Comments on: REVIEW: Lover Enshrined by J.R. Ward

By: Anemies

Anemies — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:56:29 +0000

There were a lot of weak points. I mean, it was only the fact that I love Rhage and Z and V’s character that I kept on reading. I hated the fact that Jane (V’s shellan) was turned into a ghost but then…….Phury? I chanted through the whole series “Oh, for God’s sake, get on with the sex already!!!” It was dragging and looooooooooong.
The characters were calling for air space and Phury wasn’t a strong enough character. And when the sex came, I was so disappointed. All that sexual frustration and that? it took too long- I know that the tension had to build up but when they were doing the act, I realized it wasn’t worth the anticipation.
I freacking hate the Wizard! With his british accent? Huh. Phury was my least or second to the least favorite Brother. He’s tied down with Wrath. (don’t ask me about Wrath-he’s just so…ugh. His charcter kept on changing every book.)

And Cormia? Talk about stupid. Her character was stupid. Stupid. Stupid. Stupid. It would’ve been fun if she was an ehros. Still, I hated that their problem could’ve been solved if they just worked it out sooner- but they didn’t-hence, more talking about none sense and less sex.

It was my least favorite book of all. I’d give it a C-. It was less romantic because Ms. WArd was too focused on the plotlines which she kept on doing ever since Lover Revealed came. But at least LR and LU had some cool, erotic scenes in it. In Lover Enshrined? Not enough. That’s all I’m saying.

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By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:21:16 +0000

I cannot believe what I am hearing!!! Granted – I agree that Lover Enshrined was a complete and total let down – compared to the other books and how the characters in it progressed… But this was (to me anyway) a series in a whole that I just could not put down. My favorite was Rhage’s story but I think all in all it was generally well rounded and I found myself running to Barnes and Noble constatly to get the next in the series. Great job JR Ward.

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By: Maryann Jeffers

Maryann Jeffers — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:04:14 +0000

I liked the ending of Lover Enshrined. I thought It was wonderful and uplifting. Z singing to Phury was touching as well as all the Brothers supporting Phury again. (You could feel the love)

By: Janine

Janine — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:13:51 +0000

Jennie, from what I remember Ward saying when she was here when her “My First Sale” piece ran, Rhevenge (pardon any spelling errors) is next, and after that John Matthew. I can’t wait for John Matthew.

My grade for Lover Enshrined was a B-, and we are pretty close in how we saw the book.

By: Jennie

Jennie — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:09:32 +0000

Great review! I finished this last week and gave it a B – I actually was not even that jazzed about reading it, so I was pleasantly surprised by how engrossing I found it. I think the multiple storylines helped – if whatever was going on at the moment didn’t interest me, I knew that the scene would change to someone else pretty rapidly. Phury wasn’t too appealing, but I actually found Cormia less insipid than I’d expected. I would even say some of her adjustment to “this side” was a bit poignant. I liked most of the secondary storylines, and even found the stuff with the Lessers…less irritating than usual (though Mr. D’s dialect was all over the place).

I’ve come to accept the weird slang of the BDB world with a fairly low-grade but constant hum of irritation as I read. It spiked when Wrath (I think it was Wrath) used the word “frenemies” – a word I associate with the Paris Hilton/Lindsay Lohan crowd. At least Ward has cut back a bit on the use of “so” (e.g. “We are so not going there”), a linguistic tic I associate with Chandler on “Friends” – not an image I would think Ward would want to cultivate.

I’m curious about who Ward’s next book will feature – does anyone know?

By: Miss Kitty

Miss Kitty — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 02:06:41 +0000

Liked the book, liked Cormia, who was not a heroine as in the word hero: tough, neck breaking stuff, but someone who had no idea about…everything and turned into yeah… a totally normal person.
Hated Phury, but found him totally convincing (alot of experience with addicts here and yes, people are that stupid, whining, helpless, blind whe they need their fix).
Loved the subplot.
And from now on, when I need a good laugh I think of…………….
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toaster……..
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and the vacuum……..
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and the dishwasher….

By: Jess

Jess — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 06:31:02 +0000

i agree with your review, i loved the world building, i loved JM,Rhev,Quinn and Blay’s developement. I respect JR for her ability to weave so many thread and do so much head hopping without driving me insane (i hate alot of head hopping usually)

i will disagree with you when you say those that are reading the series for the romance should of gave up long ago, i found Wrath,Rhage,Zsadist and Butch’s books all romantic, they each had different styles to thier books and how thier relationship evolves but i would say the romantic in me was satisfied.

V’s book and Phury’s didn’t satisfy it – V’s was lacklustre at best and Phury’s was downright non exsistant. When Phury told Cormia that he loved her, i actually said out loud “since when”.

i thought Phury out of all of the brothers deserved a better HEA, he spent a century looking for his twin then shot his own leg off for him, let alone what he did AFTER he found Z. He was always one of my fave brothers. I was disappointed with how JR depicted him in this book, he seemed like a total stranger compared to vamipre i have known in the last 5 books.

i bet JR hits NYT # 1 for this book and i really dont think she will deserve it…