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

Gena Showalter

Start date: December 1, 2022

Finish date: December 31, 2022

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Mar 04, 2016 Shawna rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: assassin-hitman, hh-story-distracted-from-romance, pnr-angeldemon-fae-magic-witch-misc, blah-meh, hero-disappointing-frustrating, 2016-reads, enemies-to-lovers-opposites-attract, story-plot-jumbled, pnr-paranormal-romance, hh-couple-disappointing-frustrating

1 star - Paranormal/UF Romance

This was so disappointing, and to say I’m unhappy with the direction GS took with Gillian’s character would be an understatement. I just want William's book, but I'm not sure if I can continue on with the series anymore to get it, especially considering the frustrating tailspin this took for fans like me who want (view spoiler) ...more

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Sep 20, 2017 Michelle rated it liked it

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3.5 Stars

This was a tricky one to rate, due in part to the slow start. It got a little confusing at times, read a bit bipolar - it was honestly all over the place and then it picked up towards the end. It has definitely done it's job in setting up William's book in the future. I loved the new additions, they really made the story for me, but I don't want to spoil it by saying what they are. ...more

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Apr 09, 2018 ☘KathyD☘ rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: genre-romance, genre-romance-series, genre-paranormal, pages-400-499, genre-erotica, genre-fantasy, event-readers-on-the-river, zz-2018, character-demon, character-alpha-male

This wasn't a favorite book, but I still enjoyed it. I truly feel like Baden's story came a bit too soon after coming back into the human world. Baden is known from his past as a Lord and as a spirit in Hell, but then he does a complete turnabout in this book. This personality change made it difficult to truly understand and/or like Baden. Katarina is just an awesome character...as I would say for anyone who loves pitbulls! There is a unique transformation that occurs throughout the book as Kata ...more

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