But when he finds that Persephone can offer a little slice of the revenge he’s spent years craving, it’s all the excuse he needs to help her-for a price. Hades has spent his life in the shadows, and he has no intention of stepping into the light. With no options left, Persephone flees to the forbidden undercity and makes a devil’s bargain with a man she once believed a myth… a man who awakens her to a world she never knew existed. But all that’s ripped away when her mother ambushes her with an engagement to Zeus, the dangerous power behind their glittering city’s dark facade. Society darling Persephone Dimitriou plans to flee the ultra-modern city of Olympus and start over far from the backstabbing politics of the Thirteen Houses. Several times.Īlso, I am so here for Hermes and Dionysus.

If I were Hades, I’d pay my respects to her too. Sexually liberated Persephone who knows what she wants and and knows how to get it, and damn, but the consent in this book is absolutely stellar. Knows how to play the Olympus politics game Persephone. That said, one of the things I loved about this–and because I’m comparing it to A Touch of Darkness (#sorrynotsorry)–is Persephone.

Not to yuck on anybody’s yum, of course, but it was like a reflex. And boy, my reaction to those scenes was a whole spectrum of reactions, including laughter.

I… actually enjoyed this a bit more, surprisingly so because this book was practically an excuse to write all the smut about the god of the underworld and the goddess of springtime and death.

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