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3.64 AVERAGE
I just simply couldn‘t finish this. It made me want to gauge my eyes and throw them out the window. The writing is really bad, the character‘s reactions don‘t make any sense, not to mention that all of them are super unlikable. The stereotypes are strong in this one. I‘m honestly baffled it has a four star rating on here!! This is literally the worst book I have ever read
2 stars
November 2024
Well this was underwhelming. This is a stepping stone for this series but it just fell flat. Here's hoping my reread of this series goes better.
4 stars
July 2009
Trigger Warnings: violence, blood, murder, self harm (on page/graphic), graphic bodily injuries, mention of plague, and death
November 2024
Well this was underwhelming. This is a stepping stone for this series but it just fell flat. Here's hoping my reread of this series goes better.
4 stars
July 2009
Trigger Warnings: violence, blood, murder, self harm (on page/graphic), graphic bodily injuries, mention of plague, and death
I went into this book with pretty low standards because I had just finished a great book from another series. I am happy to say that it pleasantly surprised me. It was an easy read but I enjoyed getting a glimpse of the series' potential. We will see where it goes...
Very good read. Similar to Black Dagger Brotherhood, but that didn't bother me. Can't wait to read the rest in this series!
This is book one for the Lords for the Underworld series by Gena Showalter. I picked up book two when I was looking at a second hand book store, when I realized it was the second one I started by search for the first book and whatever came after it at the time.
I have not gotten into a series so fast as this one. It helped that I was late to the party and could get 6-8 books right away.
Ashlyn Darrow is not your normal girl. She can hear voices. No not the ones from someones mind but from the past. She can stand in one place and hear every conversation that has ever happened there. Till she meets Maddox. Just him being around stops the voices, but why would they stop for him?
Maddox holds demon lord Violence within him. Like his follow warriors they all hold something dark within them for their punishment, but Maddox most of all. Will Ashlyn be able to set Maddox free, or will Maddox fear hold them both back.
This is a new twist to Pandora's box legend and I fall in love with it right off the bat. As a kid I was really into myths and legend.
Over all, the characters were well written, the plot seems like it will go on and on to make a great series over all.
I have not gotten into a series so fast as this one. It helped that I was late to the party and could get 6-8 books right away.
Ashlyn Darrow is not your normal girl. She can hear voices. No not the ones from someones mind but from the past. She can stand in one place and hear every conversation that has ever happened there. Till she meets Maddox. Just him being around stops the voices, but why would they stop for him?
Maddox holds demon lord Violence within him. Like his follow warriors they all hold something dark within them for their punishment, but Maddox most of all. Will Ashlyn be able to set Maddox free, or will Maddox fear hold them both back.
This is a new twist to Pandora's box legend and I fall in love with it right off the bat. As a kid I was really into myths and legend.
Over all, the characters were well written, the plot seems like it will go on and on to make a great series over all.
Harlequin romance lent to me by a well-meaning co-worker since I liked the Sookie Stackhouse novels. I'm not sure how to politely return the rest of the series to her unread, but unread they will be. This is trash without any redemptive qualities. Big, immortal muscle man meets small, fragile, delicate but spunky blonde American girl. Virgin, no less, but not for long! Mix in some Greek mythology and the all-consuming love of the I-will-die-for-you variety, and there you go.
No hate or shade to the author, but this is possibly one of the worst books I have ever read. It’s not even the writing, it’s the plot.
I think…. Paranormal Romance is not for me. I cannot overlook the plot holes and shoddy excuse for a magic system, etc. just to watch 2 characters who JUST MET, have sex. I literally do NOT CARE.
I picked up this book because a dear, sweet family member recommended it to me. Granted, she did not read this one, she read some later books in the series. So, I believe the series might get better, but I will NOT be around to find out.
* WARNING SPOILERS *
This book opens with some sort of Greek mythology plot, referencing Pandora’s Box. Okay, cool. There is a group of immortal men (warriors) who had to house demons inside of themselves when Pandora’s Box was opened. So now some of the warriors live in a castle in Budapest together, as tortured souls, dealing with their sins. Our main character is Maddox, who houses the demon of Violence. But then as the story goes on, NOTHING MAKES SENSE. (One of the men named Paris has a very rapey demon inside of him that turns women to jelly, and he somehow has to have sex with a new woman every single day, despite living in a secluded castle and only visiting one single town. How does he find new women? And Maddox is very rapey for sliding into his leftovers/victims while they are lust drunk off Paris’ demon.)
First of all, I cannot bring myself to feel sorry for these arrogant assholes. The only reason they’re infected with demons is because they were so prideful that a wOmAn (Pandora) was chosen to guard the box, that they sabotaged her and opened the box, thinking they would prove themselves as superior to her by conquering the demons. Epic fail.
Cue the entrance of the love interest, Ashlyn, the human with a power that is never explained, trained or utilized for anything useful at all. Insta-love ensues, Ashlyn becomes Maddox’s little bitch, blah blah blah. I was openly cringing at the sexual scenes. They weren’t even hot. No chemistry. During one of the scenes Ashlyn actually thinks “…she would never be able to think of herself as simply Ashlyn. She was now Maddox’s woman.”
Meanwhile an entire family of women is kidnapped in the castle because one of the immortals is supposed to kill them. These women are literally terrified thinking they’re about to be r*ped and killed. And with good reason, because wtf?
Meanwhile…. So many hours were spent on a random scene where Ashlyn drinks some of the immortal’s wine, which had something in it that made her very sick. One of the kidnapped women revives her with CPR, and then argues with one of the warriors about flying into the city to get Tylenol from her purse. At this point I was ready to DNF, but I pushed on. So yeah Ashlyn survives being poisoned by getting CPR and freakin Tylenol.
After this hardly anything happens. For like, a long time. Ashlyn finally starts getting some info from Maddox about what’s going on with him. He admits that he doesn’t want Ashlyn to find Pandora’s box because if she does, the demon will leave his body and he will die. SELFISH AF. Despite several emo scenes in the beginning where Maddox claims that if he could just kill himself to end the suffering, it would be worth it. Turns out he is a selfish ass.
There was a betrayal, a self-sacrifice and then a happily ever after. I’m glad they’re happy because I wasn’t.
I think…. Paranormal Romance is not for me. I cannot overlook the plot holes and shoddy excuse for a magic system, etc. just to watch 2 characters who JUST MET, have sex. I literally do NOT CARE.
I picked up this book because a dear, sweet family member recommended it to me. Granted, she did not read this one, she read some later books in the series. So, I believe the series might get better, but I will NOT be around to find out.
* WARNING SPOILERS *
This book opens with some sort of Greek mythology plot, referencing Pandora’s Box. Okay, cool. There is a group of immortal men (warriors) who had to house demons inside of themselves when Pandora’s Box was opened. So now some of the warriors live in a castle in Budapest together, as tortured souls, dealing with their sins. Our main character is Maddox, who houses the demon of Violence. But then as the story goes on, NOTHING MAKES SENSE. (One of the men named Paris has a very rapey demon inside of him that turns women to jelly, and he somehow has to have sex with a new woman every single day, despite living in a secluded castle and only visiting one single town. How does he find new women? And Maddox is very rapey for sliding into his leftovers/victims while they are lust drunk off Paris’ demon.)
First of all, I cannot bring myself to feel sorry for these arrogant assholes. The only reason they’re infected with demons is because they were so prideful that a wOmAn (Pandora) was chosen to guard the box, that they sabotaged her and opened the box, thinking they would prove themselves as superior to her by conquering the demons. Epic fail.
Cue the entrance of the love interest, Ashlyn, the human with a power that is never explained, trained or utilized for anything useful at all. Insta-love ensues, Ashlyn becomes Maddox’s little bitch, blah blah blah. I was openly cringing at the sexual scenes. They weren’t even hot. No chemistry. During one of the scenes Ashlyn actually thinks “…she would never be able to think of herself as simply Ashlyn. She was now Maddox’s woman.”
Meanwhile an entire family of women is kidnapped in the castle because one of the immortals is supposed to kill them. These women are literally terrified thinking they’re about to be r*ped and killed. And with good reason, because wtf?
Meanwhile…. So many hours were spent on a random scene where Ashlyn drinks some of the immortal’s wine, which had something in it that made her very sick. One of the kidnapped women revives her with CPR, and then argues with one of the warriors about flying into the city to get Tylenol from her purse. At this point I was ready to DNF, but I pushed on. So yeah Ashlyn survives being poisoned by getting CPR and freakin Tylenol.
After this hardly anything happens. For like, a long time. Ashlyn finally starts getting some info from Maddox about what’s going on with him. He admits that he doesn’t want Ashlyn to find Pandora’s box because if she does, the demon will leave his body and he will die. SELFISH AF. Despite several emo scenes in the beginning where Maddox claims that if he could just kill himself to end the suffering, it would be worth it. Turns out he is a selfish ass.
There was a betrayal, a self-sacrifice and then a happily ever after. I’m glad they’re happy because I wasn’t.