The Darkest Kiss (Lords of the Underworld, #2)

by Gena Showalter

She has tempted many men...but never found her equal. Until now.

Though she has lived for centuries, Anya, goddess of anarchy, has never known pleasure. Until Lucien, the incarnation of death--a warrior eternally doomed to take souls to the hereafter. He draws her like no other. And Anya will risk anything to have him.

But when the merciless Lord of the Underworld is ordered by the gods to claim Anya herself, their uncontrollable attraction becomes an anguished pursuit. Now they must defeat the unconquerable forces that control them, before their thirst for one another demands a sacrifice of love beyond imagining

• ISBN10: 1410409554
• ISBN13: 9781410409553
• Publish Date: 1 October 2008 (first published 1 June 2008)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 9 July 2021
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Thorndike Press
• Edition: Large type / large print edition
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 549
• Language: English

Reviews

[wyvernfriend]

Anya is the goddess of anarchy and cursed in an interesting way, she meets Lucien, who is hosting Death and they have to work together to survive, he's ordered to kill her but the attraction is stopping him and she is very distracting.

It's an interesting story but I had some issues with the characters and how they behave with each other. I can't put my finger on it but in certain ways I felt uneasy with some aspects of the relationship

[nitzan_schwarz]

2015 tbr challenge

I had a lot of fun with this book :)

[Melanie]

I enjoyed this book. Anya is very fun. Lucien is great. I really want to see Cronus tortured until the end of time. I also feel very sorry for Paris. I cannot wait to read his story.

[Linda]

I loved this book! Anya is a great Goddess, and she's funny as well, and never says no to a new adventure. She's strong, and fairless, but still has a heart of gold. Lucien was really wonderful in this book, he was finally getting something good in his long, long life, and he and Anya are great together.
Their hunt for Godly artifacts was exciting, and I hope that we'll see more of them in coming books. Also loved all the romanting and love scenes, very well written.

[mitabird]

2.5 stars

If it wasn't for the side stories involving Paris and Reyes, and the lore behind the Lords and the Titans, I wouldn't have finished this. Lucien and Anya were so annoying; I didn't care for either of them. Their constant doubts about their feelings for each other got old really quickly. Their instant attraction smacked of desperation instead of sizzling passion. This book was such a departure from the first one, which I liked a lot. I'm going to read Reyes story and hope that his romance with Danika is much better than Lucien and Anya's.