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jessiereads98's review against another edition
- 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
3.25
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, and Gaslighting
Minor: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
tah_014's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Body shaming and Gun violence
booklover97's review
- 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
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Sexual content and Murder
Minor: Body shaming
skyleon's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Murder
alicelalicon's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence
smashley_rr's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Sexual content
Minor: Gun violence and Violence
lovepotion's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I did find some the plot and story building a little similar to neon gods. (Potentially marrying Zeus, running into another man, staying in his house, parental problems, etc.)
There was the insta-love trope (which I’m not a fan of) however, I think it is appropriate considering how it fits with the original tale. So I sorta didn’t mind it as much.
I liked seeing more of the thirteen, we saw more of variety of characters (i.e. Helen Eris, etc) and there was more political world building that I found interesting. I also like how we are able to see the set up for the future books. I liked the secondary characters and I look forward to seeing what the author has in store for them.
Particularly Zeus and Castillo.
I love, love, love the tie in with Hades and Persephone, I didn’t get enough of them in the first novel and was thrilled to see where they are now.
Since it was a marriage of convenience, both Eros and Psyche were uncertain about the other intentions- which made for a lot of pining. But there was just this repeated conversation throughout the novel of how they are going convince everyone that they are madly in love. I wanted less of this repeated conversation and more action, more trying put the plan into play.
Psyche- I was really happy to see how confident she was in own skin, even if she spent years having people put her down for it. I love that she doesn’t value what people think. I found her to be very authentic and I really enjoyed her as FMC. She was cunning and she was able to put Eros in check. She is someone who values herself and has high value of self.
Eros- I loved how much he worshipped Psyche. Honestly it was sweet to see him defend his wife and (even get a little jealous)
He whole “I’m a monster” monologue got a little old. I didn’t find him monstrous. Sure he was troublesome, and had a dark past, but he isn’t Hades. He isn’t as monstrous as some of the other important figures in Olympus.
I did like Psyche and Eros chemistry. They complimented each other and had moments that made me swoon a little. I liked their banter and how deep of an understanding they have with each other.
“𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘧 𝘐’𝘮 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘢 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴. 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵.”
The smut was good. I personally liked it. It wasn’t as kinky as the first one. I found the book to be a little slow around the middle when it felt like it was just sex scene and bedroom cuddling.
Overall, i did have fun reading it. I would recommend for someone who is looking for a retelling and enjoyed Neon Gods. I looked forward to reading book three, Wicked Beauty.
𝗧𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝘀
✓ Marriage of convenience
✓Retelling
✓ Forbidden Love
✓ Forced Proximity
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Violence
Minor: Alcohol
thebookpaiges's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Sexual content
allison_elaine's review
- 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
Graphic: Sexual content
Minor: Violence and Murder
sebradley29's review
5.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Violence, and Alcohol