Gena Showalter Fans discussion

New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter returns with a sizzling Lords of the Underworld story about an iron-willed sovereign and the somber beauty who melts him with a glance

Possessed by the demon of Misery, Cameo isn't allowed to experience joy. If she dares, her memory is wiped clean. With no other recourse, she sneaks into a land more fantastical than any fairy tale, determined to find the one man with the key to her redemption.

Lazarus the Cruel and Unusual rules his kingdom with a single unwavering focus: to build his army and annihilate his enemies. Nothing distracts him - until Cameo. He is relentless in his quest to make her smile and seduce her into his bed.

As dark forces conspire against them, threatening to destroy the fragile bond they've forged, the once-calm Lazarus grows crazed. Every heart-stopping kiss and wicked touch causes Cameo to teeter on the brink of happiness. But if she falls, she risks forgetting him forever

Can someone who has read this message me? I am halfway through this book and I have a specific question about a specific person. Answer about said person will determine if I finish this book or not LOL! I am not into it so far.

I haven't read this yet but plan to as soon as I'm done with the latest Nalini Singh Psy-Changeling book!

Reading it ATM. Loving Lazarus!

@wendi, I am finish. Let me know!

Personally I really likedit, much better than the darkest Torment in my opinion.

I finished and I thought it was better than Torin/Keeley's book but still maybe just 3 stars for me. I liked Cameo and I came to like Lazarus. I appreciated the closure (finally) about (view spoiler)[Juliet and the real biggie: The Box. Finally, they have it. (hide spoiler)]

The LOTU world is, I think, just tiring me out. There are not just all of our previous H's and h's and Urban and Ever and William and Viola but so many different gods and goddesses, so many different demons, so many planes of existence, 9 Kings of the Underworld, the Sent Ones, the One True Diety, Fallen ones, the Morning Star, the Titans, the Greeks, Lucifer, the All Seeing Eye, the Hell Hounds, the Curator, a different creature every time you turn a page. Ack! The earlier books had a smaller cast, the world building was more straight forward, the stories tighter and less cartoonish.

And . . . regarding William and Gilly . . . (view spoiler)[ so now we have the new character of Siobhan (stuck in her mirror, crushing on while plotting revenge on Hades) who tells us that William could end up with Gilly OR there is another woman out there for him potentially. Just depends on the next choices he makes. So, Gena is going to tease that for a long while it seems. (hide spoiler)]

Viola is sympathetic in this book and she gets a lot of page time. I can see why Gena considered putting her with Paris though I'm still glad he ended up with Sienna.

Reading all those characters is making my head spin. Think I'll leave leave reading this for the holidays.

This is the mass market cover for The Darkest Promise.

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You know, I like that cover!

I finished the book and it was okay.

I always liked Cameo and I like Lazarus as well. I know this is a romance series but the romance part always bores me. It's always the same. "Oh, just one night and I'll let her go." We all know how it will end so the drama between the main characters is always ridiculous for me.

I think it's great that the story line with the box progressed. Let's see what happens next. I also think the war between Hades and Lucifer is interesting.

For some reason I always liked Viola and I enjoyed seeing more of her in this book.

Gena's secret about The Darkest Promise. Do you like Lararus?

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