#1 New York Times bestselling author J.R. Ward’s ferociously inventive series continues as the most fearsome member of the Black Dagger Brotherhood discovers just how tempting the night can be…
A former blood slave, Zsadist still bears the scars from a past filled with suffering and humiliation. Renowned for his unquenchable fury and sinister deeds, he is a savage feared by humans and vampires alike. Anger is his only companion, and terror is his only passion—until he rescues a beautiful female from the evil Lessening Society.
Bella is instantly entranced by the Brother’s seething power. Except even as their desire for each other begins to overtake them, Zsadist’s thirst for vengeance against her abductor drives him to the brink of madness. Now Bella must help her lover not only overcome the wounds of his tortured past, but find a future with her...
Throughout this book, I was thinking it was a three star read, but the ending was absolutely beautifully written (talking about the last two chapters and the epilogue here). It was so good that I just couldn't justify to give it a three star rating.
The story felt rather boring in the beginning and it took quite a while until the action began. This is also the reason why this felt like a 650 pages book, when in reality it was just 468 pages.
From the first book in this series, Zsadist has been my favorite character, so I was quite excited to read "his" book. He's a very complicated - and complex - character, and I found that I learned the reasons behind his behaviour in this book. I really got to know him and Bella, and they were both amazing characters. The minor characters still played a somewhat big part of this story, which I liked a whole lot, since it's a series about a brotherhood.
I can't wait to get to the fourth book in this series, which I've learned will be about Butch - another character that I find to be really interesting. Great series!
