The Black Dagger Brotherhood Series by JR Ward
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- kmthomas10
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The Black Dagger Brotherhood Series by JR Ward
These guys all have some serious baggage, and every book tells you more about a specific member of the Brotherhood. Each book pretty much has the same basic plot, a certain member of the Brotherhood has a few demons, but then he meets a woman that shows him there's more to him than who he thought he was and he is redeemable. Sometimes that plot does get a little tired, but at least in my case, you care about the characters of the Brotherhood enough to want them to get their happy ending. There is the added danger of the Lessers and the rules of the society the brothers belong to and various other bumps and blows to the story that don't always allow the brothers a happy ending.
All in all, I do recommend these stories to those who enjoy the Supernatural Romance genre.
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However I do find it somewhat annoying that people don't know the difference between romance and erotica. Romance doesn't necessarily have any sex scenes, it can but it doesn't revolve around that. Romance can also end on a sad or dissapointing note (even if that's not ofen pulled off well). Erotica on the other hand revolves around sex. There needs only be enough story to seperate it from porn (which is no or next to no story).
I am not trying to harp but people often don't understand the difference. I enjoy writing as well so I don't mind passing on what I've learned.
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Touching briefly on the erotica vs. romance. Erotica is very generally literature intended to arouse sexual desire. It seems to me that the new mainstream plethora of "erotica" books are actually more of a blend of erotica / romance, which makes sense. Romance novels have the ability to arouse, too... but they're just more discrete about it in an effort to be more "tasteful." Suddenly, the public doesn't want "tasteful." We want it all! I did a paper during undergrad specifically on Erotica-- but this wasn't during the time when I could go to the local supermarket and pick up several novels in the genre. To me, erotica is short, sweet and too the point -- just like pornography, because for all intents and purposes, it IS pornography. In my opinion, it's pornography for women-- because we like attention to details, filling in the blanks, and the circumstances around the act. Men like the act. That said, I would categorize these books as more ROMANCE than erotica... but that's because I read countless pieces of erotica for my paper and the imagination on some of those authors could kill your sex drive for months! ANYWAY.... [stepping off soap box]
The Black Dagger Brotherhood is made up of several bad ass but damaged men-- and their character flaws and backgrounds are revealed very tastefully throughout the series. There are little character building details sprinkled throughout every book for every character, however each book features a different "star" character-- and that's when you really get to know the character through his background and inner thoughts. Every book in this series follows the same basic plot - badass male meets female who "saves" him in a way. It is very enjoyable and a very easy read... you really start to love ALL the characters.
I believe it was Book 6 in the series that I didn't so much care for. There were a few sprinkled in there that felt rushed-- like the writer was trying to meet a deadline and just vomiting on paper and publishing. Of course, I still read them because I didn't want to miss any crucial character development and because I was someone of a Black Dagger junkie, but I was irritated as all hell reading through typos and grammatical errors, etc. (SN: I received an "updated" Book 6 though Amazon that supposedly corrected the typos and errors-- I guess the editor got around to doing his/her job a little late... or they just knew the junkies were already hooked and would read anything.)
I definitely would recommend (and have recommended) these books to everyone! The story is great, the character development is interesting, and the sex is hot.
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