ISBN: 978-0451229854
Rating: A
LOVER MINE was one of the stories that I have been waiting for and I thought would never come. Either that or I expected to hate it, I’m not sure which was my true reality.
It’s a huge book, is it going to be good quality pages, or a book just full of stuff that will make me mad that I actually went out and paid full price for it. I went against my rule of not paying more than $10.00 for any book, but I HAD to know what happens and I couldn’t wait.
Was it the best book in the series? No, but it was close and I felt as if only one thing could have truly made it better. It is probably the one reason we all wanted to read this particular book, and that was to have John Matthew realize his true potential, who he truly is.
LOVER MINE is intense, gritty and raw. JR Ward has a knack for digging into a character and showing the reader that everything you thought you knew was wrong or way off base. Xhex is one of those characters. She turned into a character that I not only respected, but that I could connect with. Out of all the heroines in these books Xhex has to be my favorite because she is the most flawed and human amongst them.
If you have never read this series before, it’s one that I highly recommend. Some get angry because Ward has created some manly warriors who talk in more modern slang etc…I find it an endearing quality and it feels natural to me as a reader it fits with who these warriors are. Start with DARK LOVER, the first in the series as I did nothing but rave about it once I finished it.
The Journey Begins with the Turn of a Page 