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3.89 AVERAGE
3.89 AVERAGE
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
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
a queer retelling of a greek myth? don’t need to threaten me with a good time! this is one of those books where i say i enjoyed it, but i don’t think it was good, if that makes sense. i do think we need more non-binary, shapeshifting smut. i will also say that sometimes less is more, and 200+ pages before we even meet Eros feels like bullshit to me. regardless, would recommend to smut lovers and queer fantasy babes <3 also can we updated caro’s name from their deadname carolina please goodreads thaaaanks x
3.75⭐️ Beautifully written to the point where sometimes it was too much. However, I loved that the author didn’t do the standard Persephone/Hades story. I’ve always like the myth of Eros and Psyche. Reimagining it as a wlw story was a stroke of genius. I liked the way the story occasionally broke to second person pov like she was talking directly to the reader. I also liked that this version of the story seems more historically accurate based on the time period (then and now) of patriarchy seeing Psyche and women in general as property. Something to be touched and owned but rarely taken care of.
If I had to sum this book up in 5 words or less it would be, “two bad bishes expressing nonconformity”. I loved that one of the main characters was on the trans/intersex spectrum and that psyche was portrayed as dark beauty. A lot of the conversations were kind of vague and maybe a bit too smart for me but I was MOSTLY able to keep up. The end felt a bit rushed to me in terms of Zeus just being okay with their lesbian wedding in Olympus. I wish there was some conversation there that I was able to be privy to. Also they gave such vague answers about how their marriage would be. Overall it was good with pockets of confusion.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
this one wasn’t written for me which is absolutely okay, but I didn’t enjoy it so much- I don’t love books that are so character heavy
emotional
reflective
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
There was too much explaining, I skimmed over paragraphs that didn’t need to be there. Also didn’t like how predictable it was and how neatly it just tied everything up. Enjoyed the gender fluidity.
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
fast-paced
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced