Rhage and Mary are happy together, but after everything that has been going on with the war and his brothers, Rhage finds himself questioning some of the inner turmoil that he can't explain. It's an emotionally gripping, lovely, and at times sweet and at times sexy continuation to a beloved couple. The Beast doesn't mess with a happy couple's HEA it expands on their emotional journey. Time was too finite no matter how much of it you had with someone you loved, when the end came, it wasn’t nearly enough.” But man am I glad that I decided to take the chance with this book, and I can fully admit that all the preconceived notions I had about it couldn't have been more wrong. So to say that I was questioning reading this book would be an understatement. I couldn't understand why Rhage needed a full second hardcover book, when Z's story in Father Mine was perfect in the novella length that it was. But that doesn't mean that I want a second book for them in what I felt would be messing with that perfectly satisfactory HEA. I loved the original brothers, and I loved (most) of their HEA. Instead what soon followed was more Wrath, then the book that shall not be mentioned, and now Rhage.

There's been a plethora of secondary characters introduced since Lover at Last and I've been itching for them to finally get a book. So much, in fact, that I was about to give up on it entirely. I'm going to be real for a hot second here the last few releases in this series left me underwhelmed. She was all the power in the universe coalesced into a living, breathing thing, the miracle that he had been granted in spite of the fact that he had long been underserving of anything but his curse. But Mary is on a journey of her own, one that will either bring them closer together or cause a split that neither will recover from. After suffering mortal injury in battle, Rhage must reassess his priorities-and the answer, when it comes to him, rocks his world.and Mary’s. But Rhage can’t understand-or control-the panic and insecurity that plague him…Īnd that terrifies him-as well as distances him from his mate. Mary, his beloved shellan, is by his side and his King and his brothers are thriving. But as the Brotherhood readies for an all-out attack on them, one of their own fights a battle within himself…įor Rhage, the Brother with the biggest appetites, but also the biggest heart, life was supposed to be perfect-or at the very least, perfectly enjoyable. The slayers of the Lessening Society are stronger than ever, preying on human weakness to acquire more money, more weapons, more power. After avoiding war with the Shadows, alliances have shifted and lines have been drawn.

Nothing is as it used to be for the Black Dagger Brotherhood.

The Beast by J.R. Ward