Review: Lassiter

Lassiter by J.R. Ward
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I don't know why, but I'm having a difficult time reading this book. I keep going through different feelings-hating it then, loving it.

True review will be put up tomorrow, and I don't know if I'm going to be able to post it without spoilers. For now, it will get 3 stars.

Damn, I wrote the perfect review and deleted it by mistake. Poop!

Okay, I finished this book. I thought to myself all the way through that I'm probably going to stop reading this series because the books are all starting to blend into one. Nothing changes-there is romance, sex, and fights; oh, and weird dialogue that I am getting too old to understand and food too. These are romances, so naturally, there is no surprise with our HEAs. The path to Lassiter's happiness is fraught, but what else is new?

The Lessening Society is back with a cool change. Devina was starting (towards the end) to become something less than the Demon she is and maybe a redeemable entity. She has finally found her true love and has even gotten a new Birkin Himalayan bag out of the deal. (350,000.00???)

I kept slogging through this somewhat predictable book just because I had to finish it. After all, it was an ARC, so guilt made me do it. However, I'm glad I kept going since things do get very strange. At one point, about two chapters from the end, I was going to throw my e-reader out the window and then claw out my own eyes for the pain this part of the book was giving me. But please make it through to the epilogue; that will help. Maybe. Or it will muddle things up for you as it did me.

----Spoiler----there will be a time jump (our time).

Interesting things happen with Nate, George, Fritz, and Wrath. Just what the heck IS Rahvyn? Did I miss a book that explains her powers? Did I skim over something during my re-reads of past books?

Long-time, devoted readers will love this book. Maybe. If you are a newbie to this series, don't start here.

ARC supplied by the publisher Simon & Schuster/Gallery Books, publishing date is (April 11, 2023), the author, and Edelweiss/ATTL.

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SYNOPSIS: "Destiny, duty and desire clash in this epic new novel in J. R. Ward’s #1 New York Times bestselling Black Dagger Brotherhood series…

Lassiter, the fallen angel, is too good at the savior business. In his new role overseeing the fates of all vampires, he’s influenced outcomes he shouldn’t have- so the Creator is calling him home. But the angel has a reason to stay in Caldwell. He’s bonded with a mysterious female who’s seemed to appear from out of nowhere… and has powers that defy all reason.

Rahvyn is well aware that she doesn’t belong in the present. And she never intended to stay, for her true place is in the past. Lassiter proves to be undeniable, however, and she lets herself fall for the angel- until a secret he’s been keeping comes out and she fears that for him, it’s not about love, but duty.

As the Omega’s son reestablishes the Lessening Society, and the Brotherhood must resume the deadly war- an unfathomable tragedy occurs. In the aftermath, Rahvyn has to decide whether to stay and help- or save herself from an immortal heartbreak she knows will crush her very soul…"