Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

From the first page of this novel, I was sucked back into the world that JR Ward creates... not hard to do considering I've read the previous 8 books MULTIPLE times. I'll start with why I DIDN'T give it 5 stars... There are flat out inconsistencies... Payne said in Lover Mine she thought Vishous was dead. That's not the case in this book. Vishous thought Blodletter was killed in a lesser attach, yet he doesn't react at all when his sister mentions killing their sire... not likely...I also thought Xcor's personality seemed inconsistent from the beginning to the end of the book, but I'm not sure I really know the character well enough to make the judgment. That's it... those are the ONLY problems I had with this book... and as much as I like to pretend it's reality... it is in fact a book. That being said, I"m surprised by all the negative reviews, and most of them seem to be because readers feel that Ward neglected THEIR agenda. There were several complaints about this ignoring the "main characters." Perhaps Ward has come to the point in the series where she needs to stop saying this is "insert your name here"'s book. CLEARLY, this was not Payne and Manny's book... this was a brotherhood book that helped to further the relationship between Manny/Payne/Butch/v?jane... and it did an incredible job. Others were annoyed that the relationship with Qhuinn and Blay wasn't developed any further. I would disagree. They didn't speak a WORD to each other... not one single word... yet they committed themselves to each other forever... I think that's just really good writing. I, too, miss the interaction with the brothers... I wish the books were four million pages long each and I couldn't read the whole thing in 7 hours... ...but here's the thing... when I look at BDB... I think of it as we get a glimpse at a few days in their lives. Ward opens a window, and we can peek and see what's happening on THOSE days... and on some days maybe my favorite is not doing much, but I do get a chance to interact with some of the others. PLUS I really like the fact that she keeps referring to some mysteries from earlier books and two BIG ones are touched upon here. This is not meant to be anywhere near a finale in this series... With any hope, we've got a looooooooooooong way to go... and I hope Ward continues pouring her heart and soul into each installment.