Well, well, well - Dr. Hotty pants makes a reappearance and I am here for it.

Also, I was gut-punched with all the drama between V & Jane. ( )

Awesome book. ( )

Payne, hermana gemela de Vishous, está cortada por los mismos oscuros y seductores patrones que su hermano: es una luchadora por naturaleza y una rebelde cuando se trata de ejercer el papel tradicional de la mujer. Encarcelada por su madre, la Virgen Escribana, por fin se ha liberado, pero ha sido para enfrentarse a una devastadora lesión. El Doctor Manny Manello es reclutado por la Hermandad para curarla, ya que es el único que puede hacerlo. A pesar de que el médico nunca antes había creído en los seres que se mueven en la noche como los vampiros, acabará dejándose seducir por una poderosa mujer que dejará marcado tanto su cuerpo como su alma. Finalmente los dos encuentran mucho más que una conexión erótica, haciendo colisionar los mundos humano y vampírico. Además, Payne deberá resolver un asunto de un par de siglos atrás que pondrá en grave peligro su amor y sus vidas.

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Genres: Adult, Paranormal, Romance, Suspense
4.75 Stars

Two of my favorite characters, Payne and Manny.
I waited for this one with great anticipation.

Payne, Vishous twin sister. Finally free.

Manny, Jane's old boss from the hospital she used to work at.

I loved their story.

V & Jane have a huge part in this one too. Some interesting clues to how a lot of their issues from the beginning of their relationship have NOT be dealt with. ( )

I can only defend my decision to get around to this--I bowed out of the (insane) series halfway through the previous book--because I wanted to read Lover at Last (the m/m one, at last indeed) and I had very little idea what was going on.

Equal parts stupidly compelling and useless filler. I know everyone has the same thing to say about Ward's voice, which is a little bit fun, some of the time, but EVERY SINGLE PERSON ON EARTH says "what's doing?" and, you know, the same way-too-cutesy inability to make a coherent sentence instead of product-placement metaphor.

Oh, the 40-something Extra Badass Love Interest "rocking old-school My Chemical Romance" (you know, from the old-school days of 06) in his time of mental anguish is pretty funny.

Anyway, as usual the various plot contrivances--Payne & Glory's conditions, the "solution" to Payne and Manny, why Manny recognizes Butch, and the usual "I have a human life I can't leave! Oh no wait I never fit in there let me just burn all those bridges."

I like reading about V but I honestly don't understand the mad love for this character. He is a sexist psychopath most of the time. I guess that goes for much of the Brotherhood, but man, V is a mess. I refuse to believe the events of this book cured his hundreds of years of psychological issues, although props to Butch anyway. I find it pretty funny how much the other Brothers and (especially) their shellans become nonexistent after getting center stage. I think Ehlena is mentioned like 50 times in this book and doesn't say a word--just a nurse doing nursing things. Oh, and Butch is a major factor, but Marissa is offscreen working pretty much the whole time. We also see a little Wrath, no Beth. Most references to the Brothers are like "everyone was with their mate and having sex or recovering from having sex." The Band of Bastards seem to have a lot more interaction with each other than the great, soooo-devoted Brotherhood.

This is longer than I intended. I hate-read these things because they're that ridiculous, and I want the ridiculous to keep coming. So yeah, I didn't expect a "this is a literary masterwork" response out of myself, but ( )