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A review by amyiw
The Darkest Seduction by Gena Showalter
4.0
Great ending, great chemistry and romance. I really liked this one and all the add in except for Kane's. His parts were just distracting and didn't add to what was going on. I think I may be a little different as I liked Sienna better than Paris but could relate to both. I liked that she didn't shy away from talking about Paris' encounters with men. She even touches on a situation I thought would have to have come up in thousands of years. I thought Paris getting a hold of and diverting his demon was a well done. I wasn't sure how Showalter was going to do it but it seems good. The demon goes from being called promiscuity to sex. He was always called sex but in the end that is all you hear... makes sense too. Sienna is a ghost and to most people, invisible. I didn't like this thought but that works out too.
Through the whole story, Sienna is pulled and manipulated by all sides and it is not just two sides either. Everyone has their own agenda and everyone wants to use Sienna, Chronos, the Angels, Rhea, even the hunters would, if they only knew... I think she handles it well though you have to wonder what her vows will do in the end.
So glad that this book seemed to wrap up all the parts that were interesting, important to me. Around 3/4 of the way through I was a little worried that it wouldn't and would leave a bunch of cliffhangers at the end. It did leave Kane (Disaster) in a cliffhanger but he never was a favorite or interesting one and I have no interest in reading his story. All the other parts seemed to add to it. I really like the character of Zacharel and am so glad his book is coming later this month. She didn't have to entice me by a cliffhanger either. His character is so well drawn that you want to know more.
My major complaint though... Started this right after The Darkest Secret and The Darkest Surrender and I cannot remember the scenes of Paris and Sienna from the other books because they were in the books before those! In the beginning Paris and Sienna think of each other in every scene. I vaguely remember the capture of Paris and the death of Sienna during the escape but that is it. At 1/4 through this book, I need to get copies of the previous books to re-read that scene, along with whatever else. I cannot remember why Chronos has her. I cannot remember the scene where she discovers the hunters are evil. I feel like this is a book I put down after reading 1/3 of it and then picked back up after 2 years. I believe the main scenes between them happened in book 4, though it could have been book 3. Book 4 was written over 2 1/2 years ago. Luckily the scenes are definitely secondary, unlike The Black Dagger Brotherhood, so I could read the rest without picking up the previous books (unlike BDB) and still get an understanding, especially since Showalter is retelling the scenes to an extent. Still I would rather all the pertinent scene to be in the same book. Cliffhangers don't entice me to continue with a series, the story does. Still if she just put the scenes of Paris in the beginning of this book, I could do with the cliffhanger; it's not remembering what happened that is the worst.
Very good ending to the series. Yes, I know she'll write more Lords, but not interested. I do want to start her Falling angles series and see where that goes with Zacherel.
Through the whole story, Sienna is pulled and manipulated by all sides and it is not just two sides either. Everyone has their own agenda and everyone wants to use Sienna, Chronos, the Angels, Rhea, even the hunters would, if they only knew... I think she handles it well though you have to wonder what her vows will do in the end.
So glad that this book seemed to wrap up all the parts that were interesting, important to me. Around 3/4 of the way through I was a little worried that it wouldn't and would leave a bunch of cliffhangers at the end. It did leave Kane (Disaster) in a cliffhanger but he never was a favorite or interesting one and I have no interest in reading his story. All the other parts seemed to add to it. I really like the character of Zacharel and am so glad his book is coming later this month. She didn't have to entice me by a cliffhanger either. His character is so well drawn that you want to know more.
My major complaint though... Started this right after The Darkest Secret and The Darkest Surrender and I cannot remember the scenes of Paris and Sienna from the other books because they were in the books before those! In the beginning Paris and Sienna think of each other in every scene. I vaguely remember the capture of Paris and the death of Sienna during the escape but that is it. At 1/4 through this book, I need to get copies of the previous books to re-read that scene, along with whatever else. I cannot remember why Chronos has her. I cannot remember the scene where she discovers the hunters are evil. I feel like this is a book I put down after reading 1/3 of it and then picked back up after 2 years. I believe the main scenes between them happened in book 4, though it could have been book 3. Book 4 was written over 2 1/2 years ago. Luckily the scenes are definitely secondary, unlike The Black Dagger Brotherhood, so I could read the rest without picking up the previous books (unlike BDB) and still get an understanding, especially since Showalter is retelling the scenes to an extent. Still I would rather all the pertinent scene to be in the same book. Cliffhangers don't entice me to continue with a series, the story does. Still if she just put the scenes of Paris in the beginning of this book, I could do with the cliffhanger; it's not remembering what happened that is the worst.
Very good ending to the series. Yes, I know she'll write more Lords, but not interested. I do want to start her Falling angles series and see where that goes with Zacherel.