Monday, June 12, 2023

The Darkest King by Gena Showalter [Review]

The Darkest King (Lords of the Underworld #15) by Gena Showalter
Format: ebook
Source: purchased
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Date read: November 7, 2022

Lords of the Underworld
0.5. The Darkest Fire
1. The Darkest Night
2. The Darkest Kiss
3. The Darkest Pleasure
3.5. The Darkest Prison
4. The Darkest Whisper
4.5. The Darkest Angel
5. The Darkest Passion
6. The Darkest Lie
7. The Darkest Secret
8. The Darkest Surrender
9. The Darkest Seduction
10. The Darkest Craving
11. The Darkest Touch
12. The Darkest Torment
13. The Darkest Promise
14. The Darkest Warrior
14.5. The Darkest Captive
14.6. The Darkest Assassin
15. The Darkest King - Paperback | Kindle
15.5. The Darkest Destiny

Related Series:
(find all the reviews for the series under the first review)
Angels of the Dark
1. Wicked Nights

Rise of the Warlords
1. The Warlord

Gena Showalter
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Synopsis (Goodreads):
A merciless prince feared by all…

Cursed by a vengeful witch, William of the Dark will die if he ever falls in love—murdered by the woman who steals his heart. His lone shot at redemption is a book filled with indecipherable code. Break the code, break the curse. Now, centuries later, he’s condemned to a string of one-night stands…until he finds the only woman in the worlds able to set him free.

A rare creature of myth and power…

One of the last living unicorn shifters, Sunday “Sunny” Lane works from the shadows as a cryptanalyst, on the run from assassins and poachers. Then the darkly seductive William abducts her, holding her captive in Hell. The closer they get, the more she hungers for his touch…and the stronger a mystical desire to kill him becomes…

Both forever doomed?

At war with his brother, Lucifer, and determined to become a king of the underworld at long last, William must resist the irreverent beauty who threatens his future. But every day Sunny tempts him more, his hunger for her unmatched. Will he risk his heart—and his life—or will the curse ensure his end?
Thoughts on The Darkest King: Ahh, William. His story has been a long time coming and...heh. The guy ended up with someone who matched him very nicely. Sure, sure, there was that pesky curse that had to be worked around, but Sunny is a FORCE and it was a hoot watching the two of them dance around one another as they fought all those pesky feeeeeelings they were catching.

Feelings, man. They're the WORST!

Anywho. William and Sunny. He needs a codebreaker to help him decipher the book that holds the key to breaking his curse. She's a codebreaker (a master one, at that) who has a nicely dark side under her bright exterior. He's aiming to be a king of the underworld, she's not happy being held prisoner by the one guy who lights her fire.

Yeah, they're a bit of a mess, but they make things work. Eventually. They also deal with some lingering daddy issues, get answers to questions they'd been trying to ignore, spill a little blood, cause a little havoc, and get the gang together for a little fighting. Because, as we all know, the Lords like to fight.

William and Sunny. *thumbs up* 

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