Cherise E. (CherryDuck) reviewed The Darkest Craving (Lords of the Underworld, Bk 10) on + 150 more book reviews
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It feels like forever since I have visited the Lords of the Underworld and the tone of this story suited my reading mood perfectly.
Kane is the keeper of the Demon of Disaster. All the Lords of the Underworld carry their Demons but Kane has really been kind kept on the outside of things do to the nature of his beast. His Demon acts up and causes more damage during situations the others are trying to clean up. He has spent the last several weeks being tortured and raped in hell. He gets rescued by Josephina, a Fae, who extracts a promise from him that he finds impossible to keep.
If this is your first look into the Underworld, you really do need to start at book one. So much happens in each story and in this series that I feel if anyone started out of order theyd be lost. I loved Kane and Josephina, or Tink as he affectionately calls her. I loved their friendship and uncovering the layers to Tinks crazy life. But what I really enjoyed about this book was the glimpses of stories to come and the way everything melded together. There are a lot of surprises and a few twists, too.
I adore the Lords of the Underworld and their women and this book was an excellent contribution to a favorite series!
Cherise Everhard, October 2013
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Kane is the keeper of the Demon of Disaster. All the Lords of the Underworld carry their Demons but Kane has really been kind kept on the outside of things do to the nature of his beast. His Demon acts up and causes more damage during situations the others are trying to clean up. He has spent the last several weeks being tortured and raped in hell. He gets rescued by Josephina, a Fae, who extracts a promise from him that he finds impossible to keep.
If this is your first look into the Underworld, you really do need to start at book one. So much happens in each story and in this series that I feel if anyone started out of order theyd be lost. I loved Kane and Josephina, or Tink as he affectionately calls her. I loved their friendship and uncovering the layers to Tinks crazy life. But what I really enjoyed about this book was the glimpses of stories to come and the way everything melded together. There are a lot of surprises and a few twists, too.
I adore the Lords of the Underworld and their women and this book was an excellent contribution to a favorite series!
Cherise Everhard, October 2013
Book provided by and reviewed for the Amazon Vine Program
I honestly am stunned that this book has received good ratings! I have LOVED the Lords books up until now but Kane's story was butchered. This is one of the worst books I have EVER read. And I don't mean just worst of the Lords of the Underworld series. Total disappointment, not just the story line, but the quality of the writing. It seems like either this book was of zero importance to Gena or another author wrote it under her name. As in, an author in elementary school. And not one of those super talented young authors, one of those regular folks forced to come up with something to squeak through 5th grade!
I was wondering how Showalter was going to do Kane's story. It was pretty clever, sweet at times, sometimes teary, but most of all funny dialogue. Even though the series is supposed to be about the Lords, it's really the women the books feature. They make the books.
Tinker had some great lines because she is innocent in a really sweet way. She also super resourceful and you kind of have to respect that since she is not on top of the food chain. I love how the Lords now have fan pages and epic stories written about them.
Great, fast read.
My favorite line: "You did too! Your eyes begged me, and you can't deny it. You couldn't see your eyes, so you have no idea what they were doing."
Tinker had some great lines because she is innocent in a really sweet way. She also super resourceful and you kind of have to respect that since she is not on top of the food chain. I love how the Lords now have fan pages and epic stories written about them.
Great, fast read.
My favorite line: "You did too! Your eyes begged me, and you can't deny it. You couldn't see your eyes, so you have no idea what they were doing."
Sheri B. (bradybunch) -
I have to agree with the reviewer who indicated this was not well written. So far,this is the worst installment in the series. The writing was so juvenile that I had to skip through a lot of the dialog. There was very little seriousness to the story line, which was pretty boring. The only thing that kept me going were the small story lines for Torin and Cameo. You could skip this book and not miss a thing. If the rest of the series reads like this, I won't be continuing.
Lenna W. (bratz54) -
I will be in book hangover mod for a while, I love the other Lords of the Underworld books but this one ranks up there with Paris's story. You will be in for a journey that stretches in to three realms, now we have the Fae and future home for the Lords. This starts with Kane keeper of Disaster and his rescuer just getting out of hell and his rescuer is someone he wants to hate but claims as his when Sabin and Strider comes to help him. He never thought that she would be half Fae and half human that has a death wish. Josephina/ Tink (his only pet name for her) needs to die and will find anyway to see her life end, even in the hands or one of the most legendary Lords Kane. In her realm her people have spies for the Lords and they write all kinds of books detailing the wars, life and woman the Lords of the Underwood experience, so she know who he is and what he hosts, but is not the ones she really really wants to me (that world be Paris and Torin). She knows he could and will kill her for the bargain that she made him agree to to get out of hell with her. But she never would have imaged that her death would not be handed to her in his hands but her heart will be his. Warning William will do something to help Kane out in the beginning what might make you want to reach in and strangle both Kane and William. Lots of adventure, action, building romance will happen but with a sides of rage, lies, hurts and others that will keep you guessing til the end. Cameo? will have a few chapters for her as well as Torin. She will be on a paring rod adventure where she meets up with the handsome but 'dead' Lazerous?, from Strider's story with Kaia at the Harpy Games. Torin well his is a like his past is about to be a repeat
Rachel A. (ra7) reviewed The Darkest Craving (Lords of the Underworld, Bk 10) on + 1026 more book reviews
This series has definitely had its ups and downs for me. I do NOT like the direction this is going. The main couple in this book, Kane and Josephina (AKA Tink), were just meh. It was hard to root for their relationship. Kane was hard to like. Josephina had some strong moments and at other times, I felt like she was a different character completely. And can I say, yet another female, immortal who is also a virgin. Yeah, she had Reasons, but seriously, really?
I thought it was funny the fae followed the happenings of the LOTU. Gossip. The strength of this series is the relationships and interplay between the characters. I would like to see more interaction with the significant others of the Lords. They are regulated to the background (except in "their" book). Cameo, Torin, and William (that randy bastard), were the highlights for me. I've said it before and I will say it again, Cameo and William both need books ASAP. (Luckily Torin's is next and I will definitely read it, but if I'm disappointed, I will seriously have to consider whether or not to continue with this series. I don't know about the spin-off, but for continuity the next two I will read will be Wicked Nights and Beauty Awakened. If I can get through them. If not, I'll just DNF and read Torin's book. Off the soapbox).
I thought it was funny the fae followed the happenings of the LOTU. Gossip. The strength of this series is the relationships and interplay between the characters. I would like to see more interaction with the significant others of the Lords. They are regulated to the background (except in "their" book). Cameo, Torin, and William (that randy bastard), were the highlights for me. I've said it before and I will say it again, Cameo and William both need books ASAP. (Luckily Torin's is next and I will definitely read it, but if I'm disappointed, I will seriously have to consider whether or not to continue with this series. I don't know about the spin-off, but for continuity the next two I will read will be Wicked Nights and Beauty Awakened. If I can get through them. If not, I'll just DNF and read Torin's book. Off the soapbox).
