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Dark Lover by J. R. Ward

Dark Lover by J. R. Ward

“Dark Lover” is the first in the series of 11 books about The Black Dagger Brotherhood by author J. R. Ward.  In the Caldwell, NY of all places the last true pure-blood vampire “Wrath” the Blind King has encamped himself and his brotherhood of five other vampires in a half hearted attempt to preserve their race in a turf war with their slayers the “lessers”.  The Blind King wants nothing to do with his heritage and doesn’t see himself as strong enough to take up his mantle and lead his race in order to survive. His brotherhood stay faithful in hopes that one day The Blind King will realize his destiny and lead their race into the future so they can prosper again.

 

The Blind King finds himself suddenly thrust into protecting the daughter Beth Randall of a slain brotherhood member only to find out that Beth is soon to undergo the change and become a vampire herself. Being completely detached from his emotional senses in order to avoid his calling Wrath starts to come to the realization that he is falling in love and understands that he might have something to live for and protect. Fighting against his desires, instincts, calling and his enemies, Wrath finally is forced to grow “up” and face his destiny.

 

With a possible assassination attempt on his life from one of the brotherhood, an angry female vampire that feels tossed aside and an angry brother of the female vampire, Wrath’s battle come on all fronts. The Blind Kings life jumps from the comfortable solitude of hunt and kill to emotional turmoil, demands from a higher being and learning to trust those around him in a hurry.

 

Dark Lover is full of cliches such as the tall, muscle bound, sexy, incredibly attractive male character to the hot damsel in distress that he falls in love with and bodies and sex organs that are way beyond the norm and that feed the it’s only hot and sexy if beyond perfect stereotype. While the time frame in which all this happens is extraordinarily fast, the action, the passion and the characters work for the most part once you get past the cliches which are there because the author knows they work.

 

If you are going to read a book that has that standard comfortable format in which the reader knows basically what to expect, than this book is not a bad read at all. There are variations on the vampire theme so it’s not a traditional vampire but is that a good or bad thing? That is for you to decide as your read a story of love, lust, action and accepting your heritage.

You can find out more about J. R. Ward here: www.jrward.com

David Lowry

David Lowry

David Lowry was first attracted to the guitar at the young age of twelve. By the age of fifteen he had surpassed many teenagers’ wildest dreams as he performed regularly in bars as a part of various cover bands emulating rock icons such as Winger, Slaughter, Firehouse, Bone Angels, XYZ and Johnny Lang. During the early years of his career David also held the position of “guitar tech” for Shrapnel recording artist Todd Duane, David’s primary guitar instructor, as well as R&B Billboard chart toppers Mint Condition. Deftly skilled in all areas of music, from the technical to the creative, David has also worked with some of the Minneapolis Jazz legends on charting projects for the local jazz scene while developing a personal teaching curriculum for guitar theory. A graduate of Musicians Technical Training Institute in Minneapolis, MN in 1996, David has expanded his reach in the music industry to record music for HeadGames Publishing, now Activision Value on their best selling series of games for PC with Matt Fink (Dr. Fink) formerly of Prince and the Revolution.

David joined Difference United in 2006 and launched his new creative outlet immediately launched a tour through the Eastern European country of Romania. Since then the band has toured the United States, China and India.

In response to an overwhelming number of Nashville-based musicians seeking his management, in 2008 David founded The Lowry Agency. The Lowry Agency is a full service artist management/development and promotions agency. David and his dedicated, passionate team, work with musicians, actors, speakers, authors, voice over artists, entertainment companies, music coordination/supervision for film and TV. They strive to help their clients identify and fulfill their clients’ entertainment and business goals. The Lowry Agency’s talent roster has included such stars as Damon Johnson, Brother Cane, Juno Award winning songwriter & Candian Idol host Sass Jordan, TV personality Todd Newton, and up and coming rocker Goldy Locks.

In 2010 David launched the popular blog talk radio show “Live From Music City.” The show won the “Shorty” award for best radio show on twitter in its very first year of operation. The show focuses on how to make it in the music business with both music business professionals and successful artists who share their music business experience. David has interviewed guests such as The Oak Ridge Boys, King’s X, Billy Ray Cyrus, The Guess Who, Richie Kotzen, Tommy Emannuael, CJ Snare, Jesse James Dupree, Andy Timmons, Sass Jordan, Foghat, Warrant, Damon Johnson, Gunnar Nelson, Little River Band, Rik Emmett, Neil Zazza and Ambrosia.

David is also a staff writer for the “Rock School” column at Metalholic Magazine and a staff writer at Geek Eccentric for board game and RPG reviews.

You can find out more about David Lowry here: www.thelowryagency.com