The Darkest Pleasure by Gena Showalter

The Darkest Pleasure
(Lords of the Underworld Series, Book 4)
by Gena Showalter

Imagine having to experience pain, everyday, every hour, every time you wanted peace. Well, welcome to Reyes' world where jumping off two-story-buildings is a fan favorite. Good thing immortals can't die and too bad they heal quickly. Now he must choose between his best friend and the woman who is completely off limits: Dankia.

Danika is mentioned in The Darkest Night, where she and her grandmother, sister and mother where imprisoned by the Lords in there Budapest home. They were eventually freed but warned to run and never look back. Now she's doing just that with hate and shame fueling her every action she has sworn to herself she will never be weak again, she will go down swingin.  In her dreams , however, she is plagued with Reyes, the Lord who is a definite no-no. Danika wants to forget him, and all the Lords for that matter, but she can't, her dreams won't let her. Add to the mix the constant threat from the Hunters- who want her first hand information and use her to get to the Lords – as well as, Aeron (who also happens to be Reyes best friend that's been commanded by the head honcho god, Coronus, to kill Danika and her family) and you've got the painfully journey of Reyes and Danika.

Needless to say this book is dark, so if you have a sensitivity to vivid and sometimes gruesome violence and pain, warning alert, this book has bucket loads. I found myself truly wanting to be Reye's savior the whole time, yes, his demon craves pain, but the immortal man in him does not and that played with my "savior" emotions. However, I do have one little complaint, Danika. Yes, she was abducted- but never harmed other than being scared out of her mind when she was flown into town by a man/Lord with bat-like-wings -and of course, taken away from her life she will never able to go back to, but it got tiring to read her whining about it. Made me want to slap her and yell at her "Cope you silly woman, he loves you!" Good thing she moves on the the next phase of her life and I guess, it also shows Ms. Showalter's writing talent to make me eventually love Danika's character transformation.   Go to Gena Showalters Re-Designed Official Website