A Touch of Darkness by Scarlett St. Clair

3.66 AVERAGE

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a_recovering_reader's review against another edition

3.0
I am torn. On the one hand, I thought the world building was interesting. Gods being akin to celebrities and owning a bunch of businesses is a promising idea. But there were several sentences I read that were awkward and clunky, and more weird grammatical stuff. Not sure if this was self published or not, but it could have benefited from a few more rounds of editing. I liked the idea that Hades wasn’t as evil as everyone thought and I liked this depiction of the Underworld as being more of a peaceful existence. I’m not sure if I will read the second one. This felt like a lot of telling and not showing.

skate_118's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH
DNF. Couldn’t get into it because the writing was so bad and nothing was actually happening for sooooo long(and not in a slow burn way, genuinely nothing was happening. I felt I was just getting a play by play of daily mundane things)

bambi_trix's review against another edition

3.0
I just don’t think it’s my type. Not bad though.

mmulligm161's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 16%
Felt very fanfiction in the sense that a very young girl wrote it and everything was to the point, no details no real story telling 

kelcifer_dodds's review against another edition

5.0
This was great. The banter between Hades and Persephone was electric and there was so much tension. I loved the way the dynamic between them evolved and how they grew individually too. The world-building was very well done and the characters were very well developed. There were a couple of twists that had me like

tazziex's review against another edition

4.0
This is such a good telling of Hades and Persephone! I only picked up this book after finishing St. Clair's King of battle and blood and again she didn't disappoint!
It's a spicy, enemies to lovers romance and it's exactly what I needed!
I can't wait to get my hands on the next book!

kmsal's review against another edition

4.0
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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lindseysbooklore's review against another edition

3.0
3.75 ⭐️
4

bethmackay06's review against another edition

4.5
adventurous dark mysterious 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: No
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norygraph's review against another edition

3.5
medium-paced