The Darkest Whisper

Again, I must say I’m obsessed with Gena Showalter’s Lord of the Underworld series. I’ve read all of them, The Darkest Night, The Darkest Kiss, The Darkest Pleasure, The Darkest Whisper, The Darkest Passion and eagerly awaiting The Darkest Lie.

I plan to write a review for each book and I know I’m writing them out of order, but after reading some reviews of The Darkest Whisper I had to write this one next.

There will be spoilers in this blog, so if you don’t want to know what happens in The Darkest Whisper stop reading and move on to something else. (wink)

After reading several reviews, many readers were pissed about Sabin (who is possessed by the Demon of Doubt) letting Gwen allow her father to just walk away. Who is Gwen’s father, will read the book and you will find out? I won’t let that cat out of the bag or should I say demon out of the bag, hee hee.

Anyhoo, I liked the way the whole Sabin, Gwen and her father played out. I mean if you think about it from a literary point-of-view if the father was killed where would the series go. The leader of the hunters would be killed and what would the hunters do? And remember Gwen is known as Gwen the Timid not Gwen the Sadistic killer! Yeah, she’s a harpy and can kill like a animal, but again, she’s timid and not your typical harpy.

So letting her father go, it made complete sense to me. I mean it’s her father, who yeah wasn’t around and is a killer and betrays the Lords, but if you met your father for the first time would you slice his throat to cut off his head? Okay, maybe, there are some who would do that, but Gwen didn’t.

And I didn’t think if Gwen did kill her father, it wouldn’t have been a spectacular enough ending for him. The end of Gwen’s father would have to be more cruel and I think it should be accomplished by the hands of the Lords. Or maybe Cronus. Or maybe Anya, now, she is wicked and quite a warrior. She’s my favorite of all the Lord’s women, which I’ll get to in The Darkest Kiss review. Or maybe, Gwen’s father won’t be put to death, but will be cursed in some way for the rest of his existence. I know he’s already cursed by a demon, but maybe, another curse like Maddox had to suffer with for years. Just a thought.

I enjoyed The Darkest Whisper. Gwen is one of my favorite of the Lord women, because she’s such a contradiction to what she should be since she’s a harpy. I kept picturing a Botticelli like woman since Gwen has red hair. It’s always fun to read about the Lords softening due to the women entering their lives and stealing their hearts. Awe, romance between a butterfly tattooed, demon possessed, hot, muscled warrior and a beautiful woman, who can literally tear your throat out. Titillating reading!