My Book Boyfriend: Zsadist

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My Book Boyfriend is Zsadist from The Black Dagger Brotherhood series by J.R. Ward.

Stop me if you've heard this one from me, actually don't! I know I have subjected many a friend, err, victim, to my drunken professions of love for Zsadist, but if you haven't been so lucky I will give you my condensed version: I love this character. From the first introduction of Zsadist in Dark Lover I was smitten. He's the guy that sits back in the corners looking dangerous and unobtainable. The guy that's worth the wait and the long bumpy road that brings him closer to you. He's THE Bad Boy. He's never going to be perfect, or fixed and I love that Ward left him that way instead of turning him into the perfect hero, she left him as the beautifully flawed hero. He is a beautiful contradiction-- Lethal, but vulnerable and gorgeous, but terrifying. He is exactly what my mother had warned me about, and exactly the type I would seek out. I think it's his attitude as much as his appearance that draws me in.

Introduction to Zsadist taken from J.R. Ward's website:

Zsadist: the most lethal of the brothers. A former blood slave who was mercilessly tortured during the first hundred years of his life, Z is the one who has fallen farthest from grace. But he is utterly worthy of redemption.

Description of Zsadist:

Ward's description on her website:

As I think about him, I picture his face and the scar that intersects it. I see his glossy all-black eyes. His skull trimmed hair. His pierced nipples. The tattooed blood slave bands around his throat and wrists... I can almost feel the anger and the erotic threat he throws off... God, it’s as if he’s known hell on earth and carries the place around with him.

This is taken from Lover Eternal:

"Zsadist knelt down over one of the lessers, his scarred face distorted with hatred, his ruined upper lip curled back, his fangs long as a tiger's. With his skull trimmed hair and the hollows under his cheekbones, he looked like the Grim Reaper, and like death, he was comfortable working in the cold. Wearing only a black turtleneck and loose black pants, he was more armed than dressed. The Black Dagger Brotherhood's signature blade holster crisscrossed over his chest, and two more knives were strapped on his thighs. He also sported a gun belt with two SIG Sauers.

Not that he ever used the nine millimeters, though. He liked to get personal when he killed. Actually, it was the only time he ever got close to anyone."
Lover Awakened p. 2

Some of my Favorite Zsadist Quotes:

“What is your name?" she murmured.

He cocked an eyebrow at her and then went back to staring at his brother. "I'm the evil one, in case you haven't figured it out." "I wanted your name, not your calling." "Being a bastard's more of a compulsion, really. And it's Zsadist. I am Zsadist.” ― J.R. Ward, Lover Eternal

“Go 'head." Those freaky-ass black eyes had stared at Butch with the intensity of a shark. "Crack open that door. Run your little heart out. Run fast, run smart, call for help. Just know that I'll come after you. Like a hearse." - Zsadist”

― J.R. Ward, Dark Lover

“I love you"

Z squeezed his eyes shut "Don't be a tragedy Bella" -Zsadist” ― J.R. Ward, Lover Awakened

“For fuck's sake, get off the cross. Someone else needs the wood.

Zadist”
― J.R. Ward, Lover Enshrined

Zsadist is in The Black Dagger Brotherhood Series by JR Ward.

Dark Lover, Lover Eternal, Lover Awakened, Lover Revealed, Lover Unbound, Lover Enshrined, Lover Avenged, Lover Mine, The Black Dagger Brotherhood; An Insiders Guide

Zsadist's book is Lover Awakened and there is a novella, Father Mine in the guide.

Find out more about the Brothers AND Zsadist at

http://www.jrward.com/bdb/index.htm