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| Lover Arisen by J. R. Ward |
Black Dagger Brotherhood series has so many books already that reading them is like visiting a good friend you only see once or twice a year. Even a less exciting meeting is meaningful.
Lover Arisen was a solid addition to the series. The romance between Balthazar and Erika began already in the previous book, and it was given time to grow here, even if the events took place in a matter of days. The demon Davina messing with their lives didn’t make things any easier. But as far as additions to the character gallery went, Erika was fairly unmemorable (I actually had to check her name writing this). Balthazar had a bad-boy thing going for him with his thieving, but that was watered down here.
The more interesting storylines took place outside the romance. Nate’s story was good, even with the ending it had. Davina trying to find her true love had me sympathising with her occasionally. But since she had to ruin a true love of others to achieve it, she didn’t turn into a sympathetic character.
Lassiter was given proper airtime for a change. My heart breaks for him, and I hope he’ll have his own book soon where he’ll have his dreams come true.
This book seems like an end of a storyline. For once, there wasn’t a next one built here, so it’ll be interesting to see where the series goes with the next book.
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