Lover Unbound

Lover Unbound by JR Ward

Published by Signet

The ruthless and brilliant brother Vishous possesses a destructive curse and a frightening ability to see the future. As a member of the Brotherhood, he has no interest in love or emotion, only the battle with the Lessening Society. But when a mortal injury puts him in the care of a human surgeon, Dr. Jane Whitcomb compels him to reveal his inner pain and taste true pleasure for the first time-until a destiny he didn't choose takes him into a future that does not include her...

I'm not even sure where to start. Lover Unbound is V's story. We know from the other books that he has visions of the future, but they stopped working. They are back to working in this book. His arm is also cursed. He keeps it covered with a leather glove, because it can cause things to catch fire.

V is taken to the ER after he is shot while he is fighting Lessors. He instantly recognizes Dr. Jane as his mate, so when some of the other Brothers come to get him, he asks them to bring Jane along.

It's not long before Jane figures out that she is among Vampires. She is frightened at first, but her curiosity over rides her fear and she soon accepts what V is.

Because of the bonding, V and Jane have a very strong connection with one another. Even though Jane is free to go, she wants to stay with V. Unfortunately, V has been commanded by the Scribe virgin to be the Primale of the Chosen. That means he will be mated with one special Chosen, but will have the right to have sex with the other 40 Chosen. That needs to be done so that a new generation of Brothers may be created.

This obviously puts a kink in the plans for V and Jane to be together. It all ends up working out in a very odd way in the end though.

Please highlight the area below for major spoilers.

Okay, this is where I let it all out. Holy crap. Not only is The scribe virgin V's mother, but he also has a twin sister that lives on the Other Side. She seems to be in suspended animation. Her name is Payne.

JR Ward is one sick mother effer. First she kills Wellsie and the baby *sob* THEN in this book Jane is shot at and killed. By a lesser. Just like poor Wellsie. THEN Jane is brought back. Not as a Vampire, not even the way it went down with Mary, but Jane is brought back as a ghost. She is see through. It's very creepy. Rhage accidentally walks into her because Jane had dropped her concentration and faded. See, she can be solid if she thinks about staying that way.

Apparently this does not effect sex, but how can it not? It's weird. I hate it. I HATE HATE HATE it.

To tell you the truth, I was into the book. I had a few 'shut the F up' moments at the way the brothers talk. "You feel me, true? " "I am so not going in there." "You so don' t want to do that" I am so into this female" "I am so doing this" etc etc...

What is with all the 'so'? We went from pimp/gang member talk to pimp/gang member/Vally girl talk.

This reader is so not into that, true? You feel me, my man?

Annoying isn't it? Just picture those worlds out the mouth of sexy bad ass Vampires.

Anyway, even with all that, I was still able to enjoy the book. I just kinda put up with the talk. It's not like I didn't know it would be there when I bought the book.

Then 'it' happened. It all went down hill from then. One stupid twist after another.

I give it C+ . As much as it pisses me off, Lover Unbound is very interesting. I didn't want to stop reading for a second. Plus, there are no lesser POVs, and that is good. However, I didn't feel good after I finished reading this book, so I probably won't ever pick it up again.

I do believe that V and Jane are good for each other. I didn't think I would believe a love story for him becuase of how much he loves Butch...and trust me, he loves Butch 'that way'. V's bi -sexuality is talked about in this book. He comes right out and admits that he is/was in love with Butch.

So yeah, Ward did a good job of making me believe in the Happily ever after. I crave HEA in the books that I read. Funny enough, after reading this, I want to go back and re read the rest of the books. I think I'll do that soon.

I do have one more thing to say though. More of a question for those who have read the book. Please highlight below to find out...

After John sent away Layla after she failed to please him after the change (by no fault of their own, of course) Layla acted as if she was going to run away or something. Layla is the Chosen that Rhage feeds from. Layla has that commitment with Rhage and Mary, so she can't take off. It was hard enough for Rhage and Mary to get over that he can't feed off of Mary in the first place, so it will be hell for them to gain that trust with another Chosen if Layla takes off.

Someone on another blog was saying that Layla and John should be mated. I disagree. Layla needs to stick by Rhage and Mary.

Something I should mention is that I like Jane. A lot. I had a problem with some of the Heroines in the other books in this series, and for the first time, I didn't have a single negative thought go through my head about Jane.

cant wait to hear what everyone else has to say about Lover Unbound. Get reading!

The books in order are,

Dark lover

Lover eternal

Lover awakened

Lover Revealed

It's very important to read these books in order. Especially with this one, and the last one (Lover Revealed) There are just too many things going on to understand if you start with this book.