Lords of the Underworld

This series I loved so much that after borrowing them from the library - I went out and bought all three at Barnes & Noble. I anxiously await the next ones. They fall again into that paranormal romance section :)

The basic idea behind Lords of the Underworld Series by Gena Showalter is that there is a group of Immortals who screwed up in the past. They decided that it wasn't fair that Pandora watched over the box, because she was a chick and come on, why her instead of a bunch of men? So this group of "men" decided to play a trick on the gods, open the box and show them how worthy they are by capturing the demons inside and putting them in the box. Problem - they lost the box. So these men must each house a demon inside of them. Each book is about a different one of the demon housing men. Their overall goal is to break the curse by finding certain items, this is followed throughout the series.

Before Darkest Night there was an online novel The Darkest Fire. I do not own one of those nifty portable digital book holder things (can never remember what they are called) nor am I a fan of reading a book (even if it is a shortened one) on my computer screen. Therefore I haven't read it. She has discussed releasing it as a book eventually - but until then, I'm fine not reading it. It is about Geryon the Guardian of Hell that's about all I know.

There are currently three books out:

This installment is about Maddox - keeper of Violence. He is forced the die every night the same way that the men killed Pandora. His friends must stab him to death in the gut and he spends the night in hell. Wakes up the next morning good as new. He also wants to inflict lots of violence due to the demon inside of him. He meets Ashlyn who comes searching to the gods because she hears voices and thinks she must be crazy. Really she hears voices from the past. She goes somewhere and hears everything that was ever said there. Imagine the craziness of that. Needless to say Ashlyn is kidnapped by a group of people that are against the Lords. A chase ensues...


Lucien is introduced in this book - keeper of death. Kind of like the Angel of Death he has to go and collect souls and bring them to heaven or hell. Such as his friend Maddox who he brings to hell each night. He meets Anya Goddess of Anarchy. She is a flirtatious goddess who I imagine to be like a sassy rebellious teenager. The other Gods don't really recognize her and she just likes to cause mischief. Lucien is ordered by a ruling God to kill Anya or die himself. Unfortunately...he can't bring himself to do it. This makes a problem.


Meet Reyes keeper of Pain. The only way he feels pleasure is through pain. He often cuts himself as well as other extremes such as jumping off the top of the Lords home so that he has broken bones. Their home has dark colored seats and carpet to hide the blood stains from his constant mutilation. His soon to be lady - Danika - has been ordered to death by the gods. They like to order deaths. Her and her entire family must be killed and it has made Aeron (Keeper of Wrath) a bit crazy with blood lust. So much so that he is chained in the basement. Reyes feels the need to choose between Danika, the woman he is drawn to, and his friend for centuries.

The next book will be The Darkest Whisper. Going to be about Sabin - Keeper of Doubt. He is able to insert doubtful thoughts and feelings into anyone's mind. Said to be coming out May 2009.