The Darkest Night (Lords of the Underworld, #1) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Jun 05, 2010 AH rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: demons, first-in-series, zzread-oct-2010

I must admit that when I first started reading this novel, I absolutely hated it. I just could not get into this book. So I put it down, as cutie would say, in the time out corner for a few days.

I then decided to start over. After all, this book is highly rated by Goodreads reviewers. Everyone seems to love it. Well – I am glad I gave this book a second chance. Once I got over my initial confusion, I really could not put the book down.

The Darkest Night is the story of a group of warrior/brother ...more

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Dec 16, 2010 Robin rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: romance, favorite-authors, paranormal

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. LOVED IT!!! You can't help but fall in love with sexy hot men who are warriors even if they have a demon in them, even when they're the baddest of the bad demons!

The series Lords of the Underworld is based on 15 Warriors who protect the Greek Gods. When they are betrayed, they decide to distroy Pandora's Box, letting out the baddest of all demons it held. When the Gods capture them they give each of the Warriors a demon from the box as a punishment for their actions.

In this 1st book of the seri LOVED IT!!! You can't help but fall in love with sexy hot men who are warriors even if they have a demon in them, even when they're the baddest of the bad demons!

The series Lords of the Underworld is based on 15 Warriors who protect the Greek Gods. When they are betrayed, they decide to distroy Pandora's Box, letting out the baddest of all demons it held. When the Gods capture them they give each of the Warriors a demon from the box as a punishment for their actions.

In this 1st book of the series, we get to know most of the warriors & who is keeper of which demon.
Each warrior keeps a demon, there is: Aeron, Keep of Wrath / Amun, Keeper of Secrets / Lucien, Keeper of Death / Gideon, Keeper of Lies / Kane, Keeper of Disaster / Paris, Keeper of Promiscuity / Reyes, Keeper of Pain / Sabin, Keeper of Doubt / Strider, Keeper of Defeat & Trorin, Keeper of Disease.
Maddox, the Keeper of Violense is the first warrior we meet. He is sexy, yummy looking, but dark, angry & almost always distroying something or someone. He's also cursed to be killed each night at midnight. I won't say by who or why, but he does return each morning to have another angry day!

When Maddox meets a beautiful woman who he is to kill preventing her from climbing the mountain to the castle in which the Lords live, he falls in love instead.
Ashlyn is instantly drawn to Maddox. He does something no one has ever been able to do for her, give her silence. (You'll find out whats & whys when you read the book)They have many challanges they have to overcome to find the life they both wish to share. Love between a human & a demon is not going to be easy when Maddox's demon may kill Ashlyn, the hunters want both of them, the warriors hate her & want her out. That's just the start of it, each warrior has demon problems & all have anger issues, the Hunters want to kidnap them all for testing & to keep them away from humans to stop them & their demons from spreading their curses to humanity. Maddox will do whatever it takes to keep Ashlyn. Tame his demon, defying his friends, killing Hunters & taking on death. Maddox & Ashlyn stand together & trust their love for each other to get that life.

I thought the book had great flow.GS does a wonderful job letting you get to know the charactors of the book & their struggles. It's a good use of the fairytale we've all heard of Pandor's Box & the Greek Gods.
I love Maddox, he wants to be a good Immortal, but struggles with hs demon to do it. Gena Showalter really did a great job in this book & I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the series! ...more

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Sep 08, 2011 Tammy rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

This was a very interesting book. It was heavy on the romance, but I really enjoyed it. It had a nice flow , it didn't have that corny vibe to it that makes me crazy. I loved the larger than life male leads , and the women were interesting and well rounded. I picked this book up and read the first chapter wile waiting at the bookstore where I was turning in books. With just that first chapter I was hooked. I came right home and bought the " bundle" for my kindle. Got a great price on it too. All ...more

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Jul 03, 2010 Vered rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: pnr, ab-to-c

3.5

PNR.... I prefer UF, yes, definitely UF. Somehow the characters seem more realistic (as realistic as vampires /werewolves/demons/Angels can be), as do the emotions, relationships and dilemmas.
PNR on the other hand are usually bigger than life, over the top romance. The heroine is usually a strong women yet in need of a rescue yet feisty, oh sooooo feisty (it's hard to be a heroine these days, you need to be a damsel in distress without being a damsel in distress). And the hero, tortured, bro ...more

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