Mass Market Paperback, 410 pages
Published March 29th 2011 by Harlequin Books
ISBN 13: 9780373775491
Source: Purchased for self
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Series: Lords of the Underworld, #7
Best read in order: absolutely
Stars: 4
Flames: 3
Reviewed by: Vanessa
Reviewed by: Vanessa
Haidee
has lived her lives with the motto of “Die if you must, but take as many Lord’s
as you can with you.” As a Hunter she has dedicated her life to see that the
Lord’s don’t cause harm to others. She was doing exactly that when Strider
caught her, drugged her and took her to the Lord’s Budapest fortress.
Amun (Keeper
of Secrets) has been left with an insane amount of minion demons running wild
in his head after assisting a fellow Lord. Unable to purge these demons he
seeks peace in death. As he’s lying in bed wishing for such he finds a
connection to another that gives him some peace from the demons.
I liked
how Haidee and Amun were brought together in the beginning. The mechanisms that
were used to allow their connection to work were perfect for this couple.
Sometimes I really wonder why authors choose for the difficult bonding of
enemies. Then you get something like The
Darkest Secret in your hands and you realize it makes for a great story.
Amun and Haidee have to overcome the events in their pasts that led them to become
enemies. They must learn enough about the other so that they can begin to earn each
other’s trust. All of this takes place while they are trying to return the new
residents in Amun’s head to their rightful home. Amun and Haidee then take readers
on the journey of how they will make a happily ever after work when they both
know that the people around them will have some major issues with their romance.
William,
Strider and Paris have fairly large secondary roles while providing plenty of comic
relief. They are vacationing together. They are all three wrestling with bigger
personal issues, yet still trying to get their minds into a better place. The
past books heroes and heroines have very tiny little snippets. I would have
liked to have seen a little bit for from the past couples that I loved so much.
I had
two small annoyances with the book, Haidee and Micah, and Strider and Haidee. Haidee
and the Micah issue came off as immature to me. Although it is Micah that opens
up the doorway that allows for Haidee to initially go to Amun. Then there is
Strider’s obsession with Haidee and the explosion that it causes with Amun. It
annoyed me! While these things aggravated me they also added to the suspense
that kept the pages constantly turning. It always seems that the things that irritate
me, the book would not make sense without.
No comments:
Post a Comment