The King

The King by J.R. Ward

If you are a regular reader of my book reviews you know that I love the Black Dagger Brotherhood series. It is so hard for me to wait for the next installment! This book brings it back to Wrath and Beth—the original couple. I get so wrapped up in these characters!

One tiny note of unhappiness--I do agree with some critics that the number of characters is sometimes too much. Each book introduces new characters and the old characters get lost in the shuffle. Ward builds characters up and then they seem to disappear and their lack of presence is noticeable. Since maybe book 5 this has really bothered me. That continued here. Loved most of it, but am tired of some of the side things that have been dragging on (Xcor and Layla especially). This book sets up the next book…which I like, but it seemed to take over the plot more this time. As the series grows it is harder to be as enraptured.

Seriously though—read this series! Start at the beginning with Dark Lover.