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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780373773923
ISBN: 0373773927
Label: HQN Books
Manufacturer: HQN Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 416
Publication Date: August 25, 2009
Publisher: HQN Books
Release Date: August 25, 2009
Studio: HQN Books
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Bound by the demon of Doubt, Sabin unintentionally destroys even the most confident of lovers. So the immortal warrior spends his time on the battlefield instead of the bedroom, victory his only concern…until he meets Gwendolyn the Timid. One taste of the beautiful redhead, and he craves more.
Gwen, an immortal herself, always thought she'd fall for a kind human who wouldn't rouse her darker side. But when Sabin frees her from prison, battling their enemies for the claim to Pandora's box turns out to be nothing compared to the battle Sabin and Gwen will wage against love….
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By far Sabin and Lucien's stories are my favorite....I liked Sabin in the earlier books and his story was not a disappointment. Gwen was a very likeable character, got a sneak peak at what might be happening with Aeron next.
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Fans of Dark Lover (Black Dagger Brotherhood, Book 1) and A Hunger Like No Other (The Immortals After Dark Series, Book 1) will be thrilled with Showalter's series about demon-possessed warriors once beloved by the Gods. Tricked into opening Pandora's Box and letting the ills of the world loose, each alpha male takes in a different cursed aspect - Death, Disease, Lies.... and in the case of this book, Doubt. Charged by the Gods to atone for their crime by retrieving the lost Box, the fallen warriors are in a race against an ancient foe to get to it first. Whomever has possession of the box can lock away the demon/curses forever - stripping them from their hosts and killing them in the process.
This is Sabin & Gwen's story - Doubt and a Harpy. All his previous lovers had been driven off or turned to suicide by the demon inside him. Would the girl he rescued be any different? The Lords Series allows for powerful females as well, much like the Immortals, and thus is a satisfying read if you don't particularly like the ladies always being the 'Damsel in Distress' type. Gwen starts out meek, but quickly learns how to use her powers with control, giving us a couple on equal footing. Hot love scenes are fewer than one would like, and the author does like to set up future books with glimpses into other characters that take us away from the central plot. Neither of these is particularly bothersome, and readers of the genre are used to both.
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I have been anxiously awaiting the next book in the Lords of the Underworld series and this one certainly did not disappoint. I found it a little hard to like Sabin but I loved Gwen and her harpy sisters. Sabin's total dedication to winning the war against the Hunters even if it meant hurting his friends or other people rubbed me the wrong way. But the harpies definitely made the book worth reading. The action was great and it was it was nice to see Sabin brought to his knees by a woman. This story was also filled with some great twists and turns in the battle between the Lords and the Hunters. I did not see those coming and cannot wait to read more about these new developments. We also get a few more glimpses into Paris's and Gideon's stories. Ever since Paris's woman was killed I've been dying to know what is going to happen in his story. Luckily according to the page at the end of this book the next Lords of the Underworld installment is due out January 2010 and it will be called Heart of Darkness. I cannot wait because it features another Harpy, one of Gwen's sisters!
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Gina Showalter has concocted an intricate tale of demons, angels, harpies and other non-human creatures in a vivid series of stories guaranteed to titillate the senses. Her latest offering, The Darkest Whisper, features Sabin--whose demon is keeper of Doubt--and Gwendolyn, his forever love who is half-harpy and half-angel.
Dark forces are at work to destroy the 'evil' demons as human 'hunters' inflict heinous and brutal tactics to achieve this objective. Sabin and his Gwendolyn are the last hope of survival. Will they succeed in driving back the hunters who would destroy them?
The characters are well-rounded, the story works well as a fantasy and the prose is very dark indeed. Ms. Showalter does a good job with this series.
Recommended
Diane Davis White
Author, Moon of the Falling Leaves
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The story begins with Sabin and his fellow Lords of the Underworld preparing to attack some humans led by a former Lord of the Underworld who are trying to destroy Sabin and his groups as well as their wives and children. The Lords were guardians in heaven of Zeus but were persuaded to open Pandora's box which unleashed demons. The demons are now living inside each Lord - one for each. When this first happened many centuries ago, the Lords were wild and the demons in them had control so many innocents were killed. Now, however, most of the Lords have found ways to live with and control their demons. Sabin's is named Doubt.
As the Lords attack the "Hunters" - humans led by the ex-Lord - they find that the Hunters held several women imprisoned. Some of these women are pregnant. One woman is very special and is in a more secure "cage." Her name is Gwendolyn, nicknamed Gwen the Timid by her sisters. Sabin is immediately attracted to her and knows there is more to her than her surface beauty. Gwen is also an immortal like the Lords and had been untouched by the Hunters unlike the other women. Why this was true and who she really is becomes the main storyline of the novel.
While I enjoyed much of the book, I felt the storyline was full of holes and felt there was a strange kind of mix of mythology (Greek and Roman) as well as some Christianity that for me did not provide a solid background for the immortals, their quest and why they were doing what they were doing!
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