A review by evikes
Lover Enshrined by J.R. Ward

4.0

I know this book was supposed to be about Phury, but the side stories overshadowed his part (for me anyway). I loved all the JM stories (except that he didn’t say anything about seeing Lash...aaaargh), Rehv’s side-story was awesome as usual, I love Quinn & Blay (that scene when Q is helping to bandage Blay's cuts was sooooooooooooo good), Payne is gonna rock, and boy, did the Omega step it up a notch or what?? Even that story was great. Finally, the lessers seem like a very true and credible threat – I thought in the earlier books, the antagonist was weak. I always liked Phury, but not as much as the other Brothers, and I haven’t changed my mind about that – Z did move up the list for me though. I did enjoy seeing that he is more similar to Z than we were first shown (since they are twins, this seems logical and rings true), and it was rewarding to see Phury ‘grow a pair’ already when it came to Cormia. The last 50 pages or so were fantastic, and actually brought a tear to my eye. The scene at the forest edge was so good, and the imagery was so clear, it actually had me all choked up. Overall, I liked the book a lot, but more so for all the side-stories.