The legacy of the Black Dagger Brotherhood continues in a spin-off series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author…
Paradise, blooded daughter of the king’s First Advisor, is ready to break free from the restrictive life of an aristocratic female. Her strategy? Join the Black Dagger Brotherhood’s training center program and learn to fight for herself, think for herself…be herself. It’s a good plan, until everything goes wrong. The schooling is unfathomably difficult, the other recruits feel more like enemies than allies, and it’s very clear that the Brother in charge, Butch O’Neal, a.k.a. the Dhestroyer, is having serious problems in his own life.
And that’s before she falls in love with a fellow classmate. Craeg, a common civilian, is nothing her father would ever want for her, but everything she could ask for in a male. As an act of violence threatens to tear apart the entire program, and the erotic pull between them grows irresistible, Paradise is tested in ways she never anticipated—and left wondering whether she’s strong enough to claim her own power…on the field, and off.
I admit I wasn’t sure that I wanted to start this series. While I love the Black Dagger Brotherhood series, I’m already 14 books in with that one and I have a feeling the Black Dagger Legacy series will be just as long. I don’t normally get into series that go on that long but I really liked Paradise and Craeg from The Shadows so I wanted to continue their story. I’m happy I chose to start this series and I plan on keeping up with it as the rest of the books come out. I don’t know why I’m surprised that J.R. Ward has hooked me once again.
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This doesn’t affect my review in any way but I felt like I should throw this out there. If you haven’t read the original Black Dagger Brotherhood series, you can still read Blood Kiss. You also don’t really need to read Blood Kiss to continue with the Black Dagger Brotherhood series. However, I think both series’ offer more information to readers and I’d highly recommend reading both of them and reading them as they come out. I plan on staying up to date with both series so that I don’t miss out on anything but that might just be due to my obsession with this series and all things J.R. Ward.
Overall, Blood Kiss will definitely appeal to fans of the Black Dagger Brotherhood series and if you’ve been on the fence, I suggest checking it out. Also, if you’ve been thinking about starting the Black Dagger Brotherhood series but are intimidated by how many books there are, you could always start with Blood Kiss and see how you feel about things before starting the other series. I guess, what I’m saying is, check out Blood Kiss if you’re a fan of the paranormal. I can’t get enough of these vampires.