Review: The Beloved

The Beloved by J.R. Ward
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Black Dagger Brotherhood

The Next Generation

As I see it, this new part of the series is not different from the last 21 books. This can be a good thing, or it can be a bad thing if you were hoping for something fresh and new.


Wrath is back (frankly, I didn't remember that he left!), and thirty years have passed. We now have robots or Androids as cops! Interesting. But as far as I can tell, that seems to be the only significant difference in the time change. Weapons are the same—guns are guns, knives are knives.

Love is still love, and we still have the major angst in one half of the relationship as in the past. The "kids" are way more rude to their parents and adopted parents than I can remember happening in the first 21 books!

Lash is creating Lessor's hand-over-fist. I have a feeling this group, which has the catchphrase Resolve to Evolve, is responsible for the large turnout of new Lessors, but it's just a hunch.

I am curious about one thing (and I really need to re-read the last book, darn it!) and that is, how did George live the thirty years that have passed?

At any rate, this was an interesting start to this new generation.

*ARC was supplied by the publisher Simon & Schuster/ Gallery Books, the author J. R Ward, and Edelweiss/ATTL. My thanks to all.


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SYNOPSIS:"Zsadist. His daughter. Her true love... what could POSSIBLY go wrong?

The daughter of a legend finds the love of a lifetime in this passionate, heart-wrenching installment in J. R. Ward’s #1 New York Times bestselling Black Dagger Brotherhood series...

Nalla, the blooded daughter of Zsadist, has led a sheltered life. Protected by her father and the Brotherhood, kept away from the deadly war with the Lessening Society, she is chaffing against the walls of the very safety that has ensured her survival. One night, she gives into her restlessness... and finds herself face to face with a male whose inner darkness rivals even that of her sire’s horrific origins.

Nate is a fighter with nothing to lose- and nothing to live for. Tortured in a human lab as a young, then cursed with immortality, he is all vengeance and no purpose because he cares for no one, not even himself. The Brotherhood know this all too well, and following his deliberate violation of the cardinal rule in the war, they declare him a dangerous liability that must be dealt with.

When Nalla and Nate find themselves fighting side by side, daggers aren’t the only things that fly. A sizzling attraction is ignited, except she knows her sire will never accept him- and on his side, Nate has made a secret bargain to end his immortality. As the enemy closes in, and Nalla realizes she must choose between her mate and her sire... what starts with such passion may well end with eternal sorrow and no chance of a reunion, even in the Fade."