Questions About The Darkest Torment (Lords of the Underworld, #12)

by Gena Showalter (Goodreads Author)

Reader Q&A

To ask other readers questions about The Darkest Torment, please sign up.

Answered Questions (9)

To be honest I just finished reading Baden story and it was good but I wanted to read of William and Gilly ...I read in a comment that you want to change Williams heroine?..do you think is fair for us readers to do that since we follow the series to get William and Gilly's story? I'm not the only one that's gonna feel this way since EVRYONE want their story..

♥ℳelody And this is the issue I have with this. Did Gena say this recently? Love/hate a couple, the author cannot tease readers through 12 books then turn aro…moreAnd this is the issue I have with this. Did Gena say this recently? Love/hate a couple, the author cannot tease readers through 12 books then turn around and start to drop hints you changed your mind. I gave up hoping Showalter was serious about pairing them up until I found out she gushed about 'Gilliam' and give them a squish name early on in the series. It's giving readers false hope and I don't like that. Yes not everyone wants William and Gilly together, but some do. *shrugs* Why some get so buthurt and act nearly offended & antagonistic over this I will never understand. I am one of the few who loved the idea of them together. And to those saying they want William with a 'real woman' who's mature, this honestly blows my mind since the majority of 'adult' heroines Gena has been writing in this series are bratty and juvenile and talk like valley girls. No shade whatsoever, that's just how I see them. So I don't see how Gilly is any different or worse IMO. Gena writes human heroines in LOTU far better than her immortal ones. Besides Anya (who is starting to wear me out) & Olivia who has worked?? I would rather spork my eye out than read about William getting paired up with another Keeley or Taliyah the Harpee. No thanks. (less)

flag

Can anyone tell me what happened with Gilly and Williiam?

Andrea26 I think I'm the only one happy with Gilly's current status. She's fine with her new partner and William wants me to have her romance with the Ice Quee…moreI think I'm the only one happy with Gilly's current status. She's fine with her new partner and William wants me to have her romance with the Ice Queen.(less)

flag

I have every book from The LOTU series. These big , bad , warriors that are housed with a High Lord Demon fall in love with a woman that they try to resist , but can not. I have read and re-read all 12 of these books. My question is : How does Baden , who was be headed and does not host Distrust anymore get to leave the strange purgatory that immortals are sent to and how do the rest of the warriors know that its him?

Amanda To the best of my understanding, the purgatory where Baden was held exists in a spiritual plane/realm which the Lords were able to breech by opening a…moreTo the best of my understanding, the purgatory where Baden was held exists in a spiritual plane/realm which the Lords were able to breech by opening a portal using all three of the Artifacts. Although, technically, I believe it was Lucifer who freed all of them (Cameo, Baden, Pandora, Viola, Rhea and Cronus) from “purgatory.” How, I don’t know- but there were several instances in “The Darkest Touch” where they were all whisked away by “black fog and hellish minions;” using the Artifacts, Torin and Keeley were able to rescue them back from Lucifer. As far as recognizing Baden, I believe (but may be wrong) Lazarus who explained in "The Darkest Surrender" that the Paring Rod strips the physical body of its spirit/soul which then becomes absorbed by the Rod. Assuming a similar phenomenon occurs upon a natural death, the fact that he was beheaded does not matter because the Lords wouldn't see his headless body wandering around, rather his soul manifesting as his once physical body that is what the warriors are seeing; the Lords recognize him because he looks the same as when he was alive. I hope this helps answer your question!(less)

flag

I got book 12'The darkest torment" for xmas as a gift . Do you have to read in order?

Deanna Not necessarily. Each book is mostly about one or two Lord's but the others are mentioned and bits of their story are brought up.…moreNot necessarily. Each book is mostly about one or two Lord's but the others are mentioned and bits of their story are brought up.(less)

flag

So nobody knows where i can read that bonus scene between Hades and William? I really want to know what it's all about and what the underworld king has to tell him