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The Darkest Lie (Lords of the Underworld, #6)

Gena Showalter

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Sep 12, 2009 Shawna rated it really liked it

Shelves: married-couples-married-convenience, hero-mix-of-alpha-beta, action-adventure-treasure-hunting, bdsm-kink, heroine-abused-traumatic-past-rape, favorite-romance-series, enemies-to-lovers-opposites-attract, hero-stalk-me-baby-possessive, 2011-reads, archaeology-antiquities-scholar

4 stars – Paranormal Romance

I have to admit, this started off pretty freakin’ slow for me, and I felt like it had been ages since I’d read the last LOTU book ‘cause I was totally lost. Fortunately, the action really picked (and heated) up around the halfway point, and then it was an addictive, kick-ass, smokin’ hot ride until the very end. And I loved blue-haired, tattooed, pierced, sensitive, sexy, lie-uttering demon bad boy Gideon! It’s not my favorite LOTU book, but still a solid 4 stars. I c ...more

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Jan 08, 2010 Kristen rated it really liked it

Shelves: paranormal-romance

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I really liked this one. This is the story of the Lord of Lies and his woman.

Gideon and Scarlet are wonderful characters. And I love the demons and the manner in which the woman "tamed" Gid's demon. It was a fresh look. And Scarlet's demon - and her story was wonderful. It was great to see that she's not some weak woman who needed to be saved.

This book contained a few twists that I didn't see coming. And that was awesome. Normally, these books are so formulaic that there's really nothing really I really liked this one. This is the story of the Lord of Lies and his woman.

Gideon and Scarlet are wonderful characters. And I love the demons and the manner in which the woman "tamed" Gid's demon. It was a fresh look. And Scarlet's demon - and her story was wonderful. It was great to see that she's not some weak woman who needed to be saved.

This book contained a few twists that I didn't see coming. And that was awesome. Normally, these books are so formulaic that there's really nothing really new to read here with respect to the plot. But that was certainly not the case here.

It takes a little getting used to sometimes the "Gideon speak" - since everything he says is lies. But, most of the time it's easy to decipher.

Cronos and Rhea are getting a little tiring, as I can't see an end to this series that will leave me satisfied. However, in the mean time, I am totally enjoying the ride. My biggest complaint in this particular installment isn't Cronos and Rhea, since even though I am tiring of them they actually earned some points in this book - by finding a way to get Scarlet and Gideon together in the end. No, my biggest complaint is the little side trip into Hades to rescue Legion. Really? That's where we had to go? After her antics in the last installment, I would have preferred she be left there. And, given the cost that was paid and the fact that Aeron was so selfish and felt it necessary to sacrifice, potentially, 2 friends to rescue her really bothered me. We haven't really seen a ton with respect to Amun but I so hope he gets saved and gets a book later.

Gideon's constant hatred for Cronos, yet demands that he appear, and please for help were a little much at times too. Although why the author had Cronos answer all those please, well.... being ignored migh have made the story a little better. However, **spoiler alert** when we discover the truth about who's memory is right (Scarlet vs Gideon), and the goddess of memory and how she plays into the whole thing, I almost dropped the book. What a great twist that was!!! I never expected Scarlet to be the one who remembered certain things wrong. And while I read a review that criticized Scarlet for becoming weaker, after the reveal, who wouldn't become unsure of herself? I personally, felt that her weakness made her more real. And therefore, I liked here that much better.

The dialogue was a little hard to deal with at some points. While the author translates everything Gideon says, I didn't mind that. It confirmed what I thought he meant at those times where it wasn't obvious. So, I wasn't bothered by that. I did miss the interaction between the Lords though - prior books usually had a little more of that (that wasn't so depressing, since what we had in this book was mostly between Aeron and Amun and William, and that was just awfully depressing given the mission they were on).

Finally, I discovered that I really like Nightmares and Lies. And the reveal as to the relationship between them was great! I liked the descriptions of them, their interactions with each other, and even how lies actually manages to tell the truth at one point. It was at times gut wrenching to see how Lies reacted to Scarlet/Nightmares and it was awesome at the sam time. When Rhea pretends to be Scarlet and how Lies reacts... that was priceless. It was also wonderful to see how Gideon figured out what was going on there.

I was a little puzzled but some of the overall story arch - the cloak and the hunters without the tattoos. Something seemed missing. And after the conclusion of the story, I am still not sure how some of this stuff happened in this book. I would have liked to have felt like the overall story arch progressed - even just a tiny bit - but it didn't. So that was a little disappointing. In fact, it sort of seemed like this book confused that and took us a small step backwards.

All things considered, it wasn't the best in the series, but it was close. I don't know if I can wait until Spring 2011 for the next installment! Hope it's Amun or Paris (since I am dying to see how that all works out!) we see next. ...more

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Jan 01, 2012 lia rated it it was ok

Shelves: paranormal-romance

This is one of the book that i least like from LOTU series.
I think the most important cause is while reading the book i become very annoyed with "Gideon language".

Gideon is paired with Scarlett. A keeper of nightmare who claimed that she is his wife but whom he has no recollection what so ever.

Scarlett also happens to be daughter of Rhea with another man. That is why when she was imprisoned in Tartarus with Cronus and Rhea, Cronus tried to kill her out of hate while Rhea tried to kill her out ...more

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Oct 01, 2009 Kimberly rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2010

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Jan 28, 2010 AmandaG rated it liked it

Shelves: paranormal-romance, series, 2010

I think things picked up toward the end. It wasn't my favorite LotU book (that one still belongs to Reyes) but I was happy to read another installment. It's set up things nicely for the next book. ...more

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