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The Darkest Fire by Gena Showalter

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Overview

Title: The Darkest Fire
Author: Gena Showlater
Series: Lords of the Underworld #0.5
Rating Out of 5: 5 (I will read this again and again and again)
My Bookshelves: Demons, Paranormal romance, Urban fantasy
Pace: Fast
Format: eBook, Novella
Year: 2008

Thoughts

For a darkly themed paranormal romance, this was a bit of a cute novella. I mean, the Goddess of Oppression and the Guardian of Hell manage to find their way to one another after crushing on each other for millennia. And then they manage to try and fight all of the evil to stop it from being unleashed on the world. Honestly, everything about this was fun and cute. Even though it was also a little dark with that lovely adult spin that I love so much in the novellas that fill my shelves.

There is so much chaos and mayhem throughout this story. I might have enjoyed the romance aspect of this story, but I mostly just loved the demons, manipulations and violence throughout. Plus, this prequel novella perfectly sets up the rest of the Lords of the Underworld series. Yet another series to add to my shelves that will have me smiling and itching to pick up my ereader again and again and again.

Although I knew that this story was going to end in a happily ever after, because this is why I read paranormal romances or romances of any sort, it definitely wasn’t the ending that I was expecting. In fact, it was probably one of the darker “happily ever after” endings that I’ve read in a long time. But, as a beginning of a new series, I can’t wait to see how their story unfolds. I mean, there is a whole lot of endings to this, but there’s also that sense of a new beginning. And I’m sure that the echoes of this couple are going to be around long into this series.

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Ever Night by Gena Showalter

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Overview

Title: Ever Night
Author: Gena Showalter
In: On the Hunt (Gena Showalter, Shannon K. Butcher, Jessica Andersen & Deidre Knight)
Rating Out of 5: 4 (Really good read!)
My Bookshelves: Medieval fantasy, Paranormal romance, Time travel
Pace: Medium
Format: eBook, Novella
Year: 2011

Thoughts

At the beginning of this novella, I was a bit… disturbed by the idea that Rose was going to fall for the weird abductor guy. I mean, it was a bit Stockholm Syndrome-y and made me start this story with a feeling of total ick. But then, as I got to know the two characters, I decided that I actually loved this. There was something kind of fun and cute about this story, and, even though the beginning was uncomfortable, I settled into this and was really disappointed that it had to end.

I thought that the idea of being forced to transport oneself into an alternate world every year on your birthday was brilliant and incredibly imaginative. I ended up really loving the world building in this and seriously enjoyed this novella. I love that its two worlds built around somewhat familiar ones. Yet, fear and misunderstandings have led to murder and mayhem throughout the two groups of peoples. An thoroughly enjoyable world that left me smiling and wanting more and more after I turned that final page.

Honestly, although I knew just who Rose would end up with the end, I didn’t quite expect how they were going to end up. Neither did I expect their conflict resolution at the end. It was a really great way to tie up a romantic and lustful novella. This is the first story I’ve read by Showalter, even if I have multiples of her stories on my shelves. And, I’m glad to say that I’ve got more of her stories to continue on with. Now to dive into them and the rest of my TBR.

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