It wasn’t a magical “this is the only person you can ever touch” type of deal which is what I was expecting. I think the way Gena Showalter did it was pretty great. Yes I was skeptical of this book and how Torin was actually going to be able touch Keely and not kill her. Will trust be enough though to keep these two crazy kids together? After being betrayed time and again throughout her life she doesn’t trust but she wants to trust the keeper of the demon disease. She is convinced that she can take whatever Torin’s demon has to throw at her and that she can keep Torin. Keely’s power is so great that she has very few weaknesses. She has only one friend in the world and that girl is taken from her by Torin. She has been imprisoned longer than she knows but she is highly adept to the modern world. Can Torin resist the Queen’s temptation or will he be doomed to watch another lover die? In so doing he incurres the wrath of the Red Queen who immortals whisper about like she’s the boogie man. However, he kills the one person he is supposed to be able to touch. All he wants is one person to touch and in his need he accepts the bargain that Cronus makes with him. He can’t touch anyone skin to skin without creating a plague and this is a problem when he is the oldest virgin ever. Even though Kane causes mass destruction where ever he goes, Torin’s life has been more difficult.

They both live life on the sidelines or in the shadows because they’re afraid of the havoc their demons will cause. I think Torin and Kane could have been closer friends if they tried.

That could be because he doesn’t play a large part in the other books but I’m not sure. The last book I read was Kane’s book and I found myself very indifferent to Kane as a Lord. Of all the Lords I was most wary about his. So I’m going to gush a bit especially when I read the final two books. Though I started writing in this blog well after I started this series I rarely get to share my love of big on going series like this with other people. Ladies and Gentlemen we are getting closer to me finishing this amazing series.

The Darkest Touch by Gena Showalter