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Father Mine: Zsadist and Bella's Story: A Black Dagger Brotherhood Novella | J.R. Ward

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Jumped ahead and read the book for December already.

The novella talks about what we don't get to see in Bella and Z's full novel, the few months that lead to the epilogue of Lover Awakened.

I'm looking forward to the discussion. There was one teeny tiny remark Z made that had me nearly growl at the book with fury.

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TheSpineView I have not read yet. Looking forward to getting to this one. 9h

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Father Mine: Zsadist and Bella's Story (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #6.5) | J.R. Ward

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A quick reminder, next up is book 6.5 in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series. It is a novella, which is nice since December is so busy for most.
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Lover Enshrined: A Novel of The Black Dagger Brotherhood | J.R. Ward

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TheSpineView Qhuinn gets jumped by his brothers and his friends as revenge for what he did to Lash. He almost dies. Blay saves him but he can't take him to Havers. Instead they go to the mansion for Doc Jane to tend. The Omega finds his son, who is Lash, when he dies briefly before being revived. The Lessers go Havers and kidnap him. A number of vampires are killed. It would have been much worse, but Z and Phury are there. The Omega makes Lash a Lesser. 4d

TheSpineView Jane is able to operate on Qhuinn and he will recover. We find out that Rehv murdered his father. Cormia realizes she loves Phury. While Phury tells her that she has been released from First Mate duties. 4d

TheSpineView A lot of the things that happened in these chapters were no surprise to me, with the exception of finding out that Rehv killed his father. Is it just me, or does it seem like this book has not focused much on Phury and Cormia? 4d

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julesG No, not just you. I had the impression the book was all over several plot lines but never really invested in the main couple. 4d

Laughterhp I had the same thought. I figured it was because they were too boring to be the main topic. 😬😬 4d

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TheSpineView @Laughterhp Sad but true! The subplots, if you can even call them that, were what kept my interest. 3d

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Lover Enshrined: A Novel of The Black Dagger Brotherhood | J.R. Ward

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The story opens with the birth of the Omega's son that is born to a female vampire. The Omega has the Fore-Lesser leave the baby in a public place where he will be found. Fast forward 25 years, and Phury is pining for Bella and wondering why he chose to be Vishous's stand-in. Bella is pining over Phury and John is pining over Xhex. Mr. D is made the new Fore-lesser and we get his story. He is tasked with finding...

TheSpineView ...the Omega's son now that he has come of age. Phury asks John to keep Cormia company so she is not lonely. Phury is fighting lessers and learns they now call him the "Torturer" because he is getting off on inflecting pain before he kills them. We learn someone is blackmailing Rehvenge and it has something to do with Xhex. Zsadist tells Wrath what is going on with Phury. It is determined he is unstable and is put on administrative leave. 2w

TheSpineView John, Blay and Qhuinn go shopping and to ZeroSum. Xhex gets into John's mind and sees that he fantasies about her. Xhex realizes she is attracted to John. Thorment is alive, barely. Phury feeds Cormia and realizes that he wants her. Lash starts shit with John and Qhuinn comes to his rescue and almost kills Lash when he cuts his throat. Qhuinn gets disowned and is kicked out of the house. We learn more about Phury as a young male and his vow... 2w

TheSpineView ...of celibacy. Cormia wishes she was not a Chosen. She yearns to be an individual. @julesG @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @tdrosebud @InkedBookworm13 @PageShifter @Laughterhp @ShananigansReads @DuckOfDoom @CoverToCoverGirl @StayCurious @BooksNBowls 2w

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TheSpineView Lots going on in these opening chapters. The Omega has a son is a shocker. Should we even guess who that is. I think we have all figured it out. I think it is safe to say Phury has bonded with Cormia. Do you think we are headed down the same path with John and Xhex? 2w

Laughterhp There is so much going on with everyone! It‘s been a while since I‘ve read these books, so I‘m trying to remind myself of all the characters! 2w

TheSpineView @Laughterhp Yes! Besides the main storyline, there is John Matthew, Rehvenge, Z and Bella, Qhuinn and Blay. 2w

julesG Wait, Bella is pining over Z. 2w

julesG I read the book a few months ago, don't want to spoil anything. I hate Phury's inner voice, his wizard who enables him. Why did Ward turn Phury into this whining drug addict? I knew there was more under the Hollywood facade, which we got a glimpse of during Bella's abduction, but this is more than I expected. 2w

julesG Have I mentioned that the Chosen/Primale breeding program disgusts me? I'm glad this viscous (pun not exactly intended) circle is broken. 2w

TheSpineView @julesG No pining between Z and Bella just drama over her pregnancy. Glad to see Phury is starting to realize that he cares about Carmia. I agree with you on Phury. I think Ward took his inner demons a bit too far. 2w

julesG I meant vicious, not viscous. 🙄🙄🙄 Autocorrect 2w

TheSpineView @julesG Happens to me all the time 2w

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Lover Enshrined: A Novel of The Black Dagger Brotherhood | J.R. Ward

This is just a reminder that November's book for #BDB #BDBBuddyRead #BDBBookClub is Lover Enshrined. There are 57 chapters, which means we will read 14 chapters for the first three weeks and 15 chapters the last week. Happy Reading!

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ShananigansReads Can't wait! 3w

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Lover Unbound: A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood | J.R. Ward

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TheSpineView I enjoyed this a lot also. 🖤🧛‍♂️🖤 3w

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Lover Enshrined: A Novel of The Black Dagger Brotherhood | J.R. Ward

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We will be reading book six in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series in November. This is Phury and Carmia's story. I am sure we will get more of the other brothers also. I am especially looking forward to getting more tidbits about John Matthew.

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StayCurious I‘m so behind but I am motivated to continue- really enjoying the series 3w

TheSpineView @StayCurious I love this series too. Don't feel you have to keep up. Read as you can 3w

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Lover Unbound: A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood | J.R. Ward

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The story is moving g along now. John has survived his transition and realizes he is as tall as Zsadist and taller than Lash. As usual, Lash tries to start shit. Z has man to man conversation with John. He promises John that he will keep all of John's secrets. Vishous takes Jane home and erases her memory. Manello is worried about Jane and goes to visit her. V sees him there and loses his shit. Butch stops V from

TheSpineView ...doing anything Rash. They have a good old-fashioned knockdown fight but are good afterwards. V can't resist making love to Jane but puts it in her head that she is dreaming. Jane wakes up and thinks she slept with Manello. However, he tells her no they didn't. Now Jane thinks she is crazy 1mo

TheSpineView Vishous and Carmia are both miserable over their mating. In the end, Vishous storms out and can't go through with it. At a meeting with all the Brothers in Wrath's office, Phury offers to take Vishous's place. The Scribe Virgin agrees to the plan. @PageShifter @Laughterhp @julesG @ShananigansReads @DuckOfDoom @InkedBookworm13 @tdrosebud @CoverToCoverGirl @StayCurious @BooksNBowls @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 1mo

TheSpineView I feel so sorry for Phury. He holds so much guilt over events that were out of his control. I think they all need therapy. God help us if a man ever thought he needed therapy. I also think there is some grand plan here. The SV has something up her sleeve, I sure of it. I wonder how much she knows of the future and if she tries to influence it? 🤔 1mo

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julesG I've said it before, I hate the SV's whole breeding program. She had planned for her own son to be her prize stallion?? I'd love to slap her with a hardcover edition of each of the books. I'm utterly sorry for both, Vishous and Phury (different reasons, of course). 1mo

julesG Men/males going to therapy? So far only one Brother was willing to try (?) and it has done him good. They could all benefit from therapy, they all carry lots of baggage. 1mo

TheSpineView @julesG Agree. However, if I am thinking like an author, how do you write the actions of a character? A goddess would be a narcissist probably, because their word is law... literally. From that view point, I see why the plot is that way. The means justifies the end from the SV's pov. Also, religion in general is bogged down in dogma and tends not to change with the times. It also creates tension in the plot. It makes me dislike the SV's character 1mo

TheSpineView @julesG...and the reader needs someone to put blame on... maybe this is what Ward was thinking when she created the character and the belief system as part of the world building. A whole thesis paper could be written on this. Anyway, I am in total agreement with you. As a mother, I couldn't do something like that to my child. The whole breeding thing just gives me the creeps. 1mo

julesG I understand from writer's POV, but still. Ugh!!! You're right, a thesis could be written about it. 1mo

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In chapters 14 - 26, starts with Zsadist talking to Phury about Bells's pregnancy. She is bleeding and is rightfully worried. He takes her to see Havers. John is not feeling well yet goes to class anyway. Quinn and Blay tell him they have his back when it comes to Lash. Vishous realizes he has fallen for Jane. Vishous recalls more of the times he spent in the camp with his father. He realizes he can read Jane's..

TheSpineView ...and Jane desires him even though he is a Vampire. He also released a bonding scent when he let Jane pleasure him. He knows he has to send her home soon. Phury takes out his frustration over Bella on a lesser. He is so distracted that another lesser attacks him and he is injured badly. He insists on going back to the mansion because he doesn't want to upset Bella if he runs into her at Haver's clinic. Jane is asked to help Phury. She does... 1mo

TheSpineView ..surgery to repair the damage to his skull and face. The operation goes well, though Jane is not sure about Phury's sight. Vishous and Butch are talking after the surgery, and Butch says he approves of him and Jane as a couple. V admits he used to be attracted to Butch but not since Jane. Butch admits he knew but is cool with it. V is happy he gets more time with Jane and takes her to his condo for some alone time. John goes with Qhuinn and Blay 1mo

TheSpineView ...to ZeroSum. While there, John meets Xhex and she learns who John really is. Once they leave, they run into two lessers, which John kills. Thank goodness, John is an excellent shot with a gun. But he has another seizure once he stabs them both. He awakes at the mansion and has started his transition. Layla is there to drink from. But John is still struggling with his past and not able to have sex with her. Layla feels it is her fault. 1mo

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TheSpineView Phury takes his bandages off and can see. @PageShifter @Laughterhp @julesG @ShananigansReads @DuckOfDoom @InkedBookworm13 @tdrosebud @CoverToCoverGirl @StayCurious @BooksNBowls @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 1mo

TheSpineView Every time V has a flash back to his time in the training camp with his father it makes me wonder, how could the Scribe Virgin let the Bloodletter be the father of Z. She could have chosen anyone. I get that she wanted a powerful warrior. However, there had to be others that were close in strength and cunning without the physo path tendencies. 1mo

julesG I'll never understand why the SV chose the Bloodletter for procreation. She can't have been that desperate. 1mo

julesG Speaking of the SV, why does she make whores out of her Chosen? "donating" blood is fine by me, but the rest feels morally icky. 1mo

julesG I know, I've rushed through the first 10 books again, but do we get an explanation for John's seizures? 1mo

TheSpineView @julesG Right! That part of the story doesn't work for me. 1mo

TheSpineView @julesG Agree. Especially since she is female. 1mo

TheSpineView @julesG Not so far. It has been so long since I read the first, I think, 14 or so books I can't remember. 1mo

julesG I'll check the Wiki. But I think we don't get an answer. 1mo

julesG Wiki says he has seizures when he has flashbacks to his former life. Well, duh!!! I thought we'd get something more substantial. 1mo

TheSpineView @julesG Jeepers... we already knew that! Sigh... I 'm thinking maybe when Darius's memories come to the surface it over loads his brain and causes the seizures. 1mo

ShananigansReads @TheSpineView I will never understand that decision. Could you imagine leaving your 3 year old in that camp? Hell I wouldn‘t leave a 30 year old there. 4w

TheSpineView @ShananigansReads IK! This part of the plot never made any sense. A God who doesn't set the rules??? Right... 4w

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Lover Unbound: A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood | J.R. Ward

Every time I read about the transition and how it changes the scrawny lad into a muscled giant.

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TheSpineView Yeap! 1mo

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