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Lords of the Underworld Series
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Blurb
Julian Bell is a vampire lost. He left his Louisiana home in 1936 and hasn’t settled since. Ten years ago he followed his best friend to New York, but the country they came to wasn’t the America he left. After losing his friend, he found himself unmoored in a strange land. As he nears his hundredth birthday, he’s realizing how truly alone he is.
When Prometheus and Julian’s paths cross one fateful night, they find in each other a safe path through the shadows.
Carra's Review
I said it after reading book one, and I’m going to repeat it here. If you are a fan of M/M romance and love Greek or Roman mythology, this series is an absolute MUST for you. The way the authors weave the myths of the gods and goddesses into a modern day urban fantasy story—it’s masterful and actually made me feel like something like this could be possible. While not everything they’ve drawn on from those myths stayed the same when brought into this book, there was still a lot that did, reinforcing the commonly-held belief that those deities were some of the most egotistical, narcissistic, self-centered beings about whom stories have ever been told…with a few exceptions.
Once again those ancient deities were humanized in their characterizations, making it easier to relate to their characters as people while still retaining their divine aspects and capabilities. None were more humanized than Prometheus thanks to Zeus’s punishments making him more like the humans he champions. While he may have been a bit of a trickster and acted much like the rest of the gods before his punishment, now we find him much more humble and careful of what he says and does.
Julian is a wonderful character, and as a vampire and a huntsman he makes a fitting match for Prometheus. I love the vampire history connection with the goddess Artemis, and the way this was molded into the concept of vampires as protectors. It’s just one more way the authors have easily blended mythology, along with vampire lore, into the world building of this series. The mythology is just as intriguing as the romance.
Another concept that’s brought up is that ideas—as well as people (in this case, the gods and goddesses)—only have power as long as there are people to believe in them. This concept is particularly relevant to today’s world, not just in a religious aspect, but in the political and societal realms as well.
I could not put Prisoner of Shadows down; add this to the list of books that I’ve stayed up way too late reading! 5 stars is absolutely called for with this one, and I’ll be waiting with bated breath for book 3. In the meantime, this series has me breaking out my old mythology books from my bookshelves to reacquaint myself with the old stories. As with book one, this story is meant for readers 18+ for adult language and sexual content.
About The Authors
Sam Burns wrote her first fantasy epic with her best friend when she was ten. Like almost any epic fiction written by a ten year old, it was awful. She likes to think she’s improved since then, if only because she has better handwriting now.
If she’s not writing, she’s almost certainly either reading or lost down a Wikipedia rabbit hole while pretending to research for a novel.
W.M. Fawkes is an author of LGBTQ+ urban fantasy and paranormal romance. With coauthor Sam Burns, she writes feisty Greek gods, men, and monsters in the Lords of the Underworld series. She lives with her partner in a house owned by three halloween-hued felines that dabble regularly in shadow walking.
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