Butch O'Neal is a fighter by nature. A hard-living ex-homicide cop, he's 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 who's way out of his league. And if he can't 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, he's 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.
The Book Geek Says: I'll keep reading Ms. Ward until she does something to tick me off. This series (despite its faults -- which I won't go into here but can be found at other places, I'm sure) consumes me. [I passed an old lady on the street who smelled like baby powder; my first thought was that she was a lesser.] I've simply got to get to the end of the book to find out what happens next!! Once I'm there though, I always end up kicking myself for devouring it so quickly.
As an aside -- anyone know why Ms. Ward's vampire heroines have names like Marissa and Bella, and her human heroines have names like Beth, Mary and Jane? It's an interesting pattern and something the English major in me would like to (rationally) discuss.
I hate myself for loving these books as much as I do. How can I overlook all the faults? I don't know the answer to that, but somehow, anally retentive, unforgiving me, just does.
ReplyDeleteI've read every one in this series in under 24 hours each. How obsessed is that...
And I hear you with the names. Why don't the female vahmps get h's -- Behlla and Mahrissa?? And the humans should get new names, like Bheth and Mahry!!
I sooo have to get these books! Everyone is raving about them. *g*
ReplyDeleteWylie -- I can understand omitting that 'h' but I just find it interesting that the female vampires have classical/mysterious/romantic names while the human heroines are given (dare I say it) "average" names.
ReplyDeletePerhaps I should just add an 'h' to all of my characters' names... lol
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ReplyDeleteThey are good books Tempest but I'd suggest you overlook the slang, the POV head hops (mid-paragraph), and the complete 180s that most of the Brotherhood take on their character journeys.
ReplyDeleteOther than that, it's a very cool world/mythology!
Love Ward's books. I had to buy this one even though I didn't really care what happened to Butch. I know, sue me, but I wanted to see more of the vamps. :)
ReplyDeleteI THOUGHT I didn't want to hear Butch's story, but it turned out to be one of my favorites so far.
ReplyDeleteWho am I kidding. I love the all :)