• The Darkest Kiss

  • Lords of the Underworld, Book 2
  • By: Gena Showalter
  • Narrated by: Max Bellmore
  • Length: 13 hrs and 13 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (2,186 ratings)

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The Darkest Kiss

By: Gena Showalter
Narrated by: Max Bellmore
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Publisher's summary

She has tempted many men...but never found her equal.

Until now.

Though she has lived for centuries, Anya, goddess of anarchy, has never known pleasure. Until Lucien, the incarnation of death - a warrior eternally doomed to take souls to the hereafter. He draws her like no other. And Anya will risk anything to have him.

But when the merciless Lord of the Underworld is ordered by the gods to claim Anya herself, their uncontrollable attraction becomes an anguished pursuit. Now they must defeat the unconquerable forces that control them, before their thirst for one another demands a sacrifice of love beyond imagining....

Don't miss the other books in the Lords of the Underworld series.
©2008 Gena Showalter (P)2008 Audible, Inc.

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Good but a little lack luster

Goes from not together to getting married in the blink of an eye, with a random other storyline going on that I’m still not sure what the point of it was…. I’m going to keep reading the series though! Fingers crossed it gets more organized

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GREAT READ!

Author did an excellent job of developing characters throughout the series. Just enough love, sex, intrigue and turmoil. A little predictible, of course, but still a great read! Narrator is a little slow and drawn out BUT you get used to him. The only downside is that Audible does not offer all of the books in the series - I'm off to B&N to find the rest!

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yes yes yes! this is good one

great listen, I really enjoy Gena's books audio and paper. I have read the first three and am definitly going back to see if there are more.

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Wow

What did you love best about The Darkest Kiss?

The fights

Who was your favorite character and why?

Lucian

Have you listened to any of Max Bellmore’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Yes, ana voice and the way she talked reminded me of a valley girl

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Idk, go watch the damn movie you will love it

Any additional comments?

Keep reading the series is sure to get better

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Good love story

I enjoyed this love story. Lucian and Anya were a good match. I liked the push and pull in their relationship. I am looking forward to listening to Paris' story.

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One of my all time favorites

Loved this book for years! Thank goodness for audible since my book went missing. Now I can enjoy it again

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Best of the Lords

My favorite of all the Lords of the Underworld books.

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Great Book!

I'm completely hooked on this series after this book! The Darkest Night was great and this was a great follow up - I love how Showalter intertwines one book to the next. My only semi-negative comment would be that as much as I like Max Bellmore's voice for each of these books, I wish Anya's voice wasn't quite so whiny. Then again, that does fit with some of her personality so it's not anything I felt took away from the book.

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Death becomes her :-)

I really enjoyed this second book featuring Lord of the Underground Lucien and his death demon. His heroine Anya is such a feisty spitfire! Listening to their relationship unfold was funny, endearing, and heart warming. I highly recommend this series, and recommend starting from the beginning with Darkest Night.

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Love this series

love this book and series! not my first time reading The Darkest Kiss but it's my first time listening to it. I think the narrator did a great job making sure that each character sounded different yet not over compensating, not even for the females.

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