The Darkest Pleasure

I’ve been researching young adult books, since this is the audience I’m writing my books for. Anyway, while I was looking for YA books to read, I came across Gena Showalter’s Lords of the Underworld books. Whoever thought up the marketing for the book cover was a genius. I’ll admit the cover of the book is what made me choose the book. The short synopsis of what the book is about I read and the part about demons and romance did peak my interest, but not as much as the cover. A sexy guy ripped with muscles and a body tattoo, well um, Hooooottttt.

Oh by the way, the Lord of the Underworld books are not young adult reads.

So, I have one word to describe the book, WOW! Yes, I know this is a very simple review of the book, but after I was done tearing through the book in one day WOW was the one word that went through my mind.

As I’ve mentioned before, I was never a big romance reader. Also, I had not read paranormal or horror books. When I chose The Darkest Pleasure (Part of the Lord of the Underworld series) I had no idea what I was getting myself into. After reading The Darkest Pleasure, I admit that I’m now addicted to the series. I plan to get the other three books, The Darkest Pleasure is the third book in the series, The Darkest Night, The Darkest Whisper and The Darkest Kiss. And I can’t wait until The Darkest Passion and The Darkest Lie are released.

In a nutshell, The Darkest Pleasure revolves around Reyes, who is possessed by the Demon of Pain and Danika, Reyes’ love/lust interest. Reyes must hurt himself often, because the Demon of Pain beckons him to. When I say hurt himself he usually jumps off a very tall building or cuts himself. Danika is a mortal, who calms the demon in Reyes. This is all I’m going to tell you about the book, because I don’t want to give anything away.

I never knew Demons could sound so sexy, but all the Lords of the Underworld are a sight to see. After I was done reading The Darkest Pleasure, I thought how great would it be if Showtime or HBO did a series based on these books. I want to see the Demons in the flesh on a flat screen! Plus, the storyline is very interesting. There are hunters trying to kill the Lords of the Underworld. Despite being possessed with demons, the Lords are good guys, who are muscular, tattooed and just tantalizing! Every time, I came to a part about Paris, who is possessed by the Demon of Promiscuity, I kept envisioning Henry Cavill as Paris. If you don’t know who Henry is, watch The Tudors, he’s Charles Brandon. A Tudors blog will come soon and Henry Cavill will be mentioned, a lot.

If you are into romance books, I highly recommend Gena Showalter’s Lord of the Underworld series. It’s steamy, adventurous, interesting and a fun read!