one word....wolven!!!!

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I don't usually review J.R. Ward's books because they are amazing and she still is an auto-buy author for me. But this book was a new beginning in the universe of the BDB and I felt that I had to say some words.

Nyx travels into a secret prison searching for her last sister and there she meets the Jackal, another vampire who has suffered a lot and keeps his secrets close.

While this takes us a little away from the core group of the BDB members we do have the appearances of Rhage, whom I adore, Vishous and Wrath. The story mostly centers around Nyx and Jackal as they navigate the prison and try to find a way out.

But it is the new species that stands out. The wolven, which sounds like werewolves but I am not sure how they will tie up to the rest of the lore in the books. J. R. Ward over the years has created amazing mythology behind her worldbuilding with deities and demons angels and...well Devina but this species caught my attention. Also, I do hope that some of the secondary characters survived the ending of this book. I loved them immediately despite their craziness. And Apex? Oh boy, this guy will have a good friend in Zsadist if you get my meaning.

A great introduction into a new series that expands the universe even more.

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Method: audiobook

Rating: 3/5 stars

H rating: 3/5 - Jack

h rating: 3/5 - Nyx

Drama: 4/5

Thoughts: Not sure that I am a fan of this one mainly because I couldn't really connect with these characters.

I really liked that!

absolutely loved this book.

it took such a great direction and absolutely loved delving more into Darius and Rhage's past together. looking forward to the next one as always :)

OMG... BDB series is never disappoints and this book is a fabulous addition. I love how it gave life to Darius and showed the past very much alive that we only got glimpses of. The compound and training area was created and designed long before wrath fell in love with Beth and this book brings the past unknown to light ant gives voice to a brother we only seen in memories of others. Love it!!

JR Ward is about to lose me as a reader and here’s why...

I loved loved loved The Black Dagger Brother Hood series after the first six books which were so god damned redundant that I wanted to shoot myself in the face. Peak JR Ward starts around the 7th and 8th book when the plot finally heightened and reached its climax with John, Xhex, and Rehv. Following that, JR Ward created all these unnecessary spin-offs and new series that I feel like should have come AFTER she closed up some very prolonged and neglected plot points concerning Darius, John, Mary, etc etc. There are so many things have been left open for so god damned long that I feel like at this point we won’t get answers.

What pisses me off even more is that JR Ward used to have a talent for drawing you into her next book before it was even close to release date. She would give us such a good glimpse at the coming cast that I was thirsty for the next hardcover to be in my hands as fast as possible. Sadly with the her new books she doesn’t give us any kind of teaser or sample or even MENTION the characters who will be in her next book, automatically deeming them irrelevant for me. Rhage’s have brother who was NEVER mentioned? No. A spin-off in the same universe but ABOUT WOLVES? No.

I might sound like I’m just being super impatient and whiny, but listen, when you’ve been following this series for YEARS AND YEARS and you just want your god damned closure? YOU JUST WANT YOUR GODDAMNED CLOSURE.

Anyways, as you can tell I was quite biased about coming into this new installment. I didn’t give two craps about a never-mentioned half-brother named ‘nobody gives a shit’ and his love interest. Needless to say on top of them being irrelevant, they were just as plain as unsalted chicken. They were awful and recycled and I just didn’t see the point in reading this book.

The ONE redeemable thing was the treatment of the aristocrat towards the Jackal. Showing the corruption of the Glymera has always interested me and seeing more of that helped me want to read this book.

Otherwise....no. No I didn’t like this book very much at all

This was meh. I feel like a lot happened but I wasn't really invested in the story at all. The story just felt very generic. But I am also not the biggest fan of vampire books so I that my play a factor.

I really loved this new spin off series! I can't wait to see what happens next

I have been reading the Black Dagger Brotherhood series for longer than I can remember. Every time I start one of these books I think to myself "This one can't be as good as the others" and I am wrong. This book is the first in another spin off series that isn't really about the BDB but still has some of the characters in it. And almost the entire book takes place INSIDE A PRISON! That part, right there, was the best part about it. Like, I really loved that part. lt was dark and gritty with the intense and sexy relationships we expect from @jrwardauthor.

Nyx breaks into a prison in search for her sister who she feels was wrongly imprisoned. Once inside she is discovered by The Jackal who decides to help her on her quest but, of course, things do not go to plan and their loins are set ablaze.

I know there is another book in this series (which I already have) and hope that will answer some of the things I feel were left hanging from this book, as I feel the author has a tendency to do; leave us wanting more.