I just am appalled at this book, it was that amazing! A big wig died and another took his place. I didn't think that would ever happen and definitely not by the person that did it!!!! I however will miss *ahem* Cronus because I liked his witty banter.

Another thing I liked about this book: the different names he gave to the twins.

Reread: 05/02/12

I enjoyed this book. I love how she always introduces new characters in her books that make me want to read their stories. I thought the main couple were well suited to each other. I was very happy of how the book ended; it was a pleasant surprise I was not expecting. I am currently reading one of the side character's book now that I really enjoyed in this book. Great job, Gena Showalter! I'm excited for Kane's story and any others you decide to make a book for.

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Ladies and Gents...I've finally finished "The Darkest Seduction" and I can officially say this by far is my FAVE book in the series now. Eeek!!
This book had so much in it...that I kept notes in my journal that way I can remember when the next LOTU comes out. Yes...I have a horrible memory sometimes. It comes with getting older.
Here's what happens in The Darkest Seduction. I promise now, I will not spoil this book for anyone. Just want to give a little run down on what is expected in the 9th book to the Lord of the Underworld Series.
Paris is still searching for Sienna. Sienna is still with Cronus (The Titan God). She's trapped in a castle in the Realm of Blood and Shadows. Cronus wants her to do something for him on the Earth plane. If your not new to the series, you know that Sienna is possessed with the demon Wrath who used to be inside Aeron. Wrath is not a demon to mess with. He keeps trying to take control over Sienna, but she keeps fighting him. She's not used to having a demon in her and she's definitely not used to having wings. Here's the catch about Sienna though no one else can see her except for some people, for example, Paris. Sienna was killed a few books back.
Paris is determined to find Sienna and he ends up doing things, he's ashamed of to get to where Sienna is. He ends up asking Viola to help him who is possessed with the Demon, Narcissism. Who by the way, is very friggin' annoying. It's to be expected though since her Demon makes her only talk about herself and devote on herself.
When Paris does find Sienna, he has William and Zacharel's help to get to her...well kind of their help. Zacharel has a mission of his own. (He's a Angel who was sent by Lysander to protect Sienna and sometimes Paris). William, I found out from the previous book, "The Darkest Surrender", has a HUGE secret. Oh boy...he ends up having a MAJOR secret in this book too. Damn him!!! He's making me love him even more.
Sienna has always thought that Paris hates her for what she did to him.
Of course, Paris tries everything to push her away once he finds her and saves her....unfortunately...of course who could resist Paris though.
Then there's Kane who is still trapped in Hell. He's getting his ass handed to him. There's also Zacharel and his mission (loved being in his head...even if it's for a little while).
Got a taste of Cronus and what he's up to. (Hate him by the way)
Then there's the evil, Galen (who I ended up liking in this book). Although, he did something that made me mad, but he made up for it in the end.
There's lots going in this book, that I can't say because I'll give away the best parts of the book. Let's just say, Gena knows how to keep me turning the page. Gosh darn her...because I sleep depraved myself reading this book. I loved it that much. It definitely had twists and turns I wasn't expecting. I fell in love with more characters.
Oh...and Sienna is ONE KICK ASS Female Character who I ADORE more than Anya now. Pay attention to her. You will be surprised on what happens to her. It's just GREAT...or should I say POWERFUL.
My thoughts...I friggin' LOVED this book. It's a page turner from beginning to end. Seriously, how does Gena come up with this stuff. There was not a single flaw in this story. Well..except for what Galen did, but I'll leave that alone because he made up for it.
Oh...Maddox and Ashlyn play a very important role in this book. If you've read their book, you know what I'm talking about. =) It's about time, that's all I can say.
I'm so glad that Paris finally got his book. I think all of us readers, were waiting patiently for his. I know I was waiting patiently. (Patiently meaning...biting my nails and pulling my hair).
Now I can wait patiently again for the next LOTU book. Well...at least try to wait patiently.
At least Gena has other books coming out to keep me occupied. =)

Wow, I have been waiting for Paris's story forever, as I am sure everyone has as well. Excellent read! Plus there was even a couple of surprising twist and turns. Definitely don't miss this one! Can't wait for Wicked Nights-Zacharels story, coming in June 2012.

So I have to admit that I wasn't really looking forward to this one. Paris and Sienna got too much play in earlier books and I was really sick of emo-Paris. But the new Angel spin off looks good and I heard that there was a lot of world changing events in this one so I thought I should read it.

I'm really glad I did. It started a little rough, still plenty of emo-Paris to go around. I think the first 3 or 4 chapters were dedicated to that. But when Sienna makes an appearance she proves a more interesting character. I liked her way more than I thought I would. And once they get together the emo exits and a lot of the old Paris returns. Other reviewers commented that they thought this was too early and too easy for Paris to just start acting like his old self, but since I was sick of the new Paris, it worked for me. I also thought the way they worked through their trust issues wasn't as easy as all that. What happened quickly was that they decided they wanted to try. I enjoyed the scenes where they were determined to be honest with each other and came to accept each others past and prior poor decisions.

So I was going along, liking it OK when about halfway through the action really started to pick up and I read the last half much more quickly than the first. There are new alliances formed, old alliances broken, enemies who may not be enemies and hints at future couples. It does end with a huge power shift and enough dangling threads to entice you to spend more time in this world. Not every book in this series has been a favorite (although I've liked most of them) but I think that the overall story arc took a huge leap forward in this one and I'm looking forward to the next and to the other series set in this world.

A good read and hopefully the last book of the series.

This was a hard book to rate! I so badly wanted to give it 5 stars. The only thing that held me back and made it a 4 star book for me was Paris and Sienna. When I first started reading the LOTU series I LOVED Paris, he was sexy, funny, and charismatic. After his first run in with Sienna I felt bad for him, I really did.....but after dragging it out over the span of every book thereafter, to me he just got a little annoying and I just stopped caring so much. I was a little reluctant to even start this book because I feared it was not going to do much for me considering I wasn't that interested in the Paris Sienna hook up. I'm so glad I'm no quitter! I had to know what happened so I dove in head first and it was AWESOME! There was so much going on in this book, a lot of answers to questions, introductions to new characters and MAJOR developments with some other main characters. This is not a book to skip over in this series. It might just be one of the most important ones to read yet! I'm glad I hung in there and got pleasantly surprised! I can't wait to see what's next!

Yet another amazing book. Couldn't put it down. Once again, can't wait for her next book to be out.

3,5 stars

I've been waiting for Paris' story a long time and when I finally have the opportunity to read it I guess I expected much more than this. The expectations were very high and the overall feeling is that something in this book is definitely missing.
Don't get me wrong - I'm happy because I finally got the chance to see Paris and Sienna together with their HEA but as I was reading the book I didn't feel any kind of intensity and I certainly don't think the book deserved its five hundred pages. It's exaggeratedly extensive. For me it was just another love story and that's why I'm disappointed.
But I've gotta hand it to you, Gena - you sure know how to mess things up and mix them up a little bit.
The new developments of this were very exciting and I guess this book marks the point of no return for LOTUS series and that's a very positive thing because the series needed this kind of revolution.
My head is actually spinning with the various possibilities for the future of the characters and the series in general.
I guess I'm a little sad because I was hoping to give this one 5stars and I really wanted to adore this book instead of just liking it but that's the way I feel.