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A Touch of Ruin by Scarlett St. Clair

207 reviews

circe813's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 57%

I can’t handle how stupid Persephone is any more. I may come back to it, but for right now, I can’t stand her.

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reading_robyn's review against another edition

3.0

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kamkam360's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful mysterious

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I loved this book (really the whole series!) Its such a great twist on the Hades and Persephone myth. Loved the spice and the character inner monolog.

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zias's review against another edition

4.0

emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

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unicornofthesea's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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samandthebookstack's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I first read this back in 2022 and started a series re-read in preparation for the release of the remaining books in the series. I enjoyed the books in this series the first time around, but the second read made me love the characters more.

I think when dealing with stories based on Greek mythology specifically, it's important to remember that one of the hallmarks of the original stories themselves is how flawed the gods truly are. In these original stories, the gods display flaws that are considered very human and these flaws often set them up for great strife or failure. I really like that Scarlett has preserved that even more in this book specifically. Persephone loves the upperworld, but she really doesn't understand what it means to be mortal and she clearly struggles with the notion that she IS a goddess and regardless of how much she wishes to be different than the other gods, there will be things she cannot help. Hades and Persephone both struggle to communicate properly with one another and that lack of communication causes them both great pain but we get to see them begin to explore ways to avoid those issues.

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flaminghotchertos's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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paris_olivia's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 96%

I loved the first book, all of the angst and mistrust that Hades and Persephone both showed was expected and normal for a new relationship. I was so excited about this book, but it was just so boring and repetitive. I got about halfway through this book and there were already two or three conflicts that were just people telling Persephone or Hades not to do something, them doing it anyway, and then them getting mad/frustrated at the consequences of said action. Also, every conflict of this book could have been solved if Persephone and Hades had actual communication skills instead of just having sex to ignore/"resolve" their misunderstandings.

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