A review by bobsvoid
The Darkest Touch by Gena Showalter

5.0

"You may have the world's worst SSTD," she said, "but I throw the world's worst temper tantrum."
Interesting, but not applicable. "Are you chastising me or applying to be my sidekick?"

My sweet, sweet Torrin finally got his time to shine with a book in the series that has become one of my favorites. The keeper of Disease has spent thousands of years denying himself the pleasure of touch because he doesn't want to infect and kill people. An accident brings Torrin into the clutches of the notorious Red Queen-Keely.

My girl Keely is as psychotic as they come...it's absolutely wonderful. There's a few things I absolutely adore in a woman and other than being a shameless hussy, it's being a shameless psycho. She spent a good portion of the beginning of the book threatening to take Torrin's life. And just like me, it seems he can't help but be attracted to such a woman.

"My greatest flaw is my total lack of flaws. Do you know what a burden it is, being perfect all the time?"
She fluffed her hair. "Yes, actually, I do."

The greatest part of these two was their acceptance of their flaws. Keely gave zero fucks about the fact that Torrin is a walking-talking-plauge (or SSTD skin-toskin-transmitted disease) waiting to happen. Hell, she welcomed it. Sweet Torrin was stubborn about that, but he at least accepted her psychotic tendencies..it was the least he could do.

I won't lie, I was a bit cross with the other Lords and women for their treatment of Keely. The girl saves your friends and protects your home, yet you little hypocrites have an issue with her? This brings me to my one issue with Torrin, that boy got a big mouth. If you've read you'll know what I'm talking about. Other than that, I absolutely LOVED this book.

"Old enough that I can only use one pickup line appropriately-hey baby, you better call life alert because I just fell for you and can't get up."
Pick up line...pickup line...she racked her brain until she found an explanation and brightened.
"Mine would be-roses are red, violets are blue, if you don't do what I say, I will kill you."