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takarakei's review against another edition
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
I didn’t really connect to either of the main characters and I’m a bit indifferent to the marriage of convenience trope. So this one was alright but I will continue the series
4/5 🌶️
4/5 🌶️
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, and Sexual content
Moderate: Body shaming, Gun violence, and Murder
Minor: Violence
Toxic mother/son relationshiprachaelm13's review against another edition
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
The story/plot was engaging maybe felt a bit fast but its a shorter book so that makes sense, kept wanting to pick the book up, smut was good, just found it instalovey. They were thinking “I love you” after a week.
This is also my first forced marriage book. A little bit of like possessiveness that I didn’t love but wasn’t horrible compared to other books.
Loved Psyce as a character. Loved the epilogue and how it was from Eros’ perspective, it was nice to see his softer side finally. That epilogue really added a lot, I find most epilogues don’t but this one was better with the epilogue.
I’m off to read the first in the series now because it wasn’t available before so I read this one first.
This is also my first forced marriage book. A little bit of like possessiveness that I didn’t love but wasn’t horrible compared to other books.
Loved Psyce as a character. Loved the epilogue and how it was from Eros’ perspective, it was nice to see his softer side finally. That epilogue really added a lot, I find most epilogues don’t but this one was better with the epilogue.
I’m off to read the first in the series now because it wasn’t available before so I read this one first.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fatphobia, Gun violence, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
cmcdonnell2014's review against another edition
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing and Sexual content
Moderate: Body shaming and Emotional abuse
jesshart8's review against another edition
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
rebekkamafia's review against another edition
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
socialpsysteph's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I know her body offers salvation that I can find nowhere else.
I really enjoyed the first book in this series so I was excited to pick this one up once it became available at my library. This story focuses on Psyche and Eros, which I knew a lot less about than Persephone and Hades but I enjoyed it nonetheless. This one was dark but also had some great moments of sweetness and I loved the character arc of Eros. Will definitely be continuing on in this series.
This book counts for Popsugar 2023 for a romance with a fat lead.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
alexleigh20's review
challenging
dark
hopeful
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
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Murder
questionablereads's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
mysterious
fast-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
5.0
This is such a great retelling. I didn’t think I could love anyone more than Hades and Persephone from Neon Gods but Psyche and Eros are just as interesting from the very beginning pages. I loved that we are blessed with a curvy FMC that doesn’t belittle herself because of it. Psyche and Eros’ banter is also so swoon worthy, once I started reading this I couldn’t put it down.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Gun violence
llcardenas's review against another edition
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Gun violence
Minor: Death and Fatphobia
piratesandprophecy's review
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
4.25 ⭐️
i have no idea what it is about KR’s books that make them so difficult to rate for me???
the dark olympus world itself is just so strange and weird but also super interesting. like you get sucked into the intense power-madness and political maneuvering of the thirteen and their children and almost forget that this isn’t a traditional retelling. and then the MC wakes up from a hangover and remarks on the tylenol and gatorade their partner left on the nightstand and go, “oh yeah, gatorade exists in this world”. in some ways moments like that can be jarring and momentarily take me right out of the story, but i also love the very modern spin on the greek pantheon. it’s different from anything i’ve seen done before, regardless of some choppy worldbuilding and elements that maybe don’t make a Ton of sense. but KR’s willingness to turn myths on their heads and do such wild things with her books honestly just gives me cause to admire her!!
i think the real draw of her books for me, though, is the way she handles her characters and the dynamics between each of them. i come to KR for characters that are real and honest and fiercely champion themselves, which there definitely needs to be more of in the genre. oh, and for the spice of course, which this book has plenty of. the sex scenes in KR’s books are honestly always great— her characters most often have very palpable chemistry and the spicy parts themselves are always driven first and foremost by communication and consent, which is something i appreciate and enjoy whenever i pick up one of her books.
all in all this was a very fun and pretty action-packed read from KR. i loved the characters— psyche’s cleverness and hard-won confidence in herself were amazing, and the broody longing we get from eros was just *chef’s kiss*.
side note: someone give eros a hug right now this man has absolutely no self esteem and it made me SO SAD
i have no idea what it is about KR’s books that make them so difficult to rate for me???
the dark olympus world itself is just so strange and weird but also super interesting. like you get sucked into the intense power-madness and political maneuvering of the thirteen and their children and almost forget that this isn’t a traditional retelling. and then the MC wakes up from a hangover and remarks on the tylenol and gatorade their partner left on the nightstand and go, “oh yeah, gatorade exists in this world”. in some ways moments like that can be jarring and momentarily take me right out of the story, but i also love the very modern spin on the greek pantheon. it’s different from anything i’ve seen done before, regardless of some choppy worldbuilding and elements that maybe don’t make a Ton of sense. but KR’s willingness to turn myths on their heads and do such wild things with her books honestly just gives me cause to admire her!!
i think the real draw of her books for me, though, is the way she handles her characters and the dynamics between each of them. i come to KR for characters that are real and honest and fiercely champion themselves, which there definitely needs to be more of in the genre. oh, and for the spice of course, which this book has plenty of. the sex scenes in KR’s books are honestly always great— her characters most often have very palpable chemistry and the spicy parts themselves are always driven first and foremost by communication and consent, which is something i appreciate and enjoy whenever i pick up one of her books.
all in all this was a very fun and pretty action-packed read from KR. i loved the characters— psyche’s cleverness and hard-won confidence in herself were amazing, and the broody longing we get from eros was just *chef’s kiss*.
side note: someone give eros a hug right now this man has absolutely no self esteem and it made me SO SAD
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Violence