Lover Enshrined ruined Phury for me in a way.Don't get me wrong, I'm still in love with the Black Dagger Brotherhood series but Phury was one of my favourite Brothers. I was really looking forward to reading his perspective only to discover he literally has no balls. What happened to the kind, sensitive Phury I knew in the first five books?! He totally neglects Cormia which is not cool. I felt incredibly sorry for Cormia; she was forced to move out of the only home she knew to mate with a total stranger. She might have seemed weak in the first quarter of the book, but gradually she grew stronger and stronger. I liked her a lot. 
 I love how Ward always includes a second love story (or the hints of one) in the storyline. It wasn't just Cormia and Phury, there was also John and Xhex. There are chapters dedicated to Zsadist and Bella, which makes me thankful because they're one of my favourite couples. 
 So Lover Enshrined might not have reached the standards of the previous five books but it was still extremely riveting. I was turning the pages like there was no end to the book.