Review: The Darkest Touch (Lords of the Underworld, #11) by Gena Showalter

The Darkest Touch by Gena Showalter
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Gena Showalter has created a spectacular world, dark and complex characters so beautifully detailed in her long-running The Lords of the Underworld series and her latest novel, The Darkest Touch, the 11th book, is as refreshing and breathtaking as from the start of book #1.
Torin, the demon of Disease has been a fascinating character from the first time we met him….
a warrior, loyal, lonely, unable to get close to or touch anyone due to what is demon is able to do…..

His life is about to change when he meets fellow prisoner, Keeleycael, The beautiful and powerful Red Queen.
. I loved this character….bad tempered, fierce, intelligent, sassy and totally awesomely adorable…did I mention that her hair color changes with the seasons…that’s right…from dark to light…

The Red Queen. No wonder the immortals in the skies had merely whispered about her. Insane? Cruel? Hell, yeah. They’d probably assumed saying her name aloud would have a Beetlejuice effect and actually summon her.

The sexual tension and chemistry between these two is totally sizzling…

Torin is lost….resisting her is the hardest thing he has ever had to do….if he gives in, his touch could mean her death.

Keeley, who has been around…married to a brutal guy, then betrayed by Hades…no, this girl does not trust men!!! But Torin is not like other men, she soon discovers……she cannot keep away from him…as they travel through the realms of the breathtaking and so well detailed world that the author has created.
Amazing writing, compelling plot and incredible dialogue that is witty and totally sparkling….

“You’ll experience agony in ways you’ve never dreamed possible. for I’ll do to you what I’ve done to so many others. I will skin you with a cheese grater and stuff your organs into a blender to make a smoothie. I will donkey punch your skull so hard your brain will ooze out of your eye sockets.”

The first part of the story is Torin and Keeley, which I liked but half-way….that’s what I loved - when they both arrive at the Lords of the Underworld’s home in Budapest!!! That’s when I jumped for joy!!!
Checking in with characters we have come to know from the previous books, which I have sorely missed, and the action and suspense and laughter and more laughter….the interaction between Keeley and Anya is amazing….a grin on my face every time these two got together!!!

New characters…loved the Lord’s kids… new revelations…..and still on the trail of that elusive Pandora’s Box!!!!

Gena Showalter never fails ….the series just gets better and better…….I can’t wait for the next book….maybe Cameo…the only demon-possessed female…I would love to read her story!!!!
Lords of the Underworld ROCK!!!!


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