I'm torn between intrigue from the overall plot through out the Black Dagger Brotherhood series, and straight up distaste for the actual relationship side of the novels. 
 The problems that I had from the first book were carried over to this one, plus some. 
 Lover Eternal follows the warrior Rhage, (which BTW, come on with the names. It's ridiculous.) his curse that we got a peek at in the first book, and his destined female Mary. 
 I would have to say this book took a turn for the worse about halfway through, when all my empathy for Mary went out the window. (view spoiler)[ I mean, what self respectful woman is in the beginning stages of a relationship (however unsure it was at that point), and jumps the guys bones after he comes back from having sex with another female? She knows what he did, and she still angrily screws him anyway, then cries about how she used him. The whole situation was totally messed up on so many levels, and honestly I am frustrated with the author for trying to pass it as hot, steamy and romantic. Because it wasn't. (hide spoiler)] 
 Overall the book was a tad worst than the first, earning a meager 2.5 stars from me.