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Review 01:

I confess, I’m a J. D. Robb junkie. I have read almost the entire series. They are inventive and just plain fun–the descriptive character tropes are to me more reliable and endearing than repetitive from book to book. This particular episode turned up the volume on the violence to a degree that I found a little over the top, but I enjoyed it anyway.

Review 02:

OMG, OMG, OMG! I will warn you now I am going to gush from now until the last line of this post, because ladies and gentlemen, J.D. Robb is back in business! Now, I’ve been a fan of Eve Dallas and Roarke for over half my life now, and I don’t think there’s ever been a book in this series I’ve disliked, but outside of the gut-wrenching New York to Dallas, I’d probably say that the past 10 books or so have not had the magic of the first books.

I remember thinking to myself, not long after rereading the previous book, Devoted in Death, “Maybe it’s just that this series has lost its shine for people who’ve been following it for as long as I have.” And there may be some truth to that; there are only so many times you can tell a joke to the same person and still have them laugh, only so many times you can gut a character and show us what’s inside them before we feel like we’ve seen it before. But then comes Brotherhood in Death and all those doubts get thrown out the window.

First of all, those jokes? Like, for example, Eve Dallas’ perpetual mangling and/or sideways analysis of common English idioms? They’re one of the things that I just found totally endearing about the character, but in recent books, I’ve had to wonder how much she was putting on. Well, in Brotherhood in Death, you see it clearly, almost as if the author had been aware of this growing skepticism. While Dallas may not have been putting it on in the beginning, some of it she does on purpose now. Not to be sly or to make the joke flat, but because she knows that sharing these thoughts that she might otherwise have kept to herself makes the people she loves laugh or helps ease tension, she lets the silliness loose. And seeing that now makes this endearing two times over, because when you’ve loved someone a long time, sometimes you do do these things, not because you’re not aware that they’re silly, but because you know it makes that person smile.

Second, there’s her childhood trauma. There’s no doubt our heroine has been dealt a crappy hand as far as the birth family cards are concerned, which highlights the absolute win of her chosen family. This book brings out those raw feelings of outrage and sympathy and horror, but for the first time, there’s also a sense that while this isn’t something that just goes away or can be gotten over, the character has found a way to live with it and live well, and it isn’t just that she’s doing it, but more importantly, she knows it and vocalizes it to one of the people who has helped her get to the place she’s at. Where books like Divided in Death and New York to Dallas made readers aware of just how bad it was, there’s a hopefulness in Brotherhood in Death, like for the first time you truly understand Dallas is going to be okay, because she knows she’s going to be okay, even on the days when she’s not.

Third, there’s supporting character love. We all know Dennis Mira is just adorbz, but it’s lovely to know that this gentle teddy bear has a spine of steel and is more than deserving of walking through life hand in hand with the estimable Dr. Charlotte Mira. And there’s the promise of more fun supporting characters who may just hop on the Dallas train in the next books—or at least I hope so! One comes in the form of a geek-speaking e-man on Feeney’s team who makes Dallas’ head spin, plus another uniform Dallas may bring into her department.

I can’t say enough how much this book satisfies. I feel like my loyalty as a fan has been rewarded because while I liked or even loved many of the books that came before it, none have left me as excited about the series since the first two (I read both in one sitting more years ago than I’d care to count).

I will say this, though: on the feels, this book delivers again and again. There are moments so sweet I worried that people would see the goofy expression on my face, and moments so raw I had to reach for a Kleenex. Interspersed with these was humor that had me grinning, and I hit the last page with just a general sense of rightness with the world that you get when close friends have everything going for them and want to share their happiness with you. As far as books go, as far as Dallas and Roarke go, (and let me tell you, in my book fandom, that’s a very, very, very long way), Brotherhood in Death knocked it out of the park for me. And, as always, I can’t wait to read whatever comes next!

Review 03:

Brotherhood in Death is a perfect example of why I stick with this long running series, why I pre-order every single story without bothering to read the blurb. New in Death coming out?… one click. That simple.

This story was an emotional roller coaster for me. Main reason – Dennis Mira. Sweet, absentminded Mr. Mira who Eve (and I confess, me too) is just a bit in love with. This time he’s been hurt during a mystery concerning his cousin who is now missing. He’s never a suspect, but he is a prime source of information. Eve is expecting a body to show up soon… and even though she’d rather be wrong on this one, all too soon a truly grisly discovery is made.

What makes this a “rough to read” story is the obvious conflicting emotions that this case will bring to so many people. Yes, there is a murder committed and Eve and her team set out to find the killer. Yet… as information is gathered, and more equally grisly murders are discovered the history of these connected killings soon becomes clear. And knowing just what horrible, sadistic men these victims were actually makes it very difficult to blame their killers. Totally illogical, of course, but the feeling is there just the same. The law should never be taken into one person’s hands, and vengeance is not justice. But this story will blur those lines and make you think a bit deeper on where you stand.

This case will haunt Eve with intense recurring dreams and memories of her own past. We will see Eve at one of her lowest points emotionally as she battles both the past and the present. Roarke will once more show his devotion to Eve in perhaps not always obvious ways. He is there for her in the middle of the night when the demons of the past attack her dreams. And he’s there in the day, helping her see her present in a different light and perhaps moving on from parts of her past.

In the midst of chaos, Trueheart will get his Detective’s Shield. I remember when Troy first joined Eve’s team as a fresh faced police officer. he’s come a long way and Eve’s faith in him has played out well. There are further developments in all the ongoing relationships. I particularly enjoyed Eve and Peabody’s girl talk this time around. It’s good to see Eve loosen up a bit more with each story, to gather her people in closer… but don’t ever call her on that. *grin*

For me, Brotherhood in Death was a gripping, emotion filled mystery that hit all the right spots on what I want to find in an in Death story. I absolutely loved this one, and would highly recommend it to any reader no matter their preferred genre. It’s that good.

Review 04:

I have really enjoyed the In Death series but am beginning to feel that some of the material is being recycled and an unwelcome element of sentimentality is becoming more and more evident. I suppose there are only so many variations on murder but what always made this series different was the superb characterisation, the dark humour and the ‘luxury porn’ of Roarke’s world. I do enjoy the descriptions of his life style and his gorgeous homes. Keep Eve sassy and tough, keep Roarke sexy, nurturing and funny, keep Summerset involved and bring back Mavis and Bella I say. Nevertheless, I did enjoy this book, just not as much as some of the previous ones in the series. I do hope that they will not become formulaic. There is still plenty of mileage in the cultured and disapproving Summerset and the Peabody character could be mined for much more rather than letting her become a ditzy surrogate younger sister/daughter. Remember how she started out? Tough, immaculate and snarky? When did she become pink, sentimental and silly?

Review 05:

With over 130 reviews already it hardly needs another one for this latest entry in the ‘in Death’ series, but here it is. Nora Roberts aka JD Robb is a publishing phenomenon with more than 40 novels in this series alone never mind her other astonishingly prolific output. She started out in the romantic novel genre and that style underpins her much-grittier ‘in Death’ series featuring future cop Eve Dallas and her unfeasibly rich/handsome/dangerous husband Roarke. At the heart of the series is the romance between these two damaged characters. It teeters on the edge of cliche, with troubled cops and darkly mysterious leading men littering genre fiction. But the author gets away with it simply because of the way she portrays her lead characters and the obvious delight she takes in this harder-edged series. Ms Roberts also gets in a good measure of subversion. She’s a US author, yet her future America has freely-available abortion, contraception and legal prostitution following a never-explained Urban War, with firearms now banned – pretty much a reversal of current attitudes. The series is set around 50 years ahead in a future New York, allowing Ms Roberts free rein to do what she wants in her plotting. Lieutenant Eve Dallas takes on the hardest cases and the author has thrown everything at her heroine from serial killers and political bombers to electronic terrorists. It has been an enjoyable journey for her readers and Brotherhood in Death is a worthy continuation of the series. In this novel Eve’s father-figure Dennis Mira is injured when his cousin Edward Mira is apparently kidnapped. Edward Mira is a former judge and senator, a powerful man who made enemies over the years. Has something from his past resurfaced? Of course it has, but not in the way you might expect. As the bodies pile up Dallas has to confront her own past as an abused child. That might sound familiar if you’ve read any of the series but again Ms Roberts manages to avoid an assembly line feel of scenes being endlessly recycled. The emphasis is on Dallas and several usual characters make little or no appearance in this novel. Even Roarke is somewhat sidelined until his other-side-of-the-law skills are required. It works, although this is not perhaps the most intense entry in the series. Recommended.