The Darkest Passion (Lords of the Underworld, #5)

by Gena Showalter

New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter returns with another sizzling installment of the Lords of the Underworld series as Aeron, keeper of the demon of Wrath, finally meets his match… 

For weeks, the immortal warrior Aeron has sensed an invisible female presence. An angel—demon assassin—has been sent to kill him. Or has she? Olivia claims she fell from the heavens, giving up immortality because she couldn't bear to harm him. But trusting—and falling for—Olivia will endanger them all. So how has this "mortal" with the huge blue eyes already unleashed Aeron's darkest passion? 

Now, with an enemy hot on his trail and his faithful demon companion determined to remove Olivia from his life, Aeron is trapped between duty and consuming desire. Worse still, a new executioner has been sent to do the job Olivia wouldn't…

• ISBN10: 1335502327
• ISBN13: 9781335502322
• Publish Date: 1 February 2017 (first published 21 May 2010)
• Publish Status: Active
• Imprint: Hqn
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 432
• Language: English

Reviews

[Djilan]

Olivia!! My heart almost broke so many times.
What an angel! This book was so intense! Loved it ❤

[neddieb]

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I am really getting sad about this series. I know this series is fiction, but It's really getting kind of unrealistic, especially the way the fallen angel Olivia characterized as a loving, innocent joy bringer. Basically, if she is an angel who never experienced a men's touch, but only watched, should portray herself as angel, even a fallen one as she continuously reminded us, cause of the type of angel she was, I can't see her being so slutty and trashy. I would think that she would have been a little more slow and more innocent in her approach in wanting to experience sex with Aeron, and not throwing her innocence for sex in such a degrading manner as she did at a Aeron.

[Melanie]

I enjoyed this book, but very disappointed in the ending. I am sure that Gena has a plan for why thus book ended this way (or at least I hope she does). I will just have to wait and see where she takes it.

[Linda]

Very well written book, Aeron found love, and showed that he was ready to make the ultimate sacrifice in order to keep that love. The Gods are very tricky, and Galen is crazy! Too bad Legion wasn't able to kill him!

Good to know that Pandora and Baden still exist on another plane, and I can't wait to read about Paris and Sienna, and how hard it will be for Sienna to be the new keeper of Wrath!

[Charli G.]

The Darkest Passion is my first Lords of the Underworld novel, and indeed, my first Gena Showalter novel period.

It seems that angels, fallen and otherwise, is a theme that is being widely used in fiction these days, whether it be YA or adult level fiction. That being said, I believe that Gena's pairing of an angel (Olivia) who has fallen to be with a demon-possessed warrior (Aeron) is highly unique. The pairing is actually much more solid than one would think it would be. Their coming together is filled with laughter and heartbreak for them and the reader.

The book was a bit slow to start for me, although I admit that had I read the first four in the series first, it might not have seemed so slow to start. It took me until chapter 4 or 5 to really get into reading the book. However, once I got into the book, the book seemed to just fly by. Once we got past the initial finding of Olivia and into the meat of the book, things truly did pick up and I was captivated.

The book is extremely well written, although people who are not fond of strong language, cursing, or sexual scenes should be aware that while there is not a lot of cursing and strong language there is some, and that there are scenes that contain sexual content. It is, after all, a paranormal romance novel.

One of the things that makes this book so unique is that Aeron's demon, Wrath, is just as captivated by Olivia as Aeron is himself. One would not think that any demon, the natural enemy of an angel, much less Wrath would be attracted to, or captivated by, an angel. But this demon is and it makes for a very interesting story.

The demon possession in this series is also unique in that the demons are more or less hosted in the bodies and that the warriors can not only talk to their demons, but they can also control the urges their demons create in them. This is not something that you find in normal books, and even your knowledge of Greek mythology will be put to the test with some literary license being taken with the age old myths.

There is one thing you will have to get used to though...Gideon's manner of speaking. You'll catch on quickly enough, but it takes a bit to get used to.

"The Darkest Passion" is an all over great read and I highly recommend it for paranormal romance readers.