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Lover Mine
Lover Mine: A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood | J.R. Ward
Darius, a fallen Brother, has returned to the fold with a new identity and a very different destiny. Now, John Matthew, plunged into the heart of war, must face off against evil incarnate-and rescue his one true love.Watch a Video
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This is one of my favorites in the series. I love John Matthew and was so happy we finally got his and Xhex's story. Sometimes the subplots can over power the main plot but not this time. I also liked that we found out more about Xhex, Darius and Thorment. Still a lot of threads that I know we will follow as the series progresses. This was 5⭐️s for me. #BDB #BDBBuddyRead #BDBBookClub

#SeriesLove2025 @Andrew65 #Read2025 @DieAReader

TheSpineView Did you think this wrapped up some unanswered questions appropriately? It seems like it took the other brothers hundreds of years to find their partner. Do you feel John is a bit young, especially considering the Vampire lifespan? I also wondered if Xhex being only 1/2 vampire, would her blood be strong enough to sustain John? Your thoughts? @julesG @ShananigansReads @InkedBookworm13 2d
ShananigansReads I had completely forgotten the Thor/Darius part. I have more questions but about different characters. This world just gets more and more involved. I don‘t think the age gap between JM and Xhex is any different than the other brothers and their Shellens. 2d
julesG @ShananigansReads The "age gap" is just the other way round this time. 2d
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julesG The way I understand the blood thing is that vampire blood contains something that human blood doesn't. Xhex isn't a human, she's part vampire and part 'vampire adjacent' - sympaths(sp?) feed off each other too, don't they? Beth is a half-vampire, but she can feed Wrath without problems. Same goes for John, he's a half-vampire and Xhex doesn't have a problem with his blood. 2d
julesG The Murdher/Eliahu Rathboone subplot was unnecessary. It gave Xhex closure in the end when she found out that Murdher was still alive. Yet, it distracted from the main plot since up to that closure point it just didn't make sense or fit into the story. 2d
InkedBookworm13 @TheSpineView I don't think he's too young. Thor found Wellsie right away. She fed him during his transition so it definitely happens. I do think Xhex being half sympath effects her blood though. I know with Wrath he has to feed from full blooded Vampires sometimes when he's really hurt because Beth's blood isn't enough. 2d
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 1d
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TheSpineView I liked all the subplots in this one. 3d
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I‘m very behind but I‘m getting back on track.
#BDBBuddyRead #BDBBookClub @TheSpineView #BDB

TheSpineView IK! John is my favorite brother. 5d
ShananigansReads @TheSpineView do you plan on watching the show when it comes out? 5d
TheSpineView @ShananigansReads Yes. I already have the PassionFlex subscription. 5d
ShananigansReads @TheSpineView I really want to do a watch party with my friends that I‘ve bullied into reading the books. 5d
TheSpineView @ShananigansReads Ohhh... that would be fun! 5d
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Happy Tuesday! Here are today's #Two4Tuesday questions. Everyone is welcome to play.

1️⃣ Lover Mine (tagged)
2️⃣ Under Your Scars and Lover Unleashed the next book to read in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series.

Play? @Eggs @dabbe @peaKnit @Susanita @julesG @TheBookHippie @Cupcake12 @TracyReadsBooks @Kshakal @Read4life @Deblovestoread @DebinHawaii @lil1inblue @AnnCrystal @WildAlaskaBibliophile @MallenNC

Eggs Thanks 🙏🏻 5d
dabbe Will do; thanks for the tag! 😘 5d
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AnnCrystal Thanks You for the tag ☺️👍🏼📚💝. 5d
TheSpineView @AnnCrystal YW! 🥰😊🌞 5d
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Eggs ❤️👏🏻🧡 2w
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️🖤❤️ 2w
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#WondrousWednesday @Eggs

1️⃣ My favorite books when I was very young were the Biily and Blaze series.
2️⃣ Count Alexander Rostov because he reminds me a lot of my father.
3️⃣ Just finished the tag book last week. Book 8 in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series. The MMC is my favorite of the brothers, John Matthew. 5🌟

Play?? @Kshakal @BethM @Cupcake12 @InkedBookworm13 @Blueberry

Eggs Thanks Lisa for playing and sharing 💙 3w
TheSpineView @Eggs 🥰😊😀 3w
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#WeeklyFavorites @Read4life

My favorite book of the first week of May was Lover Mine. Enjoying the reread of this series. ❤️🧛‍♀️🗡

Read4life I love rereading great series or books. Even with a giant TBR waiting. 😊 3w
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#BlackDaggerBrotherhood #BDB

One of my favorites in this series so far. I love the character of John Matthew and was happy to finally get to his book. I liked getting more back story on Darius and Thorment. 5⭐️

#Serieslove2025 @Andrew65 #Read2025 @DieAReader #ShelfSweeper @Tove_Reads

ShananigansReads John Matthew is definitely my favorite brother. Love him so much. 3w
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 3w
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Andrew65 Brilliant 🎉🎉🎉 3w
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Happy Tuesday! Have a wonderful day! Everyone one is welcome to play. I will tag a few Littens to get us started.

1. Depends. During the day I perfer sitting, but in the evenings I would much rather be lying down.
2. Tagged, this is book 8 and one of my favorites in the series because I love the characters who are the focus of this book.

Play? @eggs @dabbe @Read4life @wanderinglynn @ElizaMarie @JenReadsAlot @julesG @PurpleyPumpkin @Lcsmcat

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#WhereAreYouMonday @Cupcake12

Currently in the small city of Caldwell, located in New York state.

aa_guer2021 I love this series so much. 🧛😍 4w
julesG Did you see that there is going to be a BDB TV series on Passionflix? JRWard posted about it on Instagram. 3w
TheSpineView @julesG Sure did! I have been watching the clips. So excited. I plan on watching 3w
julesG I'll have to find out where I can watch it here. 3w
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#WeekendReads @rachelsbrittain

Reading Lover Mine book 8 in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series.

#BDBBuddyRead #BDB #BDBBookClub

If I have time to drive to Wahalla today and pick up The Stardust Grail for #LitsySciFiBookClub, I might start that this weekend.

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#FirstLineFriday @ShyBookOwl

"He wished he had more time."

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Repost for @TheSpineView

#BDB #BDBBuddyRead

I am finally feeling up to getting back to the Black Dagger Brotherhood series. The next book to read in the series is Lover Mine. Which I am going to read in May. Is anyone interested in staying on the tag list? Let me know if you would like to be added.

See original post at https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2861120

TheSpineView Thanks! 1mo
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#BDB #BDBBuddyRead

I am finally feeling up to getting back to the Black Dagger Brotherhood series. The next book to read in the series is Lover Mine. Which I am going to read in May. Is anyone interested in staying on the tag list? Let me know if you would like to be added.

@PageShifter @Laughterhp @julesG @ShananigansReads @DuckOfDoom @InkedBookworm13 @tdrosebud @CoverToCoverGirl @StayCurious @BooksNBowls @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @LitsyEvents

julesG Yay!!! I'll probably re-re-read it. 1mo
ShananigansReads I‘m still in *mumbles* even though I‘m behind. 🤦🏾‍♀️ Lover Mine is my favorite in the series. 1mo
InkedBookworm13 I'm still in 1mo
TheSpineView @julesG @ShananigansReads @InkedBookworm13 Great! I plan to do a Q & A at the end of the month. 1mo
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About an hour left in the tagged book.

We're enjoying the morning sunshine, but certainly not for long. My dragon hide burns easily.

#BlackDaggerBrotherhood book 8

@GingerAntics WTF is going on with Lash?

GingerAntics Oooooooh Lash is an absolute trip. 3y
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I feel so torn over this book. I love John and I‘m so happy he finally got something happy in his life. Both John and Tohr come back to life in this one. The weaving of John and Darius‘s stories was perfect considering who John really is. Like the other stories, this one had a happy ending, even if the overall story of the war with the lessers is looking bleak. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

GingerAntics The part of this book I‘m torn over is the rampant heteronormative BS not just from the men, but from the women as well. It‘s hard to believe this book was written in 2010. Some of it honestly felt like the 1950s. Then there is the flagrant homophobia of some of the characters, one of which is gay and another of which is bi. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 3y
GingerAntics It‘s just beating a dead horse here that every time some of these characters speak, something homophobic come stumbling out. Once again, it‘s hard to believe this was written in 2010. This sounds so much more like the 1980s or 1990s. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 3y
GingerAntics The audiobook has its own specific issues as well. Once again, like the audiobook for Lover Avenged, instead of being divided into the 74 chapters of the book, it was divided into 126 tracks. This makes it really hard to know where you are in the book without following along with the book at all times. This one was worse though. Every few tracks, there was an announcement that the end of a disk had been reached and a new disk was beginning. 👇🏻 3y
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GingerAntics This audiobook seriously needs some cleanup done on it. It‘s almost as if Penguin Audio couldn‘t be bothered, so they just ripped the audiobook from CDs and uploaded it. For the price, I would certainly expect more. #jrward #BlackDaggerBrotherhood #LoverMine 3y
julesG Haven't read this one yet, but yes to the homophobic issues and yes to the shoddy audiobook. I especially hate the way they have cut the recording. There's nearly always an inhale at the end of track, when it's not the end of a chapter, then a short break, then the next paragraph starts. 🤬 3y
GingerAntics @julesG Drives. Me. Nuts!!!! A bigger publishing house takes over and the cover art gets better, but the audio gets worse. I‘ll take the crappy cover art for the proper editing of the audiobooks. 3y
julesG I guess they still underestimate the power of audiobooks. 3y
GingerAntics @julesG 🙄 so true! Come on, Penguin. 3y
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Again, these books get philosophical.
#jrward #BlackDaggerBrotherhood #LoverMine

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I can‘t wait to dig into John‘s life more with this book, just as soon as I get some sleep.
#jrward #BlackDaggerBrotherhood #LoverMine

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#Two4Tuesday
1. I prefer all 3 😁
2. I'd probably suggest either the Black Dagger Brotherhood series or A Court of Thorns and Roses series. Both have love, heartache and drama with sexy sprinkles on top.

@TheSpineView

TheSpineView I love both of those series! Thanks for playing! 3y
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2nd book read for #OutstandingOctober #October20in4 #Readathon

Goes into a lot of emotional detail about rape trauma and recovery for a paranormal romance novel. It portrayed aspects of PTSD surprisingly well considering the characters tend to have unrealisticly happy endings. This one is not a light hearted escape though.

@Andrew65 @Bookgoil

Andrew65 Fantastic 👏👏👏 5y
Bookgoil I only read the first in this series and never read more I remember it being heavy for a romance 5y
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I love John Matthew. I think he‘s one of my favorites

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📚Hard choice this week. Honorable mention to Lover Reborn, Lover Avenged, Love You Forever and Lion‘s Heat
👩‍💻 Lora Leigh or Cathie Linz
📺 Leverage
🍽 Lima Beans (an acquired taste. I know)

#ManicMonday #LetterL @JoScho

JoScho Thanks for playing 💜 7y
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Happy 4th all of my friends here in America. I hope everyone having a great day where getting ready to take are youngest and hopefully granddaughter to see the fireworks. Just want to remind everyone please don't drink and drive it's never worth it. Please call a cab or a buddy.

#redwhiteandblue
#happy4th
#sizzlinsummerbooks

MemoirsForMe Happy Fourth and fun fireworks 💥 to you and your family! 8y
Seekingtardis I adore Leigh and Ward!!!!!!!! 8y
litmuggle @Seekingtardis there both a total guilty pleasure and I can't get enough. 8y
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Verdict still out on this one... I'm quite enjoying it, but having to repeatedly read names like Rhevenge, Hharm, Ahgony, Tohrment, Zsadist, Rhage... Gahhh! It kinda makes me want to stab my eyes out... Lol

DanaFraedrich I can't help but agree with you on those names. Yeesh! 😬 8y
NicolaRose Ugh, they're painful!! 8y
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Johanna414
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This series is such a guilty pleasure... I love it!

Seekingtardis Me toooooooo! 😍 8y
CoverToCoverGirl Guilty of that too! 😍 8y
Amanda23 Guilty! 8y
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A couple hours of waiting room reading time while my husband has surgery...

Libby1 I hope it goes well. ❤️ 8y
Jas16 Sending positive thoughts your way 8y
Johanna414 @Libby1 @Jas16 @ephemeralwaltz thanks everyone! It was just a minor outpatient procedure, which was successful. We are headed home! 8y
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My favorite thing about our house is having this little porch off our bedroom where I can sit and read without all the neighbors coming over to visit... #introvert
Also, I may have started a new book despite promising myself I wouldn't...

Desha 💖💖💖👍🏻 8y
CoverToCoverGirl Fabulous spot 😍 8y
Merethebookgal How nice! 8y
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Picking this up after a short hiatus off from the series. The audio of Jim Frangione is giving me LIFE!! ❤🙌😂

intothehallofbooks Yes!!! 😊👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 8y
beyondbookish @intothehallofbooks John Matthew is one of my favorite brothers! 😍 8y
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I'm joining @jess.how in her February challenge!!

howjessicareads Hooray! 8y
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freyaheart
Pickpick

Nice little twist at the end. can't wait to see where it goes in the next book. A lot of loose ends left that keep me wanting more. 🗡🗡😍

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"Repast" is my new favorite word. It is used a lot in this series. True?

andreadmw True ❤ 8y
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#characteronthenaughtylist Lash, son of the Omega.

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I was listening to the audio book and I got excited. I thought he said "Well read females" ???

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Starting another book.

JackieSmith This is such a fun series! 8y
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EllieBloo

Currently reading this book. The whole series is amazing!

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