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    The Darkest Torment
    The Darkest Torment
    The Darkest Torment
    Audiobook13 hours

    The Darkest Torment

    Written by GENA SHOWALTER

    Narrated by Max Bellmore

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    About this audiobook

    New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter returns with her most explosive Lords of the Underworld tale to date, about a fierce warrior on the brink of sanity who will stop at nothing to claim the exquisite human with the power to soothe the beast inside him... Driven to his death by the demon of Distrust, Baden spent centuries in purgatory. Now he's back, but at what cost? Bound to the king of the underworld, an even darker force, he's unable to withstand the touch of another...and he's quickly devolving into a heartless assassin with an uncontrollable temper. Things only get worse when a mission goes awry and he finds himself saddled with a bride--just not his own. Famed dog trainer Katarina Joelle is forced to marry a monster to protect her loved ones. When she's taken hostage by the ruthless, beautiful Baden immediately after the ceremony, she's plunged into a war between two evils--with a protector more dangerous than the monsters he hunts. They are meant to be enemies, but neither can resist the passion burning between them...and all too soon the biggest threat is to her heart. But as Baden slips deeper into the abyss, she'll have to teach him to love...or lose him forever.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateMay 31, 2016
    ISBN9781501919565
    The Darkest Torment
    Author

    GENA SHOWALTER

    Gena Showalter is the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of over seventy books, including the acclaimed Lords of the Underworld series, the Gods of War series, the White Rabbit Chronicles, and the Forest of Good and Evil series. She writes sizzling paranormal romance, heartwarming contemporary romance, and unputdownable young adult novels, and lives in Oklahoma City with her family and menagerie of dogs. Visit her at GenaShowalter.com.

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    • 5/5
      Well, first of all, I wasn't expecting Baden's book, so of course I would be let down already. We knew almost nothing about it, besides the fact he was considered the 'good guy' among the Lords before the demon led to his untimely demise. In this book he appears completely different. Free from the demon, but host to a new kind of vicious monster, he is no longer the kind-hearted one. Sometimes you can still see flashes of that man, but now he's basically a beast set loose. To tell you the truth, now that I think about it, I'm positive it was all due to a move of the author trying to show us how the pure one suffered for thousands of years and how he came back a changed, tortured man. Bollocks, if you ask me! Sure, he suffered. But then, aren't the Lords supposed to suffer, each in their own way? Otherwise, they wouldn't be hosts to demons, therefore wouldn't be the Lords of the Underworld as we know them. What I'm trying to say is that, sure, the man had a short temper nowadays and he could be an asshole from time to time, but he was still ok. Not an unforgettable character, not bad either. Just meh!
      Katarina, his lady love, was also very bland. Also, that thing about her training Baden as if he was one of her dogs wasn't cute or sexy at all.
      Also, and this is another complaint of mine, is it just me or the action in the series is quickly fading away? I know we want romance, but the action part was much a part of the early books. I want adventures, intrigue, journeys in search of lost artifacts or important immortal beings.
    • 4/5
      This was nice. I was involved enough to care what happened, but not so wrapped up in it that I was annoyed when the characters made a foreseeable mistake or something. (They did a pretty good job not being idiots as well though). It was amusing to see the trope of a heroine taming her beastly hero, with the heroine actually being a professional beast tamer (dog trainer specializing in rehabilitating abused animals). =) It also had a nice balance between checking in with previous characters, and setting up future romances, and still prioritizing this couple.
    • 3/5
      The first book I have read by this author. The story itself was great, but the dialogue is stilted and annoying. The book doesn't flow because of it and is disappointing. Would not read another.