Book: The Darkest Secret (Lords of the Underworld #7)
Author: Gena Showalter
Bookshelves: 2011, Budapest (Hungary), demons, fantasy, fiction, romance, paranormal romance, the Underworld,
Begun: August 1, 2011
Finished: August 2, 2011
Media Type: paperback (personal copy - later donated to the Grafton Public Library)
Setting: present day Budapest (Hungary) and the Underworld (aka Hell)
Characters: Amun, Haidee, Paris, Strider, William, The Lords of the Underworld,
Review: Amun was dragged from Hell, literally, kicking and screaming.
Keeper of the demon of secrets, Amun must remain mute or he will divulge all the secrets of those around him. As Secrets, Amun picked up some extra demons when he went into the Underworld and now he’s carrying those around with him too. Locked by himself in a cell and then his bedroom, Amun is literally waiting to die. The angels have decided that they will kill him if he doesn’t start to get better soon.
Bring in the Hunter Haidee, Strider is stricken to see his best friend in so much torment. Leaving Haidee in a locked bedroom adjacent to Amun’s Strider goes to check in with the rest of his Lord friends, of which Torin seems to be the only one around.
When she awakes from her drugged stupor (the only way to get the blood thirsty and vicious hunter back to the Lord’s mansion), Haidee hears Amun mentally calling for help. She fights her way through the wall, literally (she finds a closed off doorway between their two bedrooms).
Thinking that Amun is a former lover of hers, Haidee cozies up to him. Like salve on a burn Amun’s demons retreat and he is able to heal slightly while Haidee holds him in her sleep.
Sparks rage between the two and secret abound (no pun intended!). Haidee isn’t all human. She’s been reborn many many times but always forgets the “good” things about her former lives.
Will Amun help her or kill her once he finds out that she was the one who killed Baden?
Awards: none
Recommended by: Kim
Recommend to: Sherrilyn Kenyon fans, paranormal romance fans.
