.
Oh, my. What to say? It tanked for me. I found the storyline weak and Payne, who should've been a kick-ass heroine ala Xhex, perhaps, but sexier? Furthermore, Qhuinn's premonition? Uh, perhaps I don't recall, but I thought that the only one who could see into the future was V.
That felt kind of like it came o Oh, my. That felt kind of like it came out of left field. Let's see I had several issues with this book but mostly it's that it was nowhere near as strong as many of the other books. Yeah, I wasn't fond of it. It didn't even move us along in the BDB world!
I don't really care a whole lot about the whole Lesser thing, but I didn't really get too much out of the epic battle that's to come, other than Xcor's potential involvement. Is it that the antagonist in this series will now be a new batch of non-Brotherhood warriors and not so much the Omega's lessers? I am Le Confuzzled. And wait For some reason, I thought we'd know more about him in this book.
May 05, Christy rated it it was amazing. On to the review!!! We met Manny several books ago. Add to Bookshelf. Read An Excerpt. Ward By J. Nov 01, ISBN Add to Cart. Buy from Other Retailers:. Mar 29, ISBN Audiobook Download. Paperback —. About Lover Unleashed Payne, twin sister of the Black Dagger Brother Vishous, suffers a devastating injury, and brilliant human surgeon Manuel Manello is called in to save her.
Also in Black Dagger Brotherhood. Worse yet, he's losing track of time and is having memory problems in general. Jane calls V on his bullshit, who tries to deflect by picking a fight and then uses sex to distract her, which is something they do need to reconnect. He admits he doesn't know how to get the words out without making everything worse.
She tells him that if he loves her he has to talk to her because silence is going to break their relationship. After they have sex, he tells her that he was with her every night despite the crap in his head because he didn't want her to be alone and he didn't want to sleep without her. Payne's doing her PT, but isn't handling her recovery well and generally feeling sorry for herself. When she falls trying to do something for herself, she wants Vishous to come put her out of her misery, refusing to talk to Mary.
Jane refuses to put V in that position and brings her a syringe so Payne can do it herself when V walks in, having felt determined to get Payne living again. Payne screams at him that he won't keep her trapped in her body like their mother had kept her trapped for so long. He asks her to give him two hours for a list ditch effort so it doesn't haunt him forever.
Vishous goes to Manny, who demands he take Manny to the woman he sees every night in his dreams. Neither of them are particularly happy about each other. When V returns Manny's memories, he punches V for "fucking" with him. Even though V could have blocked it, he didn't. They keep pushing at each other because neither of them is willing to back down. At the compound, Manny tries to kick V out of the room, but they fight some more until Payne thanks Vishous. Realizing Payne hasn't left the room she's been in, in the clinic for a week, and shows her a video of a friend and former patient of his who uses a wheelchair and does marathons and has a wife and kid.
Payne starts to feel hope again. V finds Payne sitting on Manny's lap in front of the computer, watching people wheelchair racing, and telling her that her life isn't over. While V was ready to eviscerate Manny, he begins to think that maybe Manny could save her life. He starts to get upset that he and Jane hadn't gotten her out of the room sooner and that soon devolves into him shifting the blame all onto Jane for only focusing on the physical needs.
Butch tells V he should go talk to Jane because she's packing a bag, V says he has nothing to say to her and tells him that she'd almost taken his only family away from him. Butch offers to work him over. While Jane's throwing clothes into a bag, she discovers recent blood and wax on V's leathers even though he'd told her he hadn't been with anyone else. He repeats it when she confronts him about it and she assumes it was Butch.
Before leaving, he hands her a duffel bag since she's going to need it. Manny takes a shower and Payne really wants to see what he looks like naked, leaning over to peer through the door into the en suite. He jumps out of the shower because not only was she sitting up, she'd been kneeling on the bed and hadn't even realized it. She still can't feel anything in her legs, though. De la Cruz and Veck are investigating another murder that shows similar hallmarks of the previous body and Veck loses it on a looky-lou who snaps a pic of the scene.
De la Cruz thinks that Veck and Butch had a lot in common. Jane fills Butch in on what happened between her and V and she asks him to work V over if it's what he needs because he doesn't trust her. He tells her that V had been alone and if he'd been doing things alone but didn't tell her it was because a married guy didn't want to admit that sort of thing to his wife, V might view even masturbating as cheating on her. Manny and Jane go over the security footage of Payne, who was glowing at the time, and try to make sense of it.
Jane thinks it's because of Manny somehow. At one point Jane goes translucent and has to explain to Manny what happened to her. V's looking for a fight downtown. He'd been too afraid after she'd died to truly open himself up to love, he'd just moved her into his room like a roommate with benefits before they spent their nights apart.
He couldn't even tell her what was doing with the bloody and waxy leathers. While wandering, he comes across a couple of lessers sliced in two and still alive. Manny shows Payne the security footage and they decide to recreate the circumstances by turning off the light and Manny gets sexual. Payne starts glowing again and she can feel it when he touches her leg, but when she stops glowing the sensation goes away.
V calls in the Brotherhood to check out the ginsu-ed lessers and Rhage recognizes the handiwork. There's a major fight and a severely injured V falls unconscious after busting out his left palm.
Payne's able to make it to the loo with Manny's assistance and wants him to get into bed with her to sleep, but Manny doesn't want to add to V's stress levels. She tells him that she's the reason V has been upset and that she needs to talk to him. Putting two and two together, Manny gets an inkling of why V came and brought him back since only desperation would have forced him into that, he asks Jane for confirmation but she's not up to that conversation.
He tells her he's not staying after Payne's mobile because his career's circling the drain thanks to the head job they've done on him that affected his work, Glory, his mom, and the Brotherhood wouldn't be ok with him in both worlds, nor does Payne deserve to end up with someone like him. Plus there's the differential in lifespans.
Qhuinn 's cut his hair short himself, removed his piercings, and has lost a lot of weight because he's been skipping meals so John Matthew has a one-on-one intervention. He'd called Layla , too, so Qhuinn could feed. She makes sure he eats and asks him to take her as they've only fooled around, but Qhuinn hasn't felt right about what they've been doing when his heart belongs to Blay.
Jane wakes Manny up to help her patch up the Brotherhood after they got their asses handed to them by the lessers and he stitches up a nicked artery in Rhage's leg. True to form, Rhage tells him not to bother with anesthesia so he can get through it faster to help his Brothers; the only reason he doesn't do it himself is because Jane won't let him. Manny respects Rhage's concern over the others, but doesn't put up with his crap and tells him to shut up so he can work.
Butch carries Vishous in with a destroyed leg and since medical professionals should never treat their own loved ones, he's stuck with Manny working on him. While he's getting prepped, Vishous watches Jane working, focusing entirely on her patients even as she's worried about V and crying. He thinks that maybe he'd misunderstood what had happened between Jane and Payne because Jane would've done everything in her power to save Payne first, only trying to make things as painless as possible for Payne if she couldn't have stopped her.
As Manny resets his dislocated hip, V screams and just before he passes out he realizes he still loves Janes when she's terrified for him. Qhuinn tells Layla that his lack of affection for her isn't because of her, it's because he's in love with Blay.
Instead of being disgusted like he expects after his experiences with the glymera , she's not really surprised and promises to keep his secret. Qhuinn wants Blay to be happy and doesn't want to come between him and Saxton for his own happiness. Xcor had deliberately left the mutilated bodies of the lessers in the alley to let the Brotherhood know he was in town since he had no other way of contacting them.
He wants to call a council meeting, but cannot since he's not of the glymera so he's planning on getting them to meet in order to overthrow Wrath. It's not that he dislikes Wrath, he just wants his power.
Xcor has Throe write to his family in the glymera, who'd disowned him, and stir up their outrage over the lessening raids and how the king's avoided meeting with them. Manny checks his voicemail and gets bad news about Glory, then helps Payne take a shower, which is where Vishous finds them. He would have killed Manny if not for the fact that he'd saved both Payne and Vishous, but he still tells Manny that he's getting booted as soon as they don't need him anymore.
Payne tells him that he doesn't get to tell her with whom she mates. Losing his shit, Vishous tells her that Manny's nothing more than a lesser waiting to be turned and walks out. Due to the difference in their species, especially the disparity in longevity, Manny also doesn't think that he and Payne should be together.
Never having felt like a "proper female" because she's too big and driven to fight, Payne tells him that she's the daughter of a deity and is a killer who murdered her father, which was why she was locked up for so long. Instead of being horrified by the revelation, Manny figures it was for what the Bloodletter did to Vishous.
Manny saw the scars of V's partial castration when he'd had worked on his hip and knew that it would either take a lot of people or someone who knew when he was vulnerable to do that to Vishous.
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