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3.38 AVERAGE
3.38 AVERAGE
fast-paced
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
DNF
I had hopes for a dark romance, but this is not romance. The book kept getting worse and I truly hated hades here. I hate literally everything here. Persephone deserved better. All that horrible treatment growing up and then this. She was too innocent and naive for all that was happening to her.
I had hopes for a dark romance, but this is not romance. The book kept getting worse and I truly hated hades here. I hate literally everything here. Persephone deserved better. All that horrible treatment growing up and then this. She was too innocent and naive for all that was happening to her.
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Fifty shades of gender-bent Hades?
This is a difficult one and I hate to rate it so low, but I really can’t forgive the lack of consent and minor masochism/abuse. A shame as it could have been such an amazing book, I really, really loved every other aspect.
"I brought you a gift, if you would permit me."
"Is it another severed head? I can't promise I won't
throw up."
"I have murdered no demigods as of late. The adminis-
trative fallout was bad enough the last time."
This book has everything I am weak for. Honestly. I love Hades so much, she’s supportive, badass, a warrior, managing to rule in a misogynistic Man’s world, she is kind, funny, protective and caring.
-Except at the beginning with Persephone. She strips her without her consent, then ties her up and rapes her. Also spanking and receiving 100 lashes from her and being left tied to a tree..
The sex is mostly not violent or entirely unwanted, but it is not consensual.
It’s so, so unnecessary and ruins the book, it’s almost forgivable but… Not really.
She does empower and believe in her and challenge her to do things herself and believe in herself, in every other part of her life except in the bedroom.
I’d like to believe they get over it and get past the toxic lack of power balance in the relationship fairly quickly, Hades does explain, apologise and change for the better. But the initial rape just isn’t forgivable.
Well written apart from the random chapter from demeters perspective, there are some really funny and adorable moments but I just wish would edit to allow for a little less rape… that would be great
Reminds me of rhysand and Feyre
"Our marriage places you under my protection and proves to the other gods that you are mine. It could not be delayed any longer. But binding yourself to the underworld is a choice you will make for me and only for me.'
-this is much better, a little too late, but better
This is a difficult one and I hate to rate it so low, but I really can’t forgive the lack of consent and minor masochism/abuse. A shame as it could have been such an amazing book, I really, really loved every other aspect.
"I brought you a gift, if you would permit me."
"Is it another severed head? I can't promise I won't
throw up."
"I have murdered no demigods as of late. The adminis-
trative fallout was bad enough the last time."
This book has everything I am weak for. Honestly. I love Hades so much, she’s supportive, badass, a warrior, managing to rule in a misogynistic Man’s world, she is kind, funny, protective and caring.
-Except at the beginning with Persephone. She strips her without her consent, then ties her up and rapes her. Also spanking and receiving 100 lashes from her and being left tied to a tree..
The sex is mostly not violent or entirely unwanted, but it is not consensual.
It’s so, so unnecessary and ruins the book, it’s almost forgivable but… Not really.
She does empower and believe in her and challenge her to do things herself and believe in herself, in every other part of her life except in the bedroom.
I’d like to believe they get over it and get past the toxic lack of power balance in the relationship fairly quickly, Hades does explain, apologise and change for the better. But the initial rape just isn’t forgivable.
Well written apart from the random chapter from demeters perspective, there are some really funny and adorable moments but I just wish would edit to allow for a little less rape… that would be great
Reminds me of rhysand and Feyre
"Our marriage places you under my protection and proves to the other gods that you are mine. It could not be delayed any longer. But binding yourself to the underworld is a choice you will make for me and only for me.'
-this is much better, a little too late, but better
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape
Moderate: Domestic abuse
Minor: Gore, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Gaslighting
dark
mysterious
tense
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:
Yes
dark
emotional
medium-paced
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
The first half didn't really do it for me, I knew Hades had some good in her, and I could tell there was something underneath the hard shell but I could figure out what.
In the second half, the romance and the relationship blossoms and I really appreciated the plot!
I really enjoyed this take on Hades and Persephone's story, I loved how Hades tried to "encourage" Persephone to use her powers and her connection to the Nature!
In the second half, the romance and the relationship blossoms and I really appreciated the plot!
I really enjoyed this take on Hades and Persephone's story, I loved how Hades tried to "encourage" Persephone to use her powers and her connection to the Nature!
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-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
I did like it, but it is definitely dark and not something for everyone. I advise everyone to read the content warnings before they pick it up.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape
Moderate: Kidnapping
Minor: Abandonment
i'm not gonna review this fully but i do wanna make it very clear that while this is marketed as dubcon, this is a noncon story!! the first half is categorically noncon, nothing dubious about it.
anyway if you like fantasy/mythology stories and want something sapphic with a dark enemies to lovers romance threaded through it, go ahead and pick this up but i wouldn't say this was particularly romance forward. it's a book about persephone, not hades and persephone
anyway if you like fantasy/mythology stories and want something sapphic with a dark enemies to lovers romance threaded through it, go ahead and pick this up but i wouldn't say this was particularly romance forward. it's a book about persephone, not hades and persephone