A Touch of Darkness

"Ouch dnf about 60% of the way through it. Really hurt to read.<br/><br/>This story was beyond cliche. Honestly I have read too many books like this in the past few months. Words relying on funny banter, ****, or fake independence. Though I will look past the virgin dynamic because it is a retelling but it gets old especially with the rich broody hot guy added to it. Also Persephone and Hades meet cute wasn't monumental in the least and honestly made no sense to me that she owed him a favor. Really the contracts themselves seems flimsy and without order. To me there was no chemistry between the two just physical attraction.<br/><br/>The characters were only in one dimension which was made worse by the mostly character driven plot. Persephone would drive any sane person to drinking. She was immature and constantly whinging. I could almost see her stamping her foot like a child when she didn't get her way. And as I understand it Persephone was terrified of her mother. So why would Demeters gaurds be more threatened by Persephone just because she scowled and promised to kill them? But then she turns on Hades and is loathed to find out if anyone gets hurt under his care.<br/><br/>Persephone is annoyingly contradictory. She gets mad at Hades for all the gossip she hears then he tries to explain himself but still she doesn't listen. Persephone comes into Hades land, has no knowledge of his world, but starts bossing him around. Yeah let's just make Hades spare every halfwit that wants their true love back from the dead.... seems fair. This is literally her inner thoughts: Hades is a horrible person, the enemy, but he makes his relm so beautiful and everyone looks so happy, no he only does that for himself. That makes absolutely no sense. (Starting to get a headache for realz)<br/><br/>The dialog was awkward and unnatural. The world building was non-existent. Meg Sylvan narrations made Persephone sound like a breathy whinging brat (which I guess she was) and Hades like a curt ***** who always speaks thru his teeth. The God's and Goddesses seemed to be only so in name and a small power only. They had no depth and scant backstories. I also didn't see the wealth of knowledge about mythology or cleaver weavings of the history in the retelling either."

"Hades and Persephone retelling series"

"This is a hades x persephone retelling, there isnt much plot as the whole point if the book is all about how the two of them got together so for those who are here for the smutt this is the book for you. "

"⭐️ 3.5/5 🌶 4/5"

"A quick, fun and interesting retelling of the classic mythology of Hades and Persephone. This had Hades shown in a different light. Not quite as evil as he’s been told in other tales. It’s a slow burn up until about halfway and then the spice begins. It was quite enjoyable and a quick read."

"It took me until I finished the book to realize this was not Katee Robert’s Neon Gods. Turns out the plot and characters are indistinguishable. Regardless, every once in a while you need an okay book to have the feeling of “I want to read a good book now.”"

"This is an extremely generous rating but hades and Persephone is my favorite retelling."

"I liked this book"

"This was a Fun, adult, mythological, enjoyable read, and wanted me to continue the series but each book is a complete book. "

"Hades and Persephone have my heart 🤭 you have to read this "