hi everybody. I just finished gena showalters' darkest craving book. I really liked it but I had a question. This might be considered a spoiler-but since when did William have kids? that are fully grown with really stupid names? and is anyone else starting to get annoyed with basically every heroine in her underworld series being sassy/sarcastic? 

So funny you should bring this up. I read the book this week and had exactly the same questions! Now that I'm looking, I think I might have purchased, but never read #13 Darkest Seduction. (How did that happen??)  Either that or I've totally forgotten that one. So maybe some clue in that book?

YES - I, too, am getting really tired of the over-the-top, snarky female characters.

List of books, in case it adds to the discussion.

1. The Darkest Fire (prequel novella to Lords of the Underworld), April 2008 ebook, also published in Into the Dark ISBN 0-373-77451-6 Geyron (Guardian of Hell)
2. The Darkest Night, May 2008—Maddox (Keeper of Violence)
3. The Darkest Kiss, June 2008—Lucien (Keeper of Death)
4. The Darkest Pleasure, July 2008—Reyes (Keeper of Pain)
5. The Darkest Prison, July 2009 novella ebook—Atlas (Titan God of Strength)
6. The Darkest Whisper, September 2009—Sabin (Keeper of Doubt)
7. The Darkest Angel novella in Heart of the Darkness and in the anthology Dark Beginnings, January 2010—angel Lysander
8. The Darkest Facts: A Lords of the Underworld Companion, May 1, 2010-in the anthology Into the Dark
9. The Darkest Passion, June 2010—Aeron (Keeper of Wrath)
10. The Darkest Lie, July 2010—Gideon (Keeper of Lies)
11. The Darkest Secret, April 2011—Amun (Keeper of Secrets)
12. The Darkest Surrender, September 2011—Strider (Keeper of Defeat)
13. The Darkest Seduction, February 2012—Paris (Keeper of Promiscuity)
14. The Darkest Craving, July 2013-Kane (Keeper of Disaster)
15. The Darkest Touch, 2014-Torin

hey Jo! Yes I think her heroines can be funny at time. But it gets excessive. I think there was once scene in Darkest Craving where several heroines from past books were all together talking to Tinker Bell and they all sounded alike-snarky, over-the top, random jokes etc. Thanks for the list with all the main characters, I've read them all but I sometimes forget which book was which character. I also sent you a friend request since you like showalter =)