Dark Lover by J.R. Ward

In the shadows of the night in Caldwell, New York, there's a deadly turf war going on between vampires and their slayers. There exists a secret band of brothers like no other-six vampire warriors, defenders of their race. Yet none of them relishes killing more than Wrath, the leader of The Black Dagger Brotherhood.The only purebred vampire left on earth, Wrath has a score to settle with the slayers who murdered his parents centuries ago. But, when one of his most trusted fighters is killed-leaving his half-breed daughter unaware of his existence or her fate-Wrath must usher her into the world of the undead-a world of sensuality beyond her wildest dreams.

DNF @ 75 pages. The stupid names of the characters and all the ridiculous powers these “vampires” have is hard to get through. I have no idea how this is such a popular series.

Finally reading this awesome series!

I'm late to the party on the Black Dagger Brotherhood but I'm really happy to report that it lives up to the hype. I really enjoyed this introduction to the BDB universe through Beth and Wrath. I can't wait to see what happens next!

OK. I would have given this 3 stars except 1) the stupid, stupid character names (vamps names are Wrath, Tohrment, Rhage, Vishous - omg.) and 2) the really bad dialogue among the “manly” vamps, e.g. “Yo!”, “True.” “I'm feeling you” etc. These 2 things, which appear on every page of the book, make me cringe. But other than that, it's an average quality romance novel featuring vampire royalty and assassins, a mysterious “Omega” character, and a scribe virgin. I am interested to see how the vampire culture and history emerge and what happens with the rest of the characters who were introduced in this book (and especially the 2 vampire marriages) so I will keep reading the series, and hope she tones down the ridiculousness a bit.

The wordbuilding was so fascinating. The idea that they had to feed off from different gender of their own kinds and not from humans was brilliant. Must be suck for the gays.

I like Beth. Butch and Marrissa were just so cute! The brothers. Arghh! I like their bantering and Zsadist intrigued me. But the whole leather jackets and leather pants and sunglasses things were just not for me. And the brothers names, hah! Oh well, guess i just have suck it up.

P/s: i really wished it wasn't an erotica. Can't handle all those sexy scenes very well.