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The Shadows

A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood

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The Shadows

By: J. R. Ward
Narrated by: Jim Frangione
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Two brothers bound by more than blood discover a conspiracy that will change their destiny in the astonishing all-new novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood, the "frighteningly addictive" (Publishers Weekly) series by number-one New York Times best-selling author J. R. Ward.

©2015 J.R. Ward (P)2015 Penguin Audio
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"J. R. Ward's unique band of brothers is to die for. I love this series!" (New York Times best-selling author Suzanne Brockmann)

"Utterly absorbing and deliciously erotic.... The Brotherhood is the hottest collection of studs in romance. I can't wait for the next one!" (New York Times best-selling author Angela Knight)

"J. R. Ward's urban fantasy romance series is so popular, I don't think there’s a reader today who hasn't at least heard of the Black Dagger Brotherhood." (USA Today)

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Amazing!

I've been waiting on pins and needles for this book. I read the whole series up until this point just prepping again. It was exactly what I had expected, absolute perfection! It was wonderful to read and left me still wanting at the end. Without spoiling the book for other readers I would just tell them there was a lot of laughter and plenty of tears! I love each and every character in the series, the only thing was that I would like to have seen more of the King in the book.
This morning when I got up I saw that there was another book from JR Ward coming out December 1, 2015. It was in reference to the Black Dagger Brotherhood Legacy; Blood Kiss. I cannot wait to read that.

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JR Ward is an amazing author.

Well read by the narrator. I thoroughly enjoyed and absolutely recommend to all adult readers

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Overall good book

Loved the story, made me want to finish the series. only complaint is the narrator started pronouncing names differently all of the sudden in this book! WEIRD!

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Late in the Game...

I haven't read this series in several years and this is the first book that I've done on audio. I was SUPER confused by the names and after my read, I checked out the reviews. I'm glad I thought the pronunciation was a big topic here on the reviews. It took me a while to realize what character name was what. I'm actually not a fan of this narrator for this context. His voice is very proper but when he tries to speak the slang it feels pretty unnatural and for me, cringe-worthy. He also inclines his voice for the females. I don't know. Just didn't vibe with me. But I loved the book overall and I'll be listening to the next in the series!

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Narrator

After reading/listening through the last 13 books of this series; very disappointing to hear the names being misspoken for Xcor, Xhex and then the male doctor Havers.

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Heartwrenching

This book will make you cry. Full of many plots. Loved it. Unexpected ending. Awesome

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great

love this series love the characters just keeps getting better cant wait for the next 1

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The Brotherhood has it all.

J R Ward's characters make me laugh, make me hot, make me want the stories to never end. I wish the brothers and their shellans were my friends.

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And queue the tissues…

Though this story ends with a happily ever after, it is not the one I was expecting. The main storyline is sweet and tragic and the side stories equally captivating. Many times life is unfair and unfortunate and this story reflects this. Good story, but the tears were flowing. The narrator did a great job with providing unique voices for each character and appropriate tone inflections for each scene.

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Another excellent book!

Each book in this series of books is exactly the same and also completely different. I know all the characters, but as each character's story is told, so much more is revealed about his/her life and the lives of the ancillary characters in that particular book. I love how the stories build on themselves until I think I will know, and love, all of the characters quite well by the time I finish the series.

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