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Lover Revealed
Lover Revealed | J R Ward
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.
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Another #HauntedShelf #scavengerhunt find. #Orange
Also if I‘m doing this correctly I have 225 points from the Word Search

#HauntedShelf #DeadSerious @originalCyn360

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Apologies for being behind. With this post, I am just about caught up. A lot happens in these closing chapters. Butch has made it through the transition. Phury and Z make more of his size. They comment that in order to be a brother your mother must be a Chosen. Butch is reveling in his new body and he finally gets to hunt lessers. Rhage witnesses Butch inhale a lesser and he is freaked out. Van Dean watches all this go down and reports back...

TheSpineView ....to Mr. X who realizes that he misinterpreted the prophecy. V is having a breakdown and jumps off the balcony of his condo intending to kill himself. At the last minute he dematerializes back to the balcony. Butch hugs V and assures him it will be OK. V is glowing during the hug and it heals Butch. The Scribe Virgin appears and explains what is happening. She proclaims a new Era and names Butch the Destroyer. Marissa is not happy. She doesn't 2mo
TheSpineView ....want Butch to fight. Meanwhile, Wrath tells John that his classmate Hhurt didn't make it through the transition. They discuss his transition and Wrath tells him the Chosen Lalya will be who he feeds from the first time. He also tells John that Tohr is alive and how he knows. He also explains how it is for bonded males. John gets to meet Layla. Marissa backs her things and moves to SafePlace. Butch is back at ZeroSum and he runs into Lash who 2mo
TheSpineView Is dealing drugs. Rehv takes Lash to his parents and we discover that his father is on the council. The fore-lesser shows up at ZeroSum and requests to be killed by Butch. Turns out that Butch can't absorb him so instead he stabs him sending him back to the Omega. The Omega and the Scribe Virgin have a confrontation and the Scribe Virgin sends the Omega packing. Butch practically forces Marissa to feed from him. He can't stand the thought of her 2mo
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TheSpineView ...using Rehv. There is an exception made for Butch and he is accepted into the Brotherhood. Afterwards, Marissa meets Butch at the mansion and says she wants Butch to be her hellren. The ceremony is done that evening. Butch and Marissa go visit Butch's mother. We learn that Butch had a different family. No surprise there. I had already figured that out. @PageShifter @Laughterhp @julesG @ShananigansReads @DuckOfDoom @InkedBookworm13 @tdrosebud 2mo
TheSpineView @CoverToCoverGirl @StayCurious @BooksNBowls @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks #BDB #BDBBuddyRead #BDBBookCkub What do you guys think of this book? I am enjoying the reread. I could have done without all the drama between Butch and Marissa but I am glad they are finally together. I am excited to read more about John. He story is still several books away. I am going to enjoy the ride getting there. 2mo
julesG Marissa being against Butch fighting felt a tiny bit hypocritical. She wanted to get out from under Havers' thumb but Butch going out with the brothers isn't okay? 2mo
TheSpineView @julesG I was thinking the same thing. 2mo
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#BDB #BDBBuddyRead #BDBBookClub

It seems Zsadist has taken John under his wing. He tells John he will go through the transition soon. Butch discovers he is drawn to lessers and tells V that he inhaled part of a lesser. Marissa goes to the council meeting and finds out that they will ask Wrath to have unmated females be put in seclusion. Havers kicks Marissa out of the house and she takes refuge at the mansion. Van has been training the lessers..

TheSpineView ..in MMA and Mr. X forces him to join the society. He trades his bothers life in return for joining. V is able to heal Butch after he imhales the lessors. Marissa needs to feed and knows she must use Rehv even though she doesn't want to. Butch wants her to feed from him and he discovers that he is releasing a bonding scent. Marissa calls Rehv and sets an appointment to feed. Butch downs his sorrow in alcohol. Z finds out Lash has started shit.. 2mo
TheSpineView ..again with John. He tells John he will kick Lash out of the program. John tells him not to because he doesn't want to appear weak in front of the other trainees. @julesG @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @tdrosebud @InkedBookworm13 @PageShifter @Laughterhp @ShananigansReads @DuckOfDoom @CoverToCoverGirl @StayCurious @BooksNBowls 2mo
TheSpineView Since Thor is not around, I think Z is the best choice to be a mentor for John. Also think Lash is nothing but bad news. And don't get me started on Havers. He is an asswipe. 2mo
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julesG Z is the best "big brother" for John. 2mo
julesG Lash - I have no words. Bully through and through. Havers and some of the other Glymera males need a reality check. They are so stuck in their ways. It's amazing to see how the vampires of the Brotherhood evolved with the current times and how old-fashioned the Glymera is. 2mo
TheSpineView @julesG You hit the nail on the head. Z is the older brother where Tohr is a father figure. 2mo
ShananigansReads Havers is indeed the worst. I love that Z has taken up the mantel of training the recruits. Lash...ugh. #CatchingUp 2mo
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#BDB #BDBBuddyRead #BDBBookClub

In these opening 12 chapters we start with Butch and Marissa pining for each other. Butch has a run in with a group of lessers. He can't reach V on his phone because he and Phury are tied up with another group of lessers. V is kidnapped and tortured by Mr. X, who is now back as the fore-lesser. The Omega shows up and puts a part of himself into Butch. He plans to use Butch to get back at the Brotherhood.

TheSpineView Butch is left in a field barely alive. V is able to find him and starts the healing process. The Scribe Virgin tells V what to do to save Butch. Butch is taken to Havers and put in quarantine. Marissa goes to Rehv to feed but can't because of a nightmare she had about Butch. Rehv reveals to Marissa what he wants to mate with her. Once back at Havers, V tells Marissa that Butch was in a car accident and where to find him. He instructs her to wear.. 2mo
TheSpineView ...a hazmat suit. Of course she fails to do that and now she has to be quarantined too. Butch wakes after 3 days and Marissa has been there the whole time. It appears Butch is going to pull through. Mr. X is recruiting an underground fighter to join the society. He thinks this man is going to fulfill a prophecy. V talks with Marissa and it is discovered that she never knew Butch came to see her. John passes out again while in class. 2mo
TheSpineView John refuses to go see Havers. Beth is worried that he is not eating and that he is sleeping in Tohr's office in his chair. Once Butch is released, he and V are at ZeroSum and Butch discovers he can feel lessers. @PageShifter @Laughterhp @julesG @ShananigansReads @DuckOfDoom @InkedBookworm13 @tdrosebud @CoverToCoverGirl @StayCurious @BooksNBowls @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 2mo
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julesG The miscommunication or better non-communication 🙄🙄🙄 instead of talking we're both miffed the other didn't visit/talk/phone/... I hate this trope. 2mo
julesG The Omega had a nice idea, but he should have known this would not work out. The Brotherhood might be old but they weren't born yesterday. 2mo
julesG Will we ever find out why John blacks out? Why John acts like he does, knows certain things, and has certain habits/gestures/...? I have an inkling. Future books in the series support the inkling. But so far (beginning of book 10) only the internet confirmed it (I accidentally read it in a wiki). 2mo
julesG Also, Marissa is pretty naive/dumb in hospital. She walks into the quarantine without suiting up?! 🤦🏻‍♀️ 2mo
TheSpineView @julesG I agree on the troupe. Unfortunately we see it more in this series if I remember correctly. 2mo
TheSpineView @julesG I think at some point we do. It has been so long since I read these books I can't remember. 2mo
TheSpineView @julesG She is naive and so sheltered. That is one of the things I disliked about her character. 2mo
ShananigansReads John\\\'s struggles with Tor\\\'s disappearance and Wellsie\\\'s death hurts me so much. I really just want to hold him and keep him safe. #CatchingUp (edited) 2mo
TheSpineView @ShananigansReads IK! I just feel like he needs all the hugs! 2mo
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#BDB #BDBBookClub #BDBBuddyRead

Lover Revealed is the next book in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series we will be reading. This book is about Butch and Marissa, though I know we get bits and pieces of the other character's stories as we go along. I am most excited to learn more about John Matthew.

There are 50 chapters in this book. Which means we will be reading 12 chapters for the first two weeks and 13 the last two weeks of September.

PageShifter Thank you for the schelude! I'll get the book tomorrow! 3mo
julesG I'm ahead of schedule. Finished book 9 the other day. A long standing series with lots of books to catch up on is light a dare to me. I have to make myself stop in between. 😑 3mo
TheSpineView @PageShifter I plan to start reading today. 3mo
TheSpineView @julesG Wow, book 9! Impressive! I have struggled not to read ahead. 3mo
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Hope everyone was able to get a copy of August's book, Lover Awakened #3 of the Black Dagger Brotherhood series, and you are enjoying. Just a reminder that September's book is #4 in the series Lover Revealed. This is Butch's story. I have already located a copy at my library. However, I might purchase the audio book.
🖤🧛‍♂️🗡

@PageShifter @Laughterhp @julesG @ShananigansReads @DuckOfDoom @InkedBookworm13 @tdrosebud @CoverToCoverGirl

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Shocker, I‘m behind on reviews. Finished this earlier in the week. Still obsessed with this series! Book 4, Butch & Marissa‘s storyline.

#jubilantjuly

** Update. Just realized I tagged the wrong book.

Andrew65 Know what you mean on reviews 😔🙈 Well done 👏👏👏 1y
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I loved Butch & Marissa‘s story in Lover Revealed.

#bookquote #jrward #loverrevealed #paranormal #romance

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julesG
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Butch's story. #BlackDaggerBrotherhood

Lots going on that will probably be revealed in book 295.😜😜😜 @GingerAntics

Low/soft pick.

#20in4 #readathon @Andrew65

julesG @Catsandbooks #LitsyCrafters - basic Tee-shirt in the making. It's finished, but the light is bad atm. I'm sure my daughter will claim this. 3y
Trashcanman Oh that's nice 3y
GingerAntics 😂🤣😂 I think she hinted at a book 300 at one point. That could be the next book though. (edited) 3y
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sprainedbrain You are burning through these! 3y
Cathythoughts Nice pic ! 3y
julesG @Trashcanman thank you. How are you, George? 3y
julesG @sprainedbrain I'm certain I won't touch the sewing machines for quite some time after this week's sewing marathon. 3y
Andrew65 Great progress 👏👏👏 3y
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I don‘t know why so many reviewers call Butch and Marissa “whiny” in this book. Clearly those are people who have never been abused, shunned, relegated to the sidelines in their lives. Both Butch and Marissa had a lot to work through from their pasts before they could come together in the end. This was another great Black Dagger Brotherhood story. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

GingerAntics I love Butch after reading this, but at the same time, I think Wrath has officially become my favourite brother. It doesn‘t hurt that he‘s also the most laidback, compassionate king. The way he cares for John is just perfection in storytelling. #jrward #BlackDaggerBrotherhood #LoverRevealed (edited) 3y
Branwen I love this series so much! 3y
GingerAntics @Branwen a friend introduced me to this series back in 2009 just before I broke up with my ex. The series only had 6 books at the time. I don‘t know what happened, but I ended up sort of losing track of the series. I start grad school and everything turned ugly. I lost my whole library including these books. Then a few weeks ago a whole other friend texted me and told me I needed to check out this series. Now I‘m falling in love with it all over. 3y
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Branwen @GingerAntics First off, I am so so sorry you lost your whole library. I know the pain of what that is like, and I feel for you, friend. I am really happy for you however that you are rediscovering your love for this series! That has got to be not only enjoyable, but therapeutic as well! 💕📚 3y
GingerAntics @Branwen with the crazy beginning to this year I‘ve had, it‘s therapeutic on SOOO many levels. The audiobooks are great. I highly recommend them, even if you already know the books. The same guy seems to narrated them all, so there is a beautiful continuity to listening to them. 3y
GingerAntics @Branwen I‘m slowly rebuilding my personal library, but it makes me so nervous I swear I have library PTSD. 3y
Branwen @GingerAntics I will have to try out the audiobooks! 😃💕📚 And yes, I know exactly what you mean about library PTSD. Once I moved out here to Michigan 4 years ago, I started rebuilding my library- and now it's finally better than it was before. But I definitely have a lot of weird attachment issues with my books now that I never had before. 3y
GingerAntics @Branwen oh yeah. I had just started to rebuild (maybe had 50 books or so) and lost those… so that was hard. Especially since I had just gotten a huge stack of books from my uncle‘s library after he died. I think those were the hardest books to lose at that time. 3y
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😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
It‘s hard to pick a favourite, but it really might be Wrath. He‘s the greatest king ever!!!
🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
#jrward #BlackDaggerBrotherhood #LoverRevealed

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I‘m so excited to reread Butch‘s story. This is another one I vividly remember parts of. I think I mostly remember what is quite possibly the most dramatic point of the story, but feeling like I remember a lot of the story (like the last time) generally means I‘m going to be surprised a lot.
#jrward #BlackDaggerBrotherhood #LoverRevealed

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The best way to spend a day off that happens to be National Read a Book Day!! Finished both books and they were both fabulous 🤓😍📚

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Every time I finish a book about one of the brotherhood I like his story best 🤣 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

GingerAntics I have that same problem. 😂🤣😂 She does such a great job and bringing that brother to life, you can‘t help love him. 💙💙💙 3y
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Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

I liked Butch‘s journey from book one until now with this book. I even liked Marissa‘s growth throughout this book. I did find both characters to be whiny and indecisive a lot throughout this book. There was a lot of misunderstandings and pettiness between the characters. These things made this book one of the books I didn‘t really like out of this series.
#litsy #littens #bookstagram #bibliophile #bookreview #review #jrward

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Carolhreads
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I'm going to have I start giving these books four stars from now on they are good but the sequence of events in each book is becoming predictable and there is an over the use of the same phrases that I feel is not needed in the storylines are great and I am enjoying reading about certain characters but the reasons for the 4 stars stated above remain the same.

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I didn't like this one as much as the first three. Butch's whiny, macho shit gets on my nerves and he and Marissa are all drama disaster. It made me wonder why I'm reading this series. It's really different from my norm.

Trashcanman 🤗💛💛 4y
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Tera66
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I love this series, but this one, not so much.

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The fourth book in the BDB series. I thoroughly enjoyed Butch‘s story! He is so dang sweet! I found Marissa to be a bit prissy and unsupportive of Butch at times, but given her background I can understand why. Butch and Vishous have such a tight-knit friendship and I‘m so glad this book leads into V‘s story. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#blackdaggerbrotherhood

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I love when I get the chance to work from home. Lunch time reading always helps the day go a bit smoother. Also, does anyone else get a little anxious when peeling a sticker off their books? 😅 #currentlyreading #blackdaggerbrotherhood

Louise Yes re: sticker-peeling anxiety! Some stickers are easy to peel off, but others. . . 😳😤🙁😫! 5y
AmandaEve @Louise right! I‘m always afraid I‘ll rip the cover 😖😢 5y
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The 4th book in this amazing series. This book focuses on Butch the human in this series. I love this series the world and lore building that Ward has done is amazing

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The first time I read the series, this book was my least favorite. It seems to be true this time around as well. I wasn‘t as invested in Marissa and Butch as I was the other couples in the series. I feel like Butch‘s story needed more, instead of just a few sentences at the end explaining his childhood. Worth the read, though.

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#splashintosummerreads day 26: I can't hear the word #bromance with out thinking about The Blackdagger Brotherhood. All the brothers are tight but Butch and V's relationship is on a whole other level of bromance👌😁
⚔️🖤⚔️🖤⚔️🖤⚔️

Seekingtardis 😍😍😍😍😍 7y
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It's been too long since I've read one of these! #blackdaggerbrotherhood #vampire

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This was one of the very last BDB books I read. The first 2 or 3 were fantastic, then they got a bit sketchy here and there, then they became highly inconsistent in both writing and content. This particular book did shine, as I really enjoyed the character of Butch and wanted to know more about him. It was wonderfully written, but I think this is a case where the author should have ended on a high note.

AngelicRanger Another series i keep meaning to get back in to! So many books... 8y
Bookwitchery I've heard the most recent couple have been closer to what the earlier ones were. They got so bad I'm a bit wary though. 8y
Bookwitchery Have you tried Larissa Ione? Her books are fantastic. 8y
AngelicRanger Ooh no i haven't....Another one to add to the tbr! 8y
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Starting this tonight. Such an amazing series, I can't even force myself to take a break in between books!

CoverToCoverGirl No forcing allowed... 😃 those books are an addiction you will never overcome! So glad you finally joined the BDB family! 8y
stargazerblue49 At least there are a bazillion of them to read! At least, that's what it feels like sometimes! 😄 8y
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I've been in need of distraction this week, so binging on a new (to me...) series seems in order... read the first 3 on my kindle and got this one from the library yesterday

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Although the story was good it might be my last Black Dagger Brotherhood book. They pretty much follow the same story line and I'm getting tired of the repetitiveness.

Pruzy Honesty! Nice! 8y
sprainedbrain Truth! 8y
Owlizabeth That's what I like. They're like old slippers! 8y
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TheLibrarian @Owlizabeth - They aren't terrible but after the fourth one I need a bit of a break for a while. 8y
TheLibrarian @Pruzy @sprainedbrain Haha. I always appreciate when people are honest and truthful so I thought I'd do the same. 8y
stargazerblue49 It was Lover Unleashed that killed me. Thinking about just skipping to the next book! 8y
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Spending the early work morning reading and eating. Working Saturdays is boring but a great time to get some quality reading time in!

Lacythebookworm That's often how I feel at the reference desk! 8y
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Reading this as well. Such an awesome series! This is one of my favorite series of all time. I can't put them down! 📚😘👍

Lauren_reading Love JR Ward! 8y
beyondbookish Yes! I'm devouring this series. I am interested to read what else she has out! 😀 8y
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maximoffs Why are there so many books with potato launcher incidents? I'm wondering if this is a new trope 😂😂 8y
Sammidnightsun @steverogers I was thinking the same lol 8y
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I could read this series over and over and never get bored

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Ronda
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Just finished my re-read.... Love Butch so much but this time around I seem to have connected more with John than I did the first time!