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The Darkest Night (Lords of the Underworld, Book 1) |
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List Price: $6.99
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Manufacturer: HQN Books
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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780373772469
ISBN: 0373772467
Label: HQN Books
Manufacturer: HQN Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: 2008-05-01
Publisher: HQN Books
Studio: HQN Books
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All her life, Ashlyn Darrow has been tormented by voices from the past. To end the nightmare, she has come to Budapest seeking help from men rumored to have supernatural abilities, not knowing she'll be swept into the arms of Maddox, their most dangerous member—a man trapped in a hell of his own. Neither can resist the instant hunger that calms their torments…and ignites an irresistible passion. But every heated touch and burning kiss will edge them closer to destruction—and a soul-shattering test of love….
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Summary: Ashlyn and Maddox
Comment: Ashlyn has been tormented all her life by hearing past conversations. Since she was five she has lived and worked for a paranormal network that appears to want to aid otherworldly beings. On her work trip to Budapest she hears a conversation about men that contain magical powers. Hoping they may be able to help her control the voices she travels to their supposed lair to seek their assistance.
Maddox, and his group of friends, are immortal roman warriors that have been cursed by the gods for releasing the demons in Pandora's box and then slaying Pandora herself. Their punishment is possession by a demon and Maddox's demon is Violence, and there is no control when the demon wants to wreak havoc.
As there has always been mystical creatures there are always groups of humans wanting to capture or kill them, so when Maddox realizes there is a human near his home he goes on the hunt. When he encounters Ashlyn her pleas for help stir something deep inside him, and his demon insists that she belongs to them. Can Maddox and Violence learn to coexist for the only woman to ever accept them both?
***I thought this book was a great start to a new and exciting series. The author paints a vivid picture of the world she has created with many unique characters. I do feel that at times there was too much going on in the story, almost as if Gena was trying to cram every single aspect of Maddox's world into this first story. I believe she would have done better to focus more on Maddox and Ashlyn, more of their world could have been revealed in the books to come. Despite this fact I do recommend this book and I am looking forward to the next in this series.
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Summary: The Darkest Night
Comment: I really liked The Darkest Night. Gena Showalter's writing keeps you hooked and the characters are likeable and interesting.
The plot is interesting and the story is well written. I am interested in the other books in this series and will be reading them as well.
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Summary: Good Paranormal Romance
Comment: I have to say that at first I say the cover and thought that it would be just a cheesy romance novel, the kind I don't read. After looking at it for a while, I picked it up and read the back. Sounded interesting, girl with problem of hearing voices in her head meets guy with demons of his own. OK, I'll give it a try.
Ashlyn has the ability to hear conversations from the past in whatever area they took place in if she is in that area. Maddox is an ancient warrior that opened Pandora's box and for his punishment, he has to carry around one of the demons from the box. Ashlyn learns of monks that may be able to help her so she goes and hunts down Maddox and the other warriors. In the mean time, the group that has set out to destroy all of the immortals is hunting them down and trying to find Pandora's Box, which disappeared after it was opened.
It is a good read. The story flowed really well and made sense in that paranormal way. I would recommend it to anyone that like this type of book and say "Don't let the cover stop you from reading it."
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Summary: RHe Darkest Night
Comment: I loved this book, it kept me going. I started on a friday and finished on sunday. I just could not put it down. If it were not for the need of sleep and my nephews I would have finished it saturday.
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Summary: blah!
Comment: Really not that good at all. The heroine is annoying, the hero is obnoxious and cromagnum, and the action was ridiculous. What really turned my off was the amount of violence and terrorism against women there is in this book. the reader is supposed to believe that intense horniness is supposed to over ride domestic violence. Cause that's what you call threatening women with their lives, kidnapping, and the threat of rape and torture if you don't do what your captors say. I was very turned off by this story. And I found the whole premise of the heroes personification of sins a little ridiculous. If you long for the old days of gothic stories were the unwiling virgin is ransacked for her goodies by a taciturn and violent man then you might like this. otherwise don't waste your money.
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