Book: The Darkest Pleasure (The Lords of the Underworld #3) by Gena Showalter (2008)

The same ole, same ole. Maybe just a little bit worse. The Darkest Pleasure fails in a lot of ways, not least of which is the romance itself. Unlike the previous two books, this book really highlights the way that the characters aren't falling in love because they really like who the other person is, but only really because they are "destined" for each other. That in itself isn't a problem, but the way that the characters don't learn enough about each other to really support the connection dilutes the intensity of the emotional connection. The relationship between, in this case, Reyes and Danika ends up feeling very, very forced. As if Showalter is shoe horning them into a relationship. And in retrospect some of the pairings start to make less sense.

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