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The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Sinner brings another hot adventure of true love and ultimate sacrifice in the Black Dagger Brotherhood world.The location of the glymera's notorious prison camp was lost after the raids. When a freak accident provides Nyx clues to where her sister may still be doing time, she becomes determined to find the secret subterranean labyrinth. Embarking on a journey under the earth, she learns a terrible truth—and meets a male who changes show more everything, forever.
The Jackal has been in the camp for so long he cannot recall anything of the freedom he once knew. Trapped by circumstances out of his control, he helps Nyx because he cannot help himself. After she discovers what happened to her sister, getting her back out becomes a deadly mission for them both.
United by a passion they can't deny, they work together on an escape plan for Nyx—even though their destiny is to be forever apart. And as the Black Dagger Brotherhood is called upon for help, and Rhage discovers he has a half-brother who's falsely imprisoned, a devious warden plots the deaths of them all...even the Brothers. show less
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Genres: Adult, Crime, Paranormal, Romance
4.25 Stars
While I loved most of it, there were parts that left me...... unsatisfied.
The romance/sex scenes are intense and well written.
Loved The Jackal and Nyx. Though on occasion Nyx has some TSTL moments.
Loved the back flashes with Rhage and all the twist and turns.
For the most part, it is well written and flows very nicely.
Wasn't happy with some of the scenes with certain side show more characters. Those scenes felt like they were left unfinished.
We are introduced to a new subspecies. Maybe more than one.
I'm really curious as to where this new spinoff/crossover is going and eager to read more. show less
Genres: Adult, Crime, Paranormal, Romance
4.25 Stars
While I loved most of it, there were parts that left me...... unsatisfied.
The romance/sex scenes are intense and well written.
Loved The Jackal and Nyx. Though on occasion Nyx has some TSTL moments.
Loved the back flashes with Rhage and all the twist and turns.
For the most part, it is well written and flows very nicely.
Wasn't happy with some of the scenes with certain side show more characters. Those scenes felt like they were left unfinished.
We are introduced to a new subspecies. Maybe more than one.
I'm really curious as to where this new spinoff/crossover is going and eager to read more. show less
Unfortunately, I don't have a lot of good to say here. I'd looked forward to trying Ward's writing, but lots of little annoyances I had with this book led me to feeling less than satisfied with it in the end. There's no one big issue, and it's a fast read, but I can't actually say I enjoyed it.
The largest issue is Nyx, the heroine. She's painted in an unsympathetic light from the beginning, at least to my way of thinking, and it took a long time for me to have any attachment at all to her. If the whole book had focused on her vs. switching over to the male lead, as well, I never would have managed to finish the book. Beyond her, though, it was just a case of many little annoyances adding up to me growing less and less engaged. Lots of show more little style issues (including awkward world-building-related terminology and endless rhetorical questions that ended in periods rather than question marks, which drove me bonkers), repetitive scenes and writing, and a wandering plot that somehow still managed to be predictable. Part of the problem is undoubtedly that the book tried to balance between suspense and paranormal romance, and when push came to shove, it didn't lean quite far enough in either direction when it came to plotting, so that a reader didn't get enough of either feel to be truly satisfied. Rather, the book didn't itself seem to know what it wanted or needed to be, beyond wanting to be longer than necessary.
This was a bit of a rant, but to be honest, I just don't have much that's good to say about the book. The plot, on a story level, sounds interesting even as I think about it, but the whole thing was just dragged out and presented in such a way that the promise it held via concept kind of got lost along the way for me.
I'd heard this series wasn't as good as Ward's others, but the concept appealed to me so much that I thought I'd give it a try anyway. I've got more of her books now because I was overconfident I'd enjoy them when I visited a used bookstore, so I'll likely at least try the next to see if the series gets better and/or the characters are at least likeable vs. so awkward, or in Nyx's case, flat-out unsympathetic. Or maybe I'll just jump to a different series...
Obviously, this book just wasn't for me, and it didn't satisfy either my taste for paranormal suspense or paranormal romance, so I can't recommend it. show less
The largest issue is Nyx, the heroine. She's painted in an unsympathetic light from the beginning, at least to my way of thinking, and it took a long time for me to have any attachment at all to her. If the whole book had focused on her vs. switching over to the male lead, as well, I never would have managed to finish the book. Beyond her, though, it was just a case of many little annoyances adding up to me growing less and less engaged. Lots of show more little style issues (including awkward world-building-related terminology and endless rhetorical questions that ended in periods rather than question marks, which drove me bonkers), repetitive scenes and writing, and a wandering plot that somehow still managed to be predictable. Part of the problem is undoubtedly that the book tried to balance between suspense and paranormal romance, and when push came to shove, it didn't lean quite far enough in either direction when it came to plotting, so that a reader didn't get enough of either feel to be truly satisfied. Rather, the book didn't itself seem to know what it wanted or needed to be, beyond wanting to be longer than necessary.
This was a bit of a rant, but to be honest, I just don't have much that's good to say about the book. The plot, on a story level, sounds interesting even as I think about it, but the whole thing was just dragged out and presented in such a way that the promise it held via concept kind of got lost along the way for me.
I'd heard this series wasn't as good as Ward's others, but the concept appealed to me so much that I thought I'd give it a try anyway. I've got more of her books now because I was overconfident I'd enjoy them when I visited a used bookstore, so I'll likely at least try the next to see if the series gets better and/or the characters are at least likeable vs. so awkward, or in Nyx's case, flat-out unsympathetic. Or maybe I'll just jump to a different series...
Obviously, this book just wasn't for me, and it didn't satisfy either my taste for paranormal suspense or paranormal romance, so I can't recommend it. show less
Can I breathe yet?
I was holding my breath and clenching my butt muscles most of the way through this. I had to take breaks because it was intense.
Sometimes, I question romances that happen in a short span of time but I never even blinked at this one. I was all into it.
It's going to be hard to wait for the next book in the series. I like the direction it has taken, especially with the introduction of the hybrid. I hope t continues.
I was holding my breath and clenching my butt muscles most of the way through this. I had to take breaks because it was intense.
Sometimes, I question romances that happen in a short span of time but I never even blinked at this one. I was all into it.
It's going to be hard to wait for the next book in the series. I like the direction it has taken, especially with the introduction of the hybrid. I hope t continues.
The Jackal is the first book in J. R. Ward’s Black Dagger Brotherhood: Prison Camp series which is another spin-off of the main BDB series. The primary premise behind this new series is that the glymera used to operated a secret, underground, prison camp, and it’s where they sent all their criminals, as well as many who were accused of crimes they didn’t commit. However, they eventually lost interest in the camp, leaving behind a power vacuum into which rose The Command, who now uses the prisoners as slave labor, getting rich off their enterprise. The Command is also a harsh taskmaster, who brutally tortures and kills anyone who doesn’t obey. For the last fifty years, our heroine, Nyx, has been searching for the prison in hopes show more of finding her sister, who she believes was wrongfully sent there but has had no luck. Then an unexpected clue drops into her lap, leaving her determined to finally find her sibling. Nyx locates a prison entrance and manages to break in, but navigating the underground maze proves extremely challenging. As she’s trying to figure it out, she meets The Jackal who has been imprisoned there for the past century and she strikes a bargain with him to help her. Together, they embark on this dangerous mission, but once Nyx finds what she’s looking for, getting back out turns out to be even more perilous than getting in.
Nyx is an ordinary, working-class vampire who lives far from Caldwell, in an old farmhouse, with her grandfather and sister, Posie. Ever since her other sister, Janelle, was sent to the prison, Nyx has had a burning to desire to find and free her, but no one knows exactly where the prison is located. That all changes one night when Nyx and Posie are driving home from a shopping trip and hit something in the road. They initially think it was a deer, but when Nyx goes to investigate, she instead finds a pretrans male of their own species. He’s gravely injured, so they take him back to their house, thinking he probably won’t survive the night. In a delirious state, he starts talking about a prison, which makes it apparent that he’s an escapee. Armed with what little information the male was able to give her, Nyx goes in search of it, eventually finding an entrance and breaking in. Down below, she meets The Jackal, who she dubs Jack for short, and there’s an immediate attraction between them. He proves to be a valuable guide, and after a steamy encounter between them, he puts his life on the line to help her find her sister and later to escape. Nyx is one of Ms. Ward’s tough girl heroines who is strong and determined to do whatever it takes to find Janelle even if it means risking her own life or getting stuck in the hellhole of a prison. At the same time, she has a kind heart, sympathizing with Jack when she learns of his experiences there. At one point, she almost rubbed me the wrong way when she got frustrated with Jack when he refused to leave the prison, but later she more than proved her love and loyalty by risking everything to try to rescue him.
The Jackal aka Jack has been in the prison camp for a century. He was sent there after being wrongfully accused of raping a young, virginal, glymera female. Prior to that, he’d been a relative nobody, the illegitimate offspring of a male he never knew. In fact, just before he was sent to prison, he’d been in Caldwell, searching for his sire. We also learn through flashbacks that he knew Darius, who had hired him as an architect to design the Brotherhood mansion, and briefly met Rhage, as well, while working on the blueprints, an encounter that left both of them feeling like they somehow knew each other. Jack has a complicated relationship with The Command, which allows him a bit more freedom than most of the other prisoners, but it comes at a high cost. When Nyx appears from out of nowhere, searching for her sister, he at first thinks she’s crazy to break into a prison and he’s inclined to leave her to her own devices. But for the fist time in decades he feels emotions and a genuine attraction to this female and can’t quite get her out of his mind. He agrees to help her in exchange for her having sex with him just once, but it turns out to be far more than he could have hoped for, leading to him instantly bonding with her. After that, he doesn’t hesitate to do everything he can to help her in her mission and to keep her safe at all costs. Jack is a tortured hero who’s been through a great deal of abuse but somehow he’s managed to maintain a relatively charming personality. He’s very good to Nyx, proving himself every bit the protector that the other males in the BDB series are and he’s deeply loyal to those he loves. When the full story of his past is revealed, I just wanted to wrap him up in my arms and love on him to heal his emotional wounds.
Overall, The Jackal was a great start to this new series. It was a little slow-paced at the beginning, Approximately the first half is spent introducing the characters and setting the scene, and there isn’t a whole lot of action, but after that, the story just grabbed me and didn’t let go until the end. I thought that Jack and Nyx were very well-matched, and although their romance happens pretty quickly, the speed isn’t all that unusual for this series. The important thing was that the author created the all-important emotional connection for me so that I believed in their love. Rhage is probably the most important supporting character, as all of the century-old flashback sequences – as well a few of the contemporary scenes – are told from his POV. I enjoyed seeing him interact with Darius, as well as learning more about the origins of the Brotherhood mansion. As far as other secondary characters, Jack has some friends in the prison who help him and Nyx, and then there’s Nyx’s grandfather who has a tie to the BDB and her sister, Posie, who kind of has a sweet hippie vibe about her. I honestly haven’t seen any clues as to who the next hero and heroine might be, and I’m not entirely sure where things might go from here, nor when the next book might be released. But there are some definite possibilities and after this very satisfying reading experience, I can’t wait to see what’s next. Hopefully Jack, Nyx, and company will turn up again in the sequel and perhaps we’ll occasionally see them in the main Brotherhood books as well. show less
Nyx is an ordinary, working-class vampire who lives far from Caldwell, in an old farmhouse, with her grandfather and sister, Posie. Ever since her other sister, Janelle, was sent to the prison, Nyx has had a burning to desire to find and free her, but no one knows exactly where the prison is located. That all changes one night when Nyx and Posie are driving home from a shopping trip and hit something in the road. They initially think it was a deer, but when Nyx goes to investigate, she instead finds a pretrans male of their own species. He’s gravely injured, so they take him back to their house, thinking he probably won’t survive the night. In a delirious state, he starts talking about a prison, which makes it apparent that he’s an escapee. Armed with what little information the male was able to give her, Nyx goes in search of it, eventually finding an entrance and breaking in. Down below, she meets The Jackal, who she dubs Jack for short, and there’s an immediate attraction between them. He proves to be a valuable guide, and after a steamy encounter between them, he puts his life on the line to help her find her sister and later to escape. Nyx is one of Ms. Ward’s tough girl heroines who is strong and determined to do whatever it takes to find Janelle even if it means risking her own life or getting stuck in the hellhole of a prison. At the same time, she has a kind heart, sympathizing with Jack when she learns of his experiences there. At one point, she almost rubbed me the wrong way when she got frustrated with Jack when he refused to leave the prison, but later she more than proved her love and loyalty by risking everything to try to rescue him.
The Jackal aka Jack has been in the prison camp for a century. He was sent there after being wrongfully accused of raping a young, virginal, glymera female. Prior to that, he’d been a relative nobody, the illegitimate offspring of a male he never knew. In fact, just before he was sent to prison, he’d been in Caldwell, searching for his sire. We also learn through flashbacks that he knew Darius, who had hired him as an architect to design the Brotherhood mansion, and briefly met Rhage, as well, while working on the blueprints, an encounter that left both of them feeling like they somehow knew each other. Jack has a complicated relationship with The Command, which allows him a bit more freedom than most of the other prisoners, but it comes at a high cost. When Nyx appears from out of nowhere, searching for her sister, he at first thinks she’s crazy to break into a prison and he’s inclined to leave her to her own devices. But for the fist time in decades he feels emotions and a genuine attraction to this female and can’t quite get her out of his mind. He agrees to help her in exchange for her having sex with him just once, but it turns out to be far more than he could have hoped for, leading to him instantly bonding with her. After that, he doesn’t hesitate to do everything he can to help her in her mission and to keep her safe at all costs. Jack is a tortured hero who’s been through a great deal of abuse but somehow he’s managed to maintain a relatively charming personality. He’s very good to Nyx, proving himself every bit the protector that the other males in the BDB series are and he’s deeply loyal to those he loves. When the full story of his past is revealed, I just wanted to wrap him up in my arms and love on him to heal his emotional wounds.
Overall, The Jackal was a great start to this new series. It was a little slow-paced at the beginning, Approximately the first half is spent introducing the characters and setting the scene, and there isn’t a whole lot of action, but after that, the story just grabbed me and didn’t let go until the end. I thought that Jack and Nyx were very well-matched, and although their romance happens pretty quickly, the speed isn’t all that unusual for this series. The important thing was that the author created the all-important emotional connection for me so that I believed in their love. Rhage is probably the most important supporting character, as all of the century-old flashback sequences – as well a few of the contemporary scenes – are told from his POV. I enjoyed seeing him interact with Darius, as well as learning more about the origins of the Brotherhood mansion. As far as other secondary characters, Jack has some friends in the prison who help him and Nyx, and then there’s Nyx’s grandfather who has a tie to the BDB and her sister, Posie, who kind of has a sweet hippie vibe about her. I honestly haven’t seen any clues as to who the next hero and heroine might be, and I’m not entirely sure where things might go from here, nor when the next book might be released. But there are some definite possibilities and after this very satisfying reading experience, I can’t wait to see what’s next. Hopefully Jack, Nyx, and company will turn up again in the sequel and perhaps we’ll occasionally see them in the main Brotherhood books as well. show less
This was a cool addition to the BDB series. I liked the new characters. I always love seeing Rhage and Bitty time. Those were some of my favorite scenes. Rhage is such a terrific dad. There were plenty of Rhage/Darius flashbacks, some of which didn't hold my attention as much as I'd hoped because there was some repeating of series information we already knew. The new characters in that flashback timeline were interesting, however. I also liked seeing the plans for the Brotherhood compound take shape. The prison timeline and new characters introduced, particularly the Wolfen, were great! Hope we see them again. I really liked the twist with Janelle. Didn't see that one coming. Thought that was cleverly done. The grandfather knowing show more Vishous was such a cool twist at the end!
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"The location of the glymera’s notorious prison camp was lost after the raids. When a freak accident provides Nyx clues to where her sister may still be doing time, she becomes determined to find the secret subterranean labyrinth. Embarking on a journey under the earth, she learns a terrible truth—and meets a male who changes everything, forever.
The Jackal has been in the camp for so long he cannot recall anything of the freedom he once knew. Trapped by circumstances out of his control, he helps Nyx because he cannot help himself. After she discovers what happened to her sister, getting her back out becomes a deadly mission for them both.
United by a passion they can’t deny, they work together on an escape plan for Nyx—even show more though their destiny is to be forever apart. And as the Black Dagger Brotherhood is called upon for help, and Rhage discovers he has a half-brother who’s falsely imprisoned, a devious warden plots the deaths of them all…even the Brothers."
So Rhage has a brother? That is just the beginning of this ride. Unbelievable evil can exist anywhere and often does. Hold on tight for this whiplashing ride. Well done! show less
The Jackal has been in the camp for so long he cannot recall anything of the freedom he once knew. Trapped by circumstances out of his control, he helps Nyx because he cannot help himself. After she discovers what happened to her sister, getting her back out becomes a deadly mission for them both.
United by a passion they can’t deny, they work together on an escape plan for Nyx—even show more though their destiny is to be forever apart. And as the Black Dagger Brotherhood is called upon for help, and Rhage discovers he has a half-brother who’s falsely imprisoned, a devious warden plots the deaths of them all…even the Brothers."
So Rhage has a brother? That is just the beginning of this ride. Unbelievable evil can exist anywhere and often does. Hold on tight for this whiplashing ride. Well done! show less
The Jackal
Black Dagger Brotherhood: Prison Camp, Book 1
I Picked Up This Book Because: It’s J. R. Ward, I need to read ALL of her books.
The Characters:
The Jackal “Jack” :
Nyx
Rhage, Viscous, Nyx’s grandfather and sisters
The Story:
In an effort to not type out incohesive fangirl rambling I will keep this short and sweet. This is the story of a lost colony of prisoners and one female's attempt to rescue her sister from their clutches.
Even coming off another JR Ward read the syntax takes a little getting used to. A chapter or 2 in and I don’t even think about it any more. I’d take bets that my own syntax changes when I’m immersed in one of these stories. This story moves along at a decent pace. There are quite a few show more flashback chapters mostly concerning Rhage they start out a bit disconnected but it all proves out at the end.
I love how with all the new books and spinoffs we still get to see some of what is going on with the original brothers. I miss them so it may be time for a reread.
The Random Thoughts:
4 Stars show less
Black Dagger Brotherhood: Prison Camp, Book 1
I Picked Up This Book Because: It’s J. R. Ward, I need to read ALL of her books.
The Characters:
The Jackal “Jack” :
Nyx
Rhage, Viscous, Nyx’s grandfather and sisters
The Story:
In an effort to not type out incohesive fangirl rambling I will keep this short and sweet. This is the story of a lost colony of prisoners and one female's attempt to rescue her sister from their clutches.
Even coming off another JR Ward read the syntax takes a little getting used to. A chapter or 2 in and I don’t even think about it any more. I’d take bets that my own syntax changes when I’m immersed in one of these stories. This story moves along at a decent pace. There are quite a few show more flashback chapters mostly concerning Rhage they start out a bit disconnected but it all proves out at the end.
I love how with all the new books and spinoffs we still get to see some of what is going on with the original brothers. I miss them so it may be time for a reread.
The Random Thoughts:
4 Stars show less
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- The Black Dagger Brotherhood Novels 1-9; The Jackal
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- 2020-08-18
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- Nyx; The Jackal "Jack"; Rhage; Darius
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- New York, USA; Caldwell, New York, USA
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- This book is dedicated to all of the essential workers who have kept us going during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially those in the healthcare sector who have endangered their own lives to help others. We are so grateful to y... (show all)ou.
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- The whole "life is a highway" metaphor was so ubiquitous, so overused, so threadbare and torn-patched, that as Nyx sat in the passenger side of a ten-year-old station wagon, and stared at the moonlit asphalt trail cutting thr... (show all)ough brush and bramble in western New York State, she wasn't thinking a damn thing about how similar the course of roads and lives could be: You could get sweet-sailing easy declines of coasting. Bad, bumpy, rough patches that rattled your teeth. Uphill hauls that you thought would never end. Bored stretches between far-apart exits.
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- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)And soon thereafter... much dessert.
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